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*Already…Not Yet*
v Opening illustration
Ø There are 27 mentions of the Kingdom of God in Luke’s Gospel
§ What does Jesus mean when he says “Kingdom of God”
§ What is the Kingdom of God?
· To some…
¨ A future physical place
· To others…
¨ A spiritual reality
Ø Let me give you the Biblical Definition:
§ /God’s People, in God’s Place, under God’s Rule/
· The Bible is the story of exactly that…
v Look at…
Ø Garden of Eden
§ Adam and Eve (God’s People)
§ In God’s Place (Garden)
§ Under God’s rule (Don’t eat of the tree of the Knowledge…)
· Since then, always partial fulfillment of…
Ø Patriarchs
§ Abraham
· God’s person (credited to him as Righteousness)
· Not in yet God’s Place
¨ Looking forward to God’s place (Promised land)
· Under God’s rule
Ø Time of Judges and Samuel
§ God’s people in God’s Place
· But not under God’s rule
Ø Faulty monarchy
§ David and Solomon and then split
· On and on…
v Now we get to the time of Christ…
Ø And the Pharisees ask him a very interesting question
*READ v. 20-21*
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*Be Kingdom Aware*
v The Pharisees were looking for the Kingdom of God as a future event
Ø And they, like many of us, had it all worked out
§ Specific signs were to happen
· And then the Messiah was to come and restore Israel politically
¨ Restore the Davidic Kingdom
Ø Kick the Romans out, etc.
v They were looking back
Ø But Jesus says, look right before you
§ “Not with careful observation”
§ Not “Here” or “There”
· Jesus says…
¨ V.
21 ~~ The Kingdom of God is ‘/Entos Humen’/
Ø NIV translates that “within you”
§ The GK actually means literally
· /In your midst, among you/
Ø I believe that Jesus opens his arms and says…
§ ‘The Kingdom of God is standing right in front of you’
· He is the Kingdom of God
v He is God’s person
Ø The Kingdom’s KING!
v In God’s Place
Ø In God’s creation
v Under God’s rule
Ø Jesus said himself
§ *John 6:38*
· /For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me/
v The Pharisees were not Kingdom Aware
Ø They were looking right at the Kingdom of God incarnate and missing it
§ Even though Jesus healed the lame, gave sight to the blind, raised the dead
· They missed it
§ Even though Jesus raised the dead and cast out demons
· They missed it
§ Even though Jesus spoke in parables and taught with authority
· They missed it
v Jesus is standing in their midst and saying…
Ø The Kingdom is Already here!
§ It’s King has come
v But the Kingdom of God has an “Already…Not Yet” dimension to it
Ø Yes the Kingdom is already here in the form of Jesus
§ He has inaugurated the Kingdom of God
· Spiritually speaking it is here (Christ reigning, Gospel advancing)
Ø But it is not yet consummated
§ It is not yet complete
§ It is not yet a complete physical reality
· And that is what he turns to his disciples and makes them aware of…
*Read v. 22-25*
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v He is urging his followers during this time of “Not Yet” to…
*Be Kingdom Wise*
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v *Illustration:* 60’ series /Mission Impossible/
Ø Famous for the “mask pull off” at the end of the episode
§ All those who were supposed to know the person were fooled
· Point Jesus is making is…
¨ Be Kingdom wise
Ø /Don’t be fooled by imposters/
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Ø Jesus is warning the disciples and us that there will be many in the “Not Yet” period of time that appear on the scene and…
§ May look like the messiah
§ Act like him
§ Perform miraculous sign and wonders like him
· But they are nothing but false teachers
v *2 Peter 2* gives a description of such men…
Ø *READ 2 Peter 2:1-3, 10b-12, 13b15, 17-18 (p.
1894)*
§ People will be coming and shouting…
· Here he is!
There he is!
¨ But the follower of Christ must be *Kingdom wise*
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