This is a College Level Class that I taught this past August over three Wednesday Evenings at our Granite Bay Campus.

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2. The Kingdom of God is the
Unifying Theme of the Bible
The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom
of God is at hand; repent, and believe
the gospel.” (Mk. 1:14-15)
•Jesus used the term as if assured it
would be understood. The Kingdom
of God was embedded in the
vocabulary of every Jew.
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3. Old Testament and New Testament
View
“The Kingdom of God involves the whole
notion of the rule of God over his people,
and particularly the vindication of that rule
and people in glory at the end of history.”
John Bright
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4. Comparison of Four
Systems
• Dispensationalism
• Covenant Theology
• New Covenant
• Epochal - Lasor
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5. Scripture as a Record of
God’s Mission
1. The Bible is the true story of the world in
which we find our place and role.
2. God’s mission to redeem the world is the main
story-line of the narrative that the Bible tells.
3. In the Old Testament, God chooses and forms
Israel as a people with a view to bringing
salvation to the whole world.
4. In Jesus, God’s purpose to restore the
creation comes to a climax.
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6. 5. Church taken up into God’s
mission to continue the mission
of Israel and Jesus.
6. The already-not yet period of the
kingdom is an eschatological era
of the missional ingathering of the
nations.
7. The mission of God’s people
involves a missional encounter
with culture which both embraces
the treasures and opposes the
idolatry of all cultures.
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7. Continuation of Genesis
God as Creator
Imago Dei:
•Man is created in God’s image. Man is
created immortel.
•Our body dies but we do not. Man has a
soul That will live forever. What is created in
God’s image is the spirit (God does not have
a physical body).
•Man has moral attributes of God and has
the ability to choose.
•Man is creative. There is no limit to our
capacity to create.
•The concept of Dominion places man as
stewards over creation.
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8. Continuation of Genesis
God as Creator
Genesis is Divided two ways:
•Chapters 1- 11 is about Universal
History
Primary Instruction: We see both the
sovereignty and transcendence of God.
•Chapters 12- 50 is about God choosing
a people
Primary Instruction: God is always in
the redemption business.
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9. Five Things We Learn In Genesis
Concerning: Missio Dei
1. God is the One TRUE God.
2. God has called a people.
3. Israel is to live representing Him before the
nations.
4. How Israel lives before the nations is one
évidence of His authority as King.
5. He is a God of covenant and His
eschatalogical promise to Abraham is
Mission of rédemption is for all people.
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10. Abrahamic Covenant
Genesis 12:1-3, NASB
“Now the LORD said to Abram,
“[Go forth from your country,
And from your relatives
And from your father’s house,
To the land which I will show you;
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And I will make you a great nation,
And I will bless you,
And make your name great;
And so you shall be a blessing;
And I will bless those who bless you,
And the one who curses you I will ]curse.
And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”
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11. What is the Meaning of Blessing?
(Barak) Hebrew word used five times:
•Denotes fruitfulness and the capacity to
multiply.
•The Blessing is set in the context of
relationship both vertical and horizontal.
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12. Vertical and Horizontal Blessing
Vertical: Horizontal:
They know God is The relational element
blessing them and of the blessing
they seek to live in reaches out to those
faithful relationship around.
with their God. * Laban is enriched by God’s
blessing on Jacob (30:27-30).
*Potiphar is blessed through
the presence of Joseph (39:5).
*Pharaoh is blessed by Jacob
(47:7, 10)
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13. Galatians 3:5-9, NASB
“So then, does He who provides you with the
Spirit and works miracles among you, do it by the
works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?
Even so Abraham BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS
RECKONED TO HIM AS
RIGHTEOUSNESS. Therefore, be sure that it is
those who are of faith who are sons of
Abraham. The Scripture, foreseeing that
God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached
the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “ ALL
THE NATIONS WILL BE BLESSED IN YOU.” So
then those who are of faith are blessed
with Abraham, the believer.”
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14. The Kingdom is Not Filled with
Slaves but instead Sons
“Because you are sons, God has
sent forth the Spirit of His Son into
our hearts, crying, “ Abba!
Father!” Therefore you are no
longer a slave, but a son; and if a
son, then an heir through God.”
Galatians 4:6-7, NASB
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15. Sin as Covenant Rebellion
Salvation is Key
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16. Covenant Rebellion to Idolatry
“If human beings are inescapably religious,
driven always to seek an object of worship, then
the fall cannot be characterised solely as revolt
against the rightful Lord: It must be described
further as exchange of religious allegiance.”
(Chaplin)
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17. Exodus: Formation of a People
 By mighty act of redemption (1-
18)
 By covenant (19-24)
 By His presence (25-40)
“Exodus is not a literary or theological
goulash. It did not come together haphazardly
or without a guiding purpose, or with no
unified concept to hold it together.” (Durham)
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18. Redemption
 Redeemer is one who liberates
family member who has fallen into
bondage
 Israel bound to Pharaoh in
covenant?
 Living under authority of Pharaoh
was religious
 Liberation to serve God in all of life
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19. Liberated to serve God alone
‘In the Exodus, the power of the suzerain is
broken; the pharaoh, the god-king of Egypt,
was defeated and therefore lost his right to
be Israel’s suzerain lord; the Lord conquered
the pharaoh and therefore ruled as King over
Israel (Exod. 15:18). As their deliverer, God
had claimed the right to call for his people’s
obedient commitment to him in the covenant’
(Craigie).
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20. By a Mighty Act of
Redemption
 By a mediator
 Yahweh
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21. Meaning of Yahweh
 Covenant faithfulness
 Presence with Israel
 “I
will be who I will be”
(character known by future acts)
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22. By a Mighty Act of
Redemption
•Through acts of judgments
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23. Judgment on Egypt’s Gods
 Nile turned to blood: Khnum-guardian of Nile;
Hapi- spirit of the Nile; Osiris-Nile was bloodstream
 Frogs: Heqt-god in frog form
 Cattle: Hathor-mother goddess in form of cow; 2
bull gods
 Boils: Imhotep-god of medicine
 Hail: Nut-sky goddess
 Locusts: Seth-protector of crops
 Darkness: Re-sun god
“...I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am
Yahweh” (Exodus 12:12).
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24. Exodus is a Setup
For A Kingdom of the Redeemed
 The Exodus is a holistic model of Political, economic, and
spiritual redemption.
 Our Mission is to show the same broad concern that God has
for humanity. (Bayside Church – Unleashing Compassion)
 To Respond to God’s Redemption is to:
 Obey the Calling to Imitate God
 To release slaves
 Generosity
 Forgiveness and debts “transgressions”
 Reliant on God’s Capacity (the Cross is Central)
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25. Numbers: Failure in School
of Covenant Training
 IdealIsrael (1-9)
 Through the wilderness (10-21)
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26. Schools in Wilderness:
Lessons to be Learned
 Follow Lord’s appointed leader
 Trust Lord to provide
necessities
 Trust Lord to defeat enemies
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27. The Choice
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28. Numbers: Failure in School
of Covenant Training
 Ideal Israel (1-9)
 Through the wilderness
(10-21)
 Inthe plains of Moab (22-
36)
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29. The Story of Numbers
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30. Deuteronomy: Israel
Prepared to Enter the Land
 First sermon: The Lord’s grace to
Israel (1-4:40)
 Second sermon: The Lord’s law for life
in the land (4:39-28:68)
 Third sermon: Exhortation to choose
life (29,30)
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