The Kingdom of Promise and ProphecyWhiteside, Robertson L.
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The Kingdom of Promise and Prophecy
Whiteside, Robertson L.
Bible -- Prophecies
In the great commission Jesus commanded the apostles to make disciples
of all the nations—to preach the gospel to the whole creation. This was
a demand for world-wide evangelism, regardless of race or nationality.
Had such evangelism been foretold by the prophets? What saith the Lord?
In Luke’s account of this commission he quotes Jesus as saying: “Thus it
is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead
the third day; and that repentance and remission of sins should be
preached in his name unto all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. Ye are
witnesses of these things. And behold, I send forth the promise of my
Father upon you; but tarry ye in the city, until ye be clothed with
power from on high.” (Luke 24:46-49.) Notice what Jesus says had been
written in the prophets—his death and resurrection, and that repentance
and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all nations,
and that this preaching should begin from Jerusalem. So then, this
world-wide evangelism, which was commanded by Christ and preached first
by his apostles at Jerusalem, had been foretold by the prophets. And
this began to be preached on Pentecost, the day the Holy Spirit filled
them with power from on high. Here a plan of salvation was preached, and
this plan had been foretold by the prophets. As only one plan was
foretold by the prophets, they foretold no other plan than the one which
began to be preached at Jerusalem.
In his sermon on the day of Pentecost, Peter showed that Joel had
prophesied of that day. He also quotes a prophecy of David, which he
interprets to refer to the resurrection of Christ and his being seated
on the throne of David, and then draws this conclusion: “Being therefore
by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the
promise of the Holy Spirit, he hath poured forth this, which ye see and
hear.” (Acts 2:33.) His argument was that Jesus had been raised up to
sit on David’s throne, and he concludes that he had, therefore, been
exalted. Yet Boll says: “To him, and to him exclusively, the throne of
David belongs by every right. But that he is now already occupying that
throne is precisely that which Peter does not say.” What, then, is the
connection between Peter’s argument and his conclusion? Peter’s argument
followed immediately by _therefore_ is significant. Can any one believe
that Peter argued from David’s prophecy that Jesus had been raised up to
sit on David’s throne, and conclude that he had _therefore_ been exalted
to something else?
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