Conclusion of the New Testament, The (Msgs. 240-253)

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The kingdom its aspects (1)    _msg.240

I. Its aspects
A. The kingdom of God
1. God’s reign in a general way
a. From eternity past to eternity future
b. Comprising seven items
2. God’s reign in a particular way
a. In the sense of life
b. With Christ as the seed of life
c. With Christ as its reality in life

The conclusion of the New Testament

The kingdom its aspects (2)    _msg.241

d. Having drawn near at John the Baptist’s preaching
e. Having come in reality in the Lord’s ministry
f. Going in parallel with the church
g. Being the reality of the church life
h. Regeneration being its initial entrance
i. A present incentive to the believers to suffer the tribulation with endurance in Jesus
j. A destination for the believers to reach
k. A blessing for the believers to inherit

The conclusion of the New Testament

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B. The kingdom of the heavens
1. The ruling of the heavens
2. A specific section within the kingdom of God
a. Being called also the kingdom of God
b. In the age of the church and in the age of the millennium
3. Having drawn near at John the Baptist’s preaching and at the preachings of Christ and His disciples
4. Having begun at the church’s beginning
5. Being wrapped up with the church

The conclusion of the New Testament

The kingdom its aspects (4)    _msg.243

6. Its three aspects
a. Its reality as revealed in Matthew 5—7
(1) The reality of the overcoming church life
(2) Existing within the church in the church age
(3) An exercise to the seeking believers
b. Its appearance as revealed in Matthew 13:24-43 through the parables of the tares, the mustard seed, and the leaven
(1) The appearance of Christendom
(2) Existing along with the church in the church age
c. Its manifestation as revealed in Matthew 24:44—25:30
(1) The manifestation of the reality of the kingdom of the heavens
(2) The kingdom of the Father, the heavenly part of the millennium
(3) A reward to the overcoming saints
(4) Existing in the millennium during the age of the millennium

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C. The kingdom of the Son of God’s love
1. Comprising the church in the present age, the millennium in the coming age, and the new heaven and new earth in eternity
2. The stress in Colossians 1:13 is the kingdom of the Son of God’s love in this age, which is the reality of the church
3. All the believers have been transferred into this aspect of the kingdom
D. The kingdom of Christ and of God, the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
1. All being the same one aspect of the kingdom
2. Comprising the millennium in the coming age and the new heaven and new earth in eternity
3. Received by Christ from God and brought in by Christ’s coming
E. The kingdom of the Father
F. The kingdom of the Son of Man
1. The earthly section of the millennial kingdom
2. The restored nation of Israel, the kingdom of David, for the saved Jews

The conclusion of the New Testament

The kingdom its aspects (6)    _msg.245

G. The kingdom prepared from the foundation of the world
1. The earthly section of the millennial kingdom
2. For the restored nations to dwell in to be the people in the millennial kingdom
H. The millennial kingdom
1. The last age in God’s old creation
2. The kingdom received by Christ from God the Father
3. Its two sections
a. Its heavenly section
(1) The kingdom of the Father
(2) Composed of all the Old Testament and New Testament overcomers
(3) As the New Jerusalem in the millennial age
(4) As a reward to all the Old Testament and New Testament overcomers
(5) The realm for Christ and the overcomers to reign over the nations and for the overcomers to be priests of God and of Christ for one thousand years
b. Its earthly section
(1) The restored kingdom of Israel — the kingdom of David
(2) The realm for the saved Jews to be God’s priests to teach the nations in the millennium
(3) The kingdom prepared from the foundation of the world for the restored nations in the millennium
(4) The realm for the restored nations to be God’s people in the millennium
4. The kingdom delivered back to God the Father at the end of the old creation

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The kingdom its aspects (7)    _msg.246

* God’s governmental judgment upon His rebellious creatures
1. Consummated in the lake of fire
2. Upon Antichrist and his false prophet
3. Upon the condemned nations
4. Upon Satan the Devil
5. Upon the demons
6. Upon all the sinners, including those who worship Antichrist and his image
7. For eternal perdition to be tormented in fire and brimstone forever
8. Casting death and Hades into the lake of fire, which is the second death, since death, Hades, and the lake of fire are of the same category
9. To clear up the universe for the new heaven and new earth to come in

The conclusion of the New Testament

The kingdom its aspects (8)    _msg.247

I. The new heaven and new earth
1. The first heaven and first earth renewed through the judgment of God by the purging of the burning fire at the close of the old creation to be the new heaven and new earth
2. The new universe as the realm of God’s ruling in eternity
3. The issue of God’s work of the new creation within the old creation and God’s work of restoration in the old creation
a. God’s work of the new creation in the old creation to produce the regenerated, transformed, and perfected saints to be the kings and priests in the center — the New Jerusalem — of the new heaven and new earth
b. God’s work of restoration in the old creation to produce the restored nations to be the people on the new earth around the New Jerusalem
4. With the New Jerusalem as its center
5. Having righteousness dwell in it
6. Existing for eternity
7. Having years, months, days, and nights ruled by the sun and the moon

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8. Its people
a. The restored nations
b. As God’s people who do not have God’s life and nature, different from the sons of God
c. Having God with them, who dwells in the New Jerusalem as the tabernacle
d. God will wipe away their tears, and death, sorrow, crying, and pain shall be no more; for the former things have passed away
e. Inhabiting the new earth around the holy city
f. Walking by the light of the holy city
g. Their kings shall bring their (the kings’) glory into the holy city
h. The people shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into the holy city
i. Preserved by the healing of the leaves of the tree of life to exist in the created and restored human life forever

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The kingdom its aspects (10)    _msg.249

The sons of God and the restored people
The New Jerusalem, the new earth, and the lake of fire
The nations walking in the light of the New Jerusalem
A clear picture of biblical eschatology

The conclusion of the New Testament

The kingdom its reality, its nature, its expression, its relation to God’s glory, and its unshakableness (1)    _msg.250

II. Its reality
A. Christ as the seed of life
B. Christ’s expansion as the enlargement
C. The enlargement being the realm of the Kingdom’s ruling
III. Its nature
A. Divine — the kingdom of God, with the divine attributes
B. Heavenly — the kingdom of the heavens, with the transcendency of the heavens
C. Spiritual — of the Holy Spirit in the human spirit, with the bountiful supply of the Spirit
D. Human — the kingdom of the Son of Man, with the human virtues
E. Pure — the salt of the earth, with the killing power of the death of Christ
F. Eternal — the eternal kingdom, with its unlimitedness

The conclusion of the New Testament

The kingdom its reality, its nature, its expression, its relation to God’s glory, and its unshakableness (2)    _msg.251

IV. Its expression
A. In the divine attributes
1. Divine love
2. Divine light
3. Divine holiness
4. Divine righteousness
B. With human virtues
1. Righteousness
2. Meekness
3. Mercy
4. Purity
5. Peacefulness

The conclusion of the New Testament

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6. The highest standard of morality
a. In keeping the principles of the law
b. In not being angry (higher than not murdering)
c. In not committing adultery and in not having divorce
d. In not lying
e. In not avenging
f. In loving the enemies (higher than loving the neighbors)

The conclusion of the New Testament

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C. Shining as the light
1. Over the outsiders as a city situated upon a mountain that cannot be hidden
2. Over those who are in the house as a lamp on the lampstand
3. For the glorification of the Father who is in the heavens
V. Its relation to the glory of God
A. Entering into the kingdom of God and entering into the glory of God will transpire simultaneously
B. God’s glory goes with His kingdom and is expressed in the realm of His kingdom
VI. Its unshakableness
A. In its substance
B. In its foundation
C. In its structure
D. In its constituents
E. In its expression

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