Marking Time: Forming Spirituality through the Christian Year

Ses s i on 1: F rom Ever l as t i ng to Ever l as t i ng 25

C. The Church bears witness of the Already/not Yet Kingdom in its life and works, that reign 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

4. Christ’s victorious reclamation of all things in the name of God, cf. Eph. 1.10-11 with Col. 2.15; 1 John 3.8; 1 Cor. 15.57

D. Making disciples among all nations is fulfilling our role in the script of Almighty God!, Matt. 28-18-20.

1. To declare salvation to the nations, Ps. 96.3

2. To prophesy deliverance to the captives, Luke 4.18-19, cf. Isa. 61.1ff.

3. To be salt and light in the midst of corruption and darkness, Matt. 5.13-16

4. To be a dwelling place of God in the Spirit, with Christ as the cornerstone, Eph. 2.19-22

E. The Church is an eschatological community, being both the locus and agent of the Kingdom of God.