Vaughan Roberts DB “God’s Big Picture”

After reading chapter 5 in God’s Big Picture, answer the following question:

What does the future kingdom of God look like according to the prophets? Describe in your words how the prophets understood each element: 1) God’s people in 2) God’s place under 3) God’s rule and blessing.

After your initial post, be sure to respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

Response #1: In Chapter 5 of Roberts the future of kingdom of God looks like according to the prophets is that they predict the future (hence them being prophets) of the new covenant and that there will be no harsh judgment and hope which will hopefully cannot be broken.

For the first element, God’s people, are the Israelites, and God ends of sending more loyal Israelis. But God must punish those who sinned originally. These people have to end up complete the brand new covenant by having to take the fall.

The next is under God’s place under, the prophets said that gods places to be a new temple under his creation. it is profited that the babylonians will come to destroy it but there is hope that Ezequiel will find an even bigger and greater temple. upon entering this temple God gives life to our world again. As he gives our world new life his redemption is that his people will not be isolated only to the Israelites but to our whole world.

Lastly, is our gods rule and blessing, this is shown by the prophets as God giving his people a brand new king a brand new covenant. His wishes artist still punished the original Israel for their sins but he has to comply to his previous promises or statements. this ties in to the Last Supper as he says the ‘new covenant in my blood’ he also continued to give us great blessings within us all and help us escape our sins.

Response #2: The future kingdom of God according to the prophets consists of judgement and hope. The main message for judgement is that in order to be faithful to God’s word, is for God to bring judgemnet upon his people. God’s basis of the prophets message of judgement and hope, is his Covenant.

1) God will bring judgement to his people who have sinned and must uphold his promise to Abraham; in order for his descendants to be blessed. God will then send his Israelites out to the lands that they have been banished and will be considered "remnants".

2)God gives life to our world through his redemption of his people. As his new creation the world had been made new again. Ezeikel’s vision of the new temple, is the symbol of a new creation.

3) God’s rules and blessing will only be given to those who choose to believe in his word. He always finds a way to deal with one’s sins in order to forgive them. Even when God punishes us for sin, he still loves us and wants us to get closer to him.The prophets had followed the promises God made to David. An eternal king would fullfill will be a blessing for the world.

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