The King and His Kingdom
Read Scripture from Genesis to Revelation through one of its central threads — the King and the Kingdom He establishes.
Course Description
BIB 322 is the final installment in ACU's four-part thematic biblical theology sequence. The course reads Scripture as a single unfolding story organized around one of its principal threads: the King and His Kingdom — God's rule, the kingdom He establishes, and the King who finally brings it.
Tracing the Kingdom theme from Genesis through Revelation, the course treats biblical theology as its working method — the literary unfolding of a major theme across the whole canon. You'll move through the historical, cultural, theological, and personal contexts of each Kingdom moment, with apologetic tools and hermeneutical principles built into the journey rather than treated as separate topics.
BIB 322 closes the sequence that begins with The Relational God (BIB 221), continues through Image Bearers (BIB 222) and Dwelling in God's Presence (BIB 321), and culminates here in the King who reigns over the story those previous courses traced.
Taught By
Offered 2025-2026: Summer 2 · 2026-2027: Fall 2 · 2026-2027: Spring 1 · 2026-2027: Spring Traditional.
Kyle DiRoberts, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
2026-2027: Fall 2 · 2026-2027: Spring 1
Michelle Paleo
2026-2027: Spring Traditional
Noah Fulwider
2025-2026: Summer 2
Steven Rutt, Ph.D.
Professor
2026-2027: Spring Traditional
Steven Widger
2026-2027: Spring Traditional
Prerequisites
- None
Corequisites
Learning Outcomes
Trace the Kingdom Theme
Follow God's rule and the Kingdom He establishes from Genesis through Revelation.
Apply Biblical Theology
Read Scripture as a single unfolding narrative organized around the King and His Kingdom.
Engage Systematic Truths
Connect the Kingdom theme to the doctrines of God, Christ, and eschatology.
Practice Hermeneutics and Apologetics
Defend and interpret Kingdom texts with the methods scholars use.
Connect Theme to Life
Identify how the King and His Kingdom intersect with culture and personal experience today.
Biblical Worldview Connection
A Biblical Worldview rests on the conviction that God reigns — that history isn't drift, and the King who shows up in the Gospels is the King the whole canon points toward. BIB 322 reads Scripture from that conviction and traces the Kingdom theme as the spine that holds the biblical story together.
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