Born Again series: The Kingdom of God (handout)

                                         How do you get born again: John 3:1-5

1.    What is it?

·       Jesus’ purpose statement: Mar 1.14-15; Lu 4.43;

·       The promise of God to Abram, Gen. 12.1-4;

·       “It’s all about the Land,” Tom Cox;

·       The same promise of Jesus: Mat 19.27-29[1];

·       OT context, Dan 2:44; cp. 7:14, 18, 22, 27;

·       Always “near” never here: Mt. 3:2; 4:17; 6.10; 10.7; Mk. 1:15; 11.10; Lk. 10:9, 11; 11.2; 17.20; 19.11; 21:31;

·       The 3Rs  = Restore, Regenerate, Rebirth, Mat 19.28;

 

2.    Who are you ruling over?

·       The Widescreen Gospel: Gal 3.8, 29;

·       The “surviving [remnant] nations”: Isa 19.16-24; Ezek. 36.36; Zech. 14.16;

 

3.    Where will the Kingdom be?

·       Mount Zion, Jerusalem: Ps 2.6;

·       “On [not over, from heaven] the Earth: Mat 5.5; Rev 5.10;

 

4.    When will the Kingdom Come?

·       First, “no one knows…only the Father”: Mar 13.32; Acts 1.7;

·       In the OT “On that day” code word for the day of the Lord God, in the NT the day of the lord Messiah = his parousia;

·       Aka “the end of the age”: Mat 13.39; 24.3;

·       Immediately after the Great Tribulation: Mat 24.29.

 

 

carlos@thehumanjesus.org

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[1] Compare: Christian triple honor, 1Pe 1.7. Thus, “the kingdom of Christ and God”: Eph. 5.5; Rev 11.15; cp. Jesus = David, Mar 11.9-10.