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    The Kingdom of God and the Holy Nation
    The Kingdom of God and the Holy Nation
    The Kingdom of God and the Holy Nation
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    The Kingdom of God and the Holy Nation

    By John Terrell

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    God is holy and therefore His kingdom would also need to be a holy nation.  This book explores, from the Bible, the principles and characteristics of nationality in general and their particular application first to God’s Old Testament kingdom of Israel, and then to its New Testament counterpart, that was established by Jesus Christ.  The constitution, government, service, and destiny of God’s kingdom are traced from earliest times to the ultimate realisation of the purposes of God in a new heaven and a new earth.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHayes Press
    Release dateNov 10, 2017
    ISBN9781386029106
    The Kingdom of God and the Holy Nation
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    John Terrell

    John Terrell is Regenstein Curator of Pacific Anthropology at Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. His most recent books are A Talent for Friendship: Rediscovery of a Remarkable Trait (Oxford, 2014), and Understanding the Human Mind: Why You Shouldn't Trust What Your Brain is Telling You (written with his son Gabriel Stowe Terrell, Routledge, 2020).

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      The Kingdom of God and the Holy Nation - John Terrell

      FOREWORD

      The present testimony of the churches of God in the Fellowship of the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, came into being around 1889 and since then the subjects of the kingdom of God and the holy nation have been prominent in their teaching and have featured in their literature. However, these subjects have never been drawn together in one presentation or publication; hence this new book.

      Over the years many articles in Needed Truth, our teaching magazine, have dealt with the kingdom of God. We gladly acknowledge these and refer particularly to two series, one in 1977 by the late John Drain of Belfast and another in 1957 titled ‘Things concerning the Kingdom of God’, featuring several authors. In addition, a former editor, the late Tom Hyland, wrote very helpful articles on ‘A Holy Nation’, which were subsequently produced in booklet form. This is no longer in print, but it, too, has been referred to by the present author, Dr. John Terrell.

      It seemed appropriate to bring together the two themes of the kingdom of God and the holy nation - biblical terms used to describe the people of God - for these subjects have so much in common. Now we make it our prayer that their treatment in this publication will be profitable and will stimulate enjoyment of the challenging issues involved. The glory and authority of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ is central, and to Him alone is the praise and honour.

      Editors

      CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

      The twin subjects of the kingdom of God and the holy nation are of great importance in the revelation of Holy Scripture. A right understanding of Scripture on these themes would surely go far in clarifying the vision of Christians today who aspire to a truly biblical unity in service and worship. The vital truths associated with the kingdom of God and the holy nation have been prominent among the churches of God since they came into existence again just over a hundred years ago.

      To the Church of God in Rome Paul wrote, ‘For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope’ (Rom.15:4). Among the things ‘written aforetime’ were many statements concerning God’s desire for, and purpose in, a holy nation, a people for Himself, taken out of the world, a kingdom of priests, a dwelling place among men, and a sanctuary where He may be worshipped ‘... in spirit and truth’ (John 4:24). Those golden threads of divine purpose are intimately interwoven and find expression in the teaching of the Old Testament about Israel, and in the New Testament about the people of God gathered in churches of God, a holy temple in the Lord, fitly framed together (Eph. 2:21).

      Many lines of teaching concerning Israel as God’s Old Testament kingdom and nation find a parallel in the New Testament concerning the ‘... people for God’s own possession’ today (1 Pet.2:9). Certain differences will be noted in the expression of the kingdom of God from age to age, though the principles which undergird God’s kingdom do not change over time. They are invariably rooted in faith and obedience.

      Nation and Kingdom

      The concept of a nation emerges early in Scripture. To Abraham, the man of faith, on whom so many of God’s ambitions for mankind centred, God declared, ‘I will make of thee a great nation’ (Gen.12:2). Consideration will be given presently to the issue of nationhood in God’s plans for the human race. Genesis 12 marks a crucial stage in God’s pursuit of this purpose. It was only when His promise to Abraham had taken shape, and a separated, consecrated people had taken its special place on the world stage, that God presented to them the challenge of kingdom status. That was at Sinai, as recorded in Exodus chapter 19; and it is vital to note that the challenge and offer was being made to a redeemed people, who had been ‘... all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea’ (1 Cor.10:2). It was the establishment of a covenant relationship, solemnly based on a commitment to obedience; and the seal of that relationship was the blood that was sprinkled on the altar, the book and the people (Ex.24:7,8).

      So it was that the Holy Spirit guided Peter to say to the saints in the churches to which he wrote, that they were ‘... elect ... according to ... obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ’ (1 Pet.1:1,2). The apostle then went on in the same letter to address the disciples of the Dispersion as ‘... living stones ... built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood’ (2:5); and as ‘... an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession’ (2:9). In the following pages the origins and purpose are traced of the principles of nationhood and kingdom in the Word; and the character and constitution of the holy nation and the kingdom of God are examined. In particular, clear New Testament guidelines are sought for the present-day expression of these divine institutions, their service, witness, conflict, heritage and destiny.

      CHAPTER TWO: ORIGINS AND PURPOSE

      The earliest ordering of people into nations followed an act of judgment on God’s part. It was after the flood that Genesis chapter 10 records of the sons of Japheth, that ‘Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue; after their families, in their nations’ (10:5). Similar words are written of the sons of Ham, and of Shem. ‘These

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