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The Kingdom of God
in a Non-Rejection Context
Kingdom of God as Future
Organization of Jesus’
Teaching on the Kingdom of God
The Kingdom of God in the Synoptic Gospels in a
Non-Rejection Context
The Kingdom of God as Present
The Kingdom of God as Future
The Kingdom of God in the Synoptic Gospels in a
Rejection Context
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Site of Jotapata
The Kingdom of God in a Non-Rejection Context
Kingdom of God as Future
Praying for the Coming of the
Kingdom (Luke 11:1-2 = Matt 6:9-10)
Luke 11:2: And he said to them, “When you pray, say:
Father may your name be made holy. May your
Kingdom come’.”
Question
What does Jesus say that the disciples are to pray for?
The Kingdom of God in a Non-Rejection Context
Kingdom of God as Future
Eschatological Restoration of Israel
Twelve Disciples
Symbolic Nature of the Twelve (Mark 3:16-19)
Simon Peter
James son of Zebedee
John brother of James
Andrew
Philip
Bartholomew
Matthew
Thomas
James son of Alphaeus
Thaddeus (Jude of James)
Simon the Cananean (Zealot)
Judas Iscariot
The Kingdom of God in a Non-Rejection Context
Kingdom of God as Future
Eschatological Restoration of Israel
Twelve Disciples
Twelves Thrones (Matt 19:28)
Matt 19:28: Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, at the
renewal of all things (paliggenesia) when the son of man sits on
his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on
twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
What does Jesus say about “the renewal of all things”?
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Kingdom of God as Future
Eschatological Restoration of Israel
From East and West
Matt 8:11: I say to you that many will come from east and
west, and recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob in the Kingdom of heaven.
Luke 13:28: In that place there will be weeping and
gnashing of teeth, when you will see Abraham and Isaac
and Jacob and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God.
How does Jesus use the banquet metaphor? Who will be in
the Kingdom of God?
Question
What does Jesus say about the future hope of the nation?
The Kingdom of God in a Non-Rejection Context
Kingdom of God as Future
Eschatological Reversal
Eschatological Blessedness Conditional on Present Suffering
Luke 6:20: Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the
kingdom of God.
Matt 5:3: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the
Kingdom of Heaven.
The Kingdom of God in a Non-Rejection Context
Kingdom of God as Future
Eschatological Reversal
Eschatological Blessedness Conditional on Moral Rectitude
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for
they will be filled (Matt 5:6).
The Kingdom of God in a Non-Rejection Context
Kingdom of God as Future
Eschatological Reversal
Eschatological Blessedness Conditional on
Identification with Jesus
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you
and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of
me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in
heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the
prophets who were before you (Matt 5:11-12).
The Kingdom of God in a Non-Rejection Context
Kingdom of God as Future
Eschatological Reversal
Eschatological Blessedness Conditional on
Identification with Jesus
Mark 10:28 Peter began to say to him, “Behold, we have left
everything and followed you.” 29 Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, there
is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father
or children or farms, for my sake and for the sake of the good news,
30 but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in this age,
houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms,
along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life. 31 But
many who are first will be last, and the last, first.”
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Kingdom of God as Future
Eschatological Reversal
First as Last and Last as First
Mark 10:28 Peter began to say to him, “Behold, we have left
everything and followed you.” 29 Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, there
is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father
or children or farms, for my sake and for the sake of the good news,
30 but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in this age,
houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms,
along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life. 31 But
many who are first will be last, and the last, first.”
Question
What does Jesus teach will take place at the culmination
of the Kingdom of God?
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Kingdom of God as Future
Resurrection
Mark 12:25 When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be
given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. 26 Now
about the dead rising—have you not read in the book of Moses,
in the account of the bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God
of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob' [Exod
3:6]? 27 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
Luke 20:34 Jesus replied, "The people of this age marry and are
given in marriage. 35 But those who are considered worthy of
taking part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead will
neither marry nor be given in marriage, 36 and they can no
longer die; for they are like the angels. They are sons of God,
being sons of the resurrection.
Question
What does Jesus say about the resurrection? How does the
resurrection relate to the culmination of the Kingdom of God?
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Names Written in Heaven
Luke 10:20: Do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but
rejoice that your names are written in heaven.
Question
What does Jesus mean by having one's name written in
heaven?
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Kingdom of God as Future
Conditions of Entrance into Kingdom of God
Responding Positively to Jesus
Confession of Jesus
And I say to you, everyone who confesses me before men,
the son of man will confess him also before the angels of
God, but he who denies me before men will be denied
before the angels of God" (Luke 12:8-9 = Matt 10:32-33)
What does Jesus say about who will be “confessed”
before the angels of God?
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Kingdom of God as Future
Conditions of Entrance into Kingdom of God
Responding Positively to Jesus
Parable of Two Foundations
Luke 6:47-49: Everyone who comes to me and hears my words
and acts on them, I will show you whom he is like: 48 he is like
a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation
on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst
against that house and could not shake it, because it had been
well built. 49 But the one who has heard and has not acted
accordingly, is like a man who built a house on the ground
without any foundation; and the torrent burst against it and
immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.
What is the simile that Jesus uses to describe future entrance
into the Kingdom of God?
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Conditions of Entrance into Kingdom of God
Obedience to the Law
Only Those Who Do the Will of the Father
Matt 7:21: Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord,” will enter
the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of my Father
who is in heaven will enter. 22 Many will say to me on that day,
“Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name
cast out demons, and in your name perform many miracles?” 23
And then I will declare to them, “I never knew you; depart from me
you who work lawlessness.”
What is the condition of future entrance into the Kingdom of
Heaven?
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Conditions of Entrance into Kingdom of God
Obedience to the Law
Righteousness Exceeding That of the Pharisees
Matt 5:20: Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the
scribes and Pharisees you will not enter the Kingdom of
Heaven.
What does Jesus identify as the condition of entrance into
the Kingdom of Heaven?
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Conditions of Entrance into Kingdom of God
Obedience to the Law
Entering the Kingdom Maimed
Mark 9:43: If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for
you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell,
where the fire never goes out. 45 And if your foot causes you to
sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have
two feet and be thrown into Gehenna. 47 And if your eye
causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the
Kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be
thrown into Gehenna, 48 where “their worm does not die, and
the fire is not quenched.”
What is the metaphor that Jesus uses to explain the condition
of future entrance into (eternal) life?
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Kingdom of God as Future
Conditions of Entrance into Kingdom of God
Obedience to the Law
Inheriting Eternal Life
Luke 10:25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to
test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit
eternal life?" 26 "What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How
do you read it?" 27 He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with
all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength
and with all your mind’; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.’"
28 "You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and
you will live."
What does Jesus identify as the condition of inheriting eternal life?
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Kingdom of God as Future
Conditions of Entrance into Kingdom of God
Obedience to the Law
Difficult for the Rich to Enter the Kingdom of God
Mark 10:25: It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a
needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God.
Why does Jesus say that it will be difficult for the rich to
enter the Kingdom of God?
Question
What are the two conditions that Jesus sets for entrance
into the Kingdom of God at its future culmination?
Galilean Fishing Boat
Organization of Jesus’
Teaching on the Kingdom of God
The Kingdom of God in the Synoptic Gospels in a
Non-Rejection Context
The Kingdom of God as Present
The Kingdom of God as Future
The Kingdom of God in the Synoptic Gospels in a
Rejection Context
The Kingdom of God in a Non-Rejection Context
Kingdom of God as Future
Final Judgment
Whom to Fear
Matt 10:28: Do not fear those who kill the body but are
unable to kill the soul; but rather fear him who is able to
destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
Luke 12:4 I say to you, my friends, do not be afraid of those
who kill the body and after that have no more that they can
do. 5 But I will warn you whom to fear: fear the one who,
after he has killed, has authority to cast into Gehenna; yes, I
tell you, fear him.
What is Jesus’ warning in these similar sayings?
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Final Judgment
Revealing of All Things
For nothing is hidden, except to be revealed; nor has
anything been secret, but that it would come to light.
What is the “revealing” in the future?
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Final Judgment
Warning to Repent
Luke 13:1 Now on the same occasion there were some present who
reported to him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed
with their sacrifices. 2 And Jesus said to them, "Do you suppose that
these Galileans were greater sinners than all other Galileans
because they suffered this fate? 3 I tell you, no, but unless you
repent, you will all likewise perish. 4 Or do you suppose that those
eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them were
worse culprits than all the men who live in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you,
no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish."
Which recent events does Jesus use as a warning?
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Final Judgment
Woes on Galilean Towns
Luke 10:13: Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if
the miracles had been performed in Tyre and Sidon which
occurred in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in
sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and
Sidon in the judgment than for you. 15 And you, Capernaum, will
not be lifted up to the heavens, will you? You will go down to
Hades.
Why does Jesus pronounce woes on Galilean towns?
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Parable of the Sower
Final Judgment
Mark 4:1 Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered
around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake,
while all the people were along the shore at the water's edge. 2 He taught
them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: 3 "Listen! A farmer
went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along
the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places,
where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was
shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they
withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which
grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. 8 Still other
seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, multiplying
thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times." 9 Then Jesus said, "He who has
ears to hear, let him hear."
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Final Judgment
Parable of the Sower (Interpretation)
Mark 4:13 Then Jesus said to them, "Don't you understand this parable?
How then will you understand any parable? 14 The farmer sows the
word. 15 Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown.
As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was
sown in them. 16 Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and
at once receive it with joy. 17 But since they have no root, they last only a
short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they
quickly fall away. 18 Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the
word; 19 but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the
desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. 20
Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a
crop—thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what was sown."
What is the point that Jesus makes in this parable?
Question
What is the basis of final judgment and how does it relate to
the culmination of the Kingdom of God?
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Separation Only at the End
Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds
Matt 13:24 Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, "The kingdom
of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25
"But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among
the wheat, and went away. 26 But when the wheat sprouted and bore grain,
then the weeds became evident also. 27 The slaves of the landowner came
and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does
it have weeds?' 28 And he said to them, 'An enemy has done this!' The
slaves said to him, 'Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?' 29 But
he said, 'No; for while you are gathering up the weeds, you may uproot the
wheat with them. 30 'Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and in the
time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, "First gather up the weeds and
bind them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn."
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Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds (Interpretation)
Matt 13: 36 Then He left the crowds and went into the house And His
disciples came to Him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the
field." 37 And He said, "The one who sows the good seed is the son of man,
38 and the field is the world; and as for the good seed, these are the sons of
the kingdom; and the weeds are the sons of the evil one; 39 and the enemy
who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age; and the
reapers are angels. 40 So just as the weeds are gathered up and burned with
fire, so shall it be at the end of the age. 41 The son of man will send forth his
angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those
who commit lawlessness, 42 and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in
that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous
will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.”
What is the meaning of the parable of the wheat and the weeds?
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Separation Only at the End
Parable of the Net
Matt 13:47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet cast into the
sea, and gathering fish of every kind; 48 and when it was filled, they
drew it up on the beach; and they sat down and gathered the good fish
into containers, but the bad they threw away. 49 So it will be at the end
of the age; the angels will come forth and take out the wicked from
among the righteous, 50 and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in
that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
What is the meaning of the parable of the net?
Question
Until the culmination of the Kingdom of God what will be the
situation of the unrighteous in Israel?
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Context
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Shortness of the Interval
Mark 9:1: Amen, I say to you that some who are standing
here will not taste death before they see the Kingdom of
God come with power.
Matt 10:23: But whenever they persecute you in one city, flee
to the next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish going
through the cities of Israel until the son of man comes.
Dan 7:13: "And behold, with the clouds of heaven one like a
son of man was coming"
Question
According to Jesus when will the culmination of the Kingdom
of God occur?
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Jesus and Gentiles
And many people will come and say, "Come, let us go up to
the mountain of the Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob,
that he may teach us concerning his ways and that we may
walk in his paths." (Isa 2:2-3)
Then all the Gentiles will turn to fear the Lord God in truth, and
will bury their idols. All the Gentiles will praise the Lord, and
his people will give thanks to God, and the Lord will exalt his
people. (Tobit 14:6-7)
Question
In a non-rejection context, what might have Jesus' view of
gentiles in relation to the Kingdom of God have been?
Kingdom of God in a Non-Rejection Context