The posture of Jesus towards the city Tim Keller

The posture of Jesus towards the city Tim Keller 1. Loves the city 2. speaks truth to the city 3. Wedded himself to the wellbeing of the city 4. Sacrifices himself for the city

Redemptive shifts From extraction to servanthood (Babylon) From conflict to refuge (Hebron) From idolatry to worship (Athens) From individualism to community (Ephesus) From slavery to freedom (Jerusalem) From conforming to transforming (New Jerusalem)

Mindset shifts From extraction to servanthood (Babylon) From conflict to refuge (Hebron) From idolatry to worship (Athens) From individualism to community (Ephesus) From slavery to freedom (Jerusalem) From conforming to transforming (New Jerusalem)

Qu: Why does the city need to be redeemed? Ans: because sin has devastated the city

Genesis 11:1-9 NIV [1] Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. [2] As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. [3] They said to each other, Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly. They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. [4] Then they said, Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth. [5] But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. [6] The Lord said, If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. [7] Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other. [8] So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. [9] That is why it was called Babel---because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

Tower of Babel (Gen 11) Humanity attempting to make their way to Heaven Confusion regarding language People scattered People trying to be God s rivals People making a name for themselves

Tower of Babel (Gen 11) Humanity attempting to make their way to heaven Confusion regarding language People scattered People trying to be God s rivals People making a name for themselves p e n t e c o s t = r e v e r s a l Pentecost (Acts 2) Heaven makes its way to humanity Understanding regarding language People gathered People become god s servants people living for the name of jesus

Qu: how can the city be redeemed? Ans: through people carrying the spirit of god

Qu: how can Babylon be redeemed? Ans: through god's people carrying his spirit there

Egypt Slaves Oppressed Building cities For others

Egypt Jerusalem Slaves Oppressed Sonship Free Salvation Building cities For others Building a city For yahweh

Exodus 23:9 NIV [9] Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.

1 Kings 9:15 NIV [15] Here is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted to build the Lord's temple, his own palace, the terraces, the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer.

1 Kings 9:15 NIV [15] Here is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted to build the Lord's temple, his own palace, the terraces, the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer. Military Cities/Bases

1 Kings 10:26-29 NIV [26] Solomon accumulated chariots and horses; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses, which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. [27] The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills. [28] Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt... [29] They imported a chariot from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and of the Arameans.

Deuteronomy 17:16-17 NIV [16] The king, moreover, must not acquire great numbers of horses for himself or make the people return to Egypt to get more of them, for the Lord has told you, You are not to go back that way again. [17] He must not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.

Solomon has become the new pharaoh Israel has become the new egypt The slaves have become the slave drivers

Egypt Jerusalem Slaves Oppressed Sonship Free Salvation Building cities For others Building a city For yahweh

Egypt Jerusalem Israel Slaves Oppressed Sonship Free Slave Drivers Oppressors Salvation Rebellion Building cities For others Building a city For yahweh Building cities For themselves

London London London Slaves Oppressed Sonship Free Slave Drivers Oppressors Salvation Repentance Building london For others Building london For yahweh Building london For themselves

Egypt Jerusalem Israel Babylon Slaves Oppressed Sonship Free Slave Drivers Oppressors Slaves Oppressed Building cities For others Building a city For yahweh Building cities For themselves Building cities for others

Qu: how can Babylon be redeemed? Ans: through god's people carrying his spirit there

Jeremiah 29:1-14 NIV [1] This is the text of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets and all the other people Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon... It said: [4] This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: [5] Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. [6] Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not decrease. [7] Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.

Jeremiah 29:10-14 NIV [10] This is what the Lord says: When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place. [11] For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. [12] Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. [13] You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. [14] I will be found by you, declares the Lord, and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you, declares the Lord, and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.

The effect of Daniel on Babylon

The effect of Daniel on Nebuchadnezzar Daniel 4:34-37 NIV At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever. His dominion is an eternal dominion; his kingdom endures from generation to generation... Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble.

The effect of Daniel on darius Daniel 6:25-28 NIV [25] Then King Darius wrote to all the nations and peoples of every language in all the earth: May you prosper greatly! [26] I issue a decree that in every part of my kingdom people must fear and reverence the God of Daniel. For he is the living God and he endures forever; his kingdom will not be destroyed, his dominion will never end. [27] He rescues and he saves; he performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth. He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions. [28] So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius...

Daniel's posture towards babylon 1. Love the city 2. speak truth to the city 3. Wedded yourself to the wellbeing of the city 4. Sacrifices yourself for the city

Qu: why did Daniel have such an impact? Ans: he made Babylon his temporary home

Qu: why did Daniel have such an impact? Ans: he made Babylon his temporary home Philippians 3:20 NIV - But our citizenship is in heaven... 1 Peter 2:11 NIV - Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles...

The mindset of passing through The mindset of mission From From jerusalem In London In babylon Heading to Heading to new jerusalem - consumerism - Extraction - Build career - Make a name for yourself - Low commitment to place - Low commitment to people - Serving - Investing - Build kingdom - Make a name for jesus - High commitment to place - High commitment to people

The art of neighbouring You

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