- Oct 7, 2011
- 1,982
- 591
- Country
- United States
- Faith
- Christian
- Marital Status
- Married
- Politics
- US-Republican
I am re-writing my article on Mathew 24 and this is part of it. Not putting this here to debate end time prophecy. It's about the last paragraph. I would like to see how controversial my words are describing God becoming a man.
These next few verses direct from the mouth of Jesus among other things just exactly when the Lord would come. In the lifetimes of some of those standing there that he was speaking to. Some of them wouldn't live that long.
Mark 14:61 ...Again the high priest asked him, Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? 62. And Jesus said, I am: and you will see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Matthew 16: 27. For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. 28: Truly I say to you, There are some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
Matthew16: 28. Truly I say to you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
Mark: 9: 1. And he said unto them, Truly I say to you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
Luke 9: 26. For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.27. But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
Matthew 25: 64. Jesus says to him, You have said: nevertheless I say to you, After this you will see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
There are a couple of items worth explaining in these words. The kingdom of God in the earth is spoken of through out the scripture as already existing. Yet here it is spoken of as yet to come. Further than this. Its many earthly promises of freedom, general prosperity, the end of despotic human government and legal human slavery were prophesied to occur in the distant future. Why is this? Very simply because Jehovah the Word of God the king of that kingdom had not yet come as a man. The promise was that the descendant of Abraham and David would rule over that kingdom forever. Jesus did not become the Son of God or the Son of man until he became a man. He laid down the physical attributes of God to do so but took them back when he was raised from the dead. So although he ruled this invisible kingdom in the earth before he became a man. He now rules it according to the promise as the son of David, the descendant of Abraham even though he is and always has been Jehovah the Word of God. So in short the reference to the kingdom of God coming is a reference to its coming with the Son of man as king and the fulfillment of all the prophecy about this. In this case the prophecy being emphasized is the end of the Old Covenant Age and the destruction of Jerusalem.
These next few verses direct from the mouth of Jesus among other things just exactly when the Lord would come. In the lifetimes of some of those standing there that he was speaking to. Some of them wouldn't live that long.
Mark 14:61 ...Again the high priest asked him, Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? 62. And Jesus said, I am: and you will see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Matthew 16: 27. For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. 28: Truly I say to you, There are some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
Matthew16: 28. Truly I say to you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
Mark: 9: 1. And he said unto them, Truly I say to you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
Luke 9: 26. For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.27. But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
Matthew 25: 64. Jesus says to him, You have said: nevertheless I say to you, After this you will see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
There are a couple of items worth explaining in these words. The kingdom of God in the earth is spoken of through out the scripture as already existing. Yet here it is spoken of as yet to come. Further than this. Its many earthly promises of freedom, general prosperity, the end of despotic human government and legal human slavery were prophesied to occur in the distant future. Why is this? Very simply because Jehovah the Word of God the king of that kingdom had not yet come as a man. The promise was that the descendant of Abraham and David would rule over that kingdom forever. Jesus did not become the Son of God or the Son of man until he became a man. He laid down the physical attributes of God to do so but took them back when he was raised from the dead. So although he ruled this invisible kingdom in the earth before he became a man. He now rules it according to the promise as the son of David, the descendant of Abraham even though he is and always has been Jehovah the Word of God. So in short the reference to the kingdom of God coming is a reference to its coming with the Son of man as king and the fulfillment of all the prophecy about this. In this case the prophecy being emphasized is the end of the Old Covenant Age and the destruction of Jerusalem.
Last edited: