{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Reformed Libertarians Podcast","title":"Ep. 16: The Five Elements and Epochs of The Kingdom Of God","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/0dbea246\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2045,"description":"An introduction to a Reformed view of the Kingdom of God in its 5 elements and its 5 covenantally-administered epochs, culminating in the Kingdom’s definitive consummation in the New Creation. The relation between Christian cultural activity and the Kingdom of God is also clarified.\nhttps://reformedlibertarians.com/016\n\nMain Points of Discussion\n00:00 Introduction\n00:32 Episode description\n \n01:03 Kingdom of God as the New Creation and central to Bible and all reality\n03:25 5 “Royal” Elements\n Ruler, Realm, Reign, those Ruled, Regulation by Covenant\n05:31 Covenant in Scripture as oath-commitment\n Covenants as administering Kingdom of God\n07:20 5 Epochs\n 1. Probation/Proffered\n 2. Promised\n 3. Prefigured\n 4. Present-Inauguration\n 5. Parousia-Consummation\n& See \"The Grid\": https://upper-register.com/papers/kline_grid.pdf\n10:22 Contrary to postmil, premil, and heresy* [see note below] of popular “Evangelical” Dispensationalism\n12:15 1st Epoch: Probation – the Covenant of Works\n  “Eschatology Precedes Soteriology”\n17:10 2nd Epoch: Promised – the Protevangelium (Gen. 3.15) and Abrahamic Covenant\n  The Seed is Christ, the Land is New Creation, the Blessing is Salvation by grace alone, thru faith alone, in Christ alone\n19:24 3rd Epoch: Prefigured – the Old Mosaic Covenant\n  Temporary and typological theocracy\n  Suspension of normal operations of “common grace”\n  Non-free market and coercive punishment of non-aggressive immorality\n  Typological principle of works (covenant blessings & curses)\n24:03 4th Epoch: Present-Inauguration – the New Covenant\n  The gospel, salvation accomplished in history\n  Crucial distinction between (a) “subjective recognition of Christ’s reign” involving the implications of Christian beliefs for all of life -vs.- (b) “objective realm” of Christ’s Kingdom as the new heavens&earth, presently and uniquely manifest as the institutional church (not as common culture or society)\n  The gospel, church, and presently-inaugurated Kingdom are NOT...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/_ffQojCKkfVxhZ9aBJTTn0-xS1eU1nXEHMhYA1yDuC0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ4NzE1LzE3MDUz/MzM2MzItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}