Act One: God Establishes His Kingdom CreationHumankind
His role as Creator God establishes His authority over the earth and all of His creation: Psalm 24:1: “The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;” Psalm 103:19: “The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules ...
The Old Testament writers foresee a time in which God will expand his people by bringing blessings on the Gentiles and including them within Israel. This hope is established early in Israel’s formative history when God establishes his covenant with Abraham: “As for Me, behold, My covenant is...
The Process by Which He Establishes His Army and His Weapons Through His Word, He reveals Himself and births us into His kingdom, making us soldiers of the cross of Christ, His Son ~ the Mighty King who rules His kingdom. His Word is our manual for training. His Holy Spirit continues...
This establishes the covenant as unconditional, impervious to revocation, reversal, or annulment, irrespective of any failures on the part of Abraham or his descendants. The existence and continuation of the covenant are not reliant on the faithfulness of Abraham or his progeny (the twelve tribes)...
This will be a day when God establishes a new heaven and a new earth. “Look, God’s dwelling is with humanity, and he will live with them. They will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them and will be their God," (Revelations 21:3, CSB). May we continually bless ...
Prince of Peace. Ofthe increaseof His government and peacethere will be no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this” (Isaiah 9:6-...
His Resurrection Still Causes Problems for People Today His resurrection 100% establishes His identity and His message. Because He is who He is and His message is true, everyone must make a decision what they will do about this truth. We have only three options: ...
In the reading from Genesis, we hear how God establishes His covenant with Noah and all who will follow. Psalm 25 then reminds us that we find love and truth in keeping God’s covenant, and we pray that God will show us the way to do so. St. Peter then reminds us of how baptism...
So he establishes a covenant with Noah: covenant. And humankind receives its first set of explicit laws, no more implicit, “Murder is bad.”“Oh I wish I had known!” Now we’re getting our first explicit set of laws and they’re universal in scope on the biblical writer’s view. ...