1. The Kingdom of God What is the Kingdom of God?
Jesus came preaching
The Kingdom of God
Viv Grigg
Nov 2004, rev Mar 2007
What is the Kingdom of God?
What are the Seven Parables of the Kingdom?

2. It is a Kingdom Present…. And Not Yet!
THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS ETERNAL, UNCHANGING (Psa 145:11-13)
IN THE LAST DAYS
WILL BE THE TRIUMPHAL COMING
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
THE KING
THE KING INVADES HISTORY
INTERVENES
AS THE KING OF KINGS
AS A SUFFERING SERVANT
AND AS JUDGE OF ALL
IN THE LIVES OF:
ADAM
ABRAHAM
DAVID
NOAH
MOSES etc.
THE KINGDOM
WILL RULE THE
COMMUNITIES OF THE KING
IN EACH INTERVENTION
THE KINGDOM PRINCIPLES
KINGDOMS OF
MANIFEST KINGDOM
THIS EARTH
SPIRITUALITY, ECONOMICS,
ARE MADE KNOWN: SPIRITUAL,
SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS
ECONOMIC, SOCIAL
THROUGH GOD'S DEALINGS WITH ISRAEL
COVENANTS OF MERCY AND JUDGEMENT
It is a Kingdom Present…. And Not Yet!

3. Covenants - Foundations of Trust
What happens when a society cannot trust each other?
7 Covenants of the scripture reflect the Kingdom –
Noah (Gen 9:8-17), Abraham (2) (Gen 15:9-21; Gen 17), Sinai (Ex 19-24), Phinehas (Num 25:10-13), David (2 Sam 7:5-16), New Covenant (Jer 31-34)
All covenants involve:
God-Human
Society
Land
God
Humanity
Land

4. New Testament period till today

6. Discipleship: Responses to the Reign of the King 1. 3.
SOCIAL
SPIRITUAL
GOD
GOD
DISCIPLESHIP
DISCIPLESHIP
RULES OVER HUMANITY
RULES OVER
HUMANITY
WHO ARE TO RULE AS HIS
WHO ARE TO BE THEIR NEIGHBOURS'
VICE-RULERS 2.
MANAGING THE CREATED
KEEPERS
IN EQUALITY, BROTHERHOOD,
ORDER
SISTERHOOD AND JUSTICE
ECONOMIC
DISCIPLESHIP
The Kingdom is God’s Rule
Bringing Redemption of Humanity
And Restoration of Creation

7. Jesus is the Answer What’s the Question?
Divine Resources
Spiritual
Spiritual Life
Eternal Life
Social
Community
Justice
Brotherhood
Economic
Food / Work / Land
Equal Distribution
Management of Resources
Political
Servant-Leaders
Human Needs
Spiritual
Separation
Death
Social
Alienation
Injustice
Economic
Poverty
Opulance
Exploitation
Political
Oppression
The Connection, Christ

8. Some Sample Principles of the Kingdom
Spiritual
Eternal life
Answered prayer
Power of Spirit
Political
The Leader is a Servant
Power is to be distributed
The multiplication of small grassroots economic, political or spiritual organisations distributes power
The government is to serve the poor
Economic
Creativity
Productivity
Voluntary & periodic redistribution
Private property
Communal economics
Social
Equality
Brotherhood, sisterhood

9. Some New Testament Economic Principles of the Kingdom
Redistribution (2 Cor 9:8; Acts 2:42-44)
Forsaking all (Luke 12:33)
Live simply vs consumerism (1 Tim 6:6-8)
Identification with the poor (John 1:14)
The rich are brought low, and the poor are uplifted (James 1:9)

10. Summary of Principles of Kingdom Economics
Genesis/ Jubilee
Gospels & Acts
Epistles
1. Creativity
God the creator
Spirit sets free
2. Cooperative Economics
Let us make
Sharing
Provide for others
3. Productivity
Good outcomes
4. Work
He makes He structures
Labour in the gospel
Work with hands (1 Thes 4:11)
5. Rest
God rests
Jubilee come
3. Rest
6 Redistribut’n for Equality
Jubilee –return of land Tithing
No needy one
Weekly Giving
Global redist’n (2 Cor 8,9)
Simplicity
7. Savings & Debt
Jubilee cancels debts
Debts cancelled
Owe no man
8. Celebration
It was good
Worship daily
9. Ownership / Own home / Forsake all, / Provide family (Levites) yet own home (1 Tim 5:8)