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* Defining Kingdom
• A territory – whether it be land, a system, or a collection of people – under the dominion or authority of a ruler
* Real World Kingdoms
• Ancient Kingdoms
° Egypt
- Earliest referenced kingdom, in biblical and secular historical accounts
° Israelite Kingdoms
- Theocracy
- Davidic Line
- Exile
° Roman Empire
- Greek Origin
- Egyptian/Babylonian Tradition
- Western Foundation
• Medieval Kingdoms
° European Kingdoms & Empires
- War
- Conquest
- Christianity
° Africa
- Ethiopia, Nubia, Zimbabwe, Ghana
- Interaction w/ Europe & the Middle East
- Intellectual/Spiritual Traditions
• Modern Kingdoms
° British Colonial West & the United States
° Enlightenment & Rule of Law
° Capitalist Democracy
* God’s Kingdom on Earth
• Israel
° The arbitrarily chosen family of people, God introduced his redemption of & desire for righteous relationship with the people on earth, through
° God’s former kingdom
• Christ
- The inherited king of God’s assembly on earth, whose rule was established around 33 AD by his prophesied defeat of death and the following relaying of its existence and accompanying alternative understanding of truth in the world by his disciples
- God’s appointed king
• The Church
- The organizational structure that exists as God’s kingdom on earth, inaugurated by Peter on Pentecost, spread first into the Greek (or Western) world, the account of which was recorded in the Book of Acts, and which then expanded and developed over the last 2 millennia, to the form it exists in today
- God’s redeemed kingdom
* Participation in God’s Kingdom Today
• What it looks like
° The gatherings and activities, held for the purpose of learning and testifying to God’s truth – services, worship, almsgiving, missions, governance
• Positions & titles in it
° Teachers, Ministers, Pastors, Administrators, Healers, Arbitrators, Prophets, Evangelizers, Apostles, Elders, Deacons, Congregants
* Biblical References
• Old Testament
° 1 Samuel 11:15
° 2 Samuel 5:3
° 1 Kings 11:11
° Isaiah 3:1
° 2 Samuel 8:15-18
• New Testament
° Establishment
- John 19:30
- Acts 2:1-2
- Acts 9:15
° Theology
- Romans 8:13
- Ephesians 3:6
- Romans 5:14, 17-18
° Participation
- 1 Corinthians 7:17
- 1 Corinthians 12:28
- Ephesians 4:11
- 1 Corinthians 6:4
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