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Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... than even before. The new year’s time is a time of hope. For Christians, New Year is simply another new chance to recognize the Name of Jesus upon our lives and our hearts. It’s a time to re-evaluate our commitment to the Lord of All, and to consummate our hearts to the worship and mission of the Son of God. As we continue to celebrate the Birth of the King, we need to see ourselves as the Bride of that King, worthy of standing beside Him in the most holy of places, worthy of His love, and His ...

2. Body

2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... , as we have seen, Pauline eschatology expects a bodily resurrection. On the textual problem in v. 3, see Bruce M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (2d ed.; Stuttgart: United Bible Societies, 1994), p. 511. 5:5 Paul maintains an imminent expectation of the consummation throughout his correspondence (cf. 1 Thess. 2:19; 3:13; 4:13–5:11; Phil. 2:12–18; 3:20–21; Gal. 5:5; 6:7–10; 1 Cor. 15:20–58; Rom. 13:11–14; 14:10). 5:6 Cf. Jerome Murphy-O’Connor, “ ‘Being at ...

3. Future Glory

Romans 8:18-27

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... of God, with the redeemed bodies of God’s new and perfect world (1 Cor. 15:35–57). The anguished cry of Romans 7:24, in which the groaning of 8:23 finds expression, is answered in verse 23 with reference to the glory of the future consummation. In 8:24–27 Paul elaborates on the situation of the believer. The salvation of believers is a reality because of the effect of the atoning death of Christ. But the physical completion of their salvation has yet to come. Believers are saved in hope (8:24). This ...

4. A Double Dose

2 Kings 2:1-18

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... of God must be equipped to do God's work over the long haul. We need, like Elisha, a double portion of God's spirit to help us in tough times. We cannot do without it. The Lord's work is never finished. Like Elisha this double dose will consummate our commission, give us strength to do battle and sustain us through the ups and downs of serving the people of God. Have you received your minimum daily requirement of a double dose of Christ? God's full power and anointing is waiting to be poured out on you ...

5. Salvation as Hope

Romans 13:8-14, 1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11, 1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Sermon Aid

T. A. Kantonen

... at death. If we cannot define the realization of his hope to depart and be with his Lord in a more constructive way than to say that he is in a timeless instant and without body or soul, then it is best to say nothing at all. The Final Consummation Paul’s conviction that at death he would move from an "earthly tent" into a "heavenly dwelling" and enter into a closer communion with his Lord does not in any way weaken his expectation of the parousia, the return of Christ, when God’s purpose for his whole ...

6. Signs of the End of the Age

Mark 13:1-31

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... 11–18). The Coming of the Son of Man (13:24-31): 13:24–27 Having described the coming trials that his disciples must face, including the destruction of Jerusalem, Jesus now deals with the appearance of the Son of Man in glory and what amounts to the consummation of the kingdom of God. The preceding events (vv. 5–23) are all the result of the evil in the world and will involve suffering for God’s people, but now we come to an event that is the direct manifestation of God and will mean vindication and ...

7. The Surrogate

Matthew 1:1-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... home. In Ruth’s case, her faithfulness to her mother-in-law and to God, the God of the Hebrews, the God of her dead husband, and now her God too, led her into a new place, where she would be offered the “first fruits”–a new betrothal—to be consummated in a new life with Boaz and with the Jewish people. [Tell the story of Ruth here in more detail if desired or needed.] When Boaz and Ruth unite for the first time on the “threshing floor,” Boaz leaves Ruth with an “arrabon,” a promise of the ...

8. Paul: The Man and His Message

Romans 9:1-29

Sermon Aid

T. A. Kantonen

... idea of corporate personality, which leads him to speak of being in the first Adam and in the last Adam. The Christian hope for him is not the Greek immortality of the soul but the Hebrew resurrection of the body. And when he speaks of the consummation of God’s purpose in history, he concludes with "And so all Israel will be saved" (Romans 11:26). Turning now to the specific Christian background, we must note that while Paul had no contact with the historical Jesus himself, he did have Christian kinsmen ...

9. The Seventh Trumpet (Third Woe)

Revelation 11:15-19

Teach the Text

J. Scott Duvall

... Messiah,’ the Lamb.”4With the sounding of the seventh trumpet, the heavenly kingdom has overtaken the earthly to form one kingdom of God, a new heaven and a new earth (21:1–5, 9–10, 22–27). Teaching the Text The theological emphasis on the consummated kingdom of God stands as a central teaching point of this text. In addition, there are two other primary emphases, but first a caution is in order. The book of Revelation will quickly become very confusing if you try to make this passage fit into a ...

10. She Waits

Acts 1:1-11, Luke 24:50-53, Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... in waiting would look out for him (with lamps lit) and announce when he would be coming. When he did, to the sound of the shofar, his procession would approach, and he would bring his bride with him to her new home. There, the marriage would be consummated, and a grand 7-day feast would commence! The entire affair would be one of celebration and great joy! Singing, dancing, feasting, loving. This is the kind of promise fulfilled that Jesus offers to us in the time to come! The covenant of scripture that God ...

11. Warning! In Case Of Rapture This Car Will Be Unmanned.

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

Carl B. Rife

... not in vain. That is what the doctrine of the second coming is all about. If we live according to the way that God has shown us in Jesus Christ, those efforts will not be wasted. The good that we do will be caught up in that consummation and will contribute to that consummation. It makes all the difference to know whether we are going about doing good or we are just going about. God has a purpose and we are to be faithful to that purpose now no matter if there is a second coming within our lifetime, within ...

12. What Do We Do Now That We’re Happy?

Isaiah 62:1-12

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... are at hand to give, the lights are lit, the day dawns with mystery surrounding it, and we go into over-drive with confidence that the joys of the occasion will be indelibly stamped upon us. Maybe, maybe, life will be changed and our fondest wishes consummated. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s characters in his novels ask each other in myriad ways what they are to do with their lives seeing that they are happy, rich, and beautiful. Having arrived at a peak of eminence and ready to pick the plum, the rewards elude ...

13. The Advent Hope

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... that we affirm with assurance: "He shall come again with glory." This faith is not based on speculation of what we do not know but on affirmation of what we most surely know, the victory which Christ has already won and the certainty of the ultimate consummation of that victory. We do not know the day or the hour of the final fulfillment of our Advent hope. But to keep this hope alive among his people the Lord has given us "signs of his coming." Reflecting the impending climactic clash between the divine ...

14. Jesus Made Like His Brothers

Hebrews 2:5-18

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... key text previously quoted (1:13): “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet” (Ps. 110:1). In fact, now we see neither man nor Christ ruling over all things; but Christ’s rule will in the future be fully consummated, and when that occurs, mankind will experience the full realization of the rule spoken of in Psalm 8 (cf. Phil. 3:21). God left nothing that is not subject to him. Our author does not specify the obvious exception noted by Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:27: “It ...

15. God Disciplines His Sons

Hebrews 12:1-13, Hebrews 12:14-29

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... perfect.” The saints of God, both past and present, must arrive at the goal together, and therefore it is up to the readers to emulate the faith of their forebears. Only in this way can the people of God as a unity experience the eschatological consummation of God’s purposes. The word cloud (nephos) is used commonly in Greek literature to indicate a “host” or “company.” This is the only occurrence of the noun “witness” (martys) in Hebrews, except for the quotation of Deut. 17:6 in 10:28. The ...

16. Warning Against Refusing God

Hebrews 12:14-29, Hebrews 12:1-13

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

17. The Lord Comes and Reigns

Zechariah 14:1-21

Understanding Series

Pamela J. Scalise

... and drought, those forces of death, will maximize the productivity of the land and promote life. 14:9 The prophet succinctly states two core beliefs about God that are central and pervasive in the OT; the Lord is king, and the Lord is one. The consummation will come, as the prophets have declared, because these things are true. And when it comes, these truths will be known everywhere. The LORD will be king over the whole earth is an assertion that repeats a theme from prophecy and the book of Psalms ...

18. Sermon on the Mount: Jesus Teaches on the Torah

Matthew 5:17-48

Teach the Text

Jeannine K. Brown

... come . . . to fulfill them. Jesus challenges the notion that he abolishes the Torah, an action that he denounces for his followers in 5:18–19. Instead, he claims to fulfill the Law and the Prophets. Matthew defines this claim first by showing Jesus to be the consummate interpreter of the Torah (5:17–48). Second, Matthew will narrate that Jesus himself honors and obeys the Torah (e.g., 8:4; 12:7; 15:1–20; 19:3–9, 16–19; 22:34–40). Finally, Matthew shapes his Christology to include Jesus as Wisdom ...

19. Parables Discourse: The “Already and Not Yet” of the Kingdom

Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:31-35, Matthew 13:36-43, Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:47-52

Teach the Text

Jeannine K. Brown

... (parables of the hidden treasure and of the pearl). It is worth one’s full commitment and loyalty. And given that the kingdom’s full significance and influence are still in the future, faith is required to believe that God will bring its consummation. The hiddenness of the kingdom means that Christians always walk by faith in this life. This is an important message for the church in an age that longs for certainty and requires proofs for every claim. Scripture in general and Matthew in particular ...

20. The Parable of the Ten Minas

Luke 19:11-27

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

The parable of the ten pounds (19:11–27) is similar to the parable of talents in Matthew 25:14–30, but there is no agreement on the literary relationship between the two parables. In Luke the context of the parable is the expectation that the consummation of the kingdom is imminent (19:11). Luke has already taught that the kingdom is present in Jesus’s ministry (Luke 11:20), but even though Jesus has inaugurated the kingdom, he has not completed it. Since he is “near Jerusalem,” some think the ...

21. The High Priest of a New Covenant

Hebrews 8:1-13

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... God, when the church will no more be a mixture of true and false sons or pass through periods of domination by unbelief as in the wilderness, in Jeremiah’s day, and not infrequently since. The prophecy has many affinities with other prophetic texts that portray the triumph and consummation of the kingdom of God in the world (e.g., Isa. 11:6–9; 54:11–15; 59:20–21; Ezek. 16:59–63; Jer. 32:36–41; 33:14–26; Rom. 11:26–27). Fifth, as the argument is presented in 8:7, 13 and unfolds subsequently ...

22. The Lord's Supper

Mark 14:12-26

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... vine until …: “The fruit of the vine” is a Semitic expression meaning “wine.” Jesus is taking a vow of abstinence, promising that he will not share in another festal cup until he has done the will of God and participates with his disciples in the joy of the consummated kingdom of God. In the translation until that day when I drink it anew, the word anew refers to the joyous situation of the fully realized kingdom of God of the future. 14:26 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of ...

23. The Glory of the New Covenant

2 Corinthians 3:7-17; 4:1-6

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... -heartedness removed by the Spirit of the new covenant. Without Christ, the majority of Jews remain hardened and cursed until the consummation, when “all Israel will be saved” (cf. Rom. 9–11). The negative effects of the old covenant persist, although they are in ... Gal. 1:4; 1 Cor. 2:6, 8; 3:18; Rom. 12:2), as opposed to the age to come that brings resurrection of the dead and consummation of the new creation (cf. Eph. 1:21; 2:7; Rom. 8:18–25; 1 Cor. 15:20–28). The present evil age is governed by “ ...

24. Praise to God for a Living Hope

1 Peter 1:1-12

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... with regard to this world—Peter brings his readers comfort with the reminder that all is known to God and has been taken care of in his perfect plan of salvation. He chose them in the first place, and his power will finally bring about the consummation of the divine plan, whatever the particular circumstances of a believer’s life in this world. The form of the greeting, grace and peace (charis kai eirēnē), is frequent in NT letters. It is often said that it brings together for the first time the ...

25. Joseph, When Did You Know?

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... through the prophet: ‘The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel’ (which means God with us). “When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.” It is evident that Joseph had great faith in his young bride-to-be. He also had great faith in God. That is the only source of real peace. A woman and her ...

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