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The Coming Kingdom Chapter 11

Dr. Andy Woods

Senior Pastor – Sugar Land Bible Church President – Chafer Theological Seminary 1. Kingdom Throughout the Bible

1. Eden 6. Offer & Rejection of the King / Kingdom 2. Abrahamic Covenant 7. Interim Age-Kingdom 3. Mosaic Covenant mysteries

4. Theocracy’s Departure 8. Interim Age-Church

5. Old Testament Prophets 9. The Kingdom’s coming THE INTERIM AGE

1. The Inter-advent Age (Matt. 13)

2. The Church Age (Matt. 16:18) The Church Age

1. The definition of the Church

2. The beginning of the Church

3. The purposes of the Church

4. The Church is not the Kingdom

5. The Church is not Israel The Church Age

1. The definition of the Church

2. The beginning of the Church

3. The purposes of the Church

4. The Church is not the Kingdom

5. The Church is not Israel 1. The Definition of the Church a. All (both Jew & Gentile) who have trusted in the very Messiah rejected by first-century national Israel (Gal. 3:28; Rom. 10:19; Eph. 2:14) b. Intercalation 1. The Definition of the Church a. All (both Jew & Gentile) who have trusted in the very Messiah rejected by first-century national Israel (Gal. 3:28; Rom. 10:19; Eph. 2:14) b. Intercalation 1. The Definition of the Church a. All (both Jew & Gentile) who have trusted in the very Messiah rejected by first-century national Israel (Gal. 3:28; Rom. 10:19; Eph. 2:14) b. Intercalation

Lewis Sperry Chafer vol. 4, Systematic Theology (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1993), 41.

“In fact, the new, hitherto unrevealed purpose of God in the out calling of a heavenly people from Jews and Gentiles is so divergent with respect to the divine purpose toward Israel, which purpose preceded it and will yet follow it, that the term parenthetical, commonly employed to describe the new age purpose, is inaccurate. A parenthetical portion sustains some direct and indirect relation to that which goes before or that which follows; but the present age-purpose is not thus related and therefore is more properly termed an intercalation.”… Lewis Sperry Chafer vol. 4, Systematic Theology (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1993), 41.

…“The appropriateness of this word will be seen in the fact that, as an interpolation is formed by inserting a word or phrase into a context, so when intercalation is formed by introducing a day or a period of time into the calendar. The present age of the church is an intercalation into the revealed calendar or program of God as that program was foreseen by the prophets of old. Such, indeed, is the precise character of the present age.”

Lewis Sperry Chafer, vol. 4, Systematic Theology (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1993), 41. The Church Age

1. The definition of the Church

2. The beginning of the Church

3. The purposes of the Church

4. The Church is not the Kingdom

5. The Church is not Israel 2. When Did the Church Begin? a. Christ referred to the Church in the future tense (Matt. 16:18) b. Paul referred to the Church as a “mystery” (Eph. 3:4-5, 9) c. The Church did not exist prior to Acts 1 since Christ became the head of the Church (Eph. 5:23) after His Ascension (Eph. 1:20-22) d. The Church did not exist prior to Acts 1 since spiritual gifts (1 Cor. 12:7; 14:26) only came into existence after His Ascension (Eph. 4:7-11) 2. When Did the Church Begin? e. The Church existed before Paul’s conversion in Acts 9 (Acts 5:11; 8:1,3; Rom. 16:7) f. The Baptizing (joining, uniting, identifying) ministry of the Holy Spirit began in Acts 2 1) 1 Cor. 12:13 2) Acts 1:5 3) Acts 11:15-16 4) Acts 2:1-4, 37-41 The Church Age

1. The definition of the Church

2. The beginning of the Church

3. The purposes of the Church

4. The Church is not the Kingdom

5. The Church is not Israel 3. Purposes of the Local Church

 Glorify God – doxological (Eph 3:21)

 Edify the saints (Eph 4:11-16)

 Fulfill the Great Commission (Matt 28:18-20) The Church Age

1. The definition of the Church

2. The beginning of the Church

3. The purposes of the Church

4. The Church is not the Kingdom

5. The Church is not Israel 4. Church ≠ Kingdom

 Shepherd/sheep – John 10:16; Acts 20:28; Heb 13:20; 1 Pet 5:2-4  Head/body – Rom 12:5; 1 Cor 12:12-13; Eph 1:22-23  Bride/groom – Eph 5:22-31; 2 Cor 11:2  Temple – 1 Cor 3:16-17; Eph 2:19-22; Gal 6:10  High priest/priesthood – Heb 4:14-15; 1 Pet 2:5-9; Rev 1:6  Pillar of truth – 1 Tim 3:15  Vine and branches – John 15:1-8 4. Church ≠ Kingdom

1. Jesus Christ is never called the King of the Church 2. Jesus Christ’s relationship to His Church is never depicted through the King-Kingdom metaphor 3. Prolonged Church Age carnality 4. Church Age Gospel = believe (Acts 16:30-31) 5. Kingdom’s arrival is instantaneous (Dan. 2:44) while the Church's construction is gradual (Eph. 2:22) 6. Church = heir of the Kingdom (James 2:5) 1 Corinthians 3:1-3 (NKJV) 1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; 3 for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?

Zechariah 14:16-18 (NASB) “Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths. 17 And it will be that whichever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, there will be no rain on them. 18 If the family of Egypt does not go up or enter, then no rain will fall on them; it will be the plague with which the LORD smites the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Booths.” 4. Church ≠ Kingdom

 John the Baptist – 3:2

 Jesus Christ – 4:17

 12 Apostles – 10:5-7

 Seventy – Luke 10:1, 9

Toussaint, Behold the King, 18-20 Matthew 4:17 (NASB) “From that time Jesus began to preach and say, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.’” Matthew 10:5-7 (NASB) “These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them: “Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans; 6 but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’” Acts 16:30-31 (NASB) 30 and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” 31 They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

4. Church ≠ Kingdom

1. Jesus Christ is never called the King of the Church 2. Jesus Christ’s relationship to His Church is never depicted through the King-Kingdom metaphor 3. Prolonged Church Age carnality 4. Church Age Gospel = believe (Acts 16:30-31) 5. Kingdom’s arrival is instantaneous (Dan. 2:44) while the Church's construction is gradual (Eph. 2:22) 6. Church = heir of the Kingdom (James 2:5) Statue & Stone Acts 15:14 (NASB) Simeon has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles a people for His name. Progress Reports in Acts

 Clearest: Acts 2:47; 6:7; 9:31; 12:24; 16:5; 19:20; 28:30-31  Less clear: Acts 1:15; 2:41; 4:4, 31; 5:14, 42; 8:25, 40; 11:21; 13:49; 17:6 4. Church ≠ Kingdom

7. Church suffers today (John 16:33) 8. Satanic influence on the Church (Ephes. 4:26-27) 9. The Times of the Gentiles continue 10.NT kingdom references predominantly future 11.Jesus Christ is never said to be ruling from David’s Throne now 12.Kingdom miracles (Isa. 35:5-6) are absent today (2 Tim. 4:20) 13.Kingdom prosperity (Amos 9:11-15) is absent today (Acts 11:28) Revelation 20:4-5 (NASB) “4 Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5 The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.” 4. Church ≠ Kingdom

7. Church suffers today (John 16:33) 8. Satanic influence on the Church (Eph. 4:26-27) 9. The Times of the Gentiles continue 10.NT kingdom references predominantly future 11.Jesus Christ is never said to be ruling from David’s Throne now 12.Kingdom miracles (Isa. 35:5-6) are absent today (2 Tim. 4:20) 13.Kingdom prosperity (Amos 9:11-15) is absent today (Acts 11:28) Satan Uses Believers

 Peter – Matt. 16:21-23

 Ananias & Sapphira – Acts 5:3-4, 11

 Ephesians – Eph. 4:26-27 Revelation 20:1-3 (NASB) “Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; 3 and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time.” 4. Church ≠ Kingdom

7. Church suffers today (John 16:33) 8. Satanic influence on the Church (Ephes. 4:26-27) 9. The Times of the Gentiles continue 10.NT kingdom references predominantly future 11.Jesus Christ is never said to be ruling from David’s Throne now 12.Kingdom miracles (Isa. 35:5-6) are absent today (2 Tim. 4:20) 13.Kingdom prosperity (Amos 9:11-15) is absent today (Acts 11:28) Statue & Stone Merill F. Unger Unger's Commentary on the Old Testament (Chicago: Moody, 1981; reprint, Chatanooga, TN: AMG, 2002), 1643. “Hence, the iron kingdom with its feet of iron and clay (cf. Dan. 3:33-35, 40, 44) and the nondescript beast of 7:7-8 envision…the form in which it will exist after the church period, when God will resume His dealing with the nation Israel. How futile for conservative scholars to ignore that fact and to seek to find literal fulfillment of those prophecies in history or in the church, when those predictions refer to events yet future and have no application whatever to the church.” 4. Church ≠ Kingdom

7. Church suffers today (John 16:33) 8. Satanic influence on the Church (Ephes. 4:26-27) 9. The Times of the Gentiles continue 10.NT kingdom references predominantly future 11.Jesus Christ is never said to be ruling from David’s Throne now 12.Kingdom miracles (Isa. 35:5-6) are absent today (2 Tim. 4:20) 13.Kingdom prosperity (Amos 9:11-15) is absent today (Acts 11:28) 2 Peter 1:8-11 8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins. 10 Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble; 11 for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you. 4. Church ≠ Kingdom

2. Priest – Present Session (Heb. 4:15)

3. King – 2nd Coming (Isa. 9:6-7; Matt. 25:31) 4. Church ≠ Kingdom

1. The definition of the Church

2. The beginning of the Church

3. The purposes of the Church

4. The Church is not the Kingdom

5. The Church is not Israel Exodus 19:5-6 “Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine; and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel.” Deuteronomy 17:15 “you shall surely set a king over you whom the LORD your God chooses, one from among your countrymen you shall set as king over yourselves; you may not put a foreigner over yourselves who is not your countryman.” Matthew 23:37-39 (NASB) “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. 38 Behold, your house is being left to you desolate! 39 For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, ‘BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!” Arnold Fruchtenbaum Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum, “Israel and the Church,” in Issues in Dispensationalism, ed. Wesley R. Willis and John R. Master (Chicago: Moody, 1994), 118. “In the book of Acts, both Israel and the church exist simultaneously. The term Israel is used twenty times and ekklēsia (church) nineteen times, yet the two groups are always kept distinct.” 5. Discontinuity Between Israel & the Church ISRAEL CHURCH Marriage Wife Bride Christ Birthed Christ Birthed by Christ Return 2nd advent Rapture Leader King Head, Groom Beginning Gen 12 Acts 2 Scripture 4/5 1/5 Covenants Parties Beneficiaries Nation Political Spiritual 5. Discontinuity Between Israel & the Church ISRAEL CHURCH Marriage Wife Bride Christ Birthed Christ Birthed by Christ Return 2nd advent Rapture Leader King Head, Groom Beginning Gen 12 Acts 2 Scripture 4/5 1/5 Covenants Parties Beneficiaries Nation Political Spiritual Matthew 23:37-39 (NASB) “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. 38 Behold, your house is being left to you desolate! 39 For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, ‘BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!” John 14:1-3 (NASB) “1 Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. 3 If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.” 5. Discontinuity Between Israel & the Church ISRAEL CHURCH Marriage Wife Bride Christ Birthed Christ Birthed by Christ Return 2nd advent Rapture Leader King Head, Groom Beginning Gen 12 Acts 2 Scripture 4/5 1/5 Covenants Parties Beneficiaries Nation Political Spiritual 5. Discontinuity Between Israel & the Church ISRAEL CHURCH Marriage Wife Bride Christ Birthed Christ Birthed by Christ Return 2nd advent Rapture Leader King Head, Groom Beginning Gen 12 Acts 2 Scripture 4/5 1/5 Covenants Parties Beneficiaries Nation Political Spiritual

Jeremiah 31:31-34

“Behold, days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD. 33 “But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the LORD,“I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34 They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the LORD, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.” 5. Discontinuity Between Israel & the Church ISRAEL CHURCH Marriage Wife Bride Christ Birthed Christ Birthed by Christ Return 2nd advent Rapture Leader King Head, Groom Beginning Gen 12 Acts 2 Scripture 4/5 1/5 Covenants Parties Beneficiaries Nation Political Spiritual

Romans 10:19 (NASB) But I say, surely Israel did not know, did they? First Moses says, “I will make you jealous by that which is NOT A NATION, By a nation without understanding will I anger you.” Galatians 3:28 (NASB) There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:14 (NASB) For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall. 5. Discontinuity Between Israel & the Church ISRAEL CHURCH Wars Political Spiritual Timing A quo / ad quem No time indicators Priesthood Have a priesthood Are a priesthood Temple Physical Body Resurrection 1st resurrection Rapture Judgment Earthly (Ezek. 20:33-44) Heavenly (Bema) New Jerusalem Gates Foundations Entrance Physical birth Spiritual birth 5. Discontinuity Between Israel & the Church ISRAEL CHURCH Wars Political Spiritual Timing A quo / ad quem No time indicators Priesthood Have a priesthood Are a priesthood Temple Physical Body Resurrection 1st resurrection Rapture Judgment Earthly (Ezek. 20:33-44) Heavenly (Bema) New Jerusalem Gates Foundations Entrance Physical birth Spiritual birth

Levitical Feasts (23) Feast Season Purpose Type Passover Spring Redemption 1 Cor 5:7 Unleavened Spring Separation John 6:35 Bread 1st fruits Spring Praise 1 Cor 15:20 Pentecost Spring Praise Acts 2:1-4 Trumpets Fall New Year Matt 24:31 Atonement Fall Lev 16 Zech 12:10 Booths Fall Wilderness Zech 14:16- provision 18

5. Discontinuity Between Israel & the Church ISRAEL CHURCH Wars Political Spiritual Timing A quo / ad quem No time indicators Priesthood Have a priesthood Are a priesthood Temple Physical Body Resurrection 1st resurrection Rapture Judgment Earthly (Ezek. 20:33-44) Heavenly (Bema) New Jerusalem Gates Foundations Entrance Physical birth Spiritual birth

Revelation 1:6 “and He [God] has made us [Church] to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.” 5. Discontinuity Between Israel & the Church ISRAEL CHURCH Wars Political Spiritual Timing A quo / ad quem No time indicators Priesthood Have a priesthood Are a priesthood Temple Physical Body Resurrection 1st resurrection Rapture Judgment Earthly (Ezek. 20:33-44) Heavenly (Bema) New Jerusalem Gates Foundations Entrance Physical birth Spiritual birth ISRAEL’S FOUR TEMPLES

A. Solomon’s pre exilic temple (966 BC, Kings and Chronicles) B. Zerubbabel’s post exilic temple (Ezra 1-6; John 2:20) C. Antichrist's temple (Dan 9:27; Matt 24:15; 2 Thess 2:4; Rev 11:1-2) D. Millennial temple (Ezek 40-48) 5. Discontinuity Between Israel & the Church ISRAEL CHURCH Wars Political Spiritual Timing A quo / ad quem No time indicators Priesthood Have a priesthood Are a priesthood Temple Physical Body Resurrection 1st resurrection Rapture Judgment Earthly (Ezek. 20:33-44) Heavenly (Bema) New Jerusalem Gates Foundations Entrance Physical birth Spiritual birth Revelation 20:4-6 “4 Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5 The… Revelation 20:4-6 …5 The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.” God’s Resurrection Program 5. Discontinuity Between Israel & the Church ISRAEL CHURCH Wars Political Spiritual Timing A quo / ad quem No time indicators Priesthood Have a priesthood Are a priesthood Temple Physical Body Resurrection 1st resurrection Rapture Judgment Earthly (Ezek. 20:33-44) Heavenly (Bema) New Jerusalem Gates Foundations Entrance Physical birth Spiritual birth 1 Corinthians 4:5 “ Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men’s hearts; and then each man’s praise will come to him from God.” 1 Thessalonians 4:17 “Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.”

Governing principle Law NT Selective, temporary, Universal, permanent, at Relation to HS subsequent moment of salvation Farewell address Olivet Discourse Upper Room Discourse

Designation First Born Son Bride of Christ

Revealed in OT Yes No

Evangelism Come & See Go & Proclaim

Blessings Earthly Heavenly

Composition Believers & Unbelievers Believers Only 5. Discontinuity Between Israel & the Church ISRAEL CHURCH

Governing principle Law NT Selective, temporary, Universal, permanent, at Relation to HS subsequent moment of salvation Farewell address Olivet Discourse Upper Room Discourse

Designation First Born Son Bride of Christ

Revealed in OT Yes No

Evangelism Come & See Go & Proclaim

Blessings Earthly Heavenly

Composition Believers & Unbelievers Believers Only Psalm 147:19-20 “He declares His words to Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.He has not dealt thus with any nation; And as for His ordinances, they have not known them. Praise the LORD!” 5. Discontinuity Between Israel & the Church ISRAEL CHURCH

Governing principle Law NT Selective, temporary, Universal, permanent, at Relation to HS subsequent moment of salvation Farewell address Olivet Discourse Upper Room Discourse

Designation First Born Son Bride of Christ

Revealed in OT Yes No

Evangelism Come & See Go & Proclaim

Blessings Earthly Heavenly

Composition Believers & Unbelievers Believers Only Work of the Spirit in the OT vs. Church Age OT/Gospels Today Reception of all of Subsequent to At moment of salvation the Spirit at the salvation (Exod 31:3) (Rom 8:9) moment of salvation?

How long is the Temporary indwelling Permanent indwelling indwelling? (1 Sam 16:14; Ps (John 14:16) 51:11)

Who is indwelt? Selective indwelling Universal indwelling (1 (Joel 2:28) Cor 12:13) 5. Discontinuity Between Israel & the Church ISRAEL CHURCH

Governing principle Law NT Selective, temporary, Universal, permanent, at Relation to HS subsequent moment of salvation Farewell address Olivet Discourse Upper Room Discourse

Designation First Born Son Bride of Christ

Revealed in OT Yes No

Evangelism Come & See Go & Proclaim

Blessings Earthly Heavenly

Composition Believers & Unbelievers Believers Only Discourse OLIVET UPPER ROOM SCRIPTURE Ma 24─25 John 13─17 LOCATION Mount of Olives Upper Room PASSION WEEK Third day Sixth day GENERAL FOCUS Farewell: Israel Hello: Church SPECIFIC FOCUS Israel’s future Divine provisions PROMPTING Temple's Christ's imminent destruction departure EXPLANATIONS Written OT Unwritten NT APOSTLES Israel (Matt. Church (Eph. 2:20) 19:28) 5. Discontinuity Between Israel & the Church ISRAEL CHURCH

Governing principle Law NT Selective, temporary, Universal, permanent, at Relation to HS subsequent moment of salvation Farewell address Olivet Discourse Upper Room Discourse

Designation First Born Son Bride of Christ

Revealed in OT Yes No

Evangelism Come & See Go & Proclaim

Blessings Earthly Heavenly

Composition Believers & Unbelievers Believers Only Exodus 4:22 “Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the LORD,“Israel is My son, My firstborn.” 5. Discontinuity Between Israel & the Church ISRAEL CHURCH

Governing principle Law NT Selective, temporary, Universal, permanent, at Relation to HS subsequent moment of salvation Farewell address Olivet Discourse Upper Room Discourse

Designation First Born Son Bride of Christ

Revealed in OT Yes No

Evangelism Come & See Go & Proclaim

Blessings Earthly Heavenly

Composition Believers & Unbelievers Believers Only Matthew 16:18 I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build [oikodomeō] My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. Ephesians 3:9 “and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things.” Colossians 1:26 “that is, the mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and generations, but has now been manifested to His.” 5. Discontinuity Between Israel & the Church ISRAEL CHURCH

Governing principle Law NT Selective, temporary, Universal, permanent, at Relation to HS subsequent moment of salvation Farewell address Olivet Discourse Upper Room Discourse

Designation First Born Son Bride of Christ

Revealed in OT Yes No

Evangelism Come & See Go & Proclaim

Blessings Earthly Heavenly

Composition Believers & Unbelievers Believers Only Isaiah 2:1-4 ...God of Jacob; That He may teach us concerning His ways And that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.4 And He will judge between the nations, And will render decisions for many peoples; And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, And never again will they learn war.” Zechariah 14:16-18 (NASB) “Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths. 17 And it will be that whichever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, there will be no rain on them. 18 If the family of Egypt does not go up or enter, then no rain will fall on them; it will be the plague with which the LORD smites the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Booths.” Matthew 13:3 “And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow.” The Prophetic Parables of Matthew Thirteen - A. W. Pink “The words ‘went forth to sow,’ or as Mark’s Gospel puts it ‘went out’ were indicative of the great dispensational change which was soon to be introduced. There was no longer to be a planting of vines or fig-trees in Israel, but a going out of the mercy of God unto the Gentiles; therefore what we have here is the broadcast sowing of the Seed in the field at large, for as verse 38 tells us ‘the field is the world.’”

A. W. Pink (2005). The Prophetic Parables of Matthew Thirteen. Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software. Matthew 28:18-20 18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Mark 16:15 “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” Acts 1:8 “but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.” 5. Discontinuity Between Israel & the Church ISRAEL CHURCH

Governing principle Law NT Selective, temporary, Universal, permanent, at Relation to HS subsequent moment of salvation Farewell address Olivet Discourse Upper Room Discourse

Designation First Born Son Bride of Christ

Revealed in OT Yes No

Evangelism Come & See Go & Proclaim

Blessings Earthly Heavenly

Composition Believers & Unbelievers Believers Only Ephesians 1:3 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.” Revelation 2:9 “I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy by those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.” 5. Discontinuity Between Israel & the Church ISRAEL CHURCH

Governing principle Law NT Selective, temporary, Universal, permanent, at Relation to HS subsequent moment of salvation Farewell address Olivet Discourse Upper Room Discourse

Designation First Born Son Bride of Christ

Revealed in OT Yes No

Evangelism Come & See Go & Proclaim

Blessings Earthly Heavenly

Composition Believers & Unbelievers Believers Only Matthew 3:9 “and do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father’; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham.” Romans 2:28-29 “28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. 29 But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God.” Romans 9:6 “But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel.” Revelation 2:9 “I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy by those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.” Zechariah 13:8-9 8“It will come about in all the land,” Declares the LORD, “That two parts in it will be cut off and perish; But the third will be left in it. 9“And I will bring the third part through the fire, Refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are My people,’ And they will say, ‘The LORD is my God.’ ” 1 Corinthians 12:13 “For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.” 1 Corinthians 3:1-3 (NKJV) 1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal,asto babes in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; 3 for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?

The Church Age

1. The definition of the Church

2. The beginning of the Church

3. The purposes of the Church

4. The Church is not the Kingdom

5. The Church is not Israel