Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-06-04

Inc PnarlSeeS nelQ SOme pecuiiai
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. 20, is an astronomical one and sug-
gests that the kingdom was to come
in a bodily shape from the sky, a cur
rem expectation on the part of the
Pharisees.
In answer to the boastful Pharisees
". 20) Jesus plainly told them hal
he himself is the kingdom, and mat
that kingdom was in their midst or
among you" see ". 21) margin.
Their question was a flippant one, one
of unbelief, and to 1t 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, 40 here! 10 there"
It's coming was not to be spectacular
arresting the attention Of some VINO
in turn brought 1t to the attention Oh
others. The authorized rendering
within YOU does not imply that the
kingdom already existed in the indl-
vidual lives of his questioners. SUD-
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 a
II. The Visible Son Of Man, w.
22-24. The kingdom in its outward
form was rejected by the Jews, John
1925, 81. In its spiritual form 1t is
now in the hearts of believers from.
14:17), but he who was rejected with
contempt will one day be sought after,
though in vain, Matt. 2S: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 n ful-
filed this prophecy. When he really
comes there will be a sudden publicity
". 24). that shall fash 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 1t.
FinaIity Of Events.
III. The Day Of the Son Of Man, w.
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
flood and fire, ever SO 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 adj
vent. If they be not true then he Is
a false teacher. Like as men dis
credit those events they likewise would
set oside his teaching about his sec
ono, ,dyet. Many claim that verse 81
refefNs I the destruction Of Jeru'
salem;C ne context to us clearly dis
proves any such Interpretation
Verses so and 33 must be taken to-
gether. The folly of Lots wife turn
ing back is all too apparent, but II
we are to gain true life we must lose
turn our backs upon, a worldly life
Attention has been called to the fact
that the word lose" ". 33) is the
one ordinarily translated destroy"
proving that the Bible word "destruc'
ton" does not mea humiliation. we
might we'll call verses "a and 30 the
account Of a silent migration Al
his first return there will be some
strange separations. One taken, an
other left. Such separations often
have been realized when men accept
Christ; when Christians find them
selves separated from their old com
panions, for his sake, but most OF al
twill be when Christ shall burst upon
the world at his second coming. Jesus
reference to the body ". 80 means
the dead and corrupt state of things
and 1.-The eagles" to the instruments
Of judgment.
Summary. Quite emphatically thi'
passage is a teaching on the subject
Of the coming of the kingdom of God
That kingdom came when Christ came
in grace. 1t will come when he comet
In judgment. It Is coming constantly
between the two advents. Remember
his reading OF Isaiah's prophecy, Luke
4:1S, 10; CT. lisa. 61:1-9. In his firs'
advent he did come to preach the &c
ceptable year., the year of grace. Tina
day Is still with us. In his SECOND
advent he will proclaim the day of thu
vengeance OF God. He will establish
the kingdom, will build the waste
places and raise d%esolations. Today
the kingdom Of God is among us II
power through the presence of Chris
by the spirit in the living church.
To the Pharisees he said: "Neithel
shall they say, 10 here! 10 there! To-
the kingdom is In your midst" tt
his disciples he said: "They shall sa,
10 there! 10 here! go not away no
follow them" We cannot localize thu
kingdom. On an ancient Syrian frag
ment the words OF Luke 1888 read
and to his kingdom there shall b.
no frontier" On the lips Of the Phari
sees, kingdom meant a political or
ganization and empire. With Jesus !
means a spiritual realm universal IL
extent. a rule of righteousness, ant
peace and JOY in the holy spirit. Whei