Peter Roselle: Don’t Miss Your Invitation for Demonstration (Luke 19:44)
Channel: King of Kings Worship Center
Date: 2023-07-21

Peter Roselle: Don’t Miss Your Invitation for Demonstration (Luke 19:44)
Peter speaks at King of Kings Worship Center on July 16, 2023. Luke 19:44 says, “…you did not know the time of your visitation.” It’s like Jesus was saying, “I was here - the very one you were praying for - but because I didn't fit your mold, you rejected me.” How many saw the movie, “The Jesus Revolution?” Kelsey Grammer, who's playing the pastor of the church (Chuck Smith), confronts his congregation and says, “This new group of hippies are going to be in our church, so, you need to decide - you can stay or go, but they're staying.” One older man got up and left, then another older man got up, walked over and sat in the row with the hippies, and put his arm around one of them and said, "howdy neighbor." 

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So, the title of the book is, "The Presence of the Future."
This was written by a man named George Eldon Ladd,
who was a professor at Fuller Theological Seminary.
I don't know if any of you remember,
but Peter Wagner was also a professor
at Fuller Theological Seminary. 
That's how I heard about this man,
George Eldon Ladd, was through Peter Wagner,
because he was a mentor of mine,
But, in the summary, when you go on Amazon, if you want to buy the book,
it says the things that he discusses, as bullet points,
are the promises of the kingdom,
which I'll tell you, are spelled out in the Old Testament.
The prophets said there would be a Messiah coming.
So, the promise of the kingdom was there.
The fulfillment of the promise, which is the first stage of where we are right now,
where Jesus came and lived a sinless life.
He died, he resurrected from the dead. When He resurrected,
that's what allowed God to release the Holy Spirit.
When Jesus brought the blood, the perfect sacrifice,
to the mercy seat of heaven, that completed it.
Holy Spirit is released, and now we're in a very different dispensation.
The third stage is the final was the consummation of the promise,
which will happen when Jesus has his final return.
And some folks are hoping that happens right now, before I'm done preaching.
"Hurry up, Jesus, and get us out of here! It's a mess!"
Well, it is a mess, but He's got us here for a reason.
What's that reason? “Occupy until He comes”
So, three stages. 
1) Promise of the Old Testament.
2) Fulfillment of the promise came when Jesus accomplished His mission.
But there's a final stage, the consummation,
that hasn't happened yet, which happens at His final return (Revelation 21 and 22).
The new heaven, the new Jerusalem is coming back to this earth.
So, Dr. Ladd develops this thesis
that the kingdom of God involves two great movements.
Fulfillment within history, which Jesus did when he came,
then this piece, the consummation at the end of history.
That is what we await, that final return.
The Apostle Paul speaks a lot about this, probably more than any other writer,
about what it's going to be like when this final return happens.
When Trisha and I knew that we were going to be
taking this assignment to start a church out here,
there was six months to a year of planning
before that happened. I was fortunate to be
mentored by someone from the Vineyard movement,
who served under John Wimber, who I'll get to in a minute.
I learned a lot in a short amount of time about
this whole kingdom philosophy that wasn't
prevalent in my upbringing as a Christian,
for the first 15 to 20 years. I'm not going to over-complicate it,
but I'll just get to the point,
that this man that wrote the book, that I already mentioned,
"The Presence of the Future," had great insight on the kingdom
and understanding the gospel of the kingdom.
Not just the gospel of salvation,
as important as salvation is, but also, now, to make the saints
want to become disciples of Jesus, not just converts.
Not just, “I said yes and I said a prayer, so I know I'm going to heaven when I die.”
As great as that is… but what about the rest of our life here?
What about “Occupy until I come?”
What about kingdom of God suffers violence and the violent…
recoil and hide in the bunker?
No, no, we're supposed to step up and say,
"Let's be about the father's business."
"My food," Jesus said, "is to do the will of the one who sent me." 
And the will of the one who sent him was,
"as the Father sent Him, so he's sending us."
So, the same mission Jesus had, we're supposed to be on.
Which, for nothing else, should be the agape,
unconditional love of God flowing through us.
So, as I said, Peter Wagner was there, another professor with Dr. Ladd.
And then, Peter Wagner hired John Wimber.