God is KingGod is King

For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.Psalm 95:3

The LORD reigns…Your throne was established long ago; you are from all eternity.Psalm 93:1-2

Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

Psalm 90:2

In the beginning God…Genesis 1:1

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God is CreatorGod is Creator

“You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honour and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”

Revelation 4:11

Word

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God’s KingdomGod’s KingdomThe LORD God took the man and put him

in the Garden of Eden to work it and

take care of it.Genesis 2:15

And the LORD God commanded the

man, ‘You are free to eat from any tree

in the garden; but you must not eat

from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when

you eat of it you will surely die.’

Genesis 2:16-17

Place = Presence

People

Blessing

Rule

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them…Genesis 1:26-28

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God’s KingdomGod’s Kingdom

God’s people

living in God’s place

under God’s rule and blessing

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God’s Kingdom RuinedGod’s Kingdom Ruined

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and

also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her

husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they

realised they were naked, so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for

themselves.Genesis 3:6-7

So the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden…

Genesis 3:23

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Promise

And I will put enmity between

you and the woman, and

between your offspring and hers; he will crush your

head, and you will strike his

heal. Genesis 3:15

God’s Promise of WarGod’s Promise of War 6

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned.

Romans 5:12

Human Human RRebellion and ebellion and DDeath eath AdvancesAdvances 7

The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and

go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation and I

will bless you; I will make your name great and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever

curses you I will curse, and all peoples on earth will be blessed

through you.”Genesis 12:1-3

Promise

ABRAHAM

Land

People

Blessing

The PromisedThe Promised Kingdom Kingdom

I will establish my covenant…to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

Genesis 17:7

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So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Exodus 3:8

From Slavery to ParadiseFrom Slavery to Paradise

I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God.Exodus 6:7a

Then the LORD said to him, ‘Know for certain that your

descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be

enslaved and ill-treated four hundred years…In the fourth generation your

descendants will come back here.’

Genesis 15:13-16

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And God spoke all these words:

“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt,

out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods

before me…Exodus 20:1-3

The Rules of the KingThe Rules of the King

Rule‘You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how

I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to

myself. Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you

will be my treasured possession. Although the

whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of

priests and a holy nation.’Exodus 19:4-6a

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They will know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of Egypt so that I might dwell among them. I am the LORD their God.

Exodus 29:46

A Return to EdenA Return to Eden

Presence

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The Most Holy Place

The Holy Place

The curtain

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2

3

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A A Just and Forgiving KingJust and Forgiving King

The LORD said to Moses: ‘Tell your brother Aaron not to come whenever he chooses into the Most Holy Place behind the curtain in front of the atonement cover on the Ark,

or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud over the atonement cover. Leviticus 16:2

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JUDGES

Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for them, he was

with the judge and saved them out of the hands of their enemies as long as the judge

lived…But when the judge died, the people returned to

ways even more corrupt then those of their fathers,

following other gods and serving and worshipping

them…Judges 2:18-19

In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit.Judges 21:25

The The TTime of ime of the Judgesthe Judges

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KINGS

All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “….the

LORD said to you, ‘You shall shepherd my people Israel, and you shall become their ruler.’ …

and they anointed David king over Israel.

2 Samuel 5:1-3

A King A King for for

God’s KingdomGod’s Kingdom

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When your days are over and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up

your offspring to succeed you, who will come from your own body, and I will

establish his kingdom. He is the one who will build a house for my

Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

2 Samuel 7:13

‘You have established your

people Israel as your very own for ever, and you, O LORD, have become their

God…for you, O Sovereign LORD, have spoken,

and with your blessing the house of your

servant will be blessed forever.’

2 Samuel 7:24,29b

‘The LORD has kept the promise he made: I have succeeded

David my father and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the LORD promised, and

I have built the temple for the Name of the LORD, the

God of Israel. I have provided a place there for the ark,

in which is the covenant of the LORD that he made with our

fathers when he brought them out of Egypt.’

1 Kings 8:20-21

The Kingdom The Kingdom NNearly early EEstablishedstablished15

God’s Kingdom Has Come…God’s Kingdom Has Come…God’s people

The people of Judah and Israel

were as numerous as the

sand on the seashore.

1 Kings 4:20

God’s rule in God’s place

Solomon ruled over all the

kingdoms from the River to the

land of the Philistines, as far as the border of

Egypt. 1 Kings 4:21

God’s blessing

During Solomon’s lifetime Judah and Israel, from Dan

to Beersheba, lived in safety, each man under his own vine and fig-tree.

1 Kings 4:25

God keeps his promises

Praise be to the LORD, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant

Moses. 1 Kings 8:56

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The Israelites persisted in all the sins of Jeroboam and did not turn away from them until the LORD

removed them from his presence, as he had warned through all his servants the prophets. So

the people of Israel were taken from their homeland into exile in Assyria, and they are still there.

2 Kings 17:22-23

It was because of the LORD’s anger that all this happened to Jerusalem and Judah, and in the end

he thrust them from his presence. 2 Kings 24:20

The Kingdom DeclinesThe Kingdom Declines17

A A NNew ew PPromiseromise

For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your

own land…I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of

stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. You will live in the land I gave your forefathers; you will be my people, and I

will be your God.Ezekiel 36:24-28

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Still WaitingStill Waiting19

‘See, I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you

are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the

covenant, whom you desire, will come,’ says the Lord Almighty.

Malachi 3:1

Mary

Thus there were fourteen generations in

all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to

Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to Christ.

Matthew 1:17

ABRAHAMIsaac

Jacob

Judah

Perez

Hezron

Ram

Amminadab

Nahshon

Salmon

Boaz

Obed

Jesse

KING DAVID

SolomonRehoboam

Abijah

Asa

Jehoshaphat

Jehoram

Uzziah

Jotham

Ahaz

Hezekiah

Manasseh

Amon

Josiah

JECONIAH (EXILE)

ShealtielZerubbabel

Abiud

Eliakim

Azor

Zadok

Akim

Eliud

Eleazar

Matthan

Jacob

Joseph +

JESUS CHRIST

A New ExodusA New Exodus 20

GodGod’s Presence’s Presence

JESUS

All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the

prophet: ‘The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel’-

which means, ‘God with us.’Matthew 1:22-23

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God’s God’s RuleRule

‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for

out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my

people Israel.’ Matthew 2:6

JESUS

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God’s PeopleGod’s People

Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the LORD says: Israel is

my firstborn son, and I told you, “Let my son go, so he may

worship me.” But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your

firstborn son.’”Exodus 4:22-23

JESUS

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So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed

until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the

Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called

my son.”Matthew 2:14-15

Last Adam, True IsraelLast Adam, True Israel

Like Adam, they have broken the covenant – they were unfaithful to me there.

Hosea 6:7

ADAM

IRSAEL

JESUS

And a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.’

Matthew 3:17

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Why did Jesus Die?Why did Jesus Die?

For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the

unrighteous, to bring you to God. 1 Peter 3:18a

JESUS

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Jesus Jesus is Risenis Risen

JESUS

He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.

Romans 4:25

God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of the fact.

Acts 2:32

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God’s Exalted KingGod’s Exalted King

‘Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy

Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. Therefore let all Israel be

assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.’

Acts 2:33,36

JESUS

JESUS

Disciples

Heaven

After he said this, he was taken up before

their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from

their sight.Acts 1:9

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Jesus’ Kingdom Jesus’ Kingdom Has ComeHas Come

JESUS

Then I heard a voice in heaven say: ‘Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our

God, and the authority of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers,

who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled

down……They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the

word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink

from death.Revelation 12:10-11

So the LORD God said to the serpent, ‘Because you have done this…I will put enmity

between you and the woman, and between your offspring and

hers; and he will crush your head, and you will strike his

heel.’Genesis 3:14-15

Promise

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Access to God’s PresenceAccess to God’s PresenceFor Christ did not enter a man-made sanctuary that

was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven

itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence. Nor did

he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest

enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that

is not his own. Then Christ would have had to suffer

many times since the creation of the world. But

now he has appeared once for all at the end of the

ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.

Hebrews 9:24-26

The Most Holy Place

The Holy

Place

JESUS

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JESUS

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who

has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual

blessing in Christ.Ephesians 1:3

God’s BlessingGod’s Blessing

For if, by the trespass of one man, death reigned through

that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of

grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life

through the one man, Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:17

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God’s Presence with His PeopleGod’s Presence with His People

For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said, ‘I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.’

2 Corinthians 6:16b

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‘Salvation is found in no-one else, for there is no

other name under heaven given to men by which we

must be saved.’ Acts 4:12

JESUS

Jesus is Lord

Jesus is Lord

Jesus is Lord

Jesus is Lord

Holy Spirit

Announcing God’s KingdomAnnouncing God’s Kingdom

For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he

loves…Colossians 1:13

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The Return of the KingThe Return of the King

JESUS

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also

may be where I am. John 14:3

“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into

the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the

same way you have seen him go into heaven.”

Acts 1:11

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God’s God’s AAppointed Judgeppointed Judge

JESUS

This will take place on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.

Romans 2:16

For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the

man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him

from the dead.”Acts 17:31

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JESUS

Heaven

Hell

He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the

presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power on the day he comes …

2 Thessalonians 1:8-10

The Day of JudgementThe Day of Judgement

‘When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on

his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his

right and the goats on his left.’Matthew 25:31-33

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Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and

the first earth had passed away…And I heard a loud voice from the

throne saying, ‘Now the dwelling of God is with men, and they will be

his people, and he will live with them and be

their God.’Revelation 21:1-3

New Heaven

New Earth

God’s Kingdom God’s Kingdom CCompletedompleted

JESUS

Presence

People

Blessing

Rule

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A Right Relationship with GodA Right Relationship with God

…he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who

have faith in JesusRomans 3:26

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace

with God through our Lord Jesus Christ

Romans 5:1

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The Christian LifeThe Christian Life

JustificationPut right with God

through faith in Jesus

GlorificationTo be made perfect (like

Jesus) after death

SanctificationProcess of being made holy

(more like Jesus) continues all of life

But now you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.

Romans 6:22

I’m not yet perfect…but I press on

towards the goal

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The The CChoice hoice wwe e alall l FFaceace

Reject God as King and live as ruler of our own

lives instead

Death, judgement and eternal

punishment from God

Receive a right relationship with God and eternal

life

Confess our disobedience, submit to Jesus as King of our lives, trusting in his life, death and

resurrection

…if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart your that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 10:9

Considering the CostConsidering the Cost

1. It is a life of self-denial

Our goals, ambitions and desires in life are no longer our own, but belong to King Jesus. We no

longer live for ourselves but now for God and his Kingdom.

2. It is a life of suffering

Suffering for being a Christian is not an option. We suffer because our

Lord Jesus suffered. This does not mean Christians do not enjoy this

life, or have no fun in the meantime. In fact, we would argue that

Christians have the most fun - this world is after all our Father’s world! But it does mean that as Christians we will face opposition to our faith

throughout our lifetime.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘If anyone

would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and

follow me.’

Matthew 16:25

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