Has the Lord’s Church Existed Since Pentecost? I. Prophecy Daniel 2:44 I. Prophecy Daniel 2:44.

Has the Lord’s Church Existed Since Pentecost?


I. Prophecy• Daniel 2:44


Daniel 2:44Daniel 2:44

“And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.” (NKJV)





• Colossians 1:13,14

• Mark 9:1

• Acts 1:8


• Colossians 1:13,14

• Mark 9:1

• Acts 1:8

Daniel 2:44Daniel 2:44





II. Apostasy.Gr. apostasia Ž- “falling away.”

• II Thessalonians 2:1-4 • Acts 20:29-31 • II Timothy 4:3,4

• II John 9-11 • Revelation 1:20-2:7

II. Apostasy.Gr. apostasia Ž- “falling away.”

• II Thessalonians 2:1-4 • Acts 20:29-31 • II Timothy 4:3,4

• II John 9-11 • Revelation 1:20-2:7



III. Limits of History• Dominant Forces


The Stele of Pharaoh Merneptah II

(ca. 1220 BC.)


(ca. 1220 BC.)

“Israel lies desolate, its seed

is no more”


(ca. 1220 BC.)


(ca. 1220 BC.)

The oldest reference to Israel outside of the Bible

But Israel existed!The seed of Israel continued.



III. Limits of HistoryDominant Forces

• I Kings 19:14-18

• II Kings 19:29-34

• Romans 9:25-27

III. Limits of HistoryDominant Forces

• I Kings 19:14-18

• II Kings 19:29-34

• Romans 9:25-27




• Issues of the daySmall groups are not the focus of history

• Acts 19:7

• Matthew 7:13,14


• Issues of the daySmall groups are not the focus of history

• Acts 19:7

• Matthew 7:13,14

Has the Lord’s Church Existed Since Pentecost? I. Prophecy Daniel 2:44 I. Prophecy Daniel 2:44.

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