1. Day of the Lord JUDGEMENT DAY The Kingdom of God before & after Jesus Kingdom of God First coming of Jesus Second coming of Jesus Present Age Year 0 OVERLAP ? Year 2011+ The kingdom is here now but not yet fulfilled Kingdom of God Present Age Age to come The Eschaton “Eschatology”

2. The Teachings of Jesus Matthew chapter 5 “Eschaton” (the End) & Elijah Signs of the present age: Unrighteousness/sin, sickness, Satan’s rule, influence of evil Signs of the new age of God’s Kingdom: Righteousness/godly living, health, peace, God’s Spirit The Kingdom of God is now but not yet

3. Christ-followers were God’s future people, living out God’s new age, living in the light of the future, with the End in mind. Do you live in the light of God’s future, with the End in mind? What difference does this make to your life? Are you conscious that your life is a sign of God’s Future Kingdom already come?

4. Sermon on the Mount & Sermon on the Plain Matthew chaps 5-7 & Luke chaps 6, 11-14 Four Gospels & Four Authors & Four Communities “memoirs of the Apostles” MarkJohn Mark/Peter RomeAD65 LukeResearch for Gentiles AD60s or 70s MatthewApostle Matthew AntiochAD70s or 80s First 3 Gospels known as Synoptic (common-view) Gospels JohnApostle John EphesusAD90s

5. The Sermon on the Mount Ethics of the Kingdom A response to Gods love “like Father, like son or daughter” (Matt 5 v 48) In Christianity “religion is grace and ethics is gratitude” Showing the way of God’s future