What does Tribe teach about destiny?
Drawn from the messages where it was actually addressed: the words said from the front, the passages taught, and where to hear the whole thing.
At Tribe, the teaching on destiny starts with a simple, sturdy claim: nothing less than total victory is the destiny of those whose lives are in Christ. Brian Hunter built that claim from 1 Corinthians 15, where the resurrection of Jesus is described as the first fruits of a coming harvest. Just as a farmer brought the very best of the spring crop to present to God before enjoying the rest, Jesus was the first to be raised with a body that never dies again, and that resurrection is the guarantee of what is still coming for everyone who belongs to him.
Brian used the image of a seed to speak to anyone who feels stuck or unsure of what God is doing right now. A seed sitting in a jar stays a seed indefinitely, but the moment it goes into soil, something irreversible begins. If life feels transient or unformed, that does not mean God has lost the thread. Brian says, "Don't judge your destiny by the current bounce of your Plinko chip." The Plinko picture he drew was of a chip that still takes hard and unexpected bounces on the way down, and the congregation connected that honestly to John 16:33, where Jesus himself says there will be trouble in this life. The teaching held both things together without softening either one.
The final word was one of settled confidence. Brian says, "Your life has not dropped into that final slot yet. Total victory is coming." That confidence does not rest on how the earlier bounces have gone. It rests on the fact that Jesus is already raised, already the first fruits, and that the harvest of which he is the beginning has not yet fully come in.
Taught from 1 Corinthians 15:20-23 · 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 · 1 Corinthians 15:35-44 · John 16:33 · Philippians 3:20-21
“Don't judge your destiny by the current bounce of your Plinko chip.”
From First Fruits of the Resurrection
The passage taught · 1 Corinthians 15:20-23
20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.
21 For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man.
22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
23 But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s, at his coming.
World English Bible
Messages that go deeper
- May 12, 2025 First Fruits of the Resurrection Brian Hunter uses the Feast of First Fruits and 1 Corinthians 15 to show that resurrection is not a distant idea but a present hope: total victory is every believer's destiny.
- May 11, 2025 Our Destiny is Total Victory A Mother's Day sermon exploring resurrection, the Feast of First Fruits, and why Scripture says total victory is the destiny of every believer in Christ.