February 18, 2018 – Kingdom Planting – Anticipating Kingdoms

Anticipating Kingdoms

Deuteronomy 34:5-12 - New International Version (NIV)

⁵ And Moses the servant of the Lord died there in Moab, as the Lord had said. ⁶ He buried him in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to this day no one knows where his grave is. ⁷ Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone. ⁸ The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning was over.

⁹ Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites listened to him and did what the Lord had commanded Moses.

¹⁰ Since then, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face, ¹¹ who did all those signs and wonders the Lord sent him to do in Egypt—to Pharaoh and to all his officials and to his whole land. ¹² For no one has ever shown the mighty power or performed the awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.

Where did Moses die (verse 5)?

Who knows where Moses is buried (verse 6)?

How old was Moses when he died (verse 7)?

How long did the Israelites grieve (verse 8)?

What was Joshua filled with (verse 9)?

What set Moses apart from other prophets in Israel (verse 10)?

What did the Lord send Moses to do in Egypt (verse 11)?

Where did Moses show mighty power and perform awesome deeds (verse 12)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

Mark 1:1-8 - New International Version (NIV)

 ¹The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God, ² as it is written in Isaiah the prophet:

“I will send my messenger ahead of you,
    who will prepare your way”—
³ “a voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
    make straight paths for him.’”

⁴ And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. ⁵ The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. ⁶ John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. ⁷ And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. ⁸ I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

Who is “Jesus the Messiah” (verse 1)?

What was the messenger that Isaiah said would come to do (verse 2)?

What was the “voice calling in the wilderness” to say (verse 3)?

Who preached “a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins” (verse 4)?

In your opinion, why did “the whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem” confess their sins and be baptized in the Jordan River (verse 5)?

What did John wear (verse 6)?

What was John’s message (verse 7)?

Who did John say Jesus would baptize with (verse 8)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does Mark say in Mark 1:1-8 that indicates that Jesus is a greater prophet than Moses, who Deuteronomy 34:5-12 proclaims as Israel’s greatest prophet?

Acts 1:1-5 – New International Version (NIV)

¹ In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach ² until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. ³ After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. ⁴ On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. ⁵ For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

What was the “former book” written about (verse 1)?

How did Jesus give instructions to the apostles (verse 2)?

When did Jesus present Himself to the disciples and give them convincing proofs that He was alive (verse 3)?

What command did Jesus give the apostles (verse 4)?

What did Jesus promise that the apostles would be baptized with (verse 5)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, how does John the Baptist in Mark 1:1-8 anticipate the promise of Jesus in Acts 1:1-5, “in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit”?

In your opinion, how does the discussion in Deuteronomy 34:5-12 of Moses after his death and the discussion in Acts 1:1-5 of Jesus “after his suffering” illustrate the uniqueness of Jesus?

1 Corinthians 15:1-10 – New International Version (NIV)

¹ Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. ² By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

³ For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, ⁴ that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, ⁵ and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve. ⁶ After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. ⁷ Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, ⁸ and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.

⁹ For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. ¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

What had the Corinthian “brothers and sisters” received and taken a stand on (verse 1)?

How are we saved (verse 2)?

Why did Christ die (verse 3)?

What happened on the third day after Christ was buried (verse 4)?

In your opinion, why does Paul list the people that the risen Jesus appeared to (verses 5 through 8)?

Why does Paul say he does not “deserve to be called an apostle” (verse 9)?

What “worked harder than all of them” (verse 10)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what does the gospel that Paul outlines in 1 Corinthians 15:1-10 help us to understand about the “kingdom of God” that Jesus spoke about in Acts 1:1-5?

In your opinion, what does 1 Corinthians 15:1-10 help us to understand what had to be done by Jesus before He could baptize “with the Holy Spirit” as John the Baptist prophesied in Mark 1:1-8?

In your opinion, how does the grave of Moses that no one knows where is in Deuteronomy 34:5-12 foreshadow the destiny of the nation of Israel; and the raising of Jesus on the third day in 1 Corinthians 15:1-10 give a wonderful hope to those who have received grace?

In your opinion, what do these passages from Deuteronomy, Mark, Acts, and 1 Corinthians help us understand about the beginning of the Israelite Kingdom and the beginning of the Kingdom of God?

In your opinion, what stand should we take?

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