Sacred Roots Workshop

Ses s i on 1: Your Ki ngdom Come : “The Stor y of God’ s Gl or y” 27

M. Messiah’s session in heaven : the generalship of God’s forces, 1 Cor. 15.24-28

N. Messiah’s Parousia ( coming ): the final consummation of the Kingdom, Rev. 19

VI. The Kingdom of God as Present and Offered in the Midst of the Church

A. The Shekinah has reappeared in our midst as his temple, Eph. 2.19-22.

B. The people ( ecclesia ) of the living God congregates here: Christ’s own from every kindred, people, nation, tribe, status, and culture, 1 Pet. 2.8-9.

C. God’s Sabbath is enjoyed and celebrated here: freedom, wholeness, and the justice of God, Heb. 4.3-10.

D. The Year of Jubilee has come: forgiveness, renewal, and restitution, Col. 1.13; Matt. 6.33; Eph. 1.3; 2 Pet. 1.3-4.

E. The Spirit ( arrabon ) indwells us: God lives here and walks among us here, 2 Cor. 1.20.

F. We taste the powers of the Age to Come: Satan is bound in our midst, the Curse has been broken here, deliverance is experienced in Jesus’ name, Gal. 3.10-14.

G. We experience the shalom of God’s eternal kingdom: the freedom, wholeness, and justice of the new order are present here, Rom. 5.1; Eph. 2.13-22.