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Rightly Dividing: Apostolic Signs, the Kingdom Message, and the Church Age (Ep. 233)
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We examine how Jesus and John the Baptist preached the gospel of the kingdom, calling Israel to national repentance so they could receive their promised earthly kingdom. This helps explain why the Sermon on the Mount, apostolic miracles, and kingdom commands don’t always line up with how believers live today.
This lesson also explains why miraculous signs—healings, casting out demons, raising the dead—were never meant to be permanent fixtures of the church age. Instead, they served as divine credentials to authenticate the King and His kingdom offer to Israel. As Israel rejected Christ and the message shifted to the Gentiles, those signs faded—exactly as Scripture records in the book of Acts.
We also uncover why these signs will return during the Tribulation, when God resumes His direct dealings with Israel and the gospel of the kingdom is once again preached worldwide.
If you’ve ever wondered:
- Why there are different gospels in Scripture
- Why Jesus preached repentance, not grace
- Why modern “signs and wonders” don’t match the Bible
- What it truly means to live by faith in the church age
This is a powerful, eye-opening study on rightly dividing the Word of Truth and seeing God’s plan unfold exactly as Scripture describes.
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(00:03:14) Live from Asylum Studios: Sunday Bible Study kickoff
(00:05:48) Series context: Why study dispensations and right division
(00:09:59) From the Law to Jesus ministry: different gospels
(00:15:37) Two crowns explained: kingdom of heaven vs. kingdom of God
(00:18:29) Gospel of the kingdom in Matthew and the apostles commission
(00:20:38) Apostolic signs listed and the call for consistency
(00:22:52) Repentance message to Israel and national righteousness
(00:24:16) Warning to Israel: the kingdom of God taken and given to others
(00:28:39) Tribulation forecast: gospel of the kingdom returns
(00:35:14) Why modern interest in charismatic gifts? Setting the stage
(00:37:01) What tongues are (Acts 2) and global witness
(00:40:45) How signs fade across Acts: geography and rejection
(00:46:54) From signs to faith: Pauls teaching to Jews and Greeks
(00:50:04) Apostolic gifts conclude: Paul leaves Trophimus sick
(00:52:30) Counterfactuals: What if Israel had accepted the King?
(00:57:42) Conditions in place for tribulation; where is the church?
(01:01:49) Foreknowledge and human will: reconciling Gods plan
(01:03:33) Which kingdom believers receive and m