SecondComingAD70

Below is the fourth of multiple excerpts of commentary from Parts I and II of The Parousia , the late 19th-century masterpiece on the Second Coming by James Stuart Russell. The initial 31 posts on this blog deal with the Book of Revelation, which is cogently interpreted in Part III of Russell's magnum opus. (For all blog posts, see russellparousia.blogspot.com) "THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN (THE PAROUSIA) IN THE LIFETIME OF THE APOSTLES. "Matt. x. 23 [Matt. 10:23]: 'But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.' [The Meaning of Matt. 10:23] "In this passage we find the earliest distinct mention of that great event which we shall find so frequently alluded to henceforth by our Lord and His apostles, viz. [that is], His coming again, or the Parousia. ... Can it mean, as [Johann Peter] Lange suggests, that Jesus [during his earthly public ...

Below is the third of multiple excerpts of commentary from Parts I and II of The Parousia , the late 19th-century masterpiece on the Second Coming by James Stuart Russell. The initial 31 posts on this blog deal with the Book of Revelation, which is cogently interpreted in Part III of Russell's magnum opus. (For all blog posts, see russellparousia.blogspot.com) "THE PAROUSIA [SECOND COMING] IN THE GOSPELS. "THE PAROUSIA PREDICTED BY JOHN THE BAPTIST. [Identity of John the Baptist with the Elijah of Malachi] "There is nothing more distinctly affirmed in the New Testament than the identity of John the Baptist with the wilderness-herald of Isaiah and the Elijah of Malachi. How well the description of John agrees with that of Elijah is evident at a glance. Each was austere and ascetic in his manner of life; each was a zealous reformer of religion; each was a stern reprover of sin. The times in which they lived were singularly alike. The nation at both periods was d...

Malachi's Closing Warning of [an A.D. 1st-century] Judgment on Israel Below is the second of multiple excerpts of commentary from Parts I and II of The Parousia , the late 19th-century masterpiece on the Second Coming by James Stuart Russell. The initial 31 posts on this blog deal with the Book of Revelation, which is cogently interpreted in Part III of Russell's magnum opus. (For all blog posts, see russellparousia.blogspot.com) "THE LAST WORDS OF OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECY. "THE BOOK OF MALACHI [The Old Testament Canon Closes on a Note of Doom] "The canon of the Old Testament Scriptures closes in a very different manner from what might have been expected after the splendid future revealed to the covenant nation [Israel] in the visions of Isaiah. None of the prophets is the bearer of a heavier burden than the last. Malachi is the [5th century B.C.] prophet of doom. ... [God's Lengthy Indictment of Israel: "I will come near you to judgment......

Below is the first of multiple excerpts of commentary from Parts I and II of The Parousia , the late 19th-century masterpiece on the Second Coming by James Stuart Russell. The initial 31 posts on this blog deal with the Book of Revelation, which is cogently interpreted in Part III of Russell's magnum opus. (For all blog posts, see russellparousia.blogspot.com) "PREFACE [to the 1878 edition] [IMMINENCE OF THE SECOND COMING TO THE CHURCHES OF THE 1st CENTURY] "No attentive reader of the New Testament can fail to be struck with the prominence given by the evangelists and the apostles to the PAROUSIA, or 'coming of the Lord.' That event is the great theme of New Testament prophecy. There is scarcely a single book, from the Gospel of St. Matthew to the Apocalypse of St. John, in which it is not set forth as the glorious promise of God and the blessed hope of the church. It was frequently and solemnly predicted by our Lord; it was incessantly kept before the eyes...