God the Son, Mentor's Guide, MG10

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c. The social order would be changed: Gentile oppression would cease.

d. All creation would be transformed.

5. Jesus proclaimed himself as the presence of the Kingdom of God in his person at his first appearing.

a. He introduced himself as the promised Messiah of the Kingdom which had then come into being, Mark 1.14-15.

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b. His most often used title by which he referred to himself was the “Son of Man,” an allusion to Daniel’s coming king, Dan. 7.13-14.

c. He exercised dominion over Satan and his minions through his ministry of exorcism and deliverance.

(1) Luke 11.17-23

(2) Luke 10.17-20

(3) Acts 10.36-38

d. He gave signs of the Kingdom’s coming and the visible end of the curse’s power through his healings and miracles.

(1) The feeding of the 5,000 (cf. Mark 6.30-44)

(2) He opened the eyes of the blind, John 9.1-7.

(3) He commanded the storm winds and waves, Matt. 8.23-27.

(4) He healed the lame, paralyzed, and the sick, e.g., Mark 2.1-12.

(5) He brought the dead back to life again, John 11.