Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas
Jeremy approaches Bible teaching with a passion for getting the basic doctrines explained so that the individual can understand them and then apply them to circumstances in their life. These basic and important lessons are nestled in a framework of history and progression of revelation from the Bible so the whole of Scripture can be applied to your physical and spiritual life.
Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas
NT Framework - Glorified to be Kings in the Millenium
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Jeremy explores how God through the Bible insists that humanity’s original calling—to rule the earth as God’s image—will be fulfilled, not abandoned.
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Jeremy Thomas is the pastor at Spokane Bible Church in Spokane, Washington and a professor at Chafer Theological Seminary. He has been teaching the Bible for over 20 years, always seeking to present its truths in a clear and understandable manner.
Welcome to Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas and our series on the New Testament framework. Today, a smaller, bite-sized piece from the larger lesson. We hope you enjoy it.
SPEAKER_01:The glorification of some men. By that I mean believers, right? And when I say this, I mean I mean believers from pre-Israel. So that's Genesis 1 through 11, right? An interesting group of people, especially the group before the flood. You know, Noah and those people. So you've got those individuals. Then you've got the believers from Israel. There was always a remnant of Israel, a remnant and a non-remnant, a believing, the believing remnant, the non-believing non-remnant. And then you've got, of course, the church. We know what that is, hopefully, the body of Christ starting on the day of Pentecost. And then the future tribulation, believers from that period. So the glorification of men from all those periods who believe will occur in the future earthly kingdom. That's premillennialism, right? And during that time, they will reign over mortals for 1,000 years. So you have this interesting period in history where uh immortals from all these periods of history will be ruling over immortals. Now, is this gonna happen? Well, I think it will. And I think, first of all, this is necessary because God created man to rule. In other words, it's in the design features that he made us with. He made us in his own image. There's no other creatures made in his image. Angels aren't made in his image, sharks aren't made in his image. Lots of creatures, but only one creature in the entire creation account was made in God's image. And that's for a purpose. God is essentially a sovereign. He's essentially a ruler, and he made man in his own image to rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and so forth. Over this one domain, the earth. He did not tell us to reign over Mars. He did not tell us to reign over some galaxy elsewhere, but over this one particular domain, which he created man in his image to reign over this particular created order, this aspect of the cosmos. So it's necessary that man be glorified because God made us to rule over the earth. But something happened which rendered us incapable of ruling over this earth to his glory, and that is the fall, right? That's the story in Genesis 3. So the fact that we are created to rule is Genesis 1, 26 to 28, right? I mean, this isn't a mystery. Um that he made us in his image for this purpose. And most Christians probably are familiar with this. And uh so we know let us, then God said, Let us make man in our image according to our likeness, and let them rule. Okay, that's a ruling function, a kingly function, right? This is why God made us. Okay, but of course we fall in chapter 3, and this renders us incapable of ruling. And in fact, Jesus said in Luke 4 that, uh, well, Satan said in Luke 4 that this whole domain, the earth, had been handed over to him, and he was the ruler over the kingdoms of the world, and he could give that rule to anyone he wished. Remember that in the temptation?
SPEAKER_02:Jesus he said, if you'll bow down and worship, but of course he wouldn't do that. Jesus wouldn't do that.
SPEAKER_01:But we have this, and that should be Psalm 8, by the way, not Psalm 2, excuse me. So this purpose of God remains unmet, it remains unfulfilled, and that's why we think there's going to be a history that looks like this, where you've got a kingdom of God on earth, because if you don't, then history is unfinished. God's purpose for man is never met. He wants man to rule on this earth. And the only view that has an earthly kingdom that would be like the one in Genesis 1 and 2, or similar to it, is the view of premillennialism. Because these others, the kingdom of God is just spiritualized. It's just in your heart or something like that. And that's clearly not what Genesis 1 and 2 are talking about. It's not talking about a kingdom in your heart. It's talking about ruling over, you know, the fish. You know, like fish? Fish, not your heart. Like the birds, like, yeah, birds. You know, like those things that fly in the air. I mean, this isn't that complicated. But for some reason, these things get forgotten. So God created us for these purposes, and he wants to fulfill those. Because of our fall, be here, the seed promise, the offspring of the woman, the seed of the woman, right? And Genesis 3.15 was sent to ultimately glorify those who believe and restore them to a condition in which they can rule the kingdom on earth. And that condition, of course, would be glorified bodies. I mean, how do we get out of these fallen sinful bodies into bodies that are fit to rule for God's glory? I mean, everybody is corrupt to some extent. I mean, maybe believers, maybe you are not as incorrupt, not as corrupt as certain unbelievers who are in, let's just say, our judicial system or things like that, serve in governing capacities. But I mean, you're still corrupt. You're still subject to sin. You're still subject to a bribe, you know, and things like that. Or to be manipulated and influenced by sinful means. But in the resurrection seat, you won't be subject to that. And so you would be perfectly fit to rule, which was God's original intent with Adam and Eve, right? He created them very good, he set them in the garden, he wanted to rule over the work of his hands. And well, okay, we know how that went. So now the seed has been sent, and this is a major theme of the Bible, right? That the seed of the woman would ultimately be the seed of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah, and David. And that's why the New Testament begins with the words this is these are the generations of the son of Abraham, the son of David. It's it's it's tracing that kingly line of the seed who would come, who would basically restore man to a condition in which he could rule and fulfill the original purpose for which he made us. There's a lot of verses there, right? Uh that I've put down. I only want to look, let's see, at Genesis 17, 6, 7, and 8.
SPEAKER_02:There's a whole bunch here. We can be here for a while, but Genesis 17. This is just a part of the story of Abraham.
SPEAKER_01:Notice he repeats the covenant promises here to Abraham in verses 3 and 4 as he renames him. And then he says in verse 6, I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come forth from you. Notice kingship. God is very interested in us becoming ultimately being kings. I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants, or seed after you, throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant to be God to you and to your descendants after you. I will give to you and to your descendants after you the land. The land. Is God concerned about the land, the promised land that he outlined the boundaries in Genesis 15, two chapters before? Yeah, he's concerned about the land. The land is actually the sphere of the kingdom in which the king will exercise rule. I mean, you could be a king, but if you don't have a land, who are you going to rule over? If you don't have a people, who are you going to rule over? Big deal, you're a king. Great. Where's your kingdom? And where are your subjects? So you have to have those, you have to have three things. You have to have a king, you have to have a sphere of rule, a land, and you have to have subjects. Otherwise, you don't really have a kingdom. They all kind of go together. And that's what's being promised here to Abraham. So I'll give to you and to your descendants after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan for an how long? Everlasting possession. The Hebrew Olam, which can be limited in extent. I won't lie to you. It can be limited in extent. But context is what determines the extent. And here it seems that Olam is everlasting in the most extensive sense possible. He says, and I will be their God. I mean, that's the purpose of God. He wants to, and this is through Israel, and this is the way he's setting up and establishing a future kingdom and restoration of man to a proper state where he can rule in that kingdom. Lots of verses here. Revelation 1.6 talks of us being a kingdom and priests. And Revelation 5, 9 and 10 says, And we will reign upon the earth.
SPEAKER_00:Thank you for joining us on Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas. If you would like to see the visuals that went along with today's sermon, you can find those on Rumble and on YouTube, Underspook and Bible Church. That is where Jeremy is the pastor and teacher. We hope you found today's lesson productive and useful in growing closer to God and walking more obediently with Him. If you found this podcast to be useful and helpful, then please consider rating us in your favorite podcast app. And until next time, we hope you have a blessed and wonderful day.