Vision for Mission: Nurturing an Apostolic Heart

Ses s i on 7: The Consummat i on of the Ki ngdom 79

1. “All biblical prophecy sees the consummation of God’s kingdom on the earth” (See G. E. Ladd, A Theology of the New Testament , [Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993]).

2. The marks of the curse: subjection to corruption and futility

a. The powers of evil

b. The forces of negation

c. The despair of loss

d. The stench of death

3. Creation set free from its bondage to decay to obtain the liberty of the children of God

a. Creation eagerly longs for the Day of the Lord.

b. Creation shall share in the glory of the redeemed saints of the living God.

c. “We shall behold him . . .”

4. Peace, tranquility, abundance, blessing will displace hunger, war, sorrow, and death, Isa. 65.21-25.

5. The realm of the animal world shall express the redemption of God’s new order, Isa. 11.6-9.