The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-06-06


!. The Kingdom Present, w. 20. q
Inc Pharisees held some peculiar
IDEAS about the coming of the king
dom. Contrary to their ideas there
are no special outward signs to herald
Its coming. The word observation
V. 2o, Is an astronomical one and sug
gests that the kingdom was to come
IN a bodily shape from the sky. a cur.
rent expectation on the part of the
Pharfsees.
In answer to the boastful Pharisees
". 2O) Jesus plainly told them that
ne himself is the kingdom, and that
That kingdom was in their midst or
among you" see ". 21) margin.
Their question was fiippant one. one
or unbelief, and to It Jesus makes a
enthusiastically brief. but clear re-
ply, that partook Of the nature of a
rebuke. The kingdom would not
come with trumpets and drum. They
could not say, 10 here! 10 there"
Its coming was not to be spectacular
arresting the attention of some who
In turn brought 1t to the attention of
others. The authorized rendering
within you" does not imply that the
kingdom already existed In the indi-
v1dual lives Of his questioners. Sub
sequent teaching of Jesus shows that
he here refers to another and a final
coming of the kingdom, at the time of
the final coming of the son of man.
u. The Visible Son Of Man, w.
22-24. The kingdom in its outward
form was rejected by the Jews. John
1:26, 81. In its spiritual form 1t is
now In the hearts Of believers (Rom.
14:1O, but he who was rejected with
contempt will one day be sought after,
though In vain, Matt 23:37-39. Dur
Ing the time Of his absence many shall
claim to be Christ ". 23), but we
are not to believe such claims. His
tory has abundantly proved and full
filled this prophecy. When he really
comes there will be sudden publicity
". 24, that shall flash from one cor
ner to the other Of the heavens, Matt.
24:27; then every eye shall behold
him." so shall the son of man be
in his day" This instruction Jesus
gives to his disciples. Men shall
search for him, a time when he shall
not be present as he then was. After
the false ones will come a day of
revelation when the whole heavens
will reveal him and all will know it.
FinaIity Of Events.
III. The Day Of the Son Of Man, wv.
1857. Before that day comes, how
ever, he must suffer and be rejected,
but following that rejection men will
marry, carry on merchandising and
merriment as in the days of Noah |
and those of Lot. In the days of Noah |
and Of Lot there came a sudden halt |
In these activities and a Judgment of |
food and fire, even 80 after the same |
manner shall 1t be in the day that the
son of man Is revealed" v. 80. This |
refers to the finality OF events when !
The kingdom of God comes by way of
Judgment. Here Jesus sets his seal
upon the truthfulness of these two
events which preceded his first ad-
vent. II they be not true then he is
4 false teacher. Like as men dis
credit those events they likewise would
yet aside his teaching about his sec
md advent. Many claim that verse 81
'efers to the destruction of Jeru-
salem; the context to us clearly dis
proves any such Interpretation
Verses 80 and 33 must be taken to-
,ether. The folly of Lots wife turn.
ng back is all too apparent, but IL
We are to gain true life we must lose,
urn our backs upon, worldly life.
Attention has been called to the fact
hat the word lose" ". 33) is the
ne ordinarily translated destroy"
rowing that the Bible word "destruc-
ion" does not mean humiliation. We
night we'll call verses "a and 35 the
ccount Of silent migration" At
is first return there will be some
TRANCE separations. One taken, an
Their left. Such separations often
ave been realized when men accept
'hrist; when Christians find them
elves separated from their old com
anions, for his sake, but most Of all
will be when Christ shall burst upon
he world at his second coming. Jesus
eference to the body" ". 80 means
ne dead and corrupt state of things
nd "the eagles" to the instruments
judgment.
Summary. Quite emphatically this
assage is a teaching on the subject
I the coming Of the kingdom of God
hat kingdom came when Christ came
grace. 1t will come when he comes
judgment. 1t is coming constantly
etween the two advents. Remember
Is reading of Isaiah's prophecy, Luke
Is, 10; CT lisa. 61:1-9. In his first
went ne did come to preach the &C
,ptable year, the year of grace. That
ny Is still with us. In his second
went he will proclaim the day Of the
,ngeance Of God. He will establish
10 kingdom. will build the waste e
aces and raise desolations. Today q
e kingdom Of God is among us in |,
,wer through the presence Of Christ Il
: the spirit in the living church.
To the Pharisees he said: Neither +,
lall they say, 10 here! 10 there! for
e kingdom Is In your midst" To =
s disciples he said: They shall say =