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Restoration, Antithesis, and Education
Michael GoheenTrinity Western University
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Gods Response
While justly angry
God did not turn his back
on a orld bent on destruction!
he turned his "ace to it in love#
With patience and tender care he set out
on the long road o" rede$ptionto reclai$ the lost as his people
and the orld as his kingdo$ %&T, '()#
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Genesis *+'+ Mother -ro$ise
Although Ada$ and Eve ereAlthough Ada$ and Eve ere
e.pelled "ro$ the garden and theire.pelled "ro$ the garden and theirork as burdened by sins e""ects,ork as burdened by sins e""ects,
God held on to the$ in love# /eGod held on to the$ in love# /e
pro$ised to crush the evil "orces theypro$ised to crush the evil "orces they
unleashed# %&T, par# 01)unleashed# %&T, par# 01)
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Genesis *#'
-ro$ise o" battle
-ro$ise o" a &ha$pion
-ro$ise o" victory
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2bservations on rede$ption
Rede$ption is progressive in its outorking
Rede$ption is restorative in its nature
Rede$ption is co$prehensive in scope
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-rogressive in 2utorking
Act 2ne+ God Establishes /is 3ingdo$+ &reation
Act To+ Rebellion in the 3ingdo$+ 4all
Act Three+ The 3ing &hooses 5srael+ Rede$ption 5nitiated
6cene 2ne+ A -eople "or the 3ing
6cene To+ A 7and "or the -eople
5nterlude+ A 3ingdo$ 6tory Waiting "or an Ending+ The5ntertesta$ental -eriod
Act 4our+ The &o$ing o" the 3ing+ Rede$ption Acco$plishedAct 4ive+ 6preading the 8es o" the 3ing+ The &hurchs Mission
6cene 2ne+ 4ro$ 9erusale$ to Ro$e
6cene To+ To the Ends o" the Earth
Act 6i.+ The Return o" the 3ing+ Rede$ption &o$pleted
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6tory o" Gods Mission
:The ;ible renders to us the story o" Gods
$ission through Gods people in theirengage$ent ith Gods orld "or the sake o"
the hole o" Gods creation#< %&hris Wright)
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6tory o" $ission
Gods $ission+ 7ong ter$ purpose to restore thehole creation and all o" hu$an li"e
5sraels $ission+ E$body Gods original creationalpurposes "or the sake o" the orld
9esus $ission+ Reveal and acco$plish Gods "inalrede$ptive purpose "or the creation
&hurchs $ission+ &ontinue 9esus $ission to $akeknon the kingdo$ o" God to the ends o" the earthin li"e, ord and deed
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Mistaken 8otion
=ery o"ten people have co$e to the
8e Testa$ent ith the presu$ptionthat >going to heaven hen you die is
the i$plicit point o" it all# # # # They
ac?uire that viepoint "ro$so$ehere, but not "ro$ the 8e
Testa$ent# %8# T# Wright)
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Restoration o" thisli"e
# # # it is precisely ordinary earthly e.istence
that is redee$ed %G# ;erkouer)#
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Rede$ption is restorative
The creation is very good, the ay God intended it
/u$an beings are created to live a bodily li"e in the conte.t o"creation#
6in is the proble$ not $ateriality#
2ld Testa$ent vies "uture kingdo$ as restored li"e on necreation#
9esus proclai$s the gospel o" the kingdo$#
9esus resurrection is a previe#
The biblical language o" rede$ption, restoration, reneal allpoint to the return o" the good creation to hat it as $eant tobe#
@estruction o" the creation ould $ean a 6atanic victory#
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Restoration is co$prehensive
And he $ade knon to us the $ystery o" his
ill according to his good pleasure, hich hepurposed in &hrist, to be put into e""ect hen
the ti$es ill have reached their "ul"il$ent
to bring all thingsin heaven and on earth
together under one head, even &hrist
%Ephesians '+(B'1)#
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As 4ar as the &urse is 4ound
4or God as pleased to have all his "ullness
dell in hi$, and through hi$ to reconcile tohi$sel" all things, hether things on earth or
things in heaven, by $aking peace through
his blood, shed on the cross# %&olossians
'+'(B01)
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Mission o" 5srael+ E$body a
&o$prehensive Restoration
5srael called to e$body a co$prehensive salvation
"or the sake o" the nations
2T 6tory+ 4or$ation o" people and placed on land
to be light to nations
7a+ 2rders hole li"e o" 5srael
Wisdo$+ 2rders hole li"e o" 5srael
-rophets con"ront 5srael "or not e$bodying Gods
salvation in hole o" their lives
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&o$prehensive restoration $ade
knon in 9esus
Everything he said and did as directlyrelated to the co$ing o" the kingdo$# /ereversed all the conse?uences o" evil in theorld+ disease, possession by inhu$anspirits, guilt, ritualistic and e$pty religion, a
caste syste$ o" purity and i$purity, scarcityo" "ood, a hostile nature, co$$erciale.ploitation and death %Andre 3irk)#
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&o$prehensive restoration
acco$plished in cruci"i.ion
Gustav AulCn+ :The ork o" &hrist is "irst and"ore$ost a victory over the poers hich hold
$ankind in bondage+ sin, death, and the devil#< 9ohn '0#*'B**! &ol# 0#'! Rev#'0#DB'0
-ublic battle and victory "or the hole creation
7esslie 8ebigin+ We :privatie this $ighty orko" grace and talk as i" the hole cos$ic dra$a o"salvation cul$inates in the ords >4or $e! "or$e#Jou ill be $y itnesses#
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;attle "or creation
K i n g d o m o f d a r k n e s s K i n g d o m o f G o d
one domain
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Antithetical encounter
5sraels battle ith idolatry
&hurch takes up 5sraels $ission %E.#'(#*BH!c"# ' -et# 0#(B'1)
=ery di""erent situation+
-art o" another culture based on di""erent "aithco$$it$ents
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@ile$$a o" the ;elieving
&o$$unity -art o" estern culture
&reational $andate+ responsible "or cultural develop$ent
&hrists rede$ption is co$prehensive
Whole o" estern culture distorted by sin"ul
idolatry
5nco$patibility beteen 6criptural and estern story
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5n the orld but not o" it
5 have given the$ your ord and the orld has
hated the$, "or they are not o" the orld any $orethan 5 a$ o" the orld# My prayer is not that youtake the$ out o" the orld but that you protectthe$ "ro$ the evil one# They are not o" the orld,
even as 5 a$ not o" it# As you sent $e into theorld, 5 have sent the$ into the orld#
B 9ohn 'D+'KB'
Jesus Prayer for His Disciples
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5 didnt realie until 5 took 58T, and
no this course ho $uch 5 try to $akeWestern culture and the ;iblical
orldvie "it together# 5 realie $ore
and $ore that they are actually opposite
and against each other# Jet 5 $ust live
in this culture because 5 a$ a part o" it#Many ti$es 5 struggle ith ho to do it#
B Redee$er 6tudent
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&on"lict ;eteen 6tories
@o$inant story in culture seeks to beco$e
e.clusive story %e#g# European vs# 8ative)
Minority co$$unities 4aith"ulness and con"lict
2R
Acco$$odation and peace
Jes ;iblical story is translatable
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-urity o" /eart is to Will 2ne Thing+
&hrist or 5dols8o one can serve to $asters# Either he ill
hate the one and love the other, or he ill be
devoted to one and despise the other# Jou
cannot serve both God and $a$$on#
B 9esus, in Matthe H+0K
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Unbearable Tension o"
7iving at the &rossroads
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Unbearable Tension
Me$bers o" estern co$$unity 6haped by cultural story
Me$bers o" covenant co$$unity
6haped by ;iblical story
Christians are:
To inco$patible stories Unbearable tension
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@o estern &hristians "eel this
unbearable tensionL:Why did 5 not hear about $odernity and its a""ecton $e be"oreL 5 really never kne ho $uch
$odernity shapes $y li"e until 5 ca$e toRedee$er# 5t as alays called >orldly but 5never kne hat that $eant# Modernity a""ects allo" $y li"e and 5 ish 5 had knon#