# Vos Group #108 — Kingdom and Church (The Finale)

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Published: 2026-05-01T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this concluding installment of Vos Group's extended journey through Geerhardus Vos's Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments , Camden Bucey and Lane Tipton reflect on one of the most significant themes in Vos's account of redemptive history: the relationship between the kingdom of God and the church. Focusing especially on Matthew 16 and Jesus's promise, "I will build my church," they explain that Christ is not introducing an unrelated people, but bringing the covenant people of God into a new, eschatological mode of existence through his death, resurrection, ascension, and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. The church is not a mere institutional add-on to the kingdom. Rather, in its inaugurated form, the church is the kingdom of God as constituted by the Spirit of the ascended Christ. The episode also explores the church's indestructible life, the meaning of the "gates of hell," the centrality of the means of grace, and the already/not-yet character of the kingdom's coming. Along the way, Camden and Lane also mark the end of this long-running series on Biblical Theology and preview the next phase of Vos Group on The Teaching of Jesus concerning the Kingdom of God and the Church . Chapters 00:00:08 Introduction and Vos Group finale 00:01:06 Save the date for the 1,000th episode celebration 00:07:23 Transition from Biblical Theology to The Teaching of Jesus concerning the Kingdom of God and the Church 00:09:01 Matthew 16 and the meaning of "my church" 00:12:14 Continuity and redemptive-historical newness in the church 00:15:28 Pentecost, Acts 2, and the constitution of the church 00:21:56 The church after Christ's ascension and the new mode of life in the Spirit 00:29:23 The indestructible life of the kingdom and the gates of hell 00:35:29 The means of grace, preac…

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