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The Progress of Redemption

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The Progress of Redemption Prologue Act 1: The Blessing Redeems Act 2: The Church Proclaims Act 3: The Blessing Reigns

The Progress of Redemption >Prologue Act I: The Blessing Redeems Act 2: The Church Proclaims Act 3: The Blessing Reigns

Creation “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” - Genesis 1:1 Prologue (Gen 1-11)

Fall “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat….” - Genesis 2:17 Prologue (Gen 1-11) Fall

Flood “I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth….” - Genesis 2:17 Prologue (Gen 1-11) Fall Flood

Prologue (Gen 1-11) Fall Flop Flood Flop “…its name is called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth….” - Genesis 11:9

The Progress of Redemption Prologue > Act I: The Blessing Redeems Act 2: The Church Proclaims Act 3: The Blessing Reigns

Act 1: Scene 1 (Gen Kgs 10 ) Abraham “…Get out of your country, from your family, and from your father’s house. To a land I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great… and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’” – Genesis 12:1-3

Act 1: Scene 1 (Gen Kgs 10 ) Abraham “…Get out of your country, from your family, and from your father’s house. To a land I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great… and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’” – Genesis 12:1-3

Act 1: Scene 1 (Gen Kgs 10 ) Abraham “…Get out of your country, from your family, and from your father’s house. To a land I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great… and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’” – Genesis 12:1-3

Act 1: Scene 1 (Gen Kgs 10 ) Abraham “…Get out of your country, from your family, and from your father’s house. To a land I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great… and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’” – Genesis 12:1-3

Act 1: Scene 1 (Gen Kgs 10 ) Abraham “…Get out of your country, from your family, and from your father’s house. To a land I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great… and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’” – Genesis 12:1-3

God Speaks Method:FRIEND Desired Response: I will trust You! What is God SAYING?

IsaacAbrahamJacobJI EGYPT 400 Years I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X Act 1: Scene 1 (Gen Kgs 10 ) ISRAEL Judges & Ruth Samuel A JosephJoshuaMoses

Act 1: Scene 1 (Gen Kgs 10 ) God Speaks The Law Method: Fear Me! Desired Response: We will follow! I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X

Act 1: Scene 1 (Gen Kgs 10 ) Samuel “…Samuel said to Saul… ‘stand here awhile, that I may announce to you the word of God.’ Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head… and said, ‘Is it not because the Lord anointed you commander over His inheritance?’” – 1 Samuel 9:27-10:1 S

Act 1: Scene 1 (Gen Kgs 10 ) Samuel “Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward.” – 1 Samuel 16:13 SD

Act 1: Scene 1 (Gen Kgs 10 ) David “…the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying, ‘Go and tell My servant David… “I will set up your seed after you… and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish his kingdom forever.”’” – 2 Samuel 7:4-17 SD

Solomon “Then Zadok the priest took a horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. And they blew the horn, and all the people said, ‘Long live King Solomon.’” – 1 Kings 1:39 Act 1: Scene 1 (Gen Kgs 10 ) SD S

Solomon “So Solomon built the temple and finished it.” – 1 Kings 6:14 SD S

God Speaks The Poetry Method: Relationship Desired Response: Intimacy Act 1: Scene 1 (Gen 12-1 Kings 10) SD S

Israel Act 1: Scene 2 (1 Kgs 11 – 2 Chr 36) S SJudah A Assyria

Israel Act 1: Scene 2 (1 Kgs 11 – 2 Chr 36) Judah A Assyria SCATTERING

Act 1: Scene 2 (1 Kgs 11 – 2 Chr 36) A Assyria Judah B Babylon

Act 1: Scene 2 (1 Kgs 11 – 2 Chr 36) Assyria Israel Captive Judah B Babylon CAPTIVITY

B Babylon Act 1: Scene 3 (Ezra – Esther ) C Cyrus Zerubbabel Ezra (Temple) Israel Nehemiah (Walls)

B Babylon Act 1: Scene 3 (Ezra – Esther ) C Cyrus Israel God Speaks Prophecy: Thus saith the Lord! Desired Response: Repentance

The Progress of Redemption Prologue Act I: The Blessing Redeems > Intermission 2: The Church Proclaims Act 3: The Blessing Reigns

P Persia G Greece Intermission (400 Years of Silence) R Rome

Act 1: Scene 3 (Gospels) Jesus “Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to Christ.” Matthew 1:17

The Progress of Redemption Prologue Act I: The Blessing Redeems Intermission  Act 2: The Church Proclaims  Act 3: The Blessing Reigns

Act 2: Life of Christ (Gospels) Jesus “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us….” – John 1:1, 14

Act 2: Life of Christ (Gospels) JJ P 12 “…He called his disciples to Himself; and from them He chose twelve whom He also named apostles.” – Luke 6:13

Act 2: Life of Christ (Gospels) JJ P Taught 12 “And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. Then He opened His mouth and taught them….” – Matthew 5:1-2

Act 2: Life of Christ (Gospels) JJ P 12 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.” – John 3:16 DiedTaught

Act 2: Life of Christ (Gospels) JJ P AroseDiedTaught 12 “…[the angel] said to them, ‘Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here….’” – Luke 6:13

Act 2: Life of Christ (Gospels) JJ P Sent AroseDiedTaught 12 “So Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.’” – John 20:21

Act 2: Life of Christ (Gospels) JJ P Ascended Sent AroseDiedTaught 12 “So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.” – Mark 16:19

Act 2: Life of Christ (Gospels) JJ P Ascended Sent AroseDiedTaught 12 God Speaks Gospel Method: Incarnation Desired Response: Incorporation, Instruction, & Invasion

The Progress of Redemption Prologue Act I: The Blessing Given Intermission Act 2: The Church Proclaims Act 3: The Blessing Reigns

Act 2: The Church (Acts & Letters) The Church “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” – Acts 1:8

Act 2: The Church (Acts & Letters) Jerusalem Judea & Samaria The Ends of the Earth PaulPeter

Act 2: The Church (Acts & Letters) Missions “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.” – Matthew 24:14

Act 2: The Church (Acts & Letters) God Speaks Letter Method: Relationship Desired Response: Righteousness

The Progress of Redemption Prologue Act I: The Blessing Redeems Intermission Act 2: The Blessing Spreads > Act 3: The Blessing Reigns

Act 3: The End of the Age Rapture “Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.” – 1 Thessalonians 4:17

Act 4: The End of the Age Tribulation “For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.” – Matthew 24:21

Act 4: The End of the Age Return “…they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.” – Matthew 24:30 Return

Act 4: The End of the Age Reign “[An angel] laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.” – Revelation 20:2 Return Reign

Act 4: The End of the Age Reign “And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.” – Revelation 20:4c Return Reign

Act 4: The End of the Age Retribution “Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire… And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.” – Rev. 20:14-15 Return Reign Retribution

Act 4: The End of the Age Return Reign Retribution Re-Creation “Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first earth had passed away… Then He who sat on the throne said, ‘Behold, I make all things new.’” – Revelation 21:1, 5

It is Done! “And He said to me, ‘It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.’” – Revelation 21:6-7

It has only just begun! “And they shall reign forever and ever.” – Revelation 22:5b “When we’ve been there ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun, We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise than when we’d first begun.” – Amazing Grace