The New Testament Church

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The New Testament Church

• The Origin of the Church

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Importance of When the Church Began

• Matter of identityto distinguish it from the Old
  Testament agencies and also from religious
  institutions of modern human origin.
• To identify its lawsand to see when the law
  governing the Church of God went into effect.

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Church Foreshadowed in the Old Testament

• The church was NOT in existence in the Old
  Testament days.
• Old Testament worthies desired to see its era.
• Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and
  searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace
  that would come to you, searching what, or what
  manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in
  them was indicating when He testified beforehand
  the sufferings of Christ and the glories that
  would follow. To them it was revealed that, not
  to themselves, but to us they were ministering
  the things which now have been reported to you
  through those who have preached the gospel to you
  by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven--things which
  angels desire to look into. 1 Peter
  110-12

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Foreshadowed in Old Testament

• But Christ came as High Priest of the good
  things to come, with the greater and more perfect
  tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of
  this creation. Hebrews 911

• Therefore it was necessary that the copies of
  the things in the heavens should be purified with
  these, but the heavenly things themselves with
  better sacrifices than these. Hebrews 923

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Beginning of the Church, Kingdom, Subject of
Prophecy

• Now it shall come to pass in the latter days
  That the mountain of the LORD'S house Shall be
  established on the top of the mountains, And
  shall be exalted above the hills And all nations
  shall flow to it. Many people shall come and say,
  "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the
  LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob He will
  teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His
  paths." For out of Zion shall go forth the law,
  And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. Isaiah
  22,3

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Beginning of the Church, Kingdom, Subject of
Prophecy

• Now it shall come to pass in the latter days
  That the mountain of the LORD'S house Shall be
  established on the top of the mountains, And
  shall be exalted above the hills And peoples
  shall flow to it. Many nations shall come and
  say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of
  the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob He
  will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His
  paths." For out of Zion the law shall go forth,
  And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. Micah
  41,2

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Beginning of the Church, Kingdom, Subject of
Prophecy

• New Testament age is last days.
• Has in these last days spoken to us by His Son,
  whom He has appointed heir of all things, through
  whom also He made the worlds. Hebrews 12
• But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel
  And it shall come to pass in the last days, says
  GodActs 216,17

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Daniel Gives Gods Interpretation

• Four world kingdoms
• Babylonhead of Gold
• Medes/Persiansbreast and arms of silver
• Greecebelly and thighs of bronze
• Romanlegs of iron and partly of clay

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Daniel Gives Gods Interpretation

• A stone cut, without hands, would crush all other
  kingdoms
• Stone grew into a large mountain
• This kingdom would come in the days of Romans
  kings (4th empire) and NEVER be destroyed!

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Key Passage

• And in the days of these kings the God of heaven
  will set up a kingdom which shall never be
  destroyed and the kingdom shall not be left to
  other people it shall break in pieces and
  consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand
  forever. Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was
  cut out of the mountain without hands, and that
  it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the
  clay, the silver, and the gold-the great God has
  made known to the king what will come to pass
  after this. The dream is certain, and its
  interpretation is sure. (Dan.244,45)

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Days of the Caesars

• New Testament begins
• In those days John the Baptist came preaching in
  the wilderness of Judea, and saying, "Repent, for
  the kingdom of heaven is at hand!
  Matthew 31,2
• Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of
  Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of
  Judea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, his
  brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the region
  of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of
  AbileneLuke 31

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Church Not Established by John the Baptizer

• Preached the kingdom was at hand.
• In those days John the Baptist came preaching in
  the wilderness of Judea, and saying, repent, for
  the kingdom of heaven is at hand!Matthew 31,2
• John was not in the kingdom
• Assuredly, I say to you, among those born of
  women there has not risen one greater than John
  the Baptist but he who is least in the kingdom
  of heaven is greater than he.Matthew 1111

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Church Not Established During Personal Ministry
of Jesus

• At handJesus
• Mark 115
• At handdisciples
• Matthew 107
• Near them
• Luke 109
• Taught to pray for it
• Matthew 69,10

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Church Not Established During Personal Ministry
of Jesus

• Promise to build it
• Matthew 1618
• Disciples not yet in
• Matthew 181-3
• Would come during that generation
• Mark 91
• Not come at time of His ascension
• Acts 16-8

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The Beginning

• Jerusalem and Pentecost
• Prophecyfrom Jerusalem
• Now when they heard this, they were cut to the
  heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the
  apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
  Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every
  one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus
  Christ for the remission of sins and you shall
  receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts
  237,38

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The Beginning

• Jerusalem and Pentecost
• Prophecyfrom Jerusalem
• And that repentance and remission of sins should
  be preached in His name to all nations, beginning
  at Jerusalem. Luke 2447

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The Beginning

• Jerusalem and Pentecost
• Pentecost the starting point!
• But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised
  his voice and said to them, Men of Judea and all
  who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you,
  and heed my words. Acts 214
• And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell
  upon them, as upon us at the beginning.Acts
  1115

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The Beginning

• Power / Holy Spirit
• Came with powerthe Holy Spirit
• And He said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you
  that there are some standing here who will not
  taste death till they see the kingdom of God
  present with power. Mark 91
• But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit
  has come upon you and you shall be witnesses to
  Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,
  and to the end of the earth.Acts 18

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The Beginning

• Holy Spirit on Pentecost.
• When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they
  were all with one accord in one place. And
  suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a
  rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole
  house where they were sitting. Then there
  appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and
  one sat upon each of them. And they were all
  filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak
  with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them
  utterance. Acts 21-4

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The Beginning

• Apostles / Preach. Are in Jerusalem.
• Given the Great Commission
• Go therefore and make disciples of all the
  nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father
  and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching
  them to observe all things that I have commanded
  you and lo, I am with you always, even to the
  end of the age. Matthew 2819,20

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Pentecost Marks the Beginning!

• The beginning of the Christian Age
• The New Covenant
• The beginning of the Church/ Kingdom
• The beginning of Gospel Preaching.
• Beginning preaching of remission of sins
• Hebrews 88 915-17
• Luke 2447-49

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After Pentecost Church/Kingdom Always Spoken of
as in Existence

• Acts 247added to the church
• Acts 511great fear came on the church.
• Acts 81persecution arose against the church.
• Acts 1122news of the church.
• Acts 131the church at Antioch
• Acts 1427gathered the church together.

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After Pentecost Church/Kingdom Always Spoken of
as in Existence

• He has delivered us from the power of darkness
  and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of
  His love. Colossians 113
• I, John, both your brother and companion in the
  tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus
  Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos
  for the word of God and for the testimony of
  Jesus Christ.Revelation 19