When we read and study the Bible, we are able to learn so many different messages and themes. This paper is going to discuss about the fulfillment of God's redemptive promises in Jesus and the New Covenant as expressed in the teaching about God's kingdom, God's choice of his people, Jesus' sacrificial death, and the visible expression of this in churches.
The kingdom of the God is one of the common themes to both the Old and New Testament. Since the New Testament builds upon the literal meaning of the Old Testament message, a thorough study of both testaments is necessary to understand the kingdom. The OT concept of the kingdom of God relates directly to God’s sovereignty throughout all the ages. God began His kingdom program at creation, long before the establishment of an earthly messianic kingdom. In the Old Testament the kingdom of God was promised to the leaders and to the people of Israel. God Himself ruled the people through a system of judges and priests. In the Old Testament, prophets from God would tell His people what to expect when the kingdom would arrive. Therefore, Israel was left waiting for a Messiah who becomes king and then the kingdom of God would be a physical place on earth for Israel. All of the prophecies from the Old Testament have been fulfilled or will be fulfilled. However, the kingdom most Israel hoped for did not happen. The Jewish nation was not restored. Many prophecies prophesied a future King, of the line of Israel's King David, known as the Messiah or Christ who would lead and govern the world. In Matthew 3:2, it said “repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” He announced to the world that the time had finally come. The covenants of promise were about to be fulfilled. Jesus came for them an...
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...ing food. I know I have to confess my anger to God and ask His help in dealing with my anger. I need to continue to pray, read the scriptures on anger as well as other scriptures and seek the Lord for the problem. I need to realize that I am a new person in Christ and I must love God more than the temptation, sins. I need to be devoted to Jesus before being devoted to ministry or anything else. New identity in Christ means that we have become the righteousness of God.
In conclusion, kingdom of God, election by foreknowledge, and identity in Christ messages will be studied and discussed until Jesus Christ returns. These messages must be handled carefully as Scripture. These three messages of kingdom of God, election by foreknowledge, and identity in Christ are found throughout the whole of the Old Testament, New Testament, and biblical narrative as a whole picture.
Toronto: Bucknell University Press, 1990. p. 102-115. New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Nashville: National Publishing, Inc. Company, c. 1968. -
As we have looked in to the Christian worldview of God, our humanity, the Son of God, and the restoration of our lives back into God’s purpose. Now we have a better understanding of what it means to be a member of the Christian community. God wants believers to dwell in union and in community having the same mind that is in Jesus Christ (Phil 2:1-11). This paper showed how God and Jesus Christ are at the fundamental core of all Christian beliefs regardless of the countless differences many Christians may
An increasingly common phenomenon in the church today, particularly in more liberal streams of Christianity, is the privileging of one attribute of God over another. Perhaps the most frequent example of this is the privileging of God's love over his justice. Those who fall prey to this dichotomy draw a distinction between God in the Old and New Testaments. In the Old Testament, God is viewed as a being of wrath who mercilessly executes judgment on the pagan and sinner. In the New Testament, however, with the coming of Christ, God is seen as more benevolent, loving, and gracious to the sinner.
The redemption that mostly played out in the New Testament in a part of the New Covenant found in Jeremiah 31:33, “‘or this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” This covenant is also known as the permanent covenant, because God promised to write it on our hearts, and because God laid out His plans for the coming of Christ. The coming of Jesus was prophesied early in the Bible, and according to Williams Rainey Harper in his journal, Micah 5 told of the coming of Christ. The journal states, “A cornerstone shall be established in Zion; and out of Bethlehem from the line of David shall come a righteous ruler, who shall lead Judah against the Assyrians.” These verses in Micah also solidify the prophecy made by Nathan in 2 Samuel 7. Jesus is the Son of God, and He is from the lineage of David, He was born to atone for the sins of mankind. When Jesus first came to earth, and was declared to be the Son of God people did not believe Him. The Resurrection of Jesus and the Hope of Immortality states, “…significance for believers or for all men is considered to depend logically upon the similarity of Jesus to other men and is weakened in the degree in which he is considered unique as the Son of God, the second person in the Trinity.” While it is sometimes hard to understand, God fulfilled the New Covenant. Jesus died on a cross, so we are forgiven our sins. His blood was the price of our sins. The most well known Bible verse John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” His death promised us an eternal
The Gospel of Matthew exhibits the plan of atonement and salvation for all people and the beginning of a new era. The Kingdom has come. Matthew’s Gospel is eschatological. Through the direct use of and allusions to the Hebrew scriptures, as well as fulfillment citations Matthew clearly connects Jesus’ life and ministry with Israel’s traditions and promised history.4...
In the days of Christ’s life on this earth, believers did not have access to the Bible in its entirety as we know and are familiar with today. Believers in this ancient time period only had access to the Old Testament. However, through their access to the Old Testament, believers were provided a foundation for New Testament times. This foundation provided New Testament believers with the Lord’s established principles of right and wrong they were expected to follow. In addition, the Old Testament is overflowing with accounts of people whose lives exemplified the future life of Christ on this earth. These pictures allowed the Israelite nation to begin to have an understanding of why Christ needed to come as their Messiah and the work He needed to do on earth. Finally, there are common themes that are interwoven throughout the entire Old Testament. Three of these themes: transgression, redemption, and consummation point to the purpose of Christ’s atoning death on the cross. These themes portray God’s work both in the lives of Old Testament believers, but they also foreshadow God’s desire and plan for believers in New Testament times and beyond.
Surveying the Old Testament reveals the theme of God’s faithfulness to his people. In light of this understanding, the restoration of the Israelites prophesized in the Old Testament is essentially the fulfillment of every covenant with God. This perspective relates to the work of Christ and encourages any follower of God to trust in his faithfulness.
how to get in to the Kingdom of God, what it is, and what it means to
During his time of teaching, he started to openly speak about the Reign of God coming among the people; however, his public speaking of this matter and the “Kingdom of God” started to upset a numerous amount of people . The “Kingdom of God” that Jesus spoke about basically meant that...
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Holy Bible: Contemporary English Version. New York: American Bible Society, 1995. Print. (BS195 .C66 1995)
"The Death Of Christ: Fulfillment of the Old Testament Sacrifices." Shawn Hall :. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 May 2014.
Throughout the Bible the theme of covenant is intertwined within all the books and stories that are read, from Genesis to Revelation. Covenants were at work behind the scenes throughout the history of the Bible and are still at work today. “The traditional Christian theology
The Kingdom of God defined by the Israelites as a physical place here on earth. The Kingdom of God is also called the “Kingdom of Heaven.” It means God’s rule in the lives of His chosen people and His Creation. In the Old Testament, the people in God’s kingdom were the Israelites. In the New Testament and now, the people in God’s kingdom are those who believe in and follow the Lord Jesus Christ. When Jesus comes again, then God’s kingdom will become visible to all people. The term “Kingdom” according to (Kingdom of God,2011) means the rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy. It can also be used in the context of a divine kingdom, the term Kingdom appears 13 times in Matthews, 7 times in Luke and 2 times in John.
There are many views of the assurance of salvation. Most current denominational systems are based on one of these views of salvation. This research will only look at three of the most popularly held views.