The Kingdom of God

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The Kingdom of God
Jesus came preaching

• Viv Grigg
• Nov 2004, rev Mar 2007

What is the Kingdom of God? What are the Seven
Parables of the Kingdom?
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THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS ETERNAL, UNCHANGING (Psa
14511-13)
IN THE LAST DAYS WILL BE THE TRIUMPHAL COMING
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
THE KING
THE KING INVADES HISTORY
AS THE KING OF KINGS
INTERVENES
AND AS JUDGE OF ALL
AS A SUFFERING SERVANT
IN THE LIVES OF
ADAM
ABRAHAM
DAVID
MOSES etc.
THE KINGDOM
NOAH
WILL RULE THE
COMMUNITIES OF THE KING
KINGDOMS OF
IN EACH INTERVENTION THE KINGDOM PRINCIPLES
MANIFEST KINGDOM
THIS EARTH
SPIRITUALITY, ECONOMICS,
ARE MADE KNOWN SPIRITUAL,
SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS
ECONOMIC, SOCIAL
THROUGH GOD'S DEALINGS WITH ISRAEL

COVENANTS OF MERCY AND JUDGEMENT
It is a Kingdom Present. And Not Yet!
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Covenants - Foundations of Trust

• What happens when a society cannot trust each
  other?
• 7 Covenants of the scripture reflect the Kingdom
  
• Noah (Gen 98-17), Abraham (2) (Gen 159-21 Gen
  17), Sinai (Ex 19-24), Phinehas (Num 2510-13),
  David (2 Sam 75-16), New Covenant (Jer 31-34)
• All covenants involve
• God-Human
• Society
• Land

God
Land
Humanity
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New Testament period till today
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Discipleship Responses to the Reign of the King
1.
3.
GOD
SPIRITUAL
GOD
DISCIPLESHIP
DISCIPLESHIP
RULES OVER HUMANITY
RULES OVER
HUMANITY
WHO ARE TO RULE AS HIS
WHO ARE TO BE THEIR NEIGHBOURS'
VICE-RULERS
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KEEPERS
MANAGING THE CREATED
IN EQUALITY, BROTHERHOOD,
ORDER
SISTERHOOD AND JUSTICE
The Kingdom is Gods Rule Bringing Redemption of
Humanity And Restoration of Creation
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Jesus is the AnswerWhats the Question?

• Divine Resources
• Spiritual
• Spiritual Life
• Eternal Life
• Social
• Community
• Justice
• Brotherhood
• Economic
• Food / Work / Land
• Equal Distribution
• Management of Resources
• Political
• Servant-Leaders

• Human Needs
• Spiritual
• Separation
• Death
• Social
• Alienation
• Injustice
• Economic
• Poverty
• Opulance
• Exploitation
• Political
• Oppression

The Connection, Christ
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• Go to Kingdom Economics

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Some Sample Principles of the Kingdom

• Spiritual
• Eternal life
• Answered prayer
• Power of Spirit
• Political
• The Leader is a Servant
• Power is to be distributed
• The multiplication of small grassroots economic,
  political or spiritual organisations distributes
  power
• The government is to serve the poor

• Economic
• Creativity
• Productivity
• Voluntary periodic redistribution
• Private property
• Communal economics
• Social
• Equality
• Brotherhood, sisterhood

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Some New Testament Economic Principles of the
Kingdom

• Redistribution (2 Cor 98 Acts 242-44)
• Forsaking all (Luke 1233)
• Live simply vs consumerism (1 Tim 66-8)
• Identification with the poor (John 114)
• The rich are brought low, and the poor are
  uplifted (James 19)