Scripture Reading: Luke 17:20-25

The Kingdom Has Come

Intro.

1. Luke uses “kingdom” 45 times. He portrays Jesus as fulfilling the prophetic pronouncements of the Messiah’s kingdom, Lk. 12:31-32.

2. Luke does not view the kingdom as:

a. Postponed due to the Jewish rejection of Christ.

b. An apocalyptic kingdom with Christ reigning on the earth for 1,000 years.

c. A kingdom inhabiting a renovated, purified earth (2 Pet. 3:12-13).

3. Kingdom of God was preached (Lk. 8:1), was coming (11:2), it was near (21:31-33; “at hand,” Matt. 3:2; Mk. 1:15).

4. For Luke, the kingdom of prophecy is the kingdom of the gospel (the church), Matt. 16:18-19. (“Your kingdom come,” Lk. 11:2 – Fulfilled)

I. THE KING WOULD BE BORN OF A VIRGIN: THE KINGDOM HAS COME.

Ø Isaiah 7:14; 9:6-7 –Virgin bear a son; Throne of David—Luke 1:30-35

-Immanuel, Son of God.

-The kingdom has come-

II. THE KING ON HIS THRONE: THE KINGDOM HAS COME.

Ø 2 Sam. 7:13 –Throne, Sovereign Rule—Luke 1:32-33

Ø Psa. 2:6-7 –Power—Luke 22:67-70

Ø Psa. 110:1 –Exalted; Right hand of God—Luke 24:51 (Acts 2:33-36)

-The kingdom has come-

III. THE KINGDOM IS PREACHED: THE KINGDOM HAS COME.

Ø Isaiah 2:2-3 –Preached—Luke 4:43; 8:1; 9:2, 11, 60; 16:16

-Jesus sent to preach it, 4:43

-Gospel (glad tidings), 8:1; Associated with healing (souls), 9:2, 11

-Sent others to preach the kingdom, 9:2, 60

-Kingdom was preached since John, 16:16

-Preached to the nations beginning at Jerusalem, 24:47

-The kingdom has come-

IV. NATURE OF THE KINGDOM: THE KINGDOM HAS COME.

Ø Isaiah 2:4; 11:3-5, 6-9 –Peace, Righteousness, Unity, Knowledge—Not of this world, Luke 6:20; 17:20-21; 18:16-17

-The kingdom has come-

V. COMPOSED OF ALL NATIONS: THE KINGDOM HAS COME.

Ø Isaiah 11:10-12 –All People—Luke 13:18, 20

-The kingdom has come-

VI. WHEN THE KINGDOM WOULD COME.

Ø Daniel 2:44-45 –Time—Luke 2:1-2; 3:1-2; 9:27 (10:9, 11; 11:20)

-Rule of God, cf. Sign of His sovereign rule and power, Lk. 21:31-33 (25-28)

-The kingdom has come-

Conclusion

1. The kingdom word is the gospel (Lk. 8:10-11).

2. Planted in hearts, it bears good fruit (Lk. 8:15).

-The kingdom of God’s Son is the kingdom of prophecy into which sinners are transferred when converted to Christ, Col. 1:13.

3. Thus, the kingdom is “within you” (Lk. 17:20-21).

4. This is how the kingdom came and continues to be with us, Acts 1:6-8; 3:19-26.

-The church is the kingdom of prophecy, Acts 2:41, 47; Heb. 12:22-23, 28.

By: Joe R. Price

Posted March 19, 2019