The Time Between Times - Part 2
Acts 1:1-3
The Kingdom is here, But not yet!

Jesus’ Appearances on Resurrection Day!

“ . . . He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.” I Corinthians 15:5-8

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ

• Romans 4:25
  
• I Corinthians 15:14,17

40 Days of Affirmation

• The number “40” represents testing in the Scripture
  
• Now, following the resurrection
  
  • 40 days of affirmations, it is now a blessing!

Luke 24:13-35

Third Appearance - The Two On The Road To Emmaus

• Four “D’s”
  
  • Disappointment
    
  • Disillusionment
    
  • Despair
    
  • Divorce (a Death)
• Emmaus = obscure & despised
  
  • It later became known as warm springs
    
• Leaving Jerusalem for Emmaus
  
• Jerusalem = City of God
  
  • Prophesy
    
  • Purpose
    
  • Promise
    
  • Presence

The Time Between Times

• Contact with Jesus
  
• Conversation with Jesus
  
• Communion with Jesus

Word of Messiah Ministries
Sam Nadler

So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Romans 10:17

Action Points

• Pray for the peace of Jerusalem
  
• Seek to understand the Jewish roots of our faith
  
• Express solidarity with Israel and the Jewish people
  
• Make a prayer journey to Israel

The Time Between Times
Luke 17:20-21

The Kingdom is here, but not yet!

• John 18:26-38
  
• Matthew 3:2
  
• Matthew 4:17
  
• The “Beatitudes” of Matthew 5
  
• Matthew 10:7
  
• Matthew 11:12
  
• 12 parables in Matthew’s gospel reflecting what the Kingdom is like

Jesus’ Appearances on Resurrection Day!

• I Corinthians 15:5-8
  
• Four historical facts:
  
  • First, Christ was tried by His enemies, convicted, and crucified to death.
  • Second, shortly after His burial, Christ’s tomb was found empty
  • Third, many of the disciples, and also some skeptics, claimed to have seen Christ alive in the flesh, and interacted with Him following His death.
  • Fourth, inspired by the belief in Christ’s bodily resurrection, the disciples initiated a movement that, despite persecutions and martyrdom, converted millions of people to a new way of life based on Christ’s example and His teachings.

Alternative theories:

• Most popular; the resurrection is a myth, made up by the disciples
  
• A second theory is that the disciples stole the body
  
• A third theory is that Christ didn’t really die, but He just swooned and revived in the tomb
  
• Finally, the hypothesis of the hallucinating disciples

God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high Hebrews 1:1-3

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ

• Romans 4:25
  
• I Corinthians 15:14
  
• Romans 1:4
  
• I Corinthians 15:17

First Appearance
Mary and the time between times

• John 20:1-18
  
• Vs 17 - Do not cling to Me reinforces a temporary change in condition existing between Master and disciple
  
• A condition which Jesus tells Mary will be fully inaugurated with the Ascension.
  
• Hebrews 9:11-15a

Life, Death and Life After Death
A Moment In Time
Luke 24:1-12
The end of the beginning!

The Resurrection

• The affirmation of God’s provision for our redemption
  
• The justification of Jesus’ sacrifice made for our sin against God
  
• The promise, the first fruit, of our own resurrection
  
• The beginning of the restoration of all things

The Series - Life, Death and Life After Death

• Set Your Mind On Things Above
  • Colossians 3:2
• The Universal Longing
  • Ecclesiastes 3:11
• Our Home In Heaven
  • II Corinthians 5:1
• Covenant Promises Fulfilled
  • Revelation 21 – 22:5
• The Resurrected Body (Part 1 & 2)
  • I Corinthians 15:35-49
• A Moment In Time
  • Luke 24:1-8

What Is Eternal Life?

• Jesus brought clarity about the definition of eternal life and provided the means to obtain it.
  
• John 17:3 “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”

The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. Luke 4:18-19

So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained. John 20:21-23

Our task, as image bearing, God-loving, Christ-shape, Spirit-filled Christians, following Christ and shaping our world, is to announce redemption to a world that has discovered its fallenness, to announce healing to a world that has discovered its brokenness, to proclaim love and trust to the world that knows only exploitation, fear and suspicion. --- N.T. Wright

Life After Death

• I Corinthians 15: 51-58
  
• Human weakness (flesh and blood) cannot take part in (inherit) the kingdom of God
  
• God’s people—living and dead—will be transformed and their bodies will share in immortality.
  
• Titus 2:11-14

Therefore let us seek the full assurance of faith and hope, that in the midst of pain, and in the prospect of death, we may think calmly on the horrors of the tomb; assured that our bodies will there sleep, and in the mean time our souls will be present with the Redeemer. --- Matthew Henry

In a Moment of Time

• There are three different Greek words so translated, each used one time only in the Bible.
  
• Each of these three "moments" is used in a context which is anticipates the future.
• Luke 4:5 “Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.”
  
  • Here the Greek word for "moment" is stigme, meaning a "point," like a period after a sentence.
• I Corinthians 15:51-52 – At that great day, "we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye"
  
  • In this passage, the Greek word for "moment" is a unique word, atomos
• II Corinthians 4:17 – Nevertheless, we are assured that "our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory"
  
  • The word here is parautika, referring specifically to the present moment.

But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them. Hebrews 11:16