Creation, Fall, and Redemption in "Kingdom Here Session 1
Creation and the Fall
Kingdom Here
Session 1
“The Father, Son and Spirit ‘were happy in themselves,
and enjoyed one another before the world was’. But the
Father so enjoyed his fellowship with his Son that he
wanted to have the goodness of it spread out and
communicated or shared with others. The creation was a
free choice borne out of nothing but love.”
-
Michael Reeves on
Richard Sibbes
What does it mean to be made in the
Image of God
Relational
Spiritual
Functional
Volitional
Rational
“Just as powerful earthly kings, to indicate their claim to
dominion, erect an image of themselves in the provinces
of their empire where they do not personally appear, so
man is placed upon earth in God's image as God’s
sovereign emblem
. He is really only
God’s representative
,
summoned to maintain and enforce God's claim to
dominion over the earth.”
- G. Von Rad
Man’s Essential Relationships
God
Self
Man
World
Man’s Essential Relationships
God
Self
Man
World
Man’s Essential Relationships
God
Self
Man
World
Work
Creation
Societies
Relationships
He
(offspring of the woman)
will
crush your
(serpent)
head
,
and you
(serpent)
shall strike his
heel
.
Genesis 3:15
“That is why
faith
, wherever it develops into
hope
, causes
not rest but
unrest
, not patience but
impatience
. It does
not calm the unquiet heart, but is itself this
unquiet heart
in man. Those who hope in Christ can
no longer put up
with reality as it is
, but begin to
suffer
under it, to
contradict
it. Peace with God means conflict with the
world, for
the goad of the promised future stabs
inexorably into the flesh of every unfulfilled present
.”
-
Jürgen
Moltmann
“When we grasp that the salvation of the kingdom
restores the creation, and all of it
, we see that witness to
God’s kingdom is as wide as creation. Witness will mean
embodying God’s renewing power in
politics and
citizenship, economics and business, education and
scholarship, family and neighborhood, media and art,
leisure and play.”
- Bartholomew and Goheen
Man’s Essential Relationships
God
Self
Man
World
Work
Creation
Societies
Relationships
“Though today some Christians believe that Jesus came
to enable us to escape this creation and live eternally in
an otherworldly and heavenly dwelling, such an
understanding of salvation would have been entirely
foreign to Old Testament prophets, to first-century Jews
– and to Jesus himself.
Salvation is not an
escape from
creational life into ‘spiritual’ existence: it is the
restoration of God’s rule
over all of creation and all of
human life.”
- Bartholomew and Goheen
Delve into the profound concepts of creation, the fall, and the image of God as depicted in "Kingdom Here Session 1." Uncover the intricate relationships between God, humanity, and the world, and the eternal hope that transcends earthly realities. Discover the significance of faith, hope, and witness in the context of God's kingdom and the restoration of creation.
Download Presentation
Please find below an Image/Link to download the presentation.
The content on the website is provided AS IS for your information and personal use only. It may not be sold, licensed, or shared on other websites without obtaining consent from the author.If you encounter any issues during the download, it is possible that the publisher has removed the file from their server.
You are allowed to download the files provided on this website for personal or commercial use, subject to the condition that they are used lawfully. All files are the property of their respective owners.
The content on the website is provided AS IS for your information and personal use only. It may not be sold, licensed, or shared on other websites without obtaining consent from the author.
E N D
Presentation Transcript
Kingdom Here Session 1 Creation and the Fall
The Father, Son and Spirit were happy in themselves, and enjoyed one another before the world was . But the Father so enjoyed his fellowship with his Son that he wanted to have the goodness of it spread out and communicated or shared with others. The creation was a free choice borne out of nothing but love. - Michael Reeves on Richard Sibbes
What does it mean to be made in the Image of God
Just as powerful earthly kings, to indicate their claim to dominion, erect an image of themselves in the provinces of their empire where they do not personally appear, so man is placed upon earth in God's image as God s sovereign emblem. He is really only God s representative, summoned to maintain and enforce God's claim to dominion over the earth. - G. Von Rad
Mans Essential Relationships God Self Man World
Mans Essential Relationships God Self Man World
God Man s Essential Relationships Self Man World Creation Work Relationships Societies
He (offspring of the woman) will crush your (serpent) head, and you (serpent) shall strike his heel. Genesis 3:15
That is why faith, wherever it develops into hope, causes not rest but unrest, not patience but impatience. It does not calm the unquiet heart, but is itself this unquiet heart in man. Those who hope in Christ can no longer put up with reality as it is, but begin to suffer under it, to contradict it. Peace with God means conflict with the world, for the goad of the promised future stabs inexorably into the flesh of every unfulfilled present. - J rgen Moltmann
When we grasp that the salvation of the kingdom restores the creation, and all of it, we see that witness to God s kingdom is as wide as creation. Witness will mean embodying God s renewing power in politics and citizenship, economics and business, education and scholarship, family and neighborhood, media and art, leisure and play. - Bartholomew and Goheen
God Man s Essential Relationships Self Man World Creation Work Relationships Societies
Though today some Christians believe that Jesus came to enable us to escape this creation and live eternally in an otherworldly and heavenly dwelling, such an understanding of salvation would have been entirely foreign to Old Testament prophets, to first-century Jews and to Jesus himself. Salvation is not an escape from creational life into spiritual existence: it is the restoration of God s rule over all of creation and all of human life. - Bartholomew and Goheen
