SecondComingAD70

Jesus' Declaration before the High Priest on the Coming of the Son of Man Below is the 10th of multiple excerpts of commentary from The Parousia , the late 19th-century masterpiece on the Second Coming by James Stuart Russell. "Our Lord's declaration before the High Priest [Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin]. "Matt. xxvi. 64 [Matt. 26:64] '...Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.' "Mark xiv. 62 [Mark 14:62] '...ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.' "Luke xxii. 69 [Luke 22:69] 'Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.' "The reply of our Saviour to the solemn adjuration of the high priest [Caiaphas] is the almost verbatim repetition of what He had declared to the disciples on the Mount of Olives,--- 'They shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heave

Separation of the Sheep and the Goats: A National, Not Worldwide, Judgment Below is the ninth of multiple excerpts of commentary from The Parousia , the late 19th-century masterpiece on the Second Coming by James Stuart Russell. [Note: In preceding excerpts that have been posted on this blog, Russell has been setting forth his argument that Jesus' apocalyptic prophecy on the Mount of Olives in Matthew 24 (with parallels at Mark 13 and Luke 21) is a continuous whole---one that cannot be broken into artificial time divisions that allegedly distinguish between near and distant events. Russell contends that Jesus' prophecy, made in A.D. 30, was fulfilled in the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple, which occurred in A.D. 70. Russell has argued that both chapters 24 and 25 of Matthew "form one continuous, consecutive, and homogeneous discourse. So it must have been regarded by the disciples, to whom it was addressed...." In the excerpt below, Russell deals with th

The Unity and Continuity of Matthew 24 (the Gospel Apocalypse) [continued] Below is the eighth of multiple excerpts of commentary from The Parousia , the late 19th-century masterpiece on the Second Coming by James Stuart Russell. [Note: In this excerpt, Russell continues (see two previous blog posts) to set forth his argument that Jesus' apocalyptic prophecy in Matthew 24 (with parallels at Mark 13 and Luke 21) is a continuous whole---one that cannot be broken into artificial time divisions that allegedly refer to post-A.D. 70 events, which are supposedly indicated by detectable transitions in the prophecy's subject matter. Rather, the sole focus of the A.D. 30 prophecy, known as the apocalyptic discourse on the Mount of Olives or Olivet Discourse, is the impending destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem, which occurred in A.D. 70.] "At length we come to [a section in Dr. Johann Peter Lange's interpretation of Matthew 24, which Lange designates as]--- "'

The Unity and Continuity of Matthew 24 (the Gospel Apocalypse) Below is the seventh of multiple excerpts of co mmentary fro m The Parousia , the late 19th-century masterpiece on the Second Coming by James Stuart Russell. [Note: In this excerpt, Russell continues (see previous post) to set forth his argument that Jesus' apocalyptic prophecy in Matthew 24 (with parallels at Mark 13 and Luke 21) is a continuous whole -- one that cannot be broken into artificial time divisions that allegedly refer to post-A.D. 70 events, which are supposedly indicated by detectable transitions in the prophecy's subject matter. Rather, the sole focus of the A.D. 30 prophecy, known as the apocalyptic discourse on the Mount of Olives or Olivet Discourse, is the impending destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem, which occurred in A.D. 70.] "5. It may indeed be objected [by those making the "beyond A.D. 70" interpretation of Matthew 24] that even admitting the apostles to have bee