2. Biblical Church History
Following the Hand of God and the Hand of Satan

3. Laying the Foundation for Church History

4. The King of Eden

5. DO YOU HAVE AN ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY?

6. 1st He tries to get her to question God’s Word
2nd He changes God’s Word
3rd He reinterpreted God’s Word
HIS APPROACH WAS RELIGION!

7. to bring doubt, to change, and to reinterpret the Word of God
So while tracing Church History we must be looking for Men, Movements and Institutions that are
to bring doubt, to change, and to reinterpret the Word of God

8. Kingdom of God Vs. Kingdom of Heaven

9. (Act 1:3-7) To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

10. I . What is the Kingdom of God?

11. (Rom 14:17) For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
(Joh 3:3) Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

12. (Luk 17:20-21) And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

13. (1Co 4:20) For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
(1Co 15:50) Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

14. KINGDOM OF GOD
(Joh 4:24) God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

15. I . What is the Kingdom of God?
ANSWER:
IT IS A SPIRITUAL KINGDOM

16. II . What is the Kingdom of Heaven?

17. (Mat 8:11) And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

18. (Mat 11:12) And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

19. He is talking about a Literal Kingdom
(Mat 3:2) And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
(Mat 6:10) Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
He is talking about a Literal Kingdom

20. specific references to Restoration of the Kingdom
Isaiah
100
specific references to
Restoration of the Kingdom

21. Has 12 chapters dedicated to the restoration
Ezekiel
Has 12 chapters dedicated to the restoration
of the Kingdom

22. specific references to Restoration of the Kingdom
Jeremiah
100
specific references to
Restoration of the Kingdom

23. Daniel
Ch.2
Ch. 7
Ch. 9
Ch. 12

24. (Dan 2:44) And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

25. II . What is the Kingdom of Heaven?
ANSWER:
IT IS A LITERAL PHYSICAL KINGDOM

26. III. The Importance these Kingdoms

27. (Act 1:3-7) To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

28. (Act 1:3) To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
(Luk 24:45) Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,

29. (Act 1:6-7) When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

30. (1Th 5:1-5) But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

31. These kingdoms are the theme of the Bible

32. 1. God’s Three fold Plan for the Earth and Universe, for the Nation of Israel and for your life are actually the plan and development of these Kingdoms

33. 2. Getting the Big picture of the Bible

34. (Gen 1:1) In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
THE BIBLE BEGINS WITH A STRUGGLE OVER A THRONE.
(Gen 1:1) In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
(Isa 14:13) For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

35. THE BIBLE ENDS WITH SOME SITTING ON A THRONE
(Rev 22:3) And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

36. IV. Tracing these Kingdoms through the Bible

37. THE ATTITUDE FACTOR
Always be prepared to change whatever you have been taught or believed when it goes contrary to the Bible. Never make the Bible line up with what believe or think. Always line up your thoughts with what the Bible clearly teaches

38. 1. Starting with eternity past

39. THE BIBLE OPENS WITH GOD REIGNING AS THE KING
(Gen 1:1) In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
(Psa 10:16) The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
(Psa 24:8) Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
(Psa 74:12) For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

40. 2. God places a new king over the kingdoms

41. (Eze 28:12-15) Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

42. (Isa 14:12-15) How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

43. EDEN
This is the place that history starts (where God’s plan for the earth began
This is the place that time will end.
This is the place where Christ will return and rule for a thousand years

45. (Eze 28:12-15) Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

46. (2Th 2:3-4) Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

47. SATAN’S KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
(Rev 13:1-2) And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

48. SATAN’S KINGDOM OF GOD
(Rev 17:5-7) And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.

49. SATAN’S KINGDOM OF GOD
(Rev 13:11-15) And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.