Emmaus to New Jerusalem

The whole class has built up to this point where Pastor Alan discusses the New Jerusalem. The Kingdom is about receiving and giving, and New Jerusalem encompasses both the present and the future. Pastor Alan describes the imagery surrounding the New Jerusalem and paints a picture of life in the Kingdom.

Covenant means Kingdom Come. The whole of the Old Testament reveals God's covenental nature that hasn't changed. Pastor Alan takes us through the New Testament and the advent of the New Covenant, showing us how this Kingdom is not solely for Israel but all who call on the name of the Lord.

Christ released the Spirit of God on us, Pentecost came, but the question remains: Are we filled with the Holy Spirit? For those who call on the Lord, receiving the Holy Spirit is our promise, an ongoing promise of the New Covenant.

The inauguration of the New Covenant demands a heart change as the Spirit is received. Christ came to Earth bringing a baptism with the Holy Spirit and fire that was affirmed by John the Baptist and others. So, how do we receive?

A popular question in Christianity is why did Christ have to die? This session of Emmaus walks us through the reasons Christ died on the cross and leaves us with a renewed love for Jesus and commitment to the New Covenant with Him.

The birth of Christ inaugurated the fulfillment of all the covenant promises, and we can understand Passover better when we look at how Christ's death, Christ's hour of darkness, mirrored the rituals found in the Passover. This session reveals the similarities between both and how Christ's sacrifice was the ultimate Passover.

Ezekiel had visions which gave him powerful revelation of the King and the Kingdom. In Ezekiel, we find that the ideal of a monarch in scripture was always that of a shepherd and not a dictator. Alan takes us to the New Testament and shows how this understanding permeates the whole concept of Kingdom life.

Most people in the Western world do not put significance in dreams. Yet, we see that God used dreams to give revelation to many in covenental history. Daniel was one who received the gift to interpret dreams and God used that to continue to walk out his covenental promises. Listen to see how Jesus is revealed through Daniel's life and how the New Covenant was always in view.

The prophets in the Old Testament are typically seen as men to be respected but few want to emulate their lives. With clarity and honesty, Pastor Alan speaks about the prophets and explains how all are called to prophesy but not all are called to be prophets.

King David brought about a return of covenant life for the Israelites and received an unconditional promise that David's line and throne would be forever used by God. However, David's son Solomon and his successors led Israel into sin. Yet God never gave up on Israel and his covenant, bringing prophets to reveal Israel's sins and lead them to repentance.