{"id":19237,"date":"2019-01-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sugar-land-bible-church.local\/sermon\/the-coming-kingdom-057\/"},"modified":"2022-01-12T17:16:31","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T23:16:31","slug":"the-coming-kingdom-057","status":"publish","type":"sermon","link":"https:\/\/slbc.org\/es\/sermon\/the-coming-kingdom-057\/","title":{"rendered":"The Coming Kingdom 057"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","book":[89],"series_event":[470],"sermon_service_type":[474],"speaker":[6],"class_list":["post-19237","sermon","type-sermon","status-publish","hentry","book-acts","series_event-the-coming-kingdom","sermon_service_type-wednesday-evenings","speaker-dr-andy-woods","no-post-thumbnail"],"acf":{"sermon_title":"The Coming Kingdom 057","sermon_date":"20190109","sermon_month":"1","sermon_year":"2019","sermon_notes":20008,"sermon_slides":20009,"sermon_mp3":20010,"sermon_id":"19192234191741","series_or_event":470,"service_type":[474],"speaker":6,"books_of_the_bible":89,"chapter_and_verse":"1:6-7","sermon_transcript":"Andy Woods\n\nThe Coming Kingdom\n\n1-9-19\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Acts 1:6-7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Lesson 57\n\nLet\u2019s open our Bibles if we could to the Book of Acts, chapter 1, and verses 6-7.\u00a0 Happy New Year to you all.\u00a0\u00a0 You probably don\u2019t remember but we\u2019ve been studying the Kingdom and had a few weeks off. We\u2019re in chapter 17 of the book I wrote on The Coming Kingdom<\/em>.\u00a0 As we\u2019ve tried to emphasize my book is not the important book, I just organized biblical material, the important book is God\u2019s book, the Bible.\u00a0 And we\u2019re sort of in a section where we\u2019re dealing with why do some people believe that we are in the kingdom now?\u00a0 So we\u2019ve already, in this study, traced the doctrine of the kingdom in Genesis to Revelation.\u00a0 I\u2019ve sort of made the case that the kingdom, as it currently exists is not cancelled but postponed.\u00a0 And we explained all of that.\u00a0 In other words, what God is doing today through the church should not be confused with the kingdom.\n\nYou might be asking if all that is so clear why do so many people believe we\u2019re in the kingdom now?\u00a0 So we\u2019re kind of in a part of the study where I was going through some passages the people use to argue that we\u2019re in the kingdom.\u00a0 We looked at a bunch of\u00a0 passages from the ministry of Christ and I showed you how to properly understand those in light of the future kingdom.\u00a0\u00a0 And now we\u2019ve moved into, probably the key battleground, which is early Acts.\u00a0 Almost everybody that argues that we are in the kingdom now try to build their case from early Acts and without a doubt the dominant thing that they\u2019re saying today is that Jesus, based on Acts 2 primarily, us not simply at the Father\u2019s right hand functioning as high priest, but He is actually reigning from David\u2019s throne today.\n\nAnd of course, this is a view we don\u2019t hold, we believe David\u2019s throne is future and earthly but there\u2019s a very loud cacophony of voices today saying no, Jesus is actually reigning today from David\u2019s throne.\u00a0 And if you\u2019re dealing with someone that thinks that you\u2019re dealing with a kingdom now theologian.\n\nSo what I was sort of doing the last time I was with you, mid December I think it was, is I was giving you six reasons why Jesus is not reigning on David\u2019s throne now.\u00a0 And in part three of the book I start explaining why all this matters.\u00a0 So maybe I should have done part three first to take you through all these minutia exegetical arguments.\u00a0 But as I\u2019ll be showing you, once someone starts believing that the church is the kingdom it\u2019s a game changer.\u00a0 It changes how you present the gospel.\u00a0 It changes what you think the church ought to be doing.\u00a0 It changes the kind of sermons\u00a0 you hear Sunday morning.\n\nAnd so all of that is coming but right now we\u2019re looking at is Jesus really reigning from David\u2019s throne.\u00a0 And here\u2019s basically six quick responses to this. \u00a0And part of these responses, as you\u2019ll see tonight, get into Acts 2.\u00a0 Number one, David\u2019s throne is always earthly, everywhere it\u2019s described in the Bible.\u00a0 Here in 1 Kings 2:11-12 it says, after David left the throne, \u201cSolomon sat on the throne of David.\u201d [1 Kings 2:11-12, \u201cThe days that David reigned over Israel were<\/em> forty years: seven years he reigned in Hebron and thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem. [12] And Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established.\u201d]\u00a0 Now where would that be?\u00a0 In heaven somewhere?\u00a0 No, it\u2019s obviously on the earth.\u00a0 And when you look at all of the passages in the Old Testament related to the throne of David it\u2019s described the same way.\u00a0 David\u2019s throne is always on the earth.\n\nSo therefore, number two, to argue that David\u2019s throne is in heaven involves changing the definition of David\u2019s throne.\u00a0 It involves a change of place, from earth to heaven.\u00a0 It involves a change of people, from earthly Israel to the predominantly Gentile church.\u00a0 And it involves a change in Israel, because David\u2019s throne, as we have studied, only comes into existence when Israel is converted.\u00a0 And now all of that\u2019s changed because Israel today is unconverted.\u00a0 So it\u2019s a change that\u2019s so radical that you can no longer call it the progress of revelation.\n\nDo you all remember what we talked about the rest of Revelation, what that is?\u00a0 The Old Testament starts here with some basic promises and then as you go through the Scripture the Scripture amplifies those promises but it never does what with those original promises?\u00a0 It never changes them.\u00a0 And that these folks are arguing is the New Testament\u00a0 completely changes the Old Testament and that\u2019s the only way to get Jesus on David\u2019s throne at the present time.\n\nAnd then we were talking about number three, if Jesus is really reigning on David\u2019s throne today shouldn\u2019t there be a clear verse on it?\u00a0 Shouldn\u2019t there be a New Testament verse that says thus saith the Lord, Jesus is reigning on David\u2019s throne? The reality of the situation is you find no such verse; there is no New Testament verse that teaches it.\u00a0 Why? Because this is a man-made doctrine.\n\nWe went through a lot of different things related to that but we find ourselves here now in Acts 1:6-7. So let\u2019s kind of start in early Acts and sort of look at some of the verses that people use from early Acts to argue that Jesus is currently reigning on David\u2019s throne.\u00a0 These particular verses take place in between Christ\u2019s resurrection and ascension.\u00a0 There\u2019s a period there of about forty days where He\u2019s interacting with His disciples just before He ascended.\u00a0 And the disciples are not thinking in terms of the church, they\u2019re still thinking in terms of the kingdom because as devout Jews that\u2019s what they missed.\u00a0 Right?\u00a0 So they don\u2019t understand that the kingdom is in postponement at this point.\u00a0 They\u2019re wanting it to be set up right then and there.\n\nSo they ask Jesus a question.\u00a0 \u201cSo when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, \u201cLord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to\u201d who? \u201cto Israel?\u201d Now what kingdom is it talking about here? What kingdom are they referring to?\u00a0 Well, the kingdom is developed where?\u00a0 In the Old Testament.\u00a0 No doubt they have in their minds the Davidic Covenant, where there\u2019s coming from David\u2019s seed a forever throne.\u00a0 2 Samuel 7:16 says a thousand years before Jesus showed\u00a0 up, \u201cYour house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever, Your throne shall be established forever.\u201d\u00a0 See, that\u2019s what the disciples are thinking, when is this Davidic throne going to be set up.\u00a0 They haven\u2019t grasped the idea that God is going to do something completely new called the church.\u00a0 In fact, this new project is something He\u2019s been doing for the last two thousand years.\u00a0 It\u2019s something that we\u2019re part of, but it has nothing to do with the Davidic kingdom, which is not cancelled but postponed.\u00a0 But the disciples don\u2019t grasp all of this yet.\n\nSo Jesus is resurrected and so they say well, let\u2019s get on with the show here, set up Your kingdom.\u00a0 And they\u2019re thinking in terms of the covenants to Israel, the overthrow of Rome, and the establish\u00adment of an earthly kingdom.\u00a0 And Christ\u2019s response to this question is very interesting.\u00a0 [Verse 7] \u201cHe said to them, \u201cIt is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority;\u201d now in this answer does Jesus ever deny that there will be an earthly kingdom one day?\u00a0 If He was going to deny that couldn\u2019t He have said right here, sorry guys, the program is cancelled, there\u2019s never going to be an earthly throne.\u00a0 He doesn\u2019t say that! What He says is \u201cIt is not for you to know the time\u201d of that kingdom\u2019s establishment.\n\nSo what He is challenging here is not their belief in a future earthly kingdom. What He is challenging here is their timing in terms of when it\u2019s going to be established.\u00a0 And why does He say \u201cit\u2019s not for you to know the times or the epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority?\u00a0 Because God is doing something completely different now, beginning in Acts 2, called the age of the church which has absolutely nothing to do with the Davidic kingdom.\u00a0 If the current age, beginning in Acts 2, had something to do with the Davidic kingdom then this statement wouldn\u2019t make any sense, would it?\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cIt is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has set by His own authority;\u201d in other words, the kingdom is going to come one day, you\u2019re right about that.\u00a0 But you\u2019re off in terms of the timing; that timing is not yet.\u00a0 And God is going to do something completely new called the church, which has nothing to do with the Davidic kingdom.\n\nSo notice this quote from J. Dwight Pentecost.\u00a0 He says, \u201cThis passage makes it clear that while the covenanted form of the Theocracy has not been cancelled and has only been postponed, this present age is definitely not<\/em> a development of the Davidic form of the kingdom.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 [Dwight Pentecost, Thy Kingdom Come<\/em> (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1990), 269.]\n\nSo when He says, \u201cIt\u2019s not for you to know the times or the epochs,\u201d what He\u2019s saying is the whole thing is postponed; God is doing something brand new now through the church that has zero to do with the Davidic kingdom.\u00a0 So that\u2019s why it\u2019s an error to argue that we\u2019re in the Davidic kingdom now and Jesus is currently reigning on David\u2019s throne.\n\nHaving said all that, flip over to Acts 2 and take a look at verses 34 and 35. And without a doubt Acts 2 is the dominant passage everybody is going to today to argue that we are in the Davidic kingdom.\u00a0 They use Acts 2:34-35, so keep your eye on those verses.\u00a0 And as I\u2019ll show you they\u2019re using Acts 2:30.\u00a0 [Act 2:34-35, \u201cFor it was not David who ascended into heaven, but he himself says: \u2018THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, \u00a0\u201cSIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,\u00a0 [35] UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET.\u201d\u2019\u00a0 Acts 2:30, \u201cAnd so, because he was a prophet and knew that GOD HAD SWORN TO HIM WITH AN OATH TO SEAT one OF HIS DESCENDANTS ON HIS THRONE.\u201d]\u00a0\u00a0 And they believe this is game set match; these passages are crystal clear that Jesus is currently reigning on David\u2019s throne today related to Peter\u2019s sermon on the day of Pentecost, where three thousand people got saved.\n\nSo what does Acts 2:34-35 say.\u00a0 And by the way, what is Peter doing in Acts 2?\u00a0 He\u2019s revealing the identity of Jesus to Jews that have been gathered on the Day of Pentecost and Peter preached a sermon to them and he\u2019s trying to tell them that what the nation of Israel just did with Jesus is wrong.\u00a0 In other words, they rejected their own Messiah and Jesus is the Messiah.\u00a0 And Peter strings together a whole bunch of Old Testament passages to prove this point.\u00a0 Why is he using the Old Testament?\u00a0 Because he\u2019s speaking to Hebrews on the Day of Pentecost.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And he\u2019s instead saying identify, repent in other words, change your mind, identify with the new church that\u2019s started, not the nation of Israel.\u00a0 So in the process of identifying the Messiah Peter says this, Acts 2:34-35, he says \u201cFor it was not David who ascended into heaven, but he himself says: \u2018THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, \u00a0\u201cSIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,\u201d now look at this next word, until, \u00a0\u00a0[35] \u201cUNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET.\u201d\u2019\u00a0 Now this is a citation from Psalm 110:1, that Peter uses to explain the present position of Jesus Christ now that He ascended.\u00a0\u00a0 Where is Jesus Christ right now?\u00a0 He is at the right hand of the Father.\u00a0 He is functioning not as Davidic King but as high priest after the order of Melchizedek.\n\nAnd you\u2019ll notice that this verse in no way, shape or form teaches that Jesus is reigning on David\u2019s throne, which is on the earth, Jesus is in heaven at the Father\u2019s right hand. And notice that He\u2019s not there permanently.\u00a0 See the word \u201cuntil\u201d?\u00a0 He\u2019s there \u201cuntil\u201d something happens first. What has to happen first?\u00a0 \u201cUntil\u201d God the Father makes His enemies a footstool for His feet.\u00a0 And that\u2019s a description of the contents of the Book of Revelation, which we\u2019re studying on Sunday mornings, where the Lord is going to come back and He is going to take Satan and throw him into the bottomless pit for a thousand years. And only when that process is complete is this world fit for God\u2019s kingdom.\u00a0 And only at that point does His enemies become a footstool for His feet and only then and there does the Davidic kingdom get set up.\n\nSo you\u2019ll notice that this verse here doesn\u2019t prove at all that Jesus is reigning on David\u2019s throne. What it says is He\u2019s at the Father\u2019s right hand and He is there temporarily and that\u2019s the significance of the word \u201cuntil.\u201d\u00a0 And the Davidic kingdom is not going to come until His enemies are made a footstool for His feet.\u00a0\u00a0 A lot of people like to use Acts 2:34-35 as some kind of proof that Jesus is reigning on David\u2019s throne but when you actually look at the content of the verse and the citation there from Psalm 110:1 you learn that this verse doesn\u2019t teach at all that Jesus is reigning on David\u2019s throne.\n\nIn fact, when you read Psalm 110 it\u2019s not even talking about Jesus as King, it\u2019s talking about Jesus as priest.\u00a0 And this is what one of my teachers, Elliot Johnson, said in an article he wrote on this subject.\u00a0 He says, \u201cPeter\u2019s use of Psalm 110:1 in Acts 2:34\u201335\u201d the verses we just read, \u201cis often used to justify Christ\u2019s present Davidic enthronement. Yet of Psalm 110, Elliott Johnson observes that the Messiah\u2019s present position as depicted in this Psalm fails to include imagery of coronation.\u201d So what\u2019s coronation imagery?\u00a0 It\u2019s like an inauguration day, like when the Trump administration was sworn in January of 2017 they had all the pomp and circumstance and parades and crowds; I mean, that\u2019s what happens when a ruler takes authority.\u00a0 And if Jesus at the Father\u2019s right hand right now is His Davidic enthronement then how come there\u2019s no pomp and circumstances in Psalm 110?\u00a0 I mean, if you\u2019re going to use Psalm 110 to try to say Jesus is reigning on David\u2019s throne now, where\u2019s all of the inauguration type ceremony?\u00a0 That\u2019s Johnson\u2019s point.\n\n\u201cElliott Johnson observes that the Messiah\u2019s present position as depicted in this Psalm fails to include imagery of coronation. Only Christ\u2019s priestly activity is mentioned.\u201d\u00a0 See, Psalm 110 doesn\u2019t prove at all that Jesus is functioning as King right now, it proves He\u2019s functioning as what?\u00a0 High priest!\u00a0 I mean, read the psalm yourself, it\u2019s not that long.\u00a0 It\u2019s probably one of the most quoted psalms in the New Testament and what it deals with, and this is the reason Peter quotes it, it deals with Jesus functioning as priest today, and not king.\u00a0 And he goes on he says, \u00a0\u201cOnly Christ\u2019s priestly activity is mentioned. \u00a0Such coronation imagery would certainly have been mentioned if in fact the Psalm were intended to describe Christ\u2019s enthronement as Davidic King.\u201d\u00a0 [Elliott Johnson, \u201cHermeneutical Principles and the Interpretation of Psalm 110,\u201d Bibliotheca Sacra 149 (October\u2013December 1992): 433\u201334]\n\nSo what have we learned so far?\u00a0 Acts 1:6-7 tells us that the Davidic kingdom is postponed, not to be confused with the present age. \u00a0[Acts 1:6-7, \u201cSo when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, \u201cLord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?\u201d [7] He said to them, \u201cIt is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority;\u201d]\n\nAnd then also Peter\u2019s use of Psalm 110 in\u00a0 Acts 2:34-35 demonstrate that Jesus is functioning as high priest today, not as Davidic King. \u00a0So how much support is there for this idea that Jesus is currently reigning on David\u2019s throne in acts 1 and Acts 2?\u00a0 There is no support for it, as we\u2019ve looked at it thus far.\u00a0 [Acts 2:34-35, \u201cActs 2:34-35, \u201cThe LORD has sworn to David A truth from which He will not turn back: \u2018Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne.\u2019\u201d For it was not David who ascended into heaven, but he himself says: \u2018THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,\u00a0 [35] UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET.\u201d\u2019]\n\nBut they don\u2019t stop there, they back up to Acts 2:30, take a look at that real quick.\u00a0 It says, Acts 2:30, \u201cAnd so, because he was\u00a0a prophet and knew that\u00a0God had sworn to him with an oath to seat\u00a0one<\/em>\u00a0of his descendants on his throne.\u201d Now that is a quote, Acts 2:30, of Psalm 132:11.\u00a0 [Psalm 132:11, \u201cThe LORD has sworn to David A truth from which He will not turn back: \u2018Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne.\u201d\u2019]\u00a0 And people love to use this to say look, there it is; after all, God has sworn to one of His descendants with an oath to see one of his descendants on His throne.\u00a0 And they kind of try to connect that with verses 34 and 35 which mentions David.\u00a0 And they try to make the case that from these verses Jesus is actually reigning today on David\u2019s throne.\u00a0 The problem is this is describing the fact that Jesus is the heir to David\u2019s throne.\u00a0 It\u2019s not saying He\u2019s on David\u2019s throne right now; it\u2019s saying He\u2019s the heir to David\u2019s throne.\n\nI have this kind of long quote from E. R. Craven, who wrote a really good treatment on this futuristic kingdom and he makes some great points here related to Acts 2, the misuse of Acts 2.\u00a0 So if\u00a0 you\u2019ll bear with me and let me read this, Craven basically makes four points and I want to kind of go over those four points with you related to Acts 2.\u00a0 Each major point he makes I\u2019ve got underlined.\n\nHe says: \u201cIt is assumed by many that the exaltation of ver. 33 constitutes the session on the throne of David of verse 30. But the assumption is wholly gratuitous. Nowhere in his sermon did the apostle declare the oneness of the two events<\/u>; and most certainly the exaltation there spoken of does not imply the session as already existing\u2014it may be an exaltation begun, to culminate in a visible occupancy of the throne of David. (The visible establishment by an emperor of the seat of his government in the heart of a once revolted province, does not derogate from his dignity\u2014does not imply an abdication of government in the rest of his empire.).\u201d\n\nThe quote goes on, \u201cBut beyond this, not only is the assumption gratuitous; it is against probabilities that amount to certainty.\u201d\u00a0 Isn\u2019t it interesting how you get smart all of a sudden reading these old guys; all of a sudden people can write and you\u2019ve got to think about what they\u2019re saying.\u00a0 That\u2019s why I like reading older commentaries.\u00a0 I\u2019m so tired of this LOL and ROF and \u201clike\u201d and \u201cthumbs up\u201d and this really simplistic communication that we have today where we get a few characters on twitter to express their ideas.\u00a0 I like going back to these old guys who see the way language is supposed to work.\n\n\u201cThe apostle, be it remembered, was arguing with Jews,<\/u>\u201d isn\u2019t Peter speaking in front of Jews in Acts 2?\u00a0 \u201cto prove that the absent Jesus was the Messiah (verse 36); he was arguing with those, one of whose most cherished beliefs it was that the Messiah should occupy a visible throne<\/u>.\u201d\u00a0 So, first of all, you can\u2019t just combine verse 30 with verses 34 and 35.\u00a0 The second point he\u2019s making is he\u2019s talking to Jewish people here; he\u2019s not talking to Americans, he\u2019s not talking to the United States, he\u2019s not talking to Gentiles, he\u2019s talking to people, Hebrews, that all understood the Davidic Covenant was earthly.\u00a0 And so to use Peter\u2019s sermon to Jews who understood an earthly Davidic throne, as if Peter is really saying well, all that expectation you\u2019ve had for a thousand years, it really doesn\u2019t mean anything, God\u2019s changing everything now, there is no future Davidic throne, would be to require him to say something in front of a bunch of people that would have never understood Peter\u2019s words that way.\n\nIn fact, to convince that crowd of that truth, so-called truth, would require a lot more explanation than what you\u2019re getting in Acts 2.\u00a0 And Peter doesn\u2019t give that extra explanation because he wasn\u2019t making that point at all.\u00a0 He was saying the Davidic throne will be a reality one day.\u00a0 It\u2019s not a reality now because Jesus is where?\u00a0 At the Father\u2019s right hand.\n\nHe says, \u201cTo suppose that, under such circumstances, he should advance a doctrine at war with\u00a0 \u00a0this belief without a word of explanation or proof, and that too in a sentence capable of an interpre\u00adtation consistent therewith, is inconceivable.\u201d\u00a0 I mean, there\u2019s no way they would have understood Peter\u2019s words the way modern theologians are arguing because you\u2019re dealing with a Jewish audience in Acts 2.\u00a0 And that really is one of the key things to understand about Bible study methodology.\u00a0 When you\u2019re trying to figure out what the Bible says you have to ask\u00a0 yourself how would the original audience, to whom the remarks were addressed, understand the words.?\u00a0 They would have never in a million years understood Jesus is reigning on David\u2019s throne now because this Hebrew audience all held to a literal interpretation of David\u2019s throne on the earth.\n\nCraven goes on and he says, \u201cThe interpretation suggested by the writer is confirmed not only by its consistency with the previous teachings of our Lord, but by the address delivered by the Apostle Peter shortly after, Acts 3:19, 20<\/u>.\u201d\u00a0 His third argument is that if Peter is saying that Jesus is reigning on David\u2019s throne now then Acts 3, verses 19 and 20 make zero sense.\u00a0 And we\u2019ll look at Acts 3:19:20 in just a minute.\u00a0 \u201cThe literal translation of the passage referred to is as follows\u2026. \u201c Here\u2019s a quote from Acts 3, verses 19-20, which we\u2019ll look at a little bit later. \u00a0\u201cIt is also confirmed by the subsequent teachings of the apostle in his epistles; comp. 1 Peter 1:4\u20137, 13; 2 Peter 1:11, 16;<\/u>\u201d where the inheritance of the kingdom is the revelation of Jesus Christ at His second coming.\u00a0 [E.R. Craven, \u201cExcursus on the Basileia<\/em>,\u201d in Revelation of John, J. P. Lange (New York: Scribner, 1874), 97.]\n\nAnd also in his other epistle, 2 Peter, where the kingdom is associated with the parousia<\/em> which means coming of Jesus.\u00a0 And his point is simply this: if Peter is saying to this Jewish audience that Jesus is now reigning on David\u2019s throne then what Peter wrote in his own book later about the kingdom makes no sense.\u00a0 What he said later in Acts 3 makes no sense.\u00a0 What he says later in his own epistles makes no sense.\u00a0 And beyond that it would require a lot more explanation to this Hebrew audience who all understood the Davidic throne literally.\u00a0 And beyond that you can\u2019t jam together verse 30 with verses 34-35 because those are all teaching different concepts.\u00a0 Verses 34 and 35 is highlighting His high priestly ministry at the Father\u2019s right hand.\u00a0 Verse 30 is highlighting the fact that even though He is functioning as high priest now He is still the heir to David\u2019s throne, not on David\u2019s throne but the heir to David\u2019s throne and David\u2019s throne is yet future.\n\nSo with those points in mind let\u2019s sort of make a few comments, if we could, about Acts 2:30. The Bible very frequently will reveal to people\u2019s destiny before that destiny comes to pass.. So for example, if verse 30 is talking about Jesus on David\u2019s throne, it doesn\u2019t have to necessarily mean that He\u2019s on David\u2019s throne now; it could mean that He will be on David\u2019s throne in the future.\u00a0 Remember John 1:29, \u201cThe next day he\u201d John the Baptist, \u201csaw Jesus coming to him and said, \u2018Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!\u2019\u201d\u00a0 Now when you read John 1:29, if I didn\u2019t have any other Bible verses I would think that Jesus had already taken away the sin of the world when that was said.\u00a0 But had Jesus died on the cross yet when this statement was given?\u00a0 Not yet, in fact He wouldn\u2019t die on the cross for another 20 chapters, 19 chapters, something like that, in John\u2019s Gospel.\n\nSo John the Baptist reveals the identity of Christ and His role before He actually fulfills that role. That\u2019s all that\u2019s going on in verse 30.\u00a0 He\u2019s the heir to David\u2019s throne, He\u2019s in the lineage of David, but don\u2019t take that to mean He\u2019s on David\u2019s throne now.\n\nIf you really want a picture of where Jesus is now the best type that we have of it in the Scripture is the Saul\/David narrative.\u00a0 I shared this with you before, haven\u2019t I, the Saul\/David narrative?\u00a0 I\u2019's fascinating and I think this is one of the reasons the Holy Spirit gave us this narrative because David is anointed as king in 1 Samuel 16.\u00a0 But when David is anointed as king in 1 Samuel 16 does He actually become king?\u00a0 I mean, he\u2019s the heir to the kingdom but does he actually sit on the throne at that point?\u00a0 Yes or no?\u00a0\u00a0 He did not!\u00a0 He is not actually inaugurated, coronated until 2 Samuel 5.\u00a0 So if He is anointed as king in 1 Samuel 16 but does not actually reign as king\u00a0 until 2 Samuel 5 then what in the world is going on in the interim.\u00a0 See that?\n\nAnd if you understand that interim that David was in you understand the present age.\u00a0 And I think this is why the Holy Spirit gave us this type, with Saul and David.\u00a0 What was happening is there was somebody on the throne that was illegitimate.\u00a0 Who would that be?\u00a0 Saul.\u00a0 Now how do we know Saul was illegitimately on the throne?\u00a0 Because Saul was from which tribe?\u00a0 Benjamin.\u00a0 The king was supposed to come from the tribe of Judah.\u00a0 See, the nation of Israel should never embraced Saul as their king to begin with because he\u2019s from the wrong tribe.\n\nAnd you\u2019ll notice that David, in 1 Samuel 24 and 1 Samuel 26, do you realize this, that David had two opportunities to kill Saul?\u00a0 But he did not!\u00a0 He said I will not touch the Lord\u2019s anointed.\u00a0 He totally waited on God to vacate Saul before David actually came king.\u00a0 And that\u2019s a great lesson for us, isn\u2019t it, because we all want to promote ourselves all the time.\u00a0 And we have to learn to wait on the Lord to promote us at the right time.\u00a0 And you see that in David.\u00a0 You know, David could have said you know, I\u2019ve been anointed as king, I\u2019m going to take the throne by force.\u00a0 And David did not do that, he simply waited on the Lord.\n\nAnd that\u2019s where you get all David\u2019s psalms.\u00a0 He\u2019s talking about his experiences when he was waiting on the Lord.\u00a0 All those Psalms that we\u00a0 cherish, many of them were written during this time frame, this interim.\u00a0 And God was allowing this to happen because people were being forced to make a decision, weren\u2019t they?\u00a0 You\u2019re either going to walk with David or you\u2019re going to walk with Saul.\u00a0 Now if you walked with Saul you walked by what?\u00a0 Sight!\u00a0 And that\u2019s why in Daniel\u2019s book there\u2019s so much information about Saul\u2019s good looks.\u00a0 Did you ever wonder why it keeps saying he\u2019s tall and handsome.\u00a0 I mean, why do I need to know that?\u00a0 Why does it keep repeating that?\u00a0 Because it\u2019s talking about why people were drawn to Saul; they weren\u2019t drawn to Saul by faith, they were drawn to Saul because of his appearance.\n\nAnd if you walked with David you had to do so totally by faith;\u00a0 you had to believe that God had anointed him as king and it was just a matter of time before David would be reigning over the nation but he was not yet reigning over the nation so you had to embrace David by faith.\u00a0 If you walked with Saul you basically said to yourself well, he\u2019s reigning as king now, I can see it so I\u2019ll align myself with him.\n\nThe majority of the people in that time period walked with who?\u00a0 With Saul, but there\u2019s a small contingency of rebels called David\u2019s mighty men, that walked with David.\u00a0 \u00a0So if you can take those points you can see exactly what\u2019s happening in the present time.\u00a0 Jesus is not reigning as King right now but He has been what?\u00a0 Anointed as King.\u00a0 Well, when was He anointed as King?\u00a0 He was anointed as King, probably I would say in His resurrection or His ascension.\u00a0 But that\u2019s all Acts 2:34-35 are saying; that\u2019s all Acts 2:30 is saying.\u00a0 He\u2019s not king\u00a0 yet, reigning as King, He\u2019s anointed as King.\n\nWhen will Jesus actually reign as King?\u00a0 When His enemies are made his footstool, \u201csit at My right hand until I make my enemies your footstool.\u201d\u00a0 [Psalm 1:10, Hebrews 1:13, Matthew 22:44, Mark 12:36.]\u00a0 So just as David had to be patient and wait for the Lord to install him as king, Jesus is doing the same thing right now.\u00a0 You see that? That\u2019s the significance of Psalm 110:1, because as long as Jesus is anointed as King but not reigning as King who is the usurper that shouldn\u2019t be there on the throne of the earth?\u00a0 Who is the Saul like character that shouldn\u2019t be there?\u00a0 It\u2019s Satan.\u00a0 Satan is an illegitimate ruler of this world.\n\nFirst of all, do we understand Satan is the ruler of this world.\u00a0\u00a0 The Bible is very clear on that.\u00a0 He\u2019s called the god of this age, the prince and power of the air, the one who roams about like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour, etc. etc. etc.\u00a0 God says to Satan in the Book of Job, where did you come from?\u00a0 Satan says from going back over the earth.\u00a0 So Satan is clearly the ruler of this world but he\u2019s an illegitimate ruler because who did God originally want to rule this earth?\u00a0 Adam, but Adam, because of his sin the garden turned the keys of this world over to who?\u00a0 The devil!\u00a0 So Satan is ruling this world just like Saul was ruling the nation illegitimately.\n\nSo we have an interim time period where David has an opportunity to kill Saul but doesn\u2019t and the same with Jesus Christ.\u00a0 Jesus is not exercising all the authority that He\u2019s been given because He\u2019s specifically told to sit at the Father\u2019s right hand until his enemies are made his footstool.\u00a0 And why is God allowing this interim time period to go forward?\u00a0 The same reason He allowed the interim time period to go forward in the days of Saul and David, to force everyone to make a choice.\u00a0 That\u2019s what humanity is being put through right now.\u00a0 Every human being is being forced to make a choice and your choice is you can walk by sight and follow who?\u00a0 Satan as the prince and power of the air. So if\u00a0 you\u2019re aligning yourself with Satan you\u2019re obviously not walking by faith at all,\u00a0 you\u2019re walking by what you can see.\u00a0 See that?\n\nBut if you align\u00a0 yourself with Jesus you\u2019re automatically walking by what? Faith, and\u00a0 you\u2019re saying I know God has anointed Him as King at His resurrection and ascension and it\u2019s just a matter of time until He leaves heaven and rules from David\u2019s throne on the earth.\u00a0 And in the Saul\/David story the majority followed who?\u00a0 Saul!\u00a0 The minority followed who? David!\u00a0 That\u2019s exactly what\u2019s happening today, right.\u00a0 That\u2019s the whole significance of Christ\u2019s statement. What did He say?\u00a0 Broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many there are that go that way.\u00a0 [Matthew 7:13, \u201cEnter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.\u201d]\n\nWhat\u2019s the road leading to life?\u00a0 It\u2019s narrow.\u00a0 So I don\u2019t know, I find this completely fascinating that God has given the whole age that we\u2019re in now as prefigured in the typology of Saul and David.\u00a0 Do you find this interesting?\u00a0 I mean, this kind of stuff just blows my mind and it\u2019s one of the great proofs, I think, these kind of types, that the Bible is truly God\u2019s Word.\n\nSo if this typology is accurate, and I think it is, obviously Jesus is not reigning as King now.\u00a0 He\u2019s anointed as King, but He is not yet reigning as King and the reason God the Father has not installed Him as King is because humanity is being forced to make a choice.\u00a0 And that\u2019s all that\u2019s going on there in Acts 2.\n\nSo don\u2019t put too much stock into the fact that verse 30 at first reading seems to look like Jesus is on David\u2019s throne now.\u00a0 The tenses in the Bible are not as convincing of an argument as you might think.\u00a0 God, all the time, will speak things that haven\u2019t happened yet because God is outside of time. Right?\u00a0 That\u2019s what\u2019s happening in verse 30.\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s not saying He\u2019s on David\u2019s throne now, it\u2019s saying He will be on David\u2019s throne.\u00a0 Well why is God so confident that He will be on David\u2019s throne? Because God is outside of time.\u00a0 Right?\u00a0 I mean, to God tomorrow is already what?\u00a0 Today!\u00a0 See, I\u2019ve got to wait for tomorrow to come to learn what\u2019s going to happen tomorrow.\u00a0 Does God have to wait around for tomorrow to come to learn what\u2019s going to happen tomorrow?\u00a0 No, because God is outside of time.\u00a0 To Him tomorrow is already today.\n\nAnd that\u2019s why God speaks in His Word about the enthronement of Christ in verse 30.\u00a0 From His vantage point it\u2019s already happened, but not from our vantage point.\u00a0 God is outside of time.\u00a0 This is Peter\u2019s whole point. \u201cBut do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.\u201d[ 2 Peter 3:8]\n\nBy the way, that\u2019s a quote from Psalm 90:4, which is the oldest psalm in the Psalter, written by Moses and it\u2019s just a very simple point that God is outside of time.\u00a0 [Psalm 90:4, \u201cFor a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it passes by, Or as a watch in the night.\u201d]\u00a0 And that\u2019s the significance of John the Baptist saying, [John 1:29]\u00a0 \u201cBehold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world,\u201d when in fact Jesus hadn\u2019t died on the cross yet.\n\nBy the way, did you know you\u2019re already glorified in God?\u00a0 Romans 8:29-30, \u201cFor those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; [30] and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s talking about the stages of our salvation.\u00a0 God foreknew us, predestined us, called us, justified us, all these things have already happened but wait a minute, hold the phone here. What else has He already done?\u00a0 He\u2019s already glorified us. Do you feel glorified?\u00a0 You guys don\u2019t look glorified [laughter] I don\u2019t think I look glorified either.\u00a0 I don\u2019t feel glorified, I feel like I\u2019m getting tired more and more frequently.\u00a0 I need more and more naps and more and more sleep; I mean, I should be in my glorified body, right, because this tells me I\u2019m already glorified.\n\nWell, the reason that God looks at me as if I\u2019m already glorified is He\u2019s not bound by time, He already sees me as glorified.\u00a0 Joshua 6:2, this is before Joshua went to fight Jericho, remember from the Book of Joshua, and before any battle strategy was implemented, what does it say there in Joshua6:2, \u201cThe LORD said to Joshua, \u2018See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the valiant warriors.\u2019\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 In other words, you\u2019ve already won even though you haven\u2019t implemented the battle strategy yet.\u00a0 How could God say that?\u00a0 Because God is outside of time and tomorrow is already today.\n\nHave you looked at Jude 14 lately?\u00a0 It says, \u201cIt was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied,\u201d now who is Enoch?\u00a0 That\u2019s way back in Genesis, Genesis 5, in other words, Enoch way back in Genesis is making a prophecy about Jesus\u2019s return.\u00a0 \u201c saying, \u201c\u201cIt was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, \u2018Behold, the Lord\u201d what? \u201ccame with many thousands of His holy ones.\u201d\u00a0 Well I thought the coming of Christ was future; why would the Book of Jude say He already came?\u00a0 Because God is outside of time.\u00a0 He doesn\u2019t have to wait for tomorrow to learn what\u2019s going to happen tomorrow.\u00a0 See that?\u00a0 And this is why the Lord is always telling us don\u2019t worry about tomorrow.\u00a0 How does the saying go, \u201cinch by inch life\u2019s a cinch, yard by yard life\u2019s hard.\u00a0 When you take tomorrow\u2019s burdens and you put them on your shoulders you\u2019re assuming that you\u2019re God and you\u2019re assuming that you can see tomorrow when you can\u2019t.\u00a0 God can see it and he simply asks us to trust us in the midst of it.\n\nSo all of that to say that\u2019s how to interpret Acts 2. Dan Wallace says, \u201cThe present tense may be used to describe a future event, though. . . . it typically adds connotations of immediacy and certainty....The present tense may describe an event that is wholly<\/em> subsequent to the time of speaking, although as if it were present.<\/u>\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0[Daniel B. Wallace, Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament with Scripture, Subject, and Greek Word Indexes (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996), 535-35.]\n\nHe calls this a futuristic present.\u00a0 In other words, in the Bible a present tense can describe a future reality.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because it\u2019s demonstrating that it\u2019s so certain it\u2019s going to happen we\u2019ll use the present tense to describe it.\u00a0 1 John 2:17, \u201cThe world is passing away, and also its lusts; [but the one who does the will of God lives forever.]\u201d\u00a0 \u201cPassing away\u201d is in the present tense there in the Greek.\u00a0 Well, that\u2019s kind of odd, two thousand years have passed since John wrote that and the world hasn\u2019t passed away.\u00a0 Has the world passed away?\u00a0 I can touch the ground, the world is still here.\u00a0 Well then why is John describing the passing of the world away with the present tense?\u00a0 Because the passing away of this world is certain, see that?\u00a0 It\u2019s so certain that it can be described in the present tense.\n\nSo all of these are factors which you have to take into account when you\u2019re looking at verse 30 there in Acts 2.\u00a0 It says, \u201cAnd so because He was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on His throne.\u201d\u00a0 And people say well there it is, the present tense, Jesus is reigning on David\u2019s throne now.\u00a0 Not necessarily.\u00a0 What is actually happening there is the Davidic enthronement of Christ is so certain it\u2019s being described as a present tense.\u00a0 But if you want to understand where Jesus is now you\u2019ve got to look down at verses 34 and 35 which says He\u2019s where?\u00a0 At the right hand of the Father.\u00a0 [Acts 2:34-35, \u201c\u201cFor it was not David who ascended into heaven, but he himself says: \u2018THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,\u00a0 [35] UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET.\u201d\u2019]\u00a0 What\u2019s the key word?\u00a0 UNTIL his enemies are made a footstool, which hasn\u2019t happened yet.\n\nBy the way, look at this, 1 Corinthians 15:44 describing the resurrection body:\u00a0 \u201cit is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0 That\u2019s talking about our resurrection body described in the present tense even though we, as members of Christ\u2019s church\u2026 in fact, no one in human history has ever received their resurrection body yet.\u00a0 Yet I know I\u2019m going to receive my resurrection body one day because Jesus rose from the grave.\u00a0\u00a0 And because Jesus rose from the grave it\u2019s absolutely certain you\u2019re going to get your resurrected body, even though you don\u2019t have it yet.\n\nSo why is the present tense used?\u00a0 Not to mean that we are already in our resurrected body.\u00a0 I mean, if we were already in our resurrected body that would cut back on our need to do hospital visitations, right?\u00a0 No one would die.\u00a0 No one would get sick.\u00a0 No one would get cancer.\u00a0 So if I\u2019m not in my resurrection body yet why is the present tense of the Greek word eimi<\/em>, used to describe that resurrection body.\u00a0 Because the resurrection body that\u2019s coming to us is a certainty. So Acts 2:30 says, \u201cAnd so, because he was a prophet and knew that GOD HAD SWORN TO HIM WITH AN OATH TO SEAT one OF HIS DESCENDANTS ON HIS THRONE, \u201c that verse is not saying Jesus is on David\u2019s throne now.\u00a0 It\u2019s saying He\u2019s the heir to David\u2019s throne and it\u2019s saying His enthronement one day over the earth in Jerusalem from David\u2019s throne will be an absolute certainty.\u00a0 And that\u2019s really Craven\u2019s first point there.\n\nHis second point is there\u2019s no way Peter could be communicating that Jesus is on David\u2019s throne because in Acts 2 He\u2019s speaking to Jews.\u00a0 What holiday was it in Acts 2?\u00a0 Pentecost.\u00a0 We call it the day of Pentecost; it\u2019s one of the spring feasts.\u00a0 You say well gosh, I\u2019d like to read a little bit about the feasts of Israel.\u00a0 Well, read Leviticus 23, it gives you there at least seven feasts.\u00a0 And I think for three of those feasts they had to show up in Jerusalem, mandatorily.\u00a0 And one of those mandatory\u00a0 show-ups in Jerusalem is Acts 2, the Day of Pentecost.\u00a0 That\u2019s why they\u2019re all there.\n\nActs 2:5-13 describes where all of these Jews were living in the known world and why they came to Jerusalem on that particular day.\u00a0 And so on that particular day the Holy Spirit had a surprise for them.\u00a0 Peter the apostle was going to preach, he was going to give a tremendous sermon weaving all of these Old Testament passages together to explain to them that the man that the nation of Israel rejected had it wrong and\u00a0 you people need to change your minds, Peter is saying, and trust in Christ as your Savior.\u00a0 Go from being a Christ rejecting Jew aligning yourself with Israel to a Christ accepting Jew.\u00a0 That\u2019s what Peter is doing there in Acts 2 and that\u2019s why he tells them to \u201crepent.\u201d\n\nAnd what does repent mean?\u00a0 Change your mind; go from being a Christ rejecting Jew to a Christ accepting Jew.\u00a0 That\u2019s Peter\u2019s audience and there\u2019s no way I can tell you this flat out, he\u2019s going to convince that crowd that Jesus is now on David\u2019s throne, without a whole lot more explanation because they had all understood from the very beginning of Hebrew Bible that God\u2019s promises for Israel were going to be fulfilled on the earth.\u00a0 If you had stood up in front of these people and told them, hey you all, just fooling Jesus is really on David\u2019s throne in heaven now, you would have been laughed right out of the city.\u00a0 I mean the whole idea would have been completely ridiculous.\n\nNow to a Gentile Christian that doesn\u2019t know much about Hebrew Bible, they get saved out of paganism, a Gentile would fall for that, but not this crowd in Acts 2.\u00a0 So it\u2019s just very odd to me that they are building this whole doctrine that Jesus is reigning on David\u2019s throne in heaven now and they\u2019re not even factoring in who exactly Peter is addressing.\u00a0 That\u2019s Craven\u2019s second point.\n\nBy the way, this is fascinating. Stanley Toussaint, who\u2019s now with the Lord, makes this observation concerning Acts 2. And the reason I\u2019m spending time in Acts 2 is because this is the main chapter that everybody is using today to argue that Jesus is on David\u2019s throne.\n\nStanley Toussaint correctly says, \u201c\u201cT]he word Kingdom does not occur in Acts 2.\u201d\u00a0 Don\u2019t\u00a0 you find that a little odd?\u00a0 I mean, if Acts 2 is so clear that Jesus started the Davidic Kingdom why does the word \u201cKingdom\u201d which is the Greek word basileia<\/em>, how come it\u2019s not even in the chapter?\u00a0 Do you find that a little odd?\n\nStanley Toussaint correctly says, \u201c\u201cThe word Kingdom does not occur in Acts 2.\u201d\u00a0 It is difficult to explain why Luke\u201d who also wrote Acts as you know, \u201cdoes not use the term if the kingdom is being inaugurated. He employs it forty-five times in the gospel\u201d I mean, he uses it forty-five times in his prequel, called The Gospel of Luke, when he\u2019s describing Jesus offering this kingdom to Israel but once the kingdom gets rejected by the leadership the word kingdom disappears.\u00a0 So if all of a sudden he\u2019s establishing the kingdom in Acts 2 how come the word kingdom, which we are very good at\u00a0 using when the kingdom is near, how come the word kingdom doesn\u2019t even show up in Acts 2.\n\n\u201cThe word Kingdom does not occur in Aces 2.\u00a0 It is difficult to explain why Luke does not use the term if the kingdom is being inaugurated.\u00a0 He employs it forty-five times in the gospel and uses it two more times in Acts 1. . . . One would expect Luke to use the word if such a startling thing as the inauguration of the kingdom had taken place. The fact that Luke uses kingdom only eight times in Acts after such heavy usage in his gospel implies that the kingdom had not begun but was in fact,\u201d was what?\u00a0 Look at that last word, \u201cpostponed.\u201d\u00a0 [\u201cIsrael and the Church of a Traditional Dispensationalist,\u201d in Three Central Issues in Contemporary Dispensationalism<\/em>, ed. Herbert W. Bateman (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1999), 242.]\u00a0 That\u2019s the model that we\u2019re teaching, the postponement model.\n\nCharles Ryrie makes this point: \u201cIf Christ inaugurated His Davidic reign at His Ascension,\u201d that\u2019s what everybody is saying, Jesus went back to heaven, He sat on David\u2019s throne, and He started the Davidic kingdom.\u00a0 Ryrie says correctly, \u201cIf Christ inaugurated His Davidic reign at His Ascension, does it not seem incongruous that His first act as reigning Davidic king was the sending of the\u201d what? \u201cthe Holy Spirit (Acts 2:33), something not included in the promises of the Davidic Covenant?\u201d\u00a0 <\/em>[Ryrie, Dispensationalism<\/em>, 169]\n\nSo his point is very simple, if Jesus is reigning as Davidic king now he didn\u2019t fulfill anything out of 2 Samuel 7; instead what He did is He gave to the church the Holy Spirit, which was His first act, not as King but as high priest.\u00a0 The body of Christ,\u00a0 you see, there\u2019s three thousand\u00a0 people that believe the message and they become the church and they receive the Holy Spirit and as they receive the Holy Spirit they receive what?\u00a0\u00a0 The gifts of the Holy Spirit, which is necessary for this little body that\u2019s just started, this little breakoff from Judaism, this little breakoff I should say from national Israel.\u00a0 They need spiritual gifts to function in their meetings.\u00a0 So that\u2019s what Christ did; Christ did not start the Davidic kingdom when He ascended to heaven; He gave this little tiny group, this minority, using the Saul\/David typology, David\u2019s mighty men here, this little tiny group, He gave them the Holy Spirit and He gave them the gifts of the Holy Spirit so that they could edify one another as they met together corporately. He didn\u2019t start the Davidic kingdom at all.\u00a0 If He started the Davidic kingdom He would have fulfilled what the Davidic kingdom says.\n\nSo Craven\u2019s first point is people are misusing Acts 2:30 and verses 34 and 35.\u00a0 And his second point is there\u2019s no way this audience would have bought the argument that Jesus is now reigning on David\u2019s throne because they all expected a literal earthly throne and Jesus, at the right hand of the Father, is doing things here that have nothing to do with those Davidic\u00a0 promises.\u00a0 And I\u2019ll give\u00a0 you the next two arguments Craven uses next time.\u00a0\u00a0 And then the other point I think we\u2019re making on David\u2019s throne will go by a little faster.\u00a0 Sorry to bog down with all of this minutia but it\u2019s sort of necessary to\u00a0 understand and refute the chapter that people are using to argue that Jesus is reigning on David\u2019s throne.\n\nSo I will stop talking at this point.\u00a0 I appreciate you all\u2019s patience.","series_sermon_number":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t