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 the resurrection of Jesus and lands on a single, unflinching claim: nothing less than total victory is the destiny of those whose lives are in Christ. Brian Hunter has walked the congregation through the feast of First Fruits to show that Jesus was the first to be raised from the dead with a body that never dies again, and that this makes him the guarantee of what is coming for everyone who belongs to him. The resurrection is not only a past event to celebrate; it is a present and future reality that reframes how a person reads their own life right now.
Brian used the image of a Plinko chip to describe how a life moves toward its final outcome. Before Jesus enters the picture, the chip bounces with no reliable trajectory toward anything good. Once he does, the final destination changes, even if the chip still takes unexpected and painful bounces on the way down. The congregation pushed back in healthy ways, noting that Plinko is pure chance while believers actually participate through choices and surrender, and that Jesus himself said in John 16:33 that trouble in this life is real. Brian held both things together. The bounces are real. The trouble is real. But for anyone whose life belongs to him, the final slot is secure. As Brian put it, "Don't judge your destiny by the current bounce of your Plinko chip."
The farming image from 1 Corinthians 15 gave that same encouragement another angle. A seed sitting in a jar stays a seed indefinitely, but the moment it goes into soil something irreversible begins. Brian spoke directly to anyone who feels stuck, unsettled, or unable to see what God is doing with their life. That feeling of being a seed in the ground is not the end of the story. Brian says, "Your life has not dropped into that final slot yet. Total victory is coming."
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.