Living the New Covenant | God with Us

November 14, 2025 | 55:17

God With Us: Rethinking the End by Going Back to the Beginning invites believers to rediscover the hope-filled vision of God’s Kingdom—not as something far off in the future, but as a present and advancing reality. Too often, end-times theology has left Christians waiting for escape instead of living with Kingdom authority. This series asks hard questions: If Christ reigns, why does the world seem to be going downhill? Why doesn’t it look like the Kingdom is advancing? Could it be that what we believe about the "end" has shaped how we live in the present? With fresh insight and biblical clarity, God With Us offers a victorious perspective—reminding us that Jesus has already won, His Kingdom is here, and our calling is to join Him in bringing heaven to earth.

Closed captions

Show Timecode

| Living the New Covenant | God with Us | November 14, 2025

Male announcer: previously on god with us.
00:00:01.024 --> 00:00:03.026
Mike hayes: it seemed like the message was designed by a
00:00:03.026 --> 00:00:06.930
Torturous god to catch the most of us off guard as possible,
00:00:06.930 --> 00:00:11.835
Take the fewest with him, and the rest of us go to hell.
00:00:11.835 --> 00:00:15.872
Harold eberle: how is it that just these last 150 years this
00:00:15.872 --> 00:00:19.175
Has become the dominant view, and somehow we lost touch.
00:00:19.175 --> 00:00:23.546
David holland: the world is supposed to get worse and worse,
00:00:23.546 --> 00:00:25.682
But then right at the very, very last moment, as it's super-dark,
00:00:25.682 --> 00:00:30.487
Jesus is gonna come back and set everything right.
00:00:30.487 --> 00:00:32.956
I believe with all my heart that that's not the story your bible
00:00:32.956 --> 00:00:36.059
Is telling.
00:00:36.059 --> 00:00:37.393
N.t. wright: the new age has been inaugurated.
00:00:37.393 --> 00:00:38.761
The kingdom of god has begun on earth as in heaven, and we get
00:00:38.761 --> 00:00:42.665
To be part of it.
00:00:42.665 --> 00:00:44.033
David currie: daniel 9 is a very complex oracle.
00:00:44.033 --> 00:00:47.570
The long and the short of it is the messiah did come.
00:00:47.570 --> 00:00:50.440
David holland: matthew 24 in the popular dominant view of the end
00:00:50.440 --> 00:00:54.210
Times is looked at almost more than any other chapter.
00:00:54.210 --> 00:00:57.714
Harold eberle: jesus said jerusalem will be destroyed.
00:00:57.714 --> 00:01:01.885
John noe: in ad 70 we have the jewish-roman war.
00:01:01.885 --> 00:01:05.822
Harold eberle: many christians have never heard about
00:01:05.822 --> 00:01:07.290
It before.
00:01:07.290 --> 00:01:08.625
Mike hayes: when you talk about great tribulation, not in
00:01:08.625 --> 00:01:11.494
The future.
00:01:11.494 --> 00:01:12.862
Martin trench: the book of revelation is a prophecy of
00:01:12.862 --> 00:01:16.766
Jesus christ told in the language of symbols.
00:01:16.766 --> 00:01:21.104
David currie: i think the problem when people go to
00:01:21.104 --> 00:01:23.406
Revelation is they still think most of it is future.
00:01:23.406 --> 00:01:26.910
Harold eberle: most of the church fathers, when we read
00:01:26.910 --> 00:01:29.646
Their writings today, believe the beast was an emperor
00:01:29.646 --> 00:01:33.783
Named nero.
00:01:33.783 --> 00:01:35.151
His name literally spells out 666.
00:01:35.151 --> 00:01:41.724
Martin trench: people talk a lot about the mark of the beast, but
00:01:41.724 --> 00:01:44.194
They very seldom talk about the mark of god.
00:01:44.194 --> 00:01:46.663
N.t. wright: the rapture mentality has gone with a whole
00:01:46.663 --> 00:01:49.199
Narrative which is superimposed onto the bible, which is not the
00:01:49.199 --> 00:01:53.603
Story that the bible is telling.
00:01:53.603 --> 00:01:55.705
Announcer: tonight on "god with us."
00:01:55.705 --> 00:01:59.042
Gary zamora: do not fear is stated in the bible 365 times.
00:01:59.042 --> 00:02:03.680
That's one time don't be afraid for every day of the year.
00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:06.716
David currie: god did not create us for fear.
00:02:06.716 --> 00:02:08.551
Trust in the love of god.
00:02:08.551 --> 00:02:10.687
Dudley hall: he has sent us into the world as a kingdom of light,
00:02:10.687 --> 00:02:13.723
And light always defeats darkness.
00:02:13.723 --> 00:02:16.092
Harold eberle: jesus christ is lord.
00:02:16.092 --> 00:02:17.794
That makes a huge difference in how you think this thing is
00:02:17.794 --> 00:02:21.264
Gonna turn out.
00:02:21.264 --> 00:02:22.599
N.t. wright: we are enabled in the present to do things which
00:02:22.599 --> 00:02:26.603
Really will be part of god's future.
00:02:26.603 --> 00:02:29.339
David holland: the way of the kingdom is societal and cultural
00:02:29.339 --> 00:02:31.841
Transformation that comes from the bottom up.
00:02:31.841 --> 00:02:33.743
Martin trench: we should not be looking for god's wrath
00:02:33.743 --> 00:02:36.846
Punishing the world or for the devil taking over the world, but
00:02:36.846 --> 00:02:41.884
We should believe that jesus is already lord.
00:02:41.884 --> 00:02:46.389
Mike hayes: because he came, the world is better, and it's
00:02:46.389 --> 00:02:50.593
Getting better every day.
00:02:50.593 --> 00:02:51.928
John noe: isn't that much better than sitting around hoping
00:02:51.928 --> 00:02:54.030
For something?
00:02:54.030 --> 00:02:55.365
No, no, we have it.
00:02:55.365 --> 00:02:57.300
Matt crouch: our beautiful production is simply saying,
00:02:57.300 --> 00:03:00.236
Hey, what if there is a victorious eschatology ahead?
00:03:00.236 --> 00:03:05.975
What if there's a victory?
00:03:05.975 --> 00:03:08.544
[music]
00:03:08.544 --> 00:03:15.885
Announcer: tonight, a journey to rediscover the hope, purpose,
00:03:15.885 --> 00:03:19.289
And victory jesus entrusted to his church and to finally trade
00:03:19.289 --> 00:03:23.593
Our fear of the end for faith in a future that just may have
00:03:23.593 --> 00:03:27.563
Already begun.
00:03:27.563 --> 00:03:29.399
This is "god with us," rethinking the end by going back
00:03:29.399 --> 00:03:33.202
To the beginning.
00:03:33.202 --> 00:03:36.239
Male reporter: it's one of the most powerful storms on record.
00:03:36.239 --> 00:03:39.175
Reporter: the shooter entered the school.
00:03:39.175 --> 00:03:40.743
Female reporter: this shift alone, he attended 22
00:03:40.743 --> 00:03:43.146
Overdose calls.
00:03:43.146 --> 00:03:44.747
Male reporter: this is the most stressful part of the job.
00:03:44.747 --> 00:03:48.584
[shouting]
00:03:48.584 --> 00:03:54.123
Announcer: the dispensational view of the end times believes
00:03:54.123 --> 00:03:57.160
That the world is getting worse with death, destruction, and a
00:03:57.160 --> 00:04:00.997
Great tribulation to come before the return of the lord.
00:04:00.997 --> 00:04:04.634
Many people have been attracted to that view of impending doom.
00:04:04.634 --> 00:04:07.503
Male reporter: strongest one on record to ever hit--.
00:04:07.503 --> 00:04:09.772
David holland: there is for a certain type of person, and i
00:04:09.772 --> 00:04:11.607
Was that certain type of person, a sort of a giddy kind of
00:04:11.607 --> 00:04:16.546
Fleshly excitement about all of the hell breaking loose
00:04:16.546 --> 00:04:21.284
On earth.
00:04:21.284 --> 00:04:23.653
It's sort of a "national enquirer" tabloid-y kind of
00:04:23.653 --> 00:04:27.023
A thing.
00:04:27.023 --> 00:04:28.358
The bible prophecies dispensational search for who's
00:04:28.358 --> 00:04:33.129
The antichrist, who's the beast of revelation, what is the mark
00:04:33.129 --> 00:04:36.899
Of beast gonna be?
00:04:36.899 --> 00:04:38.334
All of that kind of stuff scratched some itches in me.
00:04:38.334 --> 00:04:41.871
Reporter: one hundred mile per hour winds, a cat one.
00:04:41.871 --> 00:04:43.206
There will still be 10 inches of rain, a 7-foot surge.
00:04:43.206 --> 00:04:45.308
Female reporter: unique weapon with near unlimited range.
00:04:45.308 --> 00:04:47.744
Male reporter: tens of millions of americans will go hungry.
00:04:47.744 --> 00:04:50.146
Female reporter: one hundred car pile-up in fort worth.
00:04:50.146 --> 00:04:52.749
David holland: if the rise of evil and the rise of decadence
00:04:52.749 --> 00:04:56.152
And deprivation and potential increase of earthquakes and
00:04:56.152 --> 00:04:59.589
Famine, the four horsemen of the apocalypse riding around doing
00:04:59.589 --> 00:05:02.658
Their thing, if those things were signs of jesus's return,
00:05:02.658 --> 00:05:06.963
And i wanted jesus to return to fix everything, all the bad guys
00:05:06.963 --> 00:05:10.767
Would get their comeuppance, if i'm looking forward to that,
00:05:10.767 --> 00:05:13.936
Then why would i not be excited a little bit on the inside?
00:05:13.936 --> 00:05:18.775
It created a conflict in me that wasn't righteous.
00:05:18.775 --> 00:05:24.914
Dudley hall: i don't think we've thought it through, like let's
00:05:24.914 --> 00:05:27.183
Get out of here and let the world burn up.
00:05:27.183 --> 00:05:30.820
That doesn't sound very honoring to the lord who created the
00:05:30.820 --> 00:05:34.624
World and then jesus who paid for its restoration.
00:05:34.624 --> 00:05:38.461
That doesn't sound like what i signed up for.
00:05:38.461 --> 00:05:40.563
Martin trench: if we're sowing seeds into our life, different
00:05:40.563 --> 00:05:44.033
Beliefs and doctrines, but they're not producing peace and
00:05:44.033 --> 00:05:48.070
Joy and hope and stuff like that, but they're producing
00:05:48.070 --> 00:05:51.674
Anxiety and a sense of urgency and the need to make something
00:05:51.674 --> 00:05:56.279
Happen, you know, in human effort, then maybe the seeds we
00:05:56.279 --> 00:06:01.250
Are planting are not good.
00:06:01.250 --> 00:06:03.352
You know the old saying, if you don't like the harvest you've
00:06:03.352 --> 00:06:06.055
Got, check up on the seeds you're planting.
00:06:06.055 --> 00:06:08.424
That counts theologically too.
00:06:08.424 --> 00:06:10.359
Are you closer to god?
00:06:10.359 --> 00:06:11.761
Is the peace of christ filling your heart, is the joy of the
00:06:11.761 --> 00:06:15.531
Lord your strength, or are you all uptight with anxiety and the
00:06:15.531 --> 00:06:20.837
Need to convince everybody of your opinion?
00:06:20.837 --> 00:06:25.942
Announcer: lawlessness, disease, chaos, death.
00:06:25.942 --> 00:06:31.047
Just 200 years ago, life was short and harsh.
00:06:31.047 --> 00:06:35.485
Half of all children never saw adulthood.
00:06:35.485 --> 00:06:38.588
Famine, disease, the average person didn't dream of old age.
00:06:38.588 --> 00:06:43.125
Survival was the only goal, but look at the world now.
00:06:43.125 --> 00:06:51.300
Across the planet, people are living longer and better.
00:06:52.435 --> 00:06:56.906
Life expectancy has more than doubled, soaring beyond
00:06:56.906 --> 00:07:00.209
70 years.
00:07:00.209 --> 00:07:01.577
Female reporter: life expectancy rose in the united states
00:07:01.577 --> 00:07:04.146
Last year.
00:07:04.146 --> 00:07:05.515
Male reporter: life expectancy will be higher for both men and
00:07:05.515 --> 00:07:07.650
Women by the year 2040.
00:07:07.650 --> 00:07:09.185
Announcer: in the poorest countries where life once ended
00:07:09.185 --> 00:07:11.654
Before 40, it now stretches beyond 50.
00:07:11.654 --> 00:07:14.724
Reporter: in 1850, everybody would have known at least one
00:07:14.724 --> 00:07:17.093
Person who's died from childbirth, but now that number
00:07:17.093 --> 00:07:19.695
Is basically almost zero.
00:07:19.695 --> 00:07:21.531
Announcer: diseases that once defined human suffering
00:07:21.531 --> 00:07:23.766
Are fading.
00:07:23.766 --> 00:07:25.134
Infectious deaths, once a third of all lives lost are now
00:07:25.134 --> 00:07:28.538
Just 2%.
00:07:28.538 --> 00:07:31.173
Every single nation has lowered child mortality since 1950.
00:07:31.173 --> 00:07:35.144
Reporter: infant mortality rate has shown its biggest decrease.
00:07:35.144 --> 00:07:38.047
Announcer: and for the first time in history, growing old is
00:07:38.047 --> 00:07:41.284
The norm.
00:07:41.284 --> 00:07:42.652
We retire, we meet our grandchildren, we live lives our
00:07:42.652 --> 00:07:45.922
Ancestors could barely imagine.
00:07:45.922 --> 00:07:48.224
The story of humanity is not one of decline or fear.
00:07:48.224 --> 00:07:52.461
Gary zamora: do not fear is stated in the bible 365 times.
00:07:52.461 --> 00:07:57.700
That's one time don't be afraid for every day of the year.
00:07:57.700 --> 00:08:01.304
So if this pending, looming doom is hanging over our heads, how
00:08:01.304 --> 00:08:06.275
Can we not be afraid?
00:08:06.275 --> 00:08:07.643
I mean, regardless, that your flesh is going to fear.
00:08:07.643 --> 00:08:11.314
You're gonna be concerned.
00:08:11.314 --> 00:08:12.648
No one wants their head lobbed off.
00:08:12.648 --> 00:08:14.016
No one wants to be thrown in prison or tortured, and no one
00:08:14.016 --> 00:08:16.953
Wants to be chased down by the antichrist.
00:08:16.953 --> 00:08:18.788
So, the great harm is a sense of absence as opposed to the
00:08:18.788 --> 00:08:23.359
Awareness of his presence.
00:08:23.359 --> 00:08:24.727
Christ is joy, he's peace, he's love, he's gentleness, he's
00:08:24.727 --> 00:08:27.863
Meekness, he's grace, he's kindness, he is a rock, he's the
00:08:27.863 --> 00:08:31.267
Foundation of our salvation, so we can love more fervently,
00:08:31.267 --> 00:08:35.838
Because perfect love casts out all fear.
00:08:35.838 --> 00:08:38.975
David currie: god did not create us for fear, and god did not
00:08:38.975 --> 00:08:42.144
Create us to be deceived, so if the truth that you're seeing is
00:08:42.144 --> 00:08:49.919
Leading you to an uncomfortable place, trust in the love of god.
00:08:49.919 --> 00:08:56.392
That's really all god wants from you and me.
00:08:56.392 --> 00:08:59.428
Gary zamora: and the love of christ is that he's always with
00:08:59.428 --> 00:09:01.130
Me, he hasn't left me, he hasn't forsaken me, he has a bond with
00:09:01.130 --> 00:09:04.233
Me that he can't get away from.
00:09:04.233 --> 00:09:05.668
Dudley hall: he has sent us into the world as a kingdom of light,
00:09:05.668 --> 00:09:09.372
And light always defeats darkness.
00:09:09.372 --> 00:09:11.741
And also, the scripture says you are light, not you have the
00:09:11.741 --> 00:09:15.311
Light and you have seen the light and you should be the
00:09:15.311 --> 00:09:18.314
Light, he said you are light.
00:09:18.314 --> 00:09:21.250
Harold eberle: see, with dispensationalism, the
00:09:21.250 --> 00:09:23.686
Overriding belief is satan is god of this world, but with this
00:09:23.686 --> 00:09:28.858
View, jesus christ is lord, that makes a huge difference in how
00:09:28.858 --> 00:09:34.330
You think this thing is going to turn out.
00:09:34.330 --> 00:09:36.732
But dispensationalism believes that satan will be god of this
00:09:36.732 --> 00:09:40.736
World until jesus returns, then he'll set up his kingdom, and
00:09:40.736 --> 00:09:46.142
Then jesus will finally make satan bow.
00:09:46.142 --> 00:09:50.212
But this view that the historic church has always believe is
00:09:50.212 --> 00:09:54.250
That when jesus ascended into heaven, that's when satan
00:09:54.250 --> 00:09:57.053
Got dethroned.
00:09:57.053 --> 00:09:58.954
Before jesus died, he said the ruler of this world is about to
00:09:58.954 --> 00:10:03.292
Be judged.
00:10:03.292 --> 00:10:04.694
Then in another verse, he said the ruler of this world is now
00:10:04.694 --> 00:10:08.864
Going to be cast down.
00:10:08.864 --> 00:10:10.800
Female: is the world really changing for the better?
00:10:10.800 --> 00:10:13.836
Is the church actually advancing?
00:10:13.836 --> 00:10:16.572
I want to believe the holy spirit is moving, that jesus
00:10:16.572 --> 00:10:20.076
Truly reigns over the earth.
00:10:20.076 --> 00:10:22.712
But sometimes i wonder if he is really present, if he is still
00:10:22.712 --> 00:10:28.517
Working miracles, if his kingdom is really here at all, and can i
00:10:28.517 --> 00:10:33.723
Let go of the idea of being rescued?
00:10:33.723 --> 00:10:38.394
Mike hayes: all of these other catastrophic prophecies from
00:10:38.394 --> 00:10:42.465
Rapture to antichrist to mark of the beast to nuclear holocaust
00:10:42.465 --> 00:10:46.802
To armageddon, they are all precipitated by disasters, and
00:10:46.802 --> 00:10:52.374
Then god's gonna come and rescue something.
00:10:52.374 --> 00:10:54.510
Gary zamora: i don't see the need to be rescued.
00:10:54.510 --> 00:10:56.212
I've already been rescued.
00:10:56.212 --> 00:10:57.813
I've been saved through the blood of jesus christ.
00:10:57.813 --> 00:10:59.849
He said i'll never leave you, i'll never forsake you.
00:10:59.849 --> 00:11:02.118
I'm with you always.
00:11:02.118 --> 00:11:03.519
He said i am the first, i am the last, i am the beginning, i am
00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:07.723
The end, and there is no separation between god and man.
00:11:07.723 --> 00:11:12.194
That's what it is finished means.
00:11:12.194 --> 00:11:14.964
The theology that we still have to do something, there's always
00:11:14.964 --> 00:11:18.868
This pending doom looming over our heads.
00:11:18.868 --> 00:11:21.504
There's this nemesis somewhere around the corner, and we can
00:11:21.504 --> 00:11:24.840
Never walk in the authority and the power that we're supposed
00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:27.777
To, that's not the bible that i read.
00:11:27.777 --> 00:11:29.545
That's not the god that i serve.
00:11:29.545 --> 00:11:31.180
Mike hayes: what i found is that he didn't say the kingdom of god
00:11:31.180 --> 00:11:33.983
Is like picking up the pieces after a nuclear holocaust, he
00:11:33.983 --> 00:11:38.120
Said the kingdom of god is like a mustard seed, that's the
00:11:38.120 --> 00:11:42.057
Smallest of all seeds, but when it's put in the ground, it grows
00:11:42.057 --> 00:11:45.528
To be the biggest tree in the garden.
00:11:45.528 --> 00:11:47.696
Birds come and nest in it, and it gives shade to the people.
00:11:47.696 --> 00:11:52.401
Announcer: the historic church believed in a present and
00:11:52.401 --> 00:11:54.770
Growing kingdom of god.
00:11:54.770 --> 00:11:56.505
John wesley said, "all unprejudiced persons may see
00:11:56.505 --> 00:11:59.809
With their eyes, that he [god] is already renewing
00:11:59.809 --> 00:12:03.245
The face of the earth; and we have strong reason
00:12:03.245 --> 00:12:05.681
To hope that the work he has begun he will carry on until
00:12:05.681 --> 00:12:09.785
The day of the lord jesus."
00:12:09.785 --> 00:12:12.688
Harold eberle: two thousand years ago when jesus ascended,
00:12:12.688 --> 00:12:15.524
All authority in heaven earth was given to jesus.
00:12:15.524 --> 00:12:18.394
That means satan doesn't have any authority anymore.
00:12:18.394 --> 00:12:20.729
It was all given to jesus.
00:12:20.729 --> 00:12:22.598
Jesus has had all authority, satan was cast down.
00:12:22.598 --> 00:12:26.168
Now, i believe he's still wandering the earth seeking
00:12:26.168 --> 00:12:28.437
Someone to devour, but he's no longer god of this world.
00:12:28.437 --> 00:12:32.174
He's wandering, and his only power now is deception.
00:12:32.174 --> 00:12:35.878
N.t. wright: so, for god to be king means god is going to sort
00:12:35.878 --> 00:12:40.416
Everything out on earth as in heaven.
00:12:40.416 --> 00:12:43.285
We know that god is already ruling in his sphere, which
00:12:43.285 --> 00:12:46.655
Is heaven.
00:12:46.655 --> 00:12:48.023
We want that heavenly rule to become a reality right where we
00:12:48.023 --> 00:12:52.828
Are, which means social, political, cultural, religious,
00:12:52.828 --> 00:12:57.233
The whole darn thing.
00:12:57.233 --> 00:12:58.567
Mike hayes: with due respect, probably well meaning, i think
00:12:58.567 --> 00:13:02.404
We've threatened and beat up people long enough about trying
00:13:02.404 --> 00:13:05.107
To scare them into the kingdom.
00:13:05.107 --> 00:13:06.475
How about an invite into a victorious and glorious
00:13:06.475 --> 00:13:11.313
Opportunity to be with the god of the universe forever as his
00:13:11.313 --> 00:13:15.217
Favorite sons and daughters?
00:13:15.217 --> 00:13:17.453
He's invited us.
00:13:17.453 --> 00:13:18.821
Greg laurie: better moment to give your life to jesus than
00:13:18.821 --> 00:13:21.490
Right here, right now, wherever you are,
00:13:21.490 --> 00:13:24.393
And you won't regret it.
00:13:24.393 --> 00:13:26.862
[music]
00:13:26.862 --> 00:13:37.473
N.t. wright: being rescued from sin is being rescued from
00:13:31.800 --> 00:13:41.277
Everything that we have done which colludes with the power of
00:13:41.277 --> 00:13:44.780
Destruction and death and chaos.
00:13:44.780 --> 00:13:47.082
And so being rescued from that means being given the new bodies
00:13:47.082 --> 00:13:51.854
In which we will share in god's new creation.
00:13:51.854 --> 00:13:54.757
So, salvation, being rescued doesn't just mean going off to
00:13:54.757 --> 00:14:00.162
Somewhere else called heaven, it means being rescued from
00:14:00.162 --> 00:14:03.332
Everything that corrupts and decays, sin and death together,
00:14:03.332 --> 00:14:07.536
So that we can be alive bodily, immortal, and can take up our
00:14:07.536 --> 00:14:13.943
Proper roles, as revelation 5 says, as the royal priesthood in
00:14:13.943 --> 00:14:18.614
God's new creation.
00:14:18.614 --> 00:14:19.982
So it isn't just saved, oh, phew, that's all right, and
00:14:19.982 --> 00:14:23.319
Nothing bad's going to happen to me anymore.
00:14:23.319 --> 00:14:25.020
That's true, but it's, oh, i'm rescued from everything that was
00:14:25.020 --> 00:14:28.958
Stopping me becoming the person god really wanted me to be, so
00:14:28.958 --> 00:14:32.328
Now i can be the person god really wanted me to be.
00:14:32.328 --> 00:14:35.531
That's salvation.
00:14:35.531 --> 00:14:37.299
Female: seeing the kingdom as already here, alive and growing,
00:14:37.299 --> 00:14:42.171
Fills me with the hope i've never known before, and seeing
00:14:42.171 --> 00:14:46.041
God not as counting down the end but as a loving father holding
00:14:46.041 --> 00:14:50.546
The door open, it changes how i see him, myself, even the world.
00:14:50.546 --> 00:14:56.318
Dudley hall: so if i'm going to live for the glory of jesus
00:14:56.318 --> 00:14:59.488
Christ that i want to claim everything his blood paid for.
00:14:59.488 --> 00:15:03.559
I don't want him to have paid for anything i haven't taken.
00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:08.364
And so if there's ground to be taken, let's take it.
00:15:08.364 --> 00:15:12.568
He came to make us liberated humans.
00:15:12.568 --> 00:15:15.104
We see one in adam before he sinned, and then we see one in
00:15:15.104 --> 00:15:18.374
Last adam, jesus, a liberated human, one who enjoys god, is
00:15:18.374 --> 00:15:23.312
Not living with guilt, not living with shame, not living
00:15:23.312 --> 00:15:26.015
With fear, not hiding behind a bush, not wishing he could get
00:15:26.015 --> 00:15:29.385
Out of here, standing up in the presence of holy god, because we
00:15:29.385 --> 00:15:34.123
Stand in the righteousness of christ.
00:15:34.123 --> 00:15:36.125
He already has come and done the rescue and defeated the enemy,
00:15:36.125 --> 00:15:41.463
And now we get to live the whole thing out.
00:15:41.463 --> 00:15:43.432
N.t. wright: now, of course, we are none of us perfect.
00:15:43.432 --> 00:15:45.567
I'm not sinless.
00:15:45.567 --> 00:15:47.536
If there was any doubt about that, i could give you my wife's
00:15:47.536 --> 00:15:49.838
Phone number, and she would tell you a few stories, but we are on
00:15:49.838 --> 00:15:54.676
The way, and more important, or at least equally important, we
00:15:54.676 --> 00:15:59.048
Are enabled in the present to do things which really will be part
00:15:59.048 --> 00:16:04.653
Of god's future.
00:16:04.653 --> 00:16:06.121
Mike hayes: the kingdom builds cell by cell, gradually, and as
00:16:06.121 --> 00:16:10.659
Isaiah said, "of the increase of his government and peace there
00:16:10.659 --> 00:16:16.598
Will be no end."
00:16:16.598 --> 00:16:18.033
We are in an ever-increasing kingdom, so today it's as small
00:16:18.033 --> 00:16:24.440
As it'll ever be, because tomorrow it'll be a little
00:16:24.440 --> 00:16:27.342
Bit bigger.
00:16:27.342 --> 00:16:28.710
Harold eberle: isn't isaiah chapter 9 verse 6 and 7, that a
00:16:28.710 --> 00:16:32.047
Child be born to us, a son will be given to us, his name will be
00:16:32.047 --> 00:16:35.551
Called wonderful, father, eternal prince of peace, and
00:16:35.551 --> 00:16:39.421
There'll be no end to the increase of his government.
00:16:39.421 --> 00:16:41.857
I mean, isn't that clear there'll be no end to the
00:16:41.857 --> 00:16:44.026
Increase of his government.
00:16:44.026 --> 00:16:45.360
Once that baby child jesus came, he sat on the throne, the father
00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:49.364
Said, "sit here, son, till i make every enemy a footstool for
00:16:49.364 --> 00:16:52.134
Your feet."
00:16:52.134 --> 00:16:53.502
I mean, once you see it, you can't back away, and that's like
00:16:53.502 --> 00:16:57.806
The first domino that once somebody hits a domino, they're
00:16:57.806 --> 00:17:02.377
Going to eventually arrive logically at the belief that,
00:17:02.377 --> 00:17:06.849
No, king jesus reigns.
00:17:06.849 --> 00:17:09.585
He's taking over the kingdoms of this world.
00:17:09.585 --> 00:17:12.788
[music]
00:17:12.788 --> 00:17:18.009
[music]
00:17:18.009 --> 00:17:19.362
[music]
00:17:19.596 --> 00:17:24.400
Announcer: for most of history, the world was poor.
00:17:24.400 --> 00:17:27.170
In just two centuries, the tide turned.
00:17:27.170 --> 00:17:30.306
Extreme poverty has fallen from 85% to just 9% the average
00:17:30.306 --> 00:17:36.212
Person's life and opportunity has expanded beyond imagination.
00:17:36.212 --> 00:17:40.450
It's easy to believe the world is falling apart, but look
00:17:40.450 --> 00:17:44.020
Closer, and you'll see something extraordinary, a kingdom on
00:17:44.020 --> 00:17:48.424
The move.
00:17:48.424 --> 00:17:50.360
Mike hayes: we talk about the kingdom of god.
00:17:50.360 --> 00:17:52.295
If it's here and not yet, we know that there's more coming,
00:17:52.295 --> 00:17:56.166
But here's the thing in a kingdom, there are
00:17:56.166 --> 00:17:58.768
Three components.
00:17:58.768 --> 00:18:00.136
You have to have a king.
00:18:00.136 --> 00:18:01.538
We have one, jesus is the king.
00:18:01.538 --> 00:18:04.374
He has to have subjects.
00:18:04.374 --> 00:18:06.376
He has subjects, we are some of those, i am one.
00:18:06.376 --> 00:18:11.080
And then here's the kicker, and they, the king and his subjects,
00:18:11.080 --> 00:18:15.118
Have to have a domain.
00:18:15.118 --> 00:18:17.453
Where is his place of rule?
00:18:17.453 --> 00:18:19.722
Is he only in charge when he's in heaven?
00:18:19.722 --> 00:18:22.292
Does he have any rulership in the earth?
00:18:22.292 --> 00:18:24.594
Do we have any authority through him in the earth?
00:18:24.594 --> 00:18:27.764
Well, the scripture says, "the earth is the lord's and the
00:18:27.764 --> 00:18:31.134
Fullness thereof and all they that dwell therein," so i've
00:18:31.134 --> 00:18:34.971
Kind of got this attitude about me that i'm not here on the
00:18:34.971 --> 00:18:38.708
Devil's playground slipping around, slinking around, reading
00:18:38.708 --> 00:18:42.245
The bible, and meeting on sunday, waiting to get out of
00:18:42.245 --> 00:18:44.914
His way so he can take it all over.
00:18:44.914 --> 00:18:47.250
Martin trench: we should not be looking for god's wrath
00:18:47.250 --> 00:18:50.453
Punishing the world or for the devil taking over the world, but
00:18:50.453 --> 00:18:55.458
We should believe that jesus is already lord.
00:18:55.458 --> 00:18:59.796
He's seated at the right hand of the father right now, reigning
00:18:59.796 --> 00:19:04.534
Over all creation and is head of his church, and he promised that
00:19:04.534 --> 00:19:08.938
His kingdom would grow and advance until it filled the
00:19:08.938 --> 00:19:14.210
Whole earth, and then he would return for a glorious church
00:19:14.210 --> 00:19:19.682
Without spot or wrinkle.
00:19:19.682 --> 00:19:21.084
David holland: kingdom of god 1.0 in the bible, it's in the
00:19:21.084 --> 00:19:24.220
First couple of chapters of genesis.
00:19:24.220 --> 00:19:26.689
God created the world and put a man and a woman in there as his
00:19:26.689 --> 00:19:29.692
Image bearers in the earth who were created to be connected to
00:19:29.692 --> 00:19:33.563
Him, connected to his life and to his being and be his image
00:19:33.563 --> 00:19:38.901
Bearers and carry out his plans and purposes in the world.
00:19:38.901 --> 00:19:42.505
That was the kingdom of god on earth in that moment.
00:19:42.505 --> 00:19:45.908
Well, we know that plan went off the rails.
00:19:45.908 --> 00:19:50.480
So god sent a second and final adam so that, once again, with
00:19:50.480 --> 00:19:56.252
The pouring out of the holy spirit, god would have people
00:19:56.252 --> 00:19:59.589
Who are connected to him, connected to his life, communing
00:19:59.589 --> 00:20:03.660
And fellowshipping with him, being his image bearers in the
00:20:03.660 --> 00:20:06.863
Earth and partners in carrying out his plans and purposes in
00:20:06.863 --> 00:20:10.533
The earth.
00:20:10.533 --> 00:20:12.335
Once you understand that, all the other logical conclusions
00:20:12.335 --> 00:20:17.373
About eschatology follow, but where you start is the
00:20:17.373 --> 00:20:21.344
Understanding that the kingdom of god on earth began when jesus
00:20:21.344 --> 00:20:27.150
Poured out the holy spirit, filled men and women, mortal men
00:20:27.150 --> 00:20:30.953
And women like you and me with his own life and being in the
00:20:30.953 --> 00:20:34.290
Form of the holy spirit so that we could do what he has called
00:20:34.290 --> 00:20:37.694
Us to do in the world.
00:20:37.694 --> 00:20:40.096
Martin trench: jesus, the lord of creation and the head of the
00:20:40.096 --> 00:20:42.965
Church, is advancing his kingdom and building his church until
00:20:42.965 --> 00:20:49.472
All of his enemies are a footstool for his feet and his
00:20:49.472 --> 00:20:52.642
Church is a glorious bride, and then he shall return.
00:20:52.642 --> 00:20:56.446
That's a very different picture from the one i used to have of a
00:20:56.446 --> 00:21:00.783
Few believers holding on for dear life and praying for jesus
00:21:00.783 --> 00:21:05.888
To rapture them out of here.
00:21:05.888 --> 00:21:08.424
It's an empowering vision and an inspiring one, and it's one that
00:21:08.424 --> 00:21:12.161
Can make you build something that would last generations.
00:21:12.161 --> 00:21:15.164
Male: the new has come, and now you are alive with christ.
00:21:15.164 --> 00:21:19.035
Male: your muscle, everything, you be fixed, in jesus's name.
00:21:19.035 --> 00:21:23.740
N.t. wright: and you know, that's what jesus is doing the
00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:25.575
Whole time.
00:21:25.575 --> 00:21:26.943
The kingdom of god is at hand, what on earth does that mean?
00:21:26.943 --> 00:21:28.678
Well, he tells these stories, these parables, or he goes and
00:21:28.678 --> 00:21:30.947
Has a party with all the wrong people, or he tells off all the
00:21:30.947 --> 00:21:34.584
Right people, or he does extraordinary acts of healing to
00:21:34.584 --> 00:21:38.755
Show that god's kingdom is about new love, new life, new
00:21:38.755 --> 00:21:42.825
Redemption, breaking in into the here and now.
00:21:42.825 --> 00:21:46.195
Announcer: in the first century, many judeans and later the early
00:21:46.195 --> 00:21:49.665
Church looked for a kingdom that would overturn the powers of
00:21:49.665 --> 00:21:52.802
Their age.
00:21:52.802 --> 00:21:54.137
In much the same way, many christians today wait for divine
00:21:54.137 --> 00:21:57.306
Intervention to reorder society according to their expectations,
00:21:57.306 --> 00:22:01.644
But god's kingdom did not unfold according to the expectation of
00:22:01.644 --> 00:22:05.281
Those judeans, nor does it conform to ours.
00:22:05.281 --> 00:22:08.951
Harold eberle: every born-again believer is a citizen of
00:22:08.951 --> 00:22:11.921
This kingdom.
00:22:11.921 --> 00:22:13.289
Now, you can either use the rights of your citizenship or
00:22:13.289 --> 00:22:16.759
Not, and a lot of christians don't even know they have
00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:19.562
The rights.
00:22:19.562 --> 00:22:20.897
Now that we tell the good news that not only are you a
00:22:20.897 --> 00:22:23.866
Christian because you believed in jesus and so your eternity is
00:22:23.866 --> 00:22:27.403
Taken care of, but right now you can use the rights of your
00:22:27.403 --> 00:22:31.374
Citizenship, and to me, i look at what does that mean?
00:22:31.374 --> 00:22:35.778
Well, the bible tells us, paul writes, it consists of
00:22:35.778 --> 00:22:38.748
Righteousness, peace, and joy.
00:22:38.748 --> 00:22:41.350
So the first thing, there is a heart attitude.
00:22:41.350 --> 00:22:44.987
Second thing that i would put in that picture is i know jesus
00:22:44.987 --> 00:22:48.191
Is king.
00:22:48.191 --> 00:22:49.525
I know he is winning not just in the end, but he's winning
00:22:49.525 --> 00:22:52.662
Every day.
00:22:52.662 --> 00:22:54.263
I can confidently cooperate with king jesus to do my work.
00:22:54.263 --> 00:22:59.101
My eyes are not set on the imminent return, they're set on
00:22:59.101 --> 00:23:02.538
Advancing, advancing, advancing.
00:23:02.538 --> 00:23:05.708
Let him return whenever he wants, but the concept that he's
00:23:05.708 --> 00:23:08.978
Advancing inspires me to realize we can change culture, we can
00:23:08.978 --> 00:23:15.485
Advance the kingdom into business and into politics.
00:23:15.485 --> 00:23:18.087
Pete hegseth: all praise and glory to god.
00:23:18.087 --> 00:23:20.089
Harold eberle: we have given a lot of years, my wife and i, to
00:23:20.089 --> 00:23:22.658
The muslim world and the salvation of the muslims.
00:23:22.658 --> 00:23:26.062
We have, you know, over a 20-year plan for what we're
00:23:26.062 --> 00:23:30.666
Accomplishing in the muslim world.
00:23:30.666 --> 00:23:32.468
I never could have made those plans back when i had the
00:23:32.468 --> 00:23:35.538
Pessimistic view.
00:23:35.538 --> 00:23:36.973
I wouldn't get out of bed on monday morning with as much
00:23:36.973 --> 00:23:40.109
Energy as i get out believing that the kingdoms of this world
00:23:40.109 --> 00:23:44.547
Are becoming the kingdoms of our god.
00:23:44.547 --> 00:23:47.350
That gets me out of bed every day with more energy.
00:23:47.350 --> 00:23:51.854
N.t. wright: that's kingdom of god.
00:23:51.854 --> 00:23:53.589
It's not about hang in there, and one day i'll take you away
00:23:53.589 --> 00:23:57.093
From the world to somewhere else, because the word heaven is
00:23:57.093 --> 00:24:01.464
A reverent way of speaking about god himself, rather than saying,
00:24:01.464 --> 00:24:06.168
God, to talk about heaven.
00:24:06.168 --> 00:24:07.503
It's like in the book of daniel, and that you, nebuchadnezzar,
00:24:07.503 --> 00:24:10.740
May know that heaven rules.
00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:13.042
Heaven is not the place to escape from earth.
00:24:13.042 --> 00:24:16.212
Heaven is, as i've often said, heaven is the ceo's office.
00:24:16.212 --> 00:24:19.615
It's the place from which earth is run, and one day heaven and
00:24:19.615 --> 00:24:23.886
Earth will come together.
00:24:23.886 --> 00:24:25.721
That's revelation, that's ephesians 1, et cetera, et
00:24:25.721 --> 00:24:29.058
Cetera, so the idea of the kingdom of heaven or kingdom of
00:24:29.058 --> 00:24:32.929
God is about the strange way in which god's sovereign saving
00:24:32.929 --> 00:24:39.802
Rule is going to become instantiated on earth as
00:24:39.802 --> 00:24:43.973
In heaven.
00:24:43.973 --> 00:24:45.308
Gary zamora: holy spirit indwells us, christ indwells us
00:24:45.308 --> 00:24:47.410
The father indwells us by our faith, by his word, by his
00:24:47.410 --> 00:24:51.013
Spirit, and the word says that literally the hope of glory is
00:24:51.013 --> 00:24:57.153
Christ revealed in us.
00:24:57.153 --> 00:24:59.956
That's the church.
00:24:59.956 --> 00:25:01.490
Today, what does the future look like?
00:25:01.490 --> 00:25:03.259
It looks like the body of christ realizing that they are the body
00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:08.364
Of christ.
00:25:08.364 --> 00:25:09.899
N.t. wright: we now have a lot of very muddled christians, and
00:25:09.899 --> 00:25:12.068
We're all muddled christians to a lesser or great extent,
00:25:12.068 --> 00:25:14.737
Needing to learn more about what our job is in the present,
00:25:14.737 --> 00:25:18.541
Against the day when he comes again, which is very clear in
00:25:18.541 --> 00:25:22.678
Acts 1, philippians 3, all over the place, of course, in the new
00:25:22.678 --> 00:25:25.514
Testament, he will come again in glory, and then he will do the
00:25:25.514 --> 00:25:30.953
Final sorting out of all things, put all things right.
00:25:30.953 --> 00:25:34.957
And here's the thing.
00:25:34.957 --> 00:25:36.959
This is where justification fits in.
00:25:36.959 --> 00:25:39.328
God has promised to put the whole world right.
00:25:39.328 --> 00:25:43.065
In the present time, he puts us right with him by grace through
00:25:43.065 --> 00:25:48.437
Faith so that we can be part of his putting-right project for
00:25:48.437 --> 00:25:54.343
The world.
00:25:54.343 --> 00:25:55.711
Male reporter: shocking resurgence in church attendance
00:25:55.711 --> 00:25:58.614
Among millennials and gen z. reporter: revival has been
00:25:58.614 --> 00:26:02.084
Breaking out on college campuses across america.
00:26:02.084 --> 00:26:04.620
Brandt jean: i forgive you.
00:26:04.620 --> 00:26:07.289
Erika kirk: i forgive him.
00:26:07.289 --> 00:26:11.527
Female: when it opened me up, the mess was gone.
00:26:11.527 --> 00:26:16.699
N.t. wright: we are part of the anticipation, the front line
00:26:16.699 --> 00:26:21.470
Against the day when-- you know, we don't bring the kingdom by
00:26:21.470 --> 00:26:24.674
Our own efforts.
00:26:24.674 --> 00:26:26.042
God brings god's kingdom in god's way.
00:26:26.042 --> 00:26:27.777
The healing and the teaching and the care of the poor that we do,
00:26:27.777 --> 00:26:31.247
These are genuine bits of god's future coming ahead into
00:26:31.247 --> 00:26:34.717
The present.
00:26:34.717 --> 00:26:36.252
Female: the biggest question of all is how has this vision of
00:26:36.252 --> 00:26:39.789
The end shaped my faith and the church itself?
00:26:39.789 --> 00:26:44.326
If we're not meant to be waiting, what are we meant to
00:26:44.326 --> 00:26:47.296
Be doing?
00:26:47.296 --> 00:26:48.631
Frank amedia: what's the practical things to do today?
00:26:48.631 --> 00:26:51.167
First and foremost, we need to be prescient in the present.
00:26:51.167 --> 00:26:54.670
We need to be forward-looking, future-looking in the present.
00:26:54.670 --> 00:26:59.675
I mean, let's just ask each other why am i here?
00:26:59.675 --> 00:27:02.445
Why do i live in this moment?
00:27:02.445 --> 00:27:04.113
Why did he find me?
00:27:04.113 --> 00:27:06.282
Why did he redeem me?
00:27:06.282 --> 00:27:07.917
Why has he given you and i gifts of knowledge and prophetic
00:27:07.917 --> 00:27:12.455
Wisdom and the word of god?
00:27:12.455 --> 00:27:14.724
David currie: why were we created?
00:27:14.724 --> 00:27:16.659
God didn't need us.
00:27:16.659 --> 00:27:18.828
Because he wanted to share his life with us.
00:27:18.828 --> 00:27:23.099
He wanted to have a loving relationship for some reason
00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:27.603
With this guy named david currie.
00:27:27.603 --> 00:27:31.107
Why did god want a relationship with me?
00:27:31.107 --> 00:27:33.209
I don't know.
00:27:33.209 --> 00:27:35.010
I know myself too well to think that i deserve that, but he did.
00:27:35.010 --> 00:27:41.217
So when these paradigm shifts occur in your life, hang on to
00:27:41.217 --> 00:27:46.288
Your rock.
00:27:46.288 --> 00:27:47.723
Frank amedia: i think we would do well to listen to the words
00:27:47.723 --> 00:27:49.892
Of isaiah the prophet, who pretty much told us about this
00:27:49.892 --> 00:27:52.895
Time, "arise, shine, for the glory of the lord has risen upon
00:27:52.895 --> 00:27:56.432
Thee, but gross darkness upon the earth and darkness inside
00:27:56.432 --> 00:28:00.336
The people."
00:28:00.336 --> 00:28:02.037
But yet arise, shine, for the glory of the lord is in us, and
00:28:02.037 --> 00:28:06.008
So we're more than conquerors.
00:28:06.008 --> 00:28:08.410
John noe: quote, "those who believe in me, the works
00:28:08.410 --> 00:28:15.751
That i do," can you finish that?
00:28:15.751 --> 00:28:19.255
Shall you do.
00:28:19.255 --> 00:28:21.290
And greater works than these shall you do.
00:28:21.290 --> 00:28:26.862
Are you kidding me, jesus?
00:28:26.862 --> 00:28:30.800
We're supposed to do greater works than you?
00:28:30.800 --> 00:28:36.238
He's talking about the kingdom.
00:28:36.238 --> 00:28:38.908
Harold eberle: my faith is that jesus christ came, and he
00:28:38.908 --> 00:28:43.312
Ascended into heaven 2000 years ago, he poured out the holy
00:28:43.312 --> 00:28:46.382
Spirit on all flesh, and the spirit is available to all who
00:28:46.382 --> 00:28:50.986
Believe today.
00:28:50.986 --> 00:28:52.354
The spirit is flowing like rivers of living water from the
00:28:52.354 --> 00:28:56.392
Heart of every person who believes in jesus, and the
00:28:56.392 --> 00:28:59.695
Spirit who flows wants to work beyond the natural.
00:28:59.695 --> 00:29:04.834
He would like to guide us, he would like to give us gifts, he
00:29:04.834 --> 00:29:08.871
Wants to work miracles and healings, he answers prayers,
00:29:08.871 --> 00:29:12.374
All those things.
00:29:12.374 --> 00:29:13.742
In fact, i expect these to increase the closer we get to
00:29:13.742 --> 00:29:17.213
The return of jesus christ.
00:29:17.213 --> 00:29:19.415
Male: jesus is doing miracles today!
00:29:19.415 --> 00:29:22.518
[music]
00:29:22.518 --> 00:29:33.429
Male: this lady was born blind, has never seen in her life.
00:29:27.523 --> 00:29:37.299
[speaking foreign language]
00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:38.834
[cheering]
00:29:38.834 --> 00:29:41.170
[music]
00:29:41.170 --> 00:29:48.410
N.t. wright: the end of the age, i think, is looking ahead to the
00:29:48.410 --> 00:29:52.548
Moment when god will be all in all.
00:29:52.548 --> 00:29:55.084
First corinthians 15:28, when the new heavens and the earth,
00:29:55.084 --> 00:29:58.721
New earth will be brought together and the holy city will
00:29:58.721 --> 00:30:02.625
Be descending from heaven like a bride adorned for her husband.
00:30:02.625 --> 00:30:06.128
Or in romans 8, when the present creation which is groaning in
00:30:06.128 --> 00:30:10.666
Travail will be set free from its slavery to decay to obtain
00:30:10.666 --> 00:30:14.503
The glory which comes-- the freedom which comes when god's
00:30:14.503 --> 00:30:17.439
Children are glorified.
00:30:17.439 --> 00:30:18.774
In other words, these are images from 1 corinthians, from romans,
00:30:18.774 --> 00:30:21.911
From revelation, which altogether say god's new
00:30:21.911 --> 00:30:26.548
Creation is going to happen.
00:30:26.548 --> 00:30:29.118
I don't think that'll be the end of time and that i think the new
00:30:29.118 --> 00:30:31.553
Creation will be full of extraordinary things to do.
00:30:31.553 --> 00:30:34.823
Otherwise, why would we be told that we are going to be the
00:30:34.823 --> 00:30:37.092
Royal priesthood in that new creation?
00:30:37.092 --> 00:30:39.194
And we will have stuff to do, and we are being prepared at the
00:30:39.194 --> 00:30:42.398
Moment to take up those roles.
00:30:42.398 --> 00:30:44.433
Announcer: through christ we have dominion.
00:30:44.433 --> 00:30:46.769
We hold citizenship in his kingdom here and now.
00:30:46.769 --> 00:30:50.806
We are called to reign with him, promoted to kings and priests.
00:30:50.806 --> 00:30:55.044
So we now echo that calling, carrying forward the authority
00:30:55.044 --> 00:30:59.315
And inheritance given through christ.
00:30:59.315 --> 00:31:02.318
Mike hayes: jesus is waiting at the right hand of the father
00:31:02.318 --> 00:31:05.487
While we put all of his enemies under our foot so that he can be
00:31:05.487 --> 00:31:10.192
Welcomed back to a reunited heaven and earth as king of
00:31:10.192 --> 00:31:14.363
Kings and lord of lords.
00:31:14.363 --> 00:31:16.065
That's our assignment, not just to take people to heaven, but to
00:31:16.065 --> 00:31:20.536
Prepare the earth for jesus to return.
00:31:20.536 --> 00:31:22.838
David holland: the way we extend his rule is through service and
00:31:22.838 --> 00:31:26.608
Love and dying to ourselves.
00:31:26.608 --> 00:31:28.477
What kind of kingdom is that?
00:31:28.477 --> 00:31:30.145
Well, it's an upside-down kingdom.
00:31:30.145 --> 00:31:32.114
And throughout history there have been those who embraced the
00:31:32.114 --> 00:31:35.684
Fact that the rule of jesus needed to be extended to us in
00:31:35.684 --> 00:31:39.054
The world, but they believed that was gonna happen from the
00:31:39.054 --> 00:31:41.690
Top down.
00:31:41.690 --> 00:31:43.292
They believed that jesus's rule is established on earth by
00:31:43.292 --> 00:31:47.730
Getting control of the-- all the levers of power at the top of
00:31:47.730 --> 00:31:51.967
Governments and the top of corporations, and if we can just
00:31:51.967 --> 00:31:55.104
Get the right guys from our team at the top of all these
00:31:55.104 --> 00:31:59.341
Organizational chart pyramids, then we will have won, and
00:31:59.341 --> 00:32:03.212
That's not the way of the kingdom.
00:32:03.212 --> 00:32:05.314
The way of the kingdom is societal and cultural
00:32:05.314 --> 00:32:07.950
Transformation that comes from the bottom up through the blood
00:32:07.950 --> 00:32:10.652
Of jesus christ, and he took on the form of a servant, and we
00:32:10.652 --> 00:32:14.223
Emulate him by taking on the form of a servant, and so we
00:32:14.223 --> 00:32:17.292
Serve our neighbors, and we serve our brothers, and we love,
00:32:17.292 --> 00:32:19.895
We lay down our lives, and when a critical mass of people begin
00:32:19.895 --> 00:32:24.166
Living that way in a society, in a culture, the systems begin to
00:32:24.166 --> 00:32:27.503
Change, and transformation, societal transformation,
00:32:27.503 --> 00:32:30.939
Cultural transformation begins to happen from the bottom up.
00:32:30.939 --> 00:32:34.643
Mike hayes: the world is better now than it was in jesus's day
00:32:34.643 --> 00:32:37.613
By far because the kingdom came.
00:32:37.613 --> 00:32:40.015
Thirty five percent of the babies in jesus's day
00:32:40.015 --> 00:32:42.751
Were aborted.
00:32:42.751 --> 00:32:44.086
The value for life was so much less than now, the sense of
00:32:44.086 --> 00:32:49.825
Justice and righteousness.
00:32:49.825 --> 00:32:51.460
There were just marauding armies and countries with no
00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:54.863
Borders everywhere.
00:32:54.863 --> 00:32:57.366
Jesus never lived in a country where they had any autonomy
00:32:57.366 --> 00:33:00.969
Or freedom.
00:33:00.969 --> 00:33:02.337
They were a slave state of rome, basically.
00:33:02.337 --> 00:33:06.141
That's all he knew.
00:33:06.141 --> 00:33:07.543
So, because he came, the world is better, and it's getting
00:33:07.543 --> 00:33:12.848
Better every day.
00:33:12.848 --> 00:33:14.216
Think about this, before jesus came, there were no
00:33:14.216 --> 00:33:18.187
Women's rights.
00:33:18.187 --> 00:33:19.555
Men could legally beat their wives.
00:33:19.555 --> 00:33:22.157
They could put them away for divorcement for any reason and
00:33:22.157 --> 00:33:24.793
Get another one.
00:33:24.793 --> 00:33:26.295
Forty percent of the world's population were slaves.
00:33:26.295 --> 00:33:29.565
Most people didn't live out of their thirties.
00:33:29.565 --> 00:33:31.800
There was no cure for any sickness.
00:33:31.800 --> 00:33:34.336
We didn't know what a germ was.
00:33:34.336 --> 00:33:36.271
We didn't know what organized written music with
00:33:36.271 --> 00:33:39.308
Orchestration was.
00:33:39.308 --> 00:33:41.110
The earth is filled with music and schools and universities and
00:33:41.110 --> 00:33:45.481
Hospitals because the kingdom came.
00:33:45.481 --> 00:33:48.317
[music]
00:33:48.317 --> 00:33:58.594
Female: these truths, that the kingdom isn't a distant hope,
00:33:53.322 --> 00:34:02.064
That jesus is already reigning, fill me with a hope i've never
00:34:02.064 --> 00:34:06.768
Known before.
00:34:06.768 --> 00:34:08.270
My life now has purpose anchored in a victory already won.
00:34:08.270 --> 00:34:14.176
And i have joy, not shallow or fleeting, but real joy secured
00:34:14.176 --> 00:34:19.648
In him.
00:34:19.648 --> 00:34:21.016
I know he's already given me everything i need to live it out
00:34:21.016 --> 00:34:24.620
Right here, right now.
00:34:24.620 --> 00:34:27.623
Gary zamora: we're facing the greatest season of our lives.
00:34:27.623 --> 00:34:30.459
It's time to build, it's time to establish, it's time to believe,
00:34:30.459 --> 00:34:34.263
It's time to bring the kingdom of god that is at hand to light.
00:34:34.263 --> 00:34:38.534
Mike hayes: the whole world ought to be filled with joy
00:34:38.534 --> 00:34:42.004
And happiness.
00:34:42.004 --> 00:34:43.372
That's what the scripture's really about.
00:34:43.372 --> 00:34:45.174
For instance, the sermon on the mount and the olivet discourse
00:34:45.174 --> 00:34:48.844
Are the book-end sermons of jesus.
00:34:48.844 --> 00:34:50.746
The mistranslation through the years has put the wrong twist
00:34:50.746 --> 00:34:54.783
On it.
00:34:54.783 --> 00:34:56.151
The first beatitude actually says happy are the empty, for
00:34:56.151 --> 00:35:00.222
They will be filled with joy.
00:35:00.222 --> 00:35:03.125
The translation ends up saying blessed are the poor in spirit,
00:35:03.125 --> 00:35:07.629
For theirs is the kingdom of god, which caused denominations
00:35:07.629 --> 00:35:11.333
To create vows of poverty for everyone in the ministry,
00:35:11.333 --> 00:35:14.870
Because jesus said you'd be blessed if you're poor.
00:35:14.870 --> 00:35:18.307
That's not what that said at all.
00:35:18.307 --> 00:35:19.841
It said you'd be really happy if you'll make room for me to fill
00:35:19.841 --> 00:35:24.580
You with real joy.
00:35:24.580 --> 00:35:25.948
And when i started this research, i wouldn't have put
00:35:25.948 --> 00:35:29.318
Happiness and god in the same sentence, but i found out he is
00:35:29.318 --> 00:35:34.356
Ultimate joy and happiness and wants that for his kids.
00:35:34.356 --> 00:35:38.327
John noe: we hope for something we don't have, right?
00:35:38.327 --> 00:35:45.100
But we have all this, so we don't have to hope for
00:35:45.100 --> 00:35:51.206
It anymore.
00:35:51.206 --> 00:35:53.875
That's why we're told to contend for the faith that was once for
00:35:53.875 --> 00:35:58.180
All delivered to the saints.
00:35:58.180 --> 00:36:00.616
We have it.
00:36:00.616 --> 00:36:02.184
We don't have to sit here and hope for it, we have it, we can
00:36:02.184 --> 00:36:05.254
Operate in it, we are responsible for it, we can
00:36:05.254 --> 00:36:08.824
Enjoy it.
00:36:08.824 --> 00:36:10.626
This is all part of the faith that jesus came to change from
00:36:10.626 --> 00:36:15.130
That old covenant system into this new covenant system.
00:36:15.130 --> 00:36:18.767
Isn't that much better than sitting around hoping
00:36:18.767 --> 00:36:20.836
For something?
00:36:20.836 --> 00:36:22.170
That one of these days, one of these days, one of these days?
00:36:22.170 --> 00:36:25.674
No, no, we have it.
00:36:25.674 --> 00:36:28.110
[music]
00:36:28.110 --> 00:36:36.004
[music]
00:36:36.004 --> 00:36:36.919
[music]
00:36:37.153 --> 00:36:41.557
David holland: why care about eschatology?
00:36:41.557 --> 00:36:44.193
Why care about end time things?
00:36:44.193 --> 00:36:46.362
If dispensation limits is correct and the predictions of
00:36:46.362 --> 00:36:51.534
An imminent return of jesus christ for us any minute now are
00:36:51.534 --> 00:36:55.438
Correct, i've got no motivation to plan, i've got no motivation
00:36:55.438 --> 00:36:59.776
To think about a legacy, i've got no motivation to try to
00:36:59.776 --> 00:37:03.346
Extend the rule of jesus christ as his image bearer in the
00:37:03.346 --> 00:37:07.283
Earth, because his rule hasn't even begun yet.
00:37:07.283 --> 00:37:10.553
And so that has massive implications for how i live
00:37:10.553 --> 00:37:13.656
My life.
00:37:13.656 --> 00:37:15.258
But if, if the king is already ruling, if the king is going to,
00:37:15.258 --> 00:37:21.230
As hebrews 10:12 says, he's gonna sit there at the right
00:37:21.230 --> 00:37:24.434
Hand of the father until all his enemies are made of footstool
00:37:24.434 --> 00:37:27.337
For his feet, and that he's not coming back until we do our job,
00:37:27.337 --> 00:37:31.374
We the church, what we've been assigned to do, then we better
00:37:31.374 --> 00:37:34.544
Get on with it, and that has massive implications for how i
00:37:34.544 --> 00:37:38.481
Live my life, for how i raise my children, for the expectations i
00:37:38.481 --> 00:37:42.185
Have of experiencing victory over the enemy, both
00:37:42.185 --> 00:37:46.356
Individually and collectively as the church.
00:37:46.356 --> 00:37:49.525
Oh, it matters, it matters a lot.
00:37:49.525 --> 00:37:52.595
Female: i'll be honest, i used to wonder why any of this
00:37:52.595 --> 00:37:55.732
Even mattered.
00:37:55.732 --> 00:37:57.166
I figured if i believed in jesus, that was enough.
00:37:57.166 --> 00:38:00.703
Why worry about what i believed about the end?
00:38:00.703 --> 00:38:03.439
I was content to leave it there, but then i saw it.
00:38:03.439 --> 00:38:07.543
What i believe about the end changes everything.
00:38:07.543 --> 00:38:10.947
It shapes how i see myself and my role right now, how i see god
00:38:10.947 --> 00:38:15.885
And his plan for his children, how i see the world and the
00:38:15.885 --> 00:38:19.756
Future of the earth.
00:38:19.756 --> 00:38:21.524
It even defines my responsibility, my
00:38:21.524 --> 00:38:24.494
Responsibility as a daughter of the reigning king.
00:38:24.494 --> 00:38:28.030
That's why it matters, because this isn't just theology, it's
00:38:28.030 --> 00:38:31.834
The greatest story in history, a story that's still being
00:38:31.834 --> 00:38:35.938
Written, a story i've been called to live.
00:38:35.938 --> 00:38:41.811
Harold eberle: it would be great so people could understand what
00:38:41.811 --> 00:38:45.681
Difference this makes in their life.
00:38:45.681 --> 00:38:47.784
It's not just a theological issue.
00:38:47.784 --> 00:38:49.919
The concept of the tribulation is not something in our future
00:38:49.919 --> 00:38:54.457
As the futurists believe, but it's a past event.
00:38:54.457 --> 00:38:58.528
Now, that changes me from fear to faith, but even the bigger
00:38:58.528 --> 00:39:03.800
Picture, the bigger picture is that the kingdom of god was
00:39:03.800 --> 00:39:08.438
Established 2000 years ago when jesus ascended into heaven, he
00:39:08.438 --> 00:39:12.442
Sat on a throne.
00:39:12.442 --> 00:39:14.577
He's been raining ever since then, and on earth it's growing
00:39:14.577 --> 00:39:19.182
Like seeds in the soil, getting bigger and bigger and bigger.
00:39:19.182 --> 00:39:22.552
It's like yeast and dough.
00:39:22.552 --> 00:39:24.120
It's like the smallest of all seed growing to the biggest tree
00:39:24.120 --> 00:39:26.889
In the garden, the confidence that knowing that the king
00:39:26.889 --> 00:39:31.294
Is reining.
00:39:31.294 --> 00:39:32.662
John noe: a lot of us christians sit in our pews, and these great
00:39:32.662 --> 00:39:37.667
And wonderful people that we follow that we love have told us
00:39:37.667 --> 00:39:41.971
Things that just will not match up to an honest and sincere test
00:39:41.971 --> 00:39:45.775
Of scripture, but we like them, we love them, we enjoy them.
00:39:45.775 --> 00:39:50.980
We were saved by them, we were baptized in that church.
00:39:50.980 --> 00:39:57.720
That's how we've grown up.
00:39:57.720 --> 00:40:01.591
Unlearning is the hardest form of learning.
00:40:01.591 --> 00:40:08.498
Martin trench: i had been asked to become the pastor of
00:40:08.498 --> 00:40:11.033
A new church.
00:40:11.033 --> 00:40:12.368
The lord led me there, i accepted the position, then i
00:40:12.368 --> 00:40:16.205
Discovered that this congregation had been through a
00:40:16.205 --> 00:40:19.542
Whole end times course the previous year in their small
00:40:19.542 --> 00:40:24.947
Group studies, and so they had all bought into the very thing
00:40:24.947 --> 00:40:29.819
That i had been liberated from.
00:40:29.819 --> 00:40:32.722
So i thought, how can i share what i believe the word of god
00:40:32.722 --> 00:40:36.759
Says without being offensive or confrontational or hostile?
00:40:36.759 --> 00:40:44.267
One sunday morning, we got a number of boxes, cardboard
00:40:45.368 --> 00:40:48.704
Boxes, and we laid them along the front of the platform, and
00:40:48.704 --> 00:40:53.142
Each box had a word or a couple of words written on it,
00:40:53.142 --> 00:40:57.246
A concept.
00:40:57.246 --> 00:40:58.814
Like it might have said the death and resurrection of jesus.
00:40:58.814 --> 00:41:03.786
Might have said the church age, the tribulation, the antichrist,
00:41:03.786 --> 00:41:11.060
The second coming, those kinds of things, and we laid the boxes
00:41:11.060 --> 00:41:15.364
Out on the stage so that when the congregation looked at it,
00:41:15.364 --> 00:41:18.834
They could read from left to right, the left-behind order,
00:41:18.834 --> 00:41:23.239
The normal order of the futurist view.
00:41:23.239 --> 00:41:26.542
And i said to the people, every one of these boxes, every
00:41:26.542 --> 00:41:29.745
Concept here is taught in scripture; however, i don't
00:41:29.745 --> 00:41:34.617
Think this is the order that scripture lays them out.
00:41:34.617 --> 00:41:38.354
So let's go through what jesus prophesized in matthew 24
00:41:38.354 --> 00:41:42.158
And 25.
00:41:42.158 --> 00:41:43.492
We put jesus's prophecy up on the screen, we read it verse by
00:41:43.492 --> 00:41:46.562
Verse, and we moved the boxes to the order that jesus was
00:41:46.562 --> 00:41:52.034
Suggesting that they were in.
00:41:52.034 --> 00:41:54.604
I think the fact that the church saw that i wasn't taking
00:41:54.604 --> 00:41:58.207
Anything away from the word of god but seeking to understand
00:41:58.207 --> 00:42:03.679
These concepts from the word of god in a more holistic and
00:42:03.679 --> 00:42:08.050
In-context manner, people embraced it.
00:42:08.050 --> 00:42:12.288
John noe: maybe we're here for 30 years, maybe we're here for
00:42:12.288 --> 00:42:14.490
40 years, maybe 50, maybe 60, maybe 70 if by strength or 80,
00:42:14.490 --> 00:42:19.195
But whatever the lord has ordained for us, wouldn't we
00:42:19.195 --> 00:42:24.667
Want to live that to the fullest?
00:42:24.667 --> 00:42:27.703
Mike hayes: let's be the purveyors of hope and love and
00:42:27.703 --> 00:42:30.539
Optimism and not, oh, god, what is gonna happen next?
00:42:30.539 --> 00:42:33.809
And the devil's about to take over, and i hope we get out of
00:42:33.809 --> 00:42:36.412
Here in time, that's not my prayer.
00:42:36.412 --> 00:42:38.481
Jesus's prayer in john was, "father, i ask not that you take
00:42:38.481 --> 00:42:42.718
Them out of the world but that you keep them from the evil
00:42:42.718 --> 00:42:46.222
One," in other words, i'm not a proponent of it being a straight
00:42:46.222 --> 00:42:50.593
Line between here and ultimate victory with nothing but
00:42:50.593 --> 00:42:54.330
Sunshine and and rainbows.
00:42:54.330 --> 00:42:56.932
It's a jagged line, but it's ever upward, and the body of
00:42:56.932 --> 00:43:00.403
Christ led by our king jesus is going to win.
00:43:00.403 --> 00:43:04.473
♪ the lord bless you and keep you ♪
00:43:04.473 --> 00:43:11.047
♪ make his face shine upon you ♪
00:43:11.047 --> 00:43:14.817
♪ and be gracious to you
00:43:14.817 --> 00:43:17.787
♪ the lord turn his face toward you ♪
00:43:17.787 --> 00:43:24.927
♪ and give you peace
00:43:24.927 --> 00:43:31.834
John noe: you now have an opportunity to make a decision.
00:43:32.935 --> 00:43:39.041
Will you be part of this and part of expanding it?
00:43:39.041 --> 00:43:43.679
Or will you sit on the bench, sit in the pew, and not
00:43:43.679 --> 00:43:49.151
Be engaged?
00:43:49.151 --> 00:43:50.653
Mike hayes: we've all got to be engaged, because we all have a
00:43:50.653 --> 00:43:53.489
Purpose, we all have a calling.
00:43:53.489 --> 00:43:54.957
The body of christ, the kingdom of god is growing, revival is
00:43:54.957 --> 00:43:59.395
Happening, so in one sense it's getting greater, it's getting
00:43:59.395 --> 00:44:03.399
Brighter, it's getting better.
00:44:03.399 --> 00:44:05.301
♪ amen!
00:44:05.301 --> 00:44:10.206
♪ amen! amen! ♪
00:44:10.206 --> 00:44:18.447
♪ amen!
00:44:18.748 --> 00:44:23.919
♪ amen! amen! ♪
00:44:23.919 --> 00:44:29.892
N.t. wright: one of my favorite little verses in the new
00:44:29.892 --> 00:44:31.794
Testament, 1 corinthians 15:58, paul says, "get on with your
00:44:31.794 --> 00:44:35.931
Work, because what you do in the lord is not in vain."
00:44:35.931 --> 00:44:41.604
So many christians think that if they run a food bank or dig a
00:44:41.604 --> 00:44:45.107
Well in africa or something, this is just, oh, this is this
00:44:45.107 --> 00:44:48.177
World, this is just oiling the wheels of a machine that's about
00:44:48.177 --> 00:44:51.313
To fall off a cliff.
00:44:51.313 --> 00:44:53.349
Not so, just as jesus himself says, somebody who gives
00:44:53.349 --> 00:44:57.186
Somebody else a cup of cold water in jesus's name will not
00:44:57.186 --> 00:45:00.689
Lose their reward.
00:45:00.689 --> 00:45:03.492
♪ amen!
00:45:03.492 --> 00:45:08.597
♪ amen! amen! ♪
00:45:08.597 --> 00:45:16.705
♪ amen!
00:45:17.006 --> 00:45:22.178
♪ amen! amen! ♪
00:45:22.178 --> 00:45:30.452
♪ amen!
00:45:30.753 --> 00:45:36.058
♪ amen! amen! ♪
00:45:36.058 --> 00:45:44.133
♪ amen!
00:45:44.433 --> 00:45:49.572
♪ amen! amen! ♪
00:45:49.572 --> 00:45:58.280
N.t. wright: there's something about the things we do in the
00:45:59.481 --> 00:46:02.484
Spirit in the present which somehow will last into
00:46:02.484 --> 00:46:07.323
God's future.
00:46:07.323 --> 00:46:08.657
We don't know how that transition will happen any more
00:46:08.657 --> 00:46:11.760
Than we know how jesus was raised from the dead, but we
00:46:11.760 --> 00:46:14.597
Believe that because he was raised from the dead, then
00:46:14.597 --> 00:46:17.366
Everything that we do in the present out of love, out of
00:46:17.366 --> 00:46:20.603
Wisdom, out of charity for our neighbors, et cetera, will
00:46:20.603 --> 00:46:24.273
Actually become part of god's ultimate future.
00:46:24.273 --> 00:46:27.943
John noe: wouldn't you want to live the entire amount of life
00:46:27.943 --> 00:46:31.447
That god has ordained for you?
00:46:31.447 --> 00:46:33.382
Would you want that to be cut short by some idea that was
00:46:33.382 --> 00:46:37.519
Invented in the 1830s and imposed upon scripture in
00:46:37.519 --> 00:46:42.825
Dramatic contrast to what jesus and his prayer for
00:46:42.825 --> 00:46:46.262
All believers?
00:46:46.262 --> 00:46:47.596
♪ amen!
00:46:47.596 --> 00:46:51.901
♪ amen! amen! ♪
00:46:51.901 --> 00:46:54.570
Gary zamora: can we trust the holy spirit to lead us every day
00:46:54.570 --> 00:47:00.442
In the way that we should go?
00:47:00.442 --> 00:47:02.011
Maybe we can't put a nail in it and say that's exactly
00:47:02.011 --> 00:47:05.447
The way it is.
00:47:05.447 --> 00:47:06.916
Maybe we should be expecting some surprises
00:47:06.916 --> 00:47:09.451
From the kingdom of god.
00:47:09.451 --> 00:47:14.023
♪ amen!
00:47:14.023 --> 00:47:17.960
Gary zamora: if we can step away from trying to pursue a point
00:47:17.960 --> 00:47:20.763
That proves we know what's going to happen, what if we were
00:47:20.763 --> 00:47:23.966
Honest enough to say god isn't a conclusion, he's a continuation,
00:47:23.966 --> 00:47:29.004
It's called eternal life.
00:47:29.004 --> 00:47:31.006
We really don't know, we're up for surprises.
00:47:31.006 --> 00:47:35.144
It's called revelation, it's called the mystery of christ.
00:47:35.144 --> 00:47:40.849
Music*: may his favor be upon him and 1000 generations and
00:47:40.849 --> 00:47:47.923
Your family and your children and their children and their
00:47:47.923 --> 00:47:55.998
Children mike hayes: paul calls us ambassadors.
00:47:55.998 --> 00:47:58.534
Paul says that we are the temple of the holy spirit.
00:47:58.534 --> 00:48:02.037
Temple in the bible is always a place where heaven and
00:48:02.037 --> 00:48:05.240
Earth meet.
00:48:05.240 --> 00:48:06.575
What you believe about the end of anything is going to affect
00:48:06.575 --> 00:48:10.679
What you do in the now.
00:48:10.679 --> 00:48:12.314
Harold eberle: and as isaiah 9:6-7 says, "a child will be
00:48:12.314 --> 00:48:17.186
Born, a son will be given to us.
00:48:17.186 --> 00:48:19.154
His name will be called wonderful, father, mighty
00:48:19.154 --> 00:48:22.057
Counselor, and there'll be no end to the increase of his
00:48:22.057 --> 00:48:25.260
Government," and he ends with, "the zeal of lord of hosts will
00:48:25.260 --> 00:48:29.264
Accomplish this."
00:48:29.264 --> 00:48:30.632
So, since the day baby jesus came into the world, the
00:48:30.632 --> 00:48:34.269
Future's been inevitable.
00:48:34.269 --> 00:48:36.338
♪ may his favor be upon you ♪
00:48:36.338 --> 00:48:39.041
♪ and a thousand generations
00:48:39.041 --> 00:48:42.578
♪ and your family and your children ♪
00:48:42.578 --> 00:48:45.981
♪ and their children and their children ♪
00:48:45.981 --> 00:48:49.952
Harold eberle: everything is in a progression of advancing the
00:48:49.952 --> 00:48:55.024
Will of king jesus in the earth.
00:48:55.024 --> 00:48:57.292
Nothing can stop it from happening.
00:48:57.292 --> 00:48:59.328
It doesn't matter what the news says, doesn't matter what
00:48:59.328 --> 00:49:02.331
Terrible things happen in the world.
00:49:02.331 --> 00:49:04.333
♪ and his presence go before you ♪
00:49:04.333 --> 00:49:06.568
♪ and behind you and beside you ♪
00:49:06.568 --> 00:49:09.204
Harold eberle: we have to be set on the truth, the stabilizing
00:49:09.204 --> 00:49:13.776
Worldview that the bible gives us that jesus christ is lord.
00:49:13.776 --> 00:49:18.881
♪ in the evening
00:49:18.881 --> 00:49:20.516
♪ in your coming and your going ♪
00:49:20.516 --> 00:49:26.255
Harold eberle: and knowing that if you can partner with him, you
00:49:26.255 --> 00:49:29.925
Can bring the kingdom god through your life into your
00:49:29.925 --> 00:49:33.395
School, into your home, into politics and education, and
00:49:33.395 --> 00:49:37.733
Wherever you work, wherever you live, jesus can bring his
00:49:37.733 --> 00:49:41.437
Kingdom right there today.
00:49:41.437 --> 00:49:43.639
That changes everything.
00:49:43.639 --> 00:49:45.340
♪ amen!
00:49:45.340 --> 00:49:50.012
♪ amen! amen! ♪
00:49:50.012 --> 00:49:58.821
♪ amen!
00:49:58.821 --> 00:50:03.959
♪ amen! amen! ♪
00:50:03.959 --> 00:50:11.867
♪ may his favor be upon you ♪
00:50:11.867 --> 00:50:15.070
♪ and a thousand generations
00:50:15.070 --> 00:50:18.574
♪ and your family and your children ♪
00:50:18.574 --> 00:50:22.077
♪ and their children and their children ♪
00:50:22.077 --> 00:50:24.480
David holland: jesus christ the king, the present ruling king,
00:50:24.480 --> 00:50:29.418
Has a kingdom on this earth.
00:50:29.418 --> 00:50:30.819
I'm a part of it, and i'm a part of extending it and expanding it
00:50:30.819 --> 00:50:35.124
In the fulfillment of his plans and purposes in the earth.
00:50:35.124 --> 00:50:38.160
Harold eberle: i live in a world where jesus christ is lord and
00:50:38.160 --> 00:50:40.996
The kingdom god is growing.
00:50:40.996 --> 00:50:43.232
I believe that tomorrow his reign will be more evident
00:50:43.232 --> 00:50:46.735
Than today.
00:50:46.735 --> 00:50:48.103
I believe every year the kingdom's gonna keep on growing.
00:50:48.103 --> 00:50:52.441
Mike hayes: my desire with all of my heart is that the mighty
00:50:52.441 --> 00:50:56.445
Body of christ, every one of us find your purpose, get anointed
00:50:56.445 --> 00:51:01.817
For your purpose, fill yourself with the word of god, go out
00:51:01.817 --> 00:51:05.754
Into the real world filled with the joy and overflowing
00:51:05.754 --> 00:51:10.759
Anointing and blessing, nobody can reject that, and let's move
00:51:10.759 --> 00:51:15.697
The needle on really expanding the kingdom.
00:51:15.697 --> 00:51:21.203
♪ amen!
00:51:21.203 --> 00:51:26.008
♪ amen! amen! ♪
00:51:26.008 --> 00:51:34.616
♪ amen!
00:51:34.616 --> 00:51:39.755
♪ amen! amen! ♪
00:51:39.755 --> 00:51:48.497
Martin trench: father, we thank you that you are a good god.
00:51:48.497 --> 00:51:51.066
We know that we can trust you.
00:51:51.066 --> 00:51:52.701
You're for us and not against us.
00:51:52.701 --> 00:51:56.205
Every good and perfect gift comes down from you.
00:51:56.205 --> 00:52:00.375
May everyone watching and listening, may they receive your
00:52:00.375 --> 00:52:04.580
Good gifts, your wisdom, your guidance, the illumination of
00:52:04.580 --> 00:52:09.451
Your spirit.
00:52:09.451 --> 00:52:11.320
Open our eyes afresh to see what you are truly saying in the word
00:52:11.320 --> 00:52:17.125
Of god.
00:52:17.125 --> 00:52:18.727
Break us free from all of our preconceived ideas and
00:52:18.727 --> 00:52:22.831
Theological straitjackets, and may we walk hand in hand with
00:52:22.831 --> 00:52:27.903
The good shepherd to fresh pastures, to new places, knowing
00:52:27.903 --> 00:52:33.775
That we're safe because we're walking in line with the word
00:52:33.775 --> 00:52:38.480
And hand in hand with the one who gave that word, in jesus's
00:52:38.480 --> 00:52:42.584
Name we pray, amen.
00:52:42.584 --> 00:52:46.488
Matt crouch: we need to build for generation after generation
00:52:47.656 --> 00:52:51.026
After generation, build the kingdom, and that's what we're
00:52:51.026 --> 00:52:56.098
Trying to accomplish in a series of documentaries that we simply
00:52:56.098 --> 00:53:00.402
Entitled "god with us."
00:53:00.402 --> 00:53:03.739
Announcer: through it all one truth remains, his kingdom is
00:53:03.739 --> 00:53:07.776
Here, and he is still moving, still reigning.
00:53:07.776 --> 00:53:13.682
Now it's your turn to begin the journey.
00:53:13.682 --> 00:53:16.518
Open the scriptures, ask the questions, seek the truth for
00:53:16.518 --> 00:53:21.323
Yourself, because what you believe about the end will shape
00:53:21.323 --> 00:53:25.761
How you live today.
00:53:25.761 --> 00:53:27.996
And no matter where the journey takes you, remember this above
00:53:27.996 --> 00:53:32.467
All, god is with us.
00:53:32.467 --> 00:53:36.471
[music]
00:53:36.471 --> 00:53:36.471

Living the New Covenant | God with Us

November 14, 2025 | 55:17

Closed captions

Share