Fit to Represent, Vision for Discipleship Seminar

Appendix I: Bible and Theology ▪ 73

Living in the Already and the Not Yet Kingdom

Rev. Dr. Don L. Davis

The Spirit : The pledge of the inheritance (

) arrabon

The Church : The foretaste (

) of the Kingdom aparche

“In Christ”

: The rich life (

en Christos

) we share as citizens of the Kingdom

The Second Coming

Old Testament Manifestations of God’s Kingdom Reign

The Age to Come

Eternity with God and

Living in The Already and the Not Yet Kingdom (The Eschaton)

Christ in the unending days of the Kingdom

The Incarnation:

in Jesus of Nazareth

The inauguration of the Kingdom

This Present Age

Internal enemy : The flesh (

) and the sin nature sarx

External enemy

: The world (

) the systems of greed, lust, and pride ) the animating spirit of falsehood and fear kosmos kakos

Infernal enemy

: The devil (

Jewish View of Time

This Present Age

The Age to Come

The Coming of Messiah The restoration of Israel The end of Gentile oppression The return of the earth to Edenic glory Universal knowledge of the Lord