Has the Lord’s Church Existed
Since Pentecost?
I. Prophecy
• Daniel 2:44
Daniel 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)
Has the Lord’s Church Existed
Since Pentecost?
I. Prophecy
• Daniel 2:44
• Colossians 1:13,14
• Mark 9:1
• Acts 1:8
Daniel 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)
Daniel 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)
Daniel 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)
Daniel 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)
Has the Lord’s Church Existed
Since Pentecost?
II. Apostasy.
Gr. apostasia   - “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
Has the Lord’s Church Existed
Since Pentecost?
III. Limits of History
• Dominant Forces
The Stele of Pharaoh
Merneptah II
(ca. 1220 BC.)
“Israel lies
desolate, its seed
is no more”
The Stele of Pharaoh
Merneptah II
(ca. 1220 BC.)
The oldest reference to
Israel outside of the Bible
But Israel existed!
The seed of Israel continued.
Has the Lord’s Church Existed
Since Pentecost?
III. Limits of History
Dominant Forces
• I Kings 19:14-18
• II Kings 19:29-34
• Romans 9:25-27
Has the Lord’s Church Existed
Since Pentecost?
III. Limits of History
• Dominant Forces
• Issues of the day
Small groups are not the focus of history
• Acts 19:7
• Matthew 7:13,14