The Kingdom of God
The Exodus Event The Davidic Monarchy The Prophetic Promise Three Windows: A Growing Vision
The Prophetic Promise of the Kingdom Exodus Davidic Monarchy The Lord is King Isaiah Daniel The Lord will become King
Prophetic Warnings – The Loss of the Kingdom A repeated formula about the later kings (2 Chron.33:1-3) The dark night of Israel’s captivity (Ps.137:1-9)
The New Promise: God Will Come Again HabakkukThe past repeated Isaiah & DanielThe past eclipsed Prophetic language The Day of the Lord The latter days The last days That day
Isaiah The Imax Movie!
Yahweh will come The Davidic Messiah Rivers of the Spirit Salvation Forgiveness Healing Liberation Shalom Resurrection Festivity New People New Jerusalem New Heaven & Earth Judgment of Evil
Daniel 2 & 7: Two Visions This age Age to come Son of Man
The Inter-Testamental Period Waiting for 500 years with such expectations! The expectation was –Trivialized –Politicized - reduced
The NT Coming of the Kingdom The dramatic arrival of John the Baptist, introducing Jesus
Three key words 1. Immediately or ‘at once’ 2. Authority Teaching Summons Over demons Over sin Over death Over nature 3. Mystery
The Mystery of the Kingdom The KingdomWill come in the future Has come – is now present Is ‘near’ or ‘at hand’ Has been delayed
History The End Age to Come P TheChristianLife
Explaining the mystery: Theological language The presence of the future The ‘already’ and the ‘not yet’ Inaugurated eschatology Living ‘between the times’