Living Water Community Church

We worked through the way in which God administers the rulership of His coming kingdom. First of all we looked at how Jesus whole purpose for coming was to establish a kingdom which Adam had effectively lost. If Jesus had not done this there would be no rescue, redemption or resurrection. Everything really hinged on Jesus defeating sin and death. Through Adam sin and death entered the world and passed to all mankind. Jesus fulfilled the role of the second Adam and lived a life of perfect obedience to God’s law. This qualified Jesus as our perfect representative to conquer sin and death through His atoning death on the cross. This was the defeat of Satan. Jesus took back the rulership of this world. He now rules and reigns at the right hand of God. While men continue to rule in rebellion against God, Jesus continues to reach into the hearts of men and bring them new life. Effectively Jesus changes people from the dominion of darkness to the the kingdom of light and life. But we are not just made a part of the