The Kingdom of God, Student Workbook, SW02

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T H E K I N G D O M O F G O D

Your Kingdom Come: “The Story of God’s Glory” (continued)

3. God declares the end of all things from the beginning, Isa. 46.10.

4. Nothing and no one can withstand the plan of God for salvation and redemption, Dan. 4.35.

B. God is the central character in the unfolding of the divine drama, Eph. 1.9-11.

Christ’s death for our sins — His payment of the penalty declared against us — was His legal victory whereby He erased Satan’s legal claim to the human race. But Christ also won dynamic victory. That is, when He was justified and made alive, adjudged and declared righteous in the Supreme Court of the universe, Satan, the arch foe of God and man, was completely disarmed and dethroned. Christ burst forth triumphantly from that age-old prison of the dead. Paul says that He “spoiled principalities and powers” and “made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.” (Colossians 2.15). ~ Paul Billheimer. Destined for the Throne . Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1996. p. 87.

C. Missions is the recovery of that which was lost at the beginning of time.

1. God’s sovereign rule, Mark 1.14-15

2. Satan’s infernal rebellion, Gen. 3.15 with Col. 2.15; 1 John 3.8

3. Humankind’s tragic fall, Gen. 3.1-8 cf. Rom. 5.5-8

D. Making disciples among all nations is fulfilling our role in the script of Almighty God!

IV. “Thy Kingdom Come”: Living Under God’s Reign

A. The distinctiveness of Jesus’ gospel: “The Kingdom is at hand,” Mark 1.14-15.

B. Jesus and the inauguration of the Age to Come into this present age

1. The coming of John the Baptist, Matt. 11.2-6

2. The inauguration of Jesus’s ministry, Luke 4.16-21

3. The confrontation of Jesus with demonic forces, Luke 10.18ff.; 11.20

4. The teaching of Jesus and his claim of absolute authority on earth, Mark 2.1-12; Matt. 21.27; 28.18

C. "The Kingdom has come and the strong man is bound": Matt. 12.28, 29

1. The Kingdom of God “has come” – pleroo

2. The meaning of the Greek verb: “to fulfill, to complete, to be fulfilled, as in prophecy”

3. The invasion, entrance, manifestation of God’s kingly power