SS Outline 7.6.2025

7.6.2025
Title: “One Story, One People, One Reign: Jesus, Israel, and the Church”
Big Idea: Covenant theology provides a more comprehensive framework for understanding the Bible’s unified story, the identity of God’s people, and Christ’s reign, freeing the Church from fear, fragmentation, and political idolatry.

II. TRUE OR FALSE? 

1. God has two separate plans: one for Israel and one for the Church.
2. Jesus will come back secretly before a 7-year tribulation.
3. The Church is included in God’s promises to Abraham.
4. Jesus will one day reign as King on earth for 1,000 years, but He isn’t King yet.
5. The Bible is one big story with one people of God.
6. Genesis 12:3 is about blessing modern nations that support Israel.
7. Christians should be more focused on headlines than Scripture.

III. JESUS IS TRUE ISRAEL

• Hosea 11:1; Matthew 2:15
• Isaiah 49:3-6
• John 15:1-6

IV. THE CHURCH IS THE FULFILLMENT IN CHRIST

• Genesis 12:1-3
• Galatians 3:16, 26-29
• Romans 11:17-24
• Ephesians 2:11-22
• Hebrews 8:6-13

V. CHRIST REIGNS NOW

• Psalm 110:1–2
• Ephesians 1:20-23
• Matthew 28:18-20

VI. MODERN ISRAEL, FOREIGN POLICY & CHRISTIAN ZIONISM
A. Why the Confusion?
B. Theological Correction:

• Romans 2:28-29
• Galatians 3:28
• John 18:36

VII. DISCUSSION AND APPLICATION

• What happens when we build theology on headlines instead of Scripture?
• How does this change our view of the Church’s mission?
• How does Christ’s current reign shape our public witness?


VIII. CONCLUSION