 Good morning, everyone and welcome to class. I hope you can hear me clearly. Yes, and you're audible Thank you, Jeffina. Okay, let's so let's begin With a word of prayer. Can one of us lead in prayer, please? Can I ask Georgia to lead in prayer? Georgia Hamilton. Georgia, are you there? Can Anita lead us in prayer, please? Yeah, ma'am sure ma'am. Thank you Dear heavenly Father, thank you for this day Lord. You have given us Lord Thank you for each one of us Lord as we are over here for to learn from your word Lord help us to understand Lord Holy Spirit, you guide us and lead us Lord and help us to Learn everything that pastor is teaching us Lord and bless pastor Lord And I would like to give each one of us into your hand Lord in Jesus name we pray Amen. Thank you, Anita So welcome to class again everyone. Thank you for joining class Today we're looking at Chapter 10. We just have two more chapters in the kingdom of God. So we're looking at chapter 10 the literal kingdom. Okay, so all these Meeks that we've been studying we've actually been From chapters one right up to chapter nine We've been studying which dimension or which aspect of the kingdom of God Anyone can answer All of these weeks that we've been studying chapters one to chapter nine we've been studying which dimension of the kingdom of God Spiritual Okay, thank you, John. Yes, it's a spiritual Kingdom that we've been looking at so in chapter one We learned that there is the spiritual and the natural dimension of the kingdom The spiritual dimension of the kingdom has to do with the king's domain Being established in the hearts and lives of people So from here the kingdom of God's the kingdom of God is in us in our hearts and in our lives and from our hearts and lives the kingdom of God pervades or Effects everything that is around us and we also saw that there is a natural Dimension of the kingdom which is the literal government of the kingdom of God that God will Establish, you know, not so in the distant future when Jesus himself will come and rule the earth from Jerusalem and You know, we call it that Millennium Kingdom and thereafter he will continue to rule He still rules but you know when he will be king and there will be no governments other than the government There will be no other of God There will be no other kingdom than the kingdom of God or the kingdom of heaven So the government of that kingdom, you know will be administered by saints by you and I Who are the hairs of the kingdom? so all in all of these chapters from chapters 1 to chapter 9 we've been addressing the spiritual aspect of the kingdom of God and The focus of our study has been in the spiritual kingdom of God and how we can Relate to it here and now But we also need to explore and understand the natural kingdom or the literal kingdom Which the Lord Jesus will establish on the earth At the beginning of the Millennium rule the thousand-year reign on the earth So it's not just enough for us to focus on the spiritual Dimension the kingdom but we also need to understand the literal or the natural kingdom because we're all going to be part of that You know, we are going to be ruling With Jesus Christ in his kingdom. We are going to be because we are the hairs of his kingdom Okay, we also saw God's in chapter 1 God's original plan again We read in Matthew chapter 25 verse 34. Can one of you please read that please? Matthew chapter 25 verse 34 Matthew chapter 25 verse 34 Then the king will say to those on his right come you who are blessed by my father Take your inheritance the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world Thank you. So here we've already studied this in quite a bit of a detail when we We looked at chapter one, you know, where we saw that you know the kingdom of God that God planned to Bring about on this earth is not something that he thought of you know after he created the earth or You know this idea didn't just come up then but you know even before the foundations of the world God had this plan to you know He had prepared a kingdom that he was going to establish here on earth and That kingdom was you know, he had already prepared it for for the people that he is going to create to you know To have dominion and subdue and rule In this kingdom. So God's original plan was to have a kingdom with the people who would be hairs with him in that kingdom on this earth and You know, this eventually will have its Literal fulfillment when Christ the King himself will come and usher in his physical kingdom here on earth That is to do the Millennium rule here on earth. Okay? Now, let's look at some things or some prophecies You know from the Old Testament that talks about You know the fulfillment of this little kingdom or the coming of this Literary kingdom that we are going to see okay So we look at Jacob's prophecy in Genesis chapter 49 was 10 Can somebody the Genesis chapter 49 was then all of these scripture passages are in The PDF copy so you can just follow that and it just read from that can anyone read that please Genesis chapter 49 was then Genesis 49 10 the sector shall not depart from Judah Lord a law giver from between his feet until she law comes and to him shall be the obedience of the people Thank you, Senator Lee. So here it as early as in the book of Genesis We have the prophecy of the coming of the Lord Jesus was that going to be the ruler the law giver The Shiloh means the the peacemaker or the prince of peace and he's going to come from the tribe of Judah, okay We also see that this kingdom is little kingdom that God is going to establish here Was foretold also to as a covenant that God made to David in You know a second Samuel chapter 7 was his 12 to 13 and was 16 When it says when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your father's I will set you up I will set up your seed after you who will come from your body and I will establish his kingdom Was 13 and he shall build a house for my name and I will establish the throne of this kingdom forever It was 16 says, you know And your house in your kingdom shall be established forever before you the throne shall be established for Ever so here it says that you know your kingdom David's kingdom shall be established before You before and your throne shall be established forever. So it's talking about one who would come In the line of David from the tribe of Judah, you know, that is talking about Jesus because he came in In the line of a day King David and we know that you know His kingdom is a kingdom that will be established forever And he will fool from eternity to eternity. His kingdom is established for ever. Okay. We also read this When the psalmist says in psalm 132 was 11 the Lord has sold in truth to David He will not turn from it. I will set upon your throne the fruit of your womb. So the psalmist remembers The promise he made to King David in 2nd Sanhedrin chapter 7 verses 12 to 16 okay, so here we see that the covenant God is establishing that he will have Someone sit on David's throne, you know forever and David's throne will be That you know here will be established for ever and that's talking about Jesus and his reign in the school and his kingdom That will be for eternity and his kingdom is established for ever We also read in Isaiah chapter 16 or verse 5 where it says in mercy The throne will be established and one will sit on it in truth The tabernacle of David judging and seeking justice and hasting righteousness so In mercy the throne will be established it means that you know in the end times the throne of the Messiah that's the throne of Jesus Christ will be established and The Messiah himself will sit on the throne and he will be one who will you know reign in truth In the tabernacle of David and his reign will be very wonderful You know judging and seeking justice and hastening a righteousness So, you know his reign will be a reign of righteousness and justice and What fruit when Prove it we also read You know the covenant that God makes in you know the promise that he makes in Jeremiah chapter 33 Versus 14 to 18 also can somebody read that please Jeremiah chapter 33 versus 14 to 18 Jeremiah chapter 33 was 14 to 18 Before the days are coming says the Lord that I will perform that good thing Which I have promised to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah in those days And at that time I will cause to grow up to David a branch of righteousness He shall execute Judgment and righteousness in the earth in those days Judah will be safe and Jerusalem will be safe And this is the name by which she will be called the Lord our righteousness For that says the Lord they will they will share never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of his way Nor shall the peace believe us lack a man to offer burnt offerings before me to kill great offerings and to sacrifice continually Thank you, Jafina So it says here that in those days and at that time I will cause to grow up to David a branch of Righteousness so in the context of the new covenant promises, you know God promises that a descendant of the line of David would be the branch of Righteousness as we read in Isaiah chapter 4 was 12 Isaiah 11 was one and in Jeremiah chapter 23 was five as well. Okay here Jeremiah does not reveal You know too much or much about the coming Messiah as Isaiah does But you know, nevertheless, he gives us a glimpse of Christ As who Christ is and he mentions in his in his book, you know Christ is the fountain of living waters. We read this in Jeremiah chapter 2 was 13 That you know, the Messiah Christ is the good shepherd Jeremiah chapter 23 was four and chapter 31 was 10. He's a righteous branch You know, the Jeremiah chapter 23 was five. He's a redeemer Jeremiah 50 was 34 The Lord our righteousness again Jeremiah chapter 23 was six And David the king Jeremiah chapter 30 was nine. So, you know, he's revealing who this This king is going to be who's coming in the line of David and he You know, just basically gives us a glimpse of who this messiah is or who this king is who's Would would be a descendant of the line of David and would be the branch of Righteousness and it also says in this verse is a Jepina read that he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the Okay, so there's great promises of restoration and blessings You know under the under the new covenant Which would you know be would come about by the appointed man Who Jeremiah that refers to as a branch of righteousness would also be a descendant of David and he says that he will not only Rain over Jerusalem and Israel but over the Over all the earth again, and he will bring judgment and Righteousness on the earth and it says also here in this verse that this is a name by which She will be called the Lord are Righteousness. So, you know, this would be the title that will be Restored to Jerusalem under the messiah Under the king who would come who is the branch Of righteousness who comes from the line of David And no more would Jerusalem be a place of idolatry of rebellion of shame of destruction That came from, you know, all the kings who ruled Jerusalem But it would be a city when this when this messiah comes when this king comes this The king who is the branch of righteousness comes, you know He would make this city which is a city of idolatry rebellion shame destruction We're talking about, you know idolatry and rebellion and shame and all of that in the Old Testament Also now, you know, we see that prevailing In in Jerusalem So says now it would be a city and the people who truly find their righteousness and the Lord there God, okay So the king will not only come and rule and reign in in Jerusalem, but he will reign over all the earth And his rule his kingdom rule is kingdom reign is kingdom dominion kingdom government is kingdom values and righteousness and holiness will Will be exhibited throughout the earth and you know Jerusalem the name itself will be changed as And will be called the Lord our righteousness because it will be a city and And will have people a city that comprises of people Who would you know find their righteousness in the Lord there? So God made this covenant with David, you know that one of his descendants Will have a kingdom that will last or rule and reign for eternity or for Ever, okay, and we also see, you know the prophecy that was made by Isaiah. We We looked at it in you know, Isaiah chapter nine was six and seven We looked at it in chapter two when we studied the king and his kingdom But we just you know re-attract a few points what we had Learned in Isaiah chapter nine was six to seven. So can somebody read this please passive scripture This is a very fan familiar passive scripture read during Christmas season So can somebody read Isaiah chapter nine was six and seven please Isaiah chapter nine was six and seven for unto us a child is born Under us a son is given and the government will be upon his shoulder And his name will be called wonderful councilor my chief Of the increase of his government Upon David and over his kingdom to order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time forward even forever the zeal of the lord of host with performance Thank you, jeffina. So here it's promising about the child that is to be born And also it's talking not just about what the child will accomplish when When he's here on the earth, but it also talks about the increase of his government and peace. There will be no end And upon the throne of David and over his kingdom Uh, you know to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward and for ever More okay, and it says the zeal of the lord Of host will perform Uh, this okay, so Um, so here we see that you know, um, uh, it's not only talking about when the messiah will come But it's also talking about the future Little kingdom that he will also come to establish Which will be kingdom where he'll establish judgment and justice and righteousness From the time that he's you know, he's born into this world And for even forever more which is talking about the little kingdom that he's going to Establish and when we look at this passage of scripture we studied this in In uh in chapter two we said that you know god desires that his kingdom be a true representation of who he is as king and you know as isiah unfolds The aspects about the government that the son of god would administer You know, he's actually pointing out to the to his names And uh, you know, we know that god's name effectively this describes his nature We studied this even in christology and in systematic theology, you know The names of god reveal the attributes the character the nature of god who he is and therefore, you know, the government of the son of god That he will administer is an expression of who he is You know, uh, it's an expression of his names And as king, uh, you know, his government is ruled his reign and That we are experiencing now in the spiritual kingdom that we will experience in Uh in the natural kingdom, which is a little kingdom, which we will experience literally You know, we will experience his nature Because he you know god God You know once his desires his kingdom to be a true representation of who he is asking so asking You know, uh, his government will be expressed as something that is wonderful We saw that the Hebrew word for this word wonderful is uh, you know miracle or you know, uh marvelous things and we we You know, I also said that you know, uh god wants his kingdom to be saturated with the Miraculous not only now, but when the little kingdom when he establishes it will be a kingdom that will be saturated with the miraculous and also his kingdom will be expressed as you know as Through his name counselor wonderful Counselors the Hebrew word basically for this word counselor is advisor Sorry, and it's it's an expression of wisdom It's an expression of the might of god It's an expression of his power So god wants his kingdom to be filled with his wisdom And he wants his people to be working in the wisdom of god So in the literal kingdom even as we are experiencing in part we will experience the you know the manifest wisdom of god in its full You know in its full Expression when he comes to establish his literal kingdom or in the millenium kingdom, we will experience the you know the complete Sorry, we will experience a complete wisdom the working of the wisdom of god In his kingdom and also in and to us And his kingdom is also going to be an expression of who he is as an everlasting father It's going to be a kingdom of compassion of love and care of a father towards his Children, it's also going to be a kingdom where the prince of peace is going to be expressed in expression of Shalom, so when we say shalom, it's meaning a wholeness well-being prosperity life Peace and perfect wholeness. Okay, so he's a king who will bring about wholeness and total well-being so the miraculous The wisdom of god the power of god the father would have god What we see in his kingdom even as he comes to rule And he would bring about you know wholeness and judgment and justice and all of these are the different facets of God's kingdom or God's government Uh, uh, you know Uh, wherever god exists its influence throughout the realm of his domain dominion There will all of these things will be evident even as you know the kingdom of god is in us Even as we carry the kingdom of god, wherever we go whether we go to the marketplace Whether we go to our offices whether we go to church whether we are at home You know, we're interacting with our neighbors We're on the street. We are actually whenever we go we're carrying the kingdom of god His dominion his rule his reign And we are exerting his influence and who he is You know in and through us wherever we go wherever we step in okay, and also these are the facets of His kingdom that we will see in the literal kingdom that he comes to Establish, so we look at what Was foretold by us To us by Jeremiah we look at the prophecy by Isaiah Now we look at what was foretold By daniel in daniel chapter 2 was 44 We read that in the days of these kings the god of heaven will set up a kingdom Which shall never be destroyed and the kingdom which shall not be left to other people It shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms and it shall stand for ever so when god comes when jesus comes to Establish the millenium kingdom, you know There will be this war and he will overthrow all rulers Of the kingdoms of this earth And he will set up his kingdom and his kingdom shall never be destroyed No one can destroy his kingdom his kingdom shall not be left to other people But you know will be ruled or governed by his saints And uh his kingdom will break Into pieces and consume all the other kingdoms and his kingdom shall stand forever to all eternity Okay, and then we see that you know when the You know when the Israelites were taken to In captivity to Babylon We see that you know, there was a temporary pause of the lineage of kings in the line of david But we see that we read in Luke chapter 1 was 30 to 33 Where the angel comes to Mary appears to Mary and says that there would be One who will be born through her Who would be called the son of the highest the lord god and Son of the highest and the lord god will give him the throne of his father david and he will reign Over the house of jacob for his forever and his kingdom. There will be no end so You know after the the reign of king jeho kim king of juda Which we read in Jeremiah chapter 36 was 30. There was no king that sat on the throne of david So in Jeremiah chapter 36 was 30 we read therefore thus says the lord concerning jeho kim king of juda He shall have no one to sit on the throne of david and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat of the day And the frost of the night so in the lineage of the kings of juda. There was a temporary pause When uh, when after the reign of king jeho kim When the Israelites were taken uh into captivity by a king nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon so after Big pause silent period for many years You know or we read in the new testament the angelic announcement in book chapter one versus 30 to 33 where it says The angel said to her do not be afraid mary for you have found favor with god And behold you will conceive in your womb and bring forth the son and just call his name Jesus he will be great and will be called the son of the highest And the lord god will give him the throne of his father David and he will reign over the house of jacob forever and of his kingdom. There will be no End okay, so here after the many years of silent period of no one sitting on the throne of david The the angel announces to mary that This son will be born You she will conceive in a womb will be great Will be called the son of the highest and god will give him the throne of his father david And he will reign in the house of jacob forever and says office kingdom. There will be no and so we're seeing them the the prophecy that we read in uh in That's giving to jacob in genesis Then jeremiah and then isiah and daniel sing fulfilled partially here through Jesus when he was born and when he came and initiated the kingdom of god the kingdom of heaven, which is a spiritual kingdom And we will also see that you know, um, he will come again and he would establish his kingdom And office kingdom. There would be no end his kingdom will be for eternity to Eternity, okay, so the angel announced that Jesus would you know be the one who will sit on the throne of david and rule forever a kingdom that will have no end And so we see that he introduces a spiritual dimension to the kingdom first and then he'll come back to fulfill it in the physical Dimensions, okay Let's look at so that are the prophecies of the old testament and how it's going to be fulfilled How it's fulfilled partially and how it will be fulfilled Completely when jesus comes we look at uh, jesus's teaching on the literal kingdom And we will read matthew chapter 8 was uh versus levin and 12 so again one of you please read Matthew chapter 8 versus levin and 12, please Matthew chapter 8 was levin and 12 And I say to you that many will come from east and west And sit down with abraham isaac and jacob in the kingdom of heaven But the sons of the kingdom will be cast into other dark outer darkness There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth Thank you rosalyn So here it says that many will come from the east and west And sit down with abraham. So the fact that You know That that jesus saw such faith present in the gentiles You know Faith in in his in his kingdom faith in him faith in his miracles faith that he can heal You know when he saw the fact that you know the gentiles had such Faith that that faith was present in the gentiles You know, uh, it caused jesus to announce that there would be gentiles also in the kingdom of Heaven and they also will sit down to dinner with abraham isaac and Jacob now this was something that's a radical idea to many of the Jewish people in jesus's day because they assumed that this great messianic banquet You know would be comprising only of the Jews and would have no gentiles in them And you know when jesus corrected, uh, their Their idea they were you know, very upset. They were very angry and it you know, it It aggravated more of hate and um, you know, uh the intention to get done with Him so here jesus is actually correcting two mistaken ideas So he says that but the sons the kingdom will be cast out into the darkness. So jesus is reminding uh, his jewish listeners That just as a gentiles, uh, you know, uh racial identity You know, uh was no like no barrier to the kingdom Their racial identity was no guarantee to the kingdom itself. So, you know, um, even though the gentiles, uh, you know Where people who are the jews consider they will not be part of the messianic banquet of the kingdom of heaven You know, uh, jesus says now, you know, they are going to be part So their racial identity is not a barrier to for them being part of the messianic banquet or being part of the kingdom of heaven Uh, the same way, you know being jews, you know Jewish racial identity is no guarantee that they would be part of that messianic banquet or that part of the kingdom of heaven Though jews were considered to be the sons of the kingdom He says that they would, you know, still end up in Hell, okay, so he's Correcting their i their mistaken ideas here both their mistaken ideas one that, you know, gentiles will not be part of the kingdom Um And only it will be jews and the second thing is that Uh, you know that the gentiles will go to him and the jews will You know, uh, will be are those who are sons of the kingdom? He says, you know Though some of you are jews and you consider yourselves to be the sons of the kingdom But you might end up in uh, hell and you know, the gentiles Uh, may not some of them may not end up in hell. They will be part of that Kingdom of heaven part of a messianic Barricade, so this is what the jesus thought about the little king is the little kingdom is not comprising only of Jews but also You know of the gentile world. So everyone who believes in jesus christ everyone who Has accepted him Accepted what he's done on the cross except that he's god Except to their sinners and the sea forgiveness or sins They would be part of the messianic banquet. They will be part of the kingdom of heaven and it's not just those who are Called the sons of the kingdom. It's not just the jews or just not the christians You know, people were born into christian households christian families christian parents It's not that that they would be part of The kingdom of heaven, but they might also land up in hell Okay, and we read in might be chapter 22 verses 1 to 15. We read a parable You know We already looked at this parable, but we can just look at it You know, we just read it and jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said The kingdom of heaven. So we we know that you know, we when we were talking about Kingdom parables in chapter seven You know We said we saw all the kingdom parables and you know the parables that talked about the kingdom of heaven and every time jesus Wanted to make sure that you know, whatever he's saying is He's telling them that this is what the kingdom of heaven is like So the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son And sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding and they were not willing to come Again, he sent out other servants telling those who are invited see I have prepared my dinner my oxen In fact, the cattle are killed and all things already come to the wedding But they made light of it and they went their ways on One to his own farm and other to his business and the rest sees his servants treated them spitefully and killed them But when the king heard about it He was furious and he sent out his armies destroyed those murderers and burned up their cities Then he said to his servants the wedding is ready. But those who were invited were not worthy Therefore go into the highways and as many as you find Invite to the wedding So those servants went out on the highways and gathered together all whom they found Both bad and good and the wedding hall was filled with guests But when the king came to see the guests He saw a man there who did not have on the wedding garment So he said to him friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment? And he was speechless Then the king said to the servants bind them hand and foot take him away and cast him Into the outer darkness there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth But many are called but few are chosen Then the Pharisees went and thought that how they might entangle him in his Talk the case of the Pharisees when they heard this parable You know, they were able to understand that Jesus is referring to them and this wedding banquet is the messianic banquet and You know, basically Jesus is saying that uh, you know, um, uh, he sent out his His prophets the priests he sent out Judges to these people but these people did not heed They made light they Of God's ways they went their own way Then when he sent his own son they seized him and Killed him. Okay, and You know, and what did the king do the king destroyed all of them and he said, you know That's you know, the Jews who ever don't accept The gospel or That God has sent his son To save the world to be the messiah of the world You know, he says that now You know the Gentiles the invitation will be sent out to the Gentiles so the teaching here is on the literal kingdom Where the lord Jesus indicated that there would be many others from the non Jewish world will be part of this eternal kingdom So all of those from the Gentile world, you know, all of them on the streets. Everyone were not Jews. They were invited those who accepted the wedding banquet They came in and those who did not wear left behind and the And you know, Jesus says that the very ones through whom that, you know God had planned to release his kingdom on the earth remember the kingdom that he had planned even before the foundation of the world He wanted it To be released here on the earth to his chosen people That Israelites to choose They he wanted them to represent God represent his his nature represent his names represent his laws So other nations would know him but, you know, they rejected him and he says because they rejected him There would be cast out and the Pharisees, you know, were Jews they easily You know could understand what Jesus was saying It was so angry with him that, you know, uh, they went and Began to plot how they can really catch him in his own talks so that they could You know get done with him and you know, just finish it. Okay, so, um We will also look at this is what Jesus talked about in the parable We will also look at a few more scripture passages that talks about The coming the poor view of the coming of the kingdom of God So we will read Matthew chapter 16 was 28 So if one of you can please quickly turn to Matthew chapter 16 was 28 Another one can turn to mark chapter nine was one, please Someone else can turn to Luke chapter nine was 27 And uh, someone else can turn to Matthew chapter 17 versus one to eight So, okay, somebody please read uh each one of these references will begin with Matthew chapter 16 was 28 And somebody read that please Matthew 16 to the eighth Matthew chapter 16 was 28 As shortly I say to you there are some standing here Who shall not taste death till they see the son of man coming in his kingdom Amen. Amen. Thank you Rosalind mark chapter nine was one Mark nine one And he said to them as shortly I say to you that there are some standing here Who will not test that until they see the kingdom of god present with power Amen. Thank you. Zalatoli Uh, can somebody read uh, somebody else can read Luke nine 27, please Same thing it says but I tell you truly there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the kingdom of god Okay, the last picture passage can somebody read Matthew 17 one to eight Matthew chapter 17 was one great Now after six days Jesus took Peter James and John his brother Let them up on a high mountain by Denzel and he was fanciably good before them His face shown like the sun and his clothes became as white as the light and behold most is an Elijah of Then Peter answered and said to Jesus Lord it is good for us to be here If you wish let me hear three tabernacles one for you one for Rosalind one for Elijah But he was still sitting behold a bright cloud Overshadowed them and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud saying this is my beloved son whom I'm well pleased Here and when the disciples heard it they fell on their face and the great But Jesus came and touched them and said rise and do not be afraid when they had lifted up their eyes They saw no one but Jesus Amen. Thank you. Uh, jeffina. So here we see that during uh, Jesus's earthly ministry the lord Jesus gave Some of his disciples A preview of the glory of his coming kingdom or the little kingdom and he prepared them by saying that some of them You know would not Die until they saw the power Of the kingdom of god and of the son of man in that kingdom So he's talking about you know people in his time Well, they would you know, they would not die till they see the power of the kingdom of god and the son of man in that Kingdom now here we see that Jesus is emphasizing an important truth that you know walking With Jesus or living a life In christ or being in christ or you know when we receive salvation, you know, we become a new creation And we are in christ It does not mean that this life will be Just a life of death that you know having to carry our cross and bearing our cross And carrying it daily It also means a life of power and glory of the kingdom of god amen. You know, we can also taste You know the life the life means the zoe life the the eternal life The god kind of life the eternal life is not something that is We will experience way into the future So hope that we will experience this eternal life way into the future But this eternal life is not a eschatological hope But this eternal life is something that is also a realized eschatology. That means We realize it here and now as soon as we accept Jesus as our lord and savior You know, the life of god is in our spirit man. We experience the fullness of the life of god We experience them the zoe life of god the god kind of life Now you might be saying but I don't experience it They can be various things that are hindering the sin because we are feeling our sinful nature our carnal nature the evil desires of our Of our carnal nature our mind is not renewed Because we're born again only in a spirit man But not in our mind and in our nature and our nature and in our minds And I said in the way that we think our thinking perspectives our culture our lifetime is all, you know kind of still adhering or you know, submitting or pursuing the things of the flesh but when we You know pursue the things of god when we obey him when we submit to him when we adhere to him When we our desire is to please God and you know to grow in our spirit man to be holy and righteous As he has given us a right standing in grace and righteousness and holiness You know, when we're pursuing that we will surely you know experience The zoe life eternal life the god kind of life here and now because it's a realized eschatology It's not just a sclerotic hope that we will realize and range the future But we can experience a taste of that we can experience the power and the glory of god who he is and what he does Today in our lives, even as we're living In the spiritual aspect of the or the spiritual dimension of the kingdom of god So jesus promised some of his disciples and see a glimpse of that power and glory even as he manifests his glory of god here on And then on the mount of transfiguration that We read in mac chapter 17 versus 1 to 8 jepina read for us, you know the mount of transfiguration They had a glimpse of what jesus would look like, you know in his glorified state bright and radiant and similar to what, you know john describes in the book of revelation so god's kingdom is You know a kingdom not just of a persecution of crosses that we have to bear a pain and suffering But it's also kingdom of power and glory. Okay And then, you know, we look at the signs of the coming of the kingdom We will look at um, a matthew loop chapter 21 versus 27 232 where it says that the son of man will come in the cloud with power and glory and um You know and now when these things will begin to happen He says look up and lift up your heads because your redemption draws near and then he spoke with the parable of the fig tree You know look at the fig tree and all the trees when they are already budding You see and know for yourselves that someone is now here So you also when you see these things happening know that the kingdom of god is Here and he says assuredly I say to you this generation will by no means pass away Did all things take place? So here Jesus is giving a description of the end time a period just before his coming when he's going Set up his little kingdom. He gives us some signs that will happen Simultaneously in one generation and that same generation that will see the signs Will also see the coming of the literal coming of the kingdom of god And then he talks about the sparrow and the idea is that when the sparrow is that when the fig tree buds There is an inevitable result that the summer is near And the fruit is coming in the same way Jesus is saying, you know when you see all of these signs The coming of jesus in the glory with his church through this world when you know inevitably Follow so when you look at all of these signs, you know, know that, you know, the coming of jesus In glory with his church through this world will inevitably Follow so jesus is not referred to his own generation or that of his disciples that will see this You know literal kingdom, but he's talking of the generation That will see the signs Of the coming of this little kingdom We're in the future the generation that will be there to see the signs and he says that these This generation that will see the signs would be the same generation That will also see the coming the literal coming of the kingdom of god, okay So we'll Stop pause here. We'll we have just one minute for our break. Anyone has any questions Any questions? Okay, if there's no questions, then we just go for our break and then we begin Looking at The next sign of the kingdom of god Which is mentioned to us in Zechariah chapter 9 was 9 and mark chapter 11 was 10 or we look at it after our break. Okay