Evening journal., 1905-11-06
THE GOSPEL
Of THE KINGDOM
Seventeenth Study in Exposi-
ton of Book Of Matthew
by Pastor Pettingill
THE TRANSPORTATION
AND ITS MEANING

enteenth chapter of Matthew was
given ON Sunday morning by Pastor
William L. Pettingil OF North Baptist
Church:
In this chapter we have a descrip-
tion of the TRANSPORTATION of the Lord
Jesus. The event is prophecy, i'm the
form of a picture-a pictorial preview-
of the Son Of Man coming in His king
DOM This appears if we read the words
of the Lord Jesus in the final verse Of
chapter l6, together with the opening
paragraph Of chapter II, as follows:
Verify l say unto you, There are
some of them that stand here. who shall
in no wise taste of death, till they see
the Son Of Man coming in His kingdom.
And after six days Jesus talSeth with
Him Peter, and James. and John his
brother, and bringeth them up into a
high mountain apart: and He was
transfigured before them; and His face
did shine as the sun, and His garments
became white as the light. And behold
there appeared unto them Moses and
Elijoh talking with Him. And Peter
answered, and said unto Jesus, Lord, il
is good to be here: if Thou wilt, L will
make here three tabernacles: one for
Thee, and one for Moses. and one for
Elijah. While he was yet speaking,
behold, a bright cloud overshadowed
them: and behold. a voice out of the
cloud saying. This is My beloved Son.
in Whom / am we'll pleased; hear ye
Him. And when the disciples heard
it, they fell on their face, and were
sore afraid And Jesus came and
touched them and said. Arise and be
mot afraid. And lifting up their eyes,
they saw no one. save Jesus only
(Ch. 16: 2S-17: So
And not only in Matthew, but also
in Mark and Luke. the account of the
TRANSPORTATION scene is found imme-
.diately preceded by these words OK
Jesus, as if to prepare the disciples for
what they were about to see. and
20 show them the significance of it,
In Mark it reads: Verify / say unto
you. There are some here OF them that
stand by who shall in no wise taste o.
death, till they see the Kingdom Of
God. come with power Then follows
the TRANSPORTATION story. In Luke
jesus is quoted as saying. 4 tell you
of a truth. There are some that stand
here, who shall i'm no wise taste Of
death, till they see the Kingdom OF
Cod And this is followed again by
the account Of the scene in the mount.
In one of Peters epistles we have
the Holy Spirits own explanation Of
the TRANSPORTATION of the Lord Jesus.
I'm the first chapter of his second letter.
Peter is urging upon US the Importance
of diligence to make our calling and
election sure. For if ye do these things.
he writes. We shall never stumble for
thus shall be richly supplied unto you
the entrance into the eternal King
dom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ Wherefore / shall be ready al
ways to put you in remembrance Of
these things. though ye know them
and are established i'm the truth which
is with you. And ] think it right, as
long al ! am i'm this tabernacle to stir
you up by putting you i'm remembrance; ;
knowing that the putting off of my tab
lernacle cOmeth swiftly, even as our
Lord Jesus Christ signifed unto me.
Yea, / will give diligence that at every
time We may be able after my decease
TO call these things to remembrance.
For We did not follow cunningly de-
vised fables. when we made known un-
to you the power and coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eye
witnesses Of His majesty. For He re-
lceived from God the Father honor and
glory, when there was borne such a
voice to Him by the Majestic Glory.
This is My beloved Son, in Whom / am
well pleased. And this voice we our
selves heard. borne out of heaven, when
we were with Him i'm the holy mount.
And we have the Word Of Prophecy.
more sure; whereunto ye do well that
ye take heed in your hearts. as unto a
lamp shining i'm "A squalid place. until
the day dawn and Daystar arise Ill
Pet. L: 1O-19)
Through Peter therefore. we learn
that we are to look upon the picture be-
fore us as an illustration-an acted
parable. If you please-showing forth,
in a type the Son of Man coming in
His Kingdom This makes all per-
fectly clear; and with this key in our
hand we shall find everything opening
before us. AS we look upon this scene
let us realize that we are examining a
photograph. a miniature Of the coming
kingdom. In the sixteenth chapter the
suffering of the Christ are foretold: in
the seventeenth we are brought factl
to-face with the glories that shall fol-
low them. (See /. Pet /: III The
rapture of the church is, of course, not
in view here. 1t is that indeed for
which we wait and for which we are
longing. But the rapture Of the church
/ is a part of Pauls gospel. and was
never made known TO the apostles be-
fore his day. What we are to see in
this chapter is Matthew in the king
don, ac IL eha1l he epf nm on the aarfh
latter the Son of Man has returned in
1.-THE clouds with power and grea. glory
Ian the elements of the Kingdom are
discernible in the story of the Trans
fguration:
! "First-Jesus Himself was the CEN
tire OF the picture. When Peter sux-
lgested three booths-one each for Jesus
,and Moses and Elijah. as If to put them
IAN on a common level-Moses and Eli
jah Immediately disappeared. They
represented the Law and the Prophets
lam testifying of Jesus. the center OF
everything Christ is the end Of the
Law. and the testimony of Jesus is the
spirit OF prophecy. So i'm the cOmiag
Kingdom. the Son OF Man will be Lord
OF all What a blessed thought-that
this same Jesus. Who was rejected and
lscourged, and spat upon, viii then be
lowned and adored. and worshipped. He
was Inundated; He win be exalted. He
was crucifed: He viii be glorifed. He
who before Pontius plate witnessed
the good confession. will in that DAY
be manifested as the blessed and only
Potentate. the King Of Kings. and Lord
Of Lords. Who only hath immortality
dwelling in light unapproachablei