1. Our Mission Mandate What was the mission and message of Jesus? What is our mission? What is the gospel?

2. The History of Theology The recent rediscovery of the Mission and Message of Jesus due to the availability of the literature of Second Temple Judaism. The various “quests” for the historical Jesus as the context for this discovery. The transfer from George Ladd (biblical scholar) to John Wimber (church practitioner) and the ongoing development of kingdom theology and praxis. This recent history in historic perspective

3. Jesus The Kingdom Message & Ministry Jesus The Kingdom Message & Ministry Paul Apostle to the Gentiles Hellenisation Interpretation Law & Grace Paul Apostle to the Gentiles Hellenisation Interpretation Law & Grace Church Fathers Trinitarian Creeds Orthodoxy Catholicism Christendom Church Fathers Trinitarian Creeds Orthodoxy Catholicism Christendom Reformation: Interpretation of Paul Protestant Evangelicalism Reformation: Interpretation of Paul Protestant Evangelicalism Pentecostalism: Interpretation & Reform of Protestantism Pentecostalism: Interpretation & Reform of Protestantism 3 rd Quest? 3 rd Quest?

4. Jesus The Kingdom Message & Ministry Jesus The Kingdom Message & Ministry 3 rd Quest Jesus Rediscovery – 1900yr Everything to be re-written Even the Creeds Reviewed

5. History The End Age to Come P The Kingdom Model

6. Creedal Window M&M? David Bosch at SACLA 1. What is missing! Where is the story of Mark? The age of this diagram. N.T. Wright, How God Became King, 2012.

7. Cross/Resurrection: Two Views Christus Victor Substitution Redemption Propitiation Satisfaction ? Gustav Aul é n – “Classical” versus “Latin” C.H. Dodd Youssouf Demb é l é - Mali “Emerging”: Divine child abuse? Paul – Redemption & Propitiation Anselm – Satisfaction Luther/Calvin, Morris/Stott, historic Protestant evangelical view

8. Christus Victor Jesus engaged in cosmic warfare (Mark), plundering the strong man’s house, conquering death. Part of the kingdom/authority vision: God is restoring all of creation, defeating sin, sickness, death and poverty. He viewed the cross as the Day of Judgment (eschatology). Defeating the works of the devil (1 John). Delivering humanity from the power of death (Hebrews). Bringing immortality to light (1 Timothy). Overcoming the principalities and powers (Colossians). Pentecostal empowered mission (Luke-Acts). Thoroughly biblical

9. Redemption/Propitiation Jesus viewed himself as the Suffering Servant, a substitutionary figure, taking into himself the destiny of Israel and reversing its exile. He viewed the cross as the Day of Judgment (wrath and eschatology). Paul’s language is unambiguous: redemption (slave model), propitiation (wrath appeased, justice upheld). Ancient/modern Gnostics, or modernist humanists, have never taken to the idea of blood sacrifice, substitution, and placating the wrath of a righteous God – but what is new? (certainly not McClaren!). Barth: this is not divine child abuse, but a profound inter-Trinitarian moment (confusion about Trinitarian theology: “persona”). Thoroughly biblical

10. Cross/Resurrection Christus Victor Substitution Redemption Propitiation Satisfaction Biblical: both/and Power Evangelism Word based Evangelism

11. The point of connection Christus Victor is about cosmic warfare, therefore defeating the powers of darkness. What has the devil got, to torment humanity? The condemnation of the law! His name is the “accuser of the brethren.” The deepest plight of lost humanity is guilt before a righteous law giver! Remove man’s guilt and the devil can no longer be the accuser. “They overcame him by the blood of the lamb”. The principalities and powers loose their grip because the condemnation of the law has been removed. Reconcile man to God, and mankind is restored to being his image- bearers. From there, everything follows: authority, healing, regeneration into the “Second Adam” (the new community) and stewardship (over nature).

12. Our Mission Mandate 1. We must preach Christ crucified and lead people into the experience of personal forgiveness and freedom from condemnation. This has always been a classic feature of revivals. 2. Beware of “belong, then believe, then behave” if “believe” never happens. We must not remove the personal power of the gospel. 3. We must see the cross as one high point in the total kingdom story (incarnation, kingdom ministry, cross, resurrection, ascension, return). 4. Personal forgiveness and the hope of eternal life after death is not the whole gospel or the centre of the gospel. The centre of the gospel is God and his cosmic/global purpose, to restore humanity into his image and renew creation.

13. Our Mission Mandate 5. The point of personal reconciliation with God is where human’s change sides (repent), from darkness into the kingdom of God. That is only the doorway to discipleship. 6. Then the church, as witness to the kingdom of God, engages in cosmic warfare – “fight the good fight”. 7. We continue Christ’s ministry on earth, coming against sin, sickness, demonization, injustice, poverty, and the abuse of the environment. Redemption and Victory The Lamb and the Lion

14. Our identity in Christ God is busy, in Christ, taking his planet back. Restoring all of humanity into his image. We are now on his side, his co-workers in cosmic warfare. We are taking the whole gospel, for the whole planet, to all of humanity.