An Authentic Calling: Representing Christ and His Kingdom through the Church

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An Authent i c Ca l l i ng: Represent i ng Chr i s t and Hi s Ki ngdom through the Chur ch

From Before to Beyond Time, continued

IV. Fullness of Time (Incarnation of the Messiah)

Gal. 4.4-5 – But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. A. The King Comes to His Kingdom B. The Present Reality of His Reign C. The Secret of the Kingdom: the Already and the Not Yet D. The Crucified King E. The Risen Lord Acts 2.16-18 – But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel: “‘And in the last days it shall be,’ God declares, ‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; even on my male servants and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.’” A. Between the Times: the Church as Foretaste of the Kingdom B. The Church as Agent of the Kingdom C. The Conflict Between the Kingdoms of Darkness and Light

V. The Last Times (The Descent of the Holy Spirit)

VI. The Fulfillment of Time (The Second Coming)

Matt. 13.40-43 – Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the close of the age. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all causes of sin and all lawbreakers, and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

A. The Return of Christ B. Judgment C. The Consummation of His Kingdom