Vision for Mission: Nurturing an Apostolic Heart

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Vi s i on for Mi s s i on: Nur tur i ng an Apos to l i c Hear t

G. The subjection of all things to God: the lordship of Jesus Christ

1. Act One of the Age to Come: the resurrection of Christ

a. The emptying of the kurios (Lord), Phil. 2.5-11

b. Christ’s resurrection not an isolated event

c. Christ’s resurrection as the “first fruits” of the resurrection which belongs to the end of this world and the beginning of the Age to Come, 1 Cor. 15.21-28

2. Act Two of the Age to Come: those who are Christ’s at the Parousia

3. Act Three of the Age to Come: the consummation of God’s redemptive plan

a. The final establishment of the Kingdom of God – his rule – in this world, Heb. 1.3; Acts 2.30ff

b. The putting down of all enemies under his feet, death being the final enemy, 1 Cor. 15.26

(1) “The Second Coming or Parousia of Christ will be the revealing to the world of what the Christian already knows to be true: Jesus is Lord” (G.E. Ladd, The Last Things [Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978], p. 53).

(2) “Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as in heaven,” Matt. 6.10