#14 – The Cross-Shaped Kingdom with Jeremy Treat

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley are joined by Jeremy Treat, author of The Crucified King, to talk about the kingdom and the cross and why both are crucial to how we understand and live out the gospel.

“You can’t understand the kingdom with the cross. You can't understand the cross without the Kingdom” - Jeremy Treat

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• How is the cross an enthronement ceremony?
• What is people's biggest obstacle in accepting the view that the cross in an enthronement ceremony?
• Isn’t Christ humiliated in the cross and exalted in the resurrection and ascension?
• Why do we have a hard time connecting the proclamation of the kingdom of God and the cross of Christ? 
• Why is Isaiah significant for our view of the cross?
• How does this view of the atonement connect with traditional views like Christus Victor and penal substitutionary atonement?

Guest Bio:

Jeremy Treat received his PhD from Wheaton College and serves as the pastor at Reality LA in California. He is the author of a book entitled, The Crucified King.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• John 12:32, Mark 15, 1 Corinthians 1:18-31, Philippians 2, Revelation 5:6, Mark 1:15, 1:17, Matthew 27
• “The Crucified King” by Jeremy Treat

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Show Notes:

“The Entry and Death of Jesus” Sermon

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Sponsored by HOPE International:
 

Christ calls us to care for those living in poverty. The question is, how? Download your free copy of Created to Flourish: How Employment-Based Solutions Help Eradicate Poverty, written by HOPE International President and CEO Peter Greer. HOPE International focuses on alleviating physical and spiritual poverty in 16 countries through Christ-centered microenterprise development.