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T H E N E W T E S T A M E N T W I T N E S S T O C H R I S T A N D H I S K I N G D O M

7. The matchless character of Messiah reveal the Father’s own divine splendor and glory, John 1.14-18.

8. The death of Messiah represents the payment for our sin debt and its penalty, along with the defeat of Satan, as Paul says in Colossians 2.15 made an open show and display of his victory on the cross, where our sin’s indebtedness and unrighteousness was paid in full.

C. The Kingdom is Already, but Not Yet: two manifestations of the Kingdom of God.

1. In Jesus’ presence, the Kingdom was displayed, and the reign of God inaugurated. Through his death and resurrection, the rebellious prince, Satan, the great deceiver and blasphemer was wounded, crippled, bound, but his destruction comes later, (cf. 1 John 3.8; Heb. 2.14-15; Col. 2.15). 2. At Christ’s Second Coming (what scholars call the Parousia [Greek for “Second Arrival”]) Satan will be finally destroyed, his rule finally put down, and the full manifestation of God’s kingly power will be revealed in the glorification of the saints, and in a restored heaven and earth, 1 Cor. 15.24-28.

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III. Messiah Opposed by Spiritual Powers: Healings and Exorcisms in the Life of Jesus

A. The Kingdom has come in Jesus: healings and miracles

1. Jesus’ healings were signs of his Messiahship and the Kingdom’s presence in the world.