That the future-kingdom advocates realize they have no certain proof of their rejection and postponement theory is shown by the fact that they do not agree on any certain Scripture, nor as to the time of this supposed rejection and postponement. John R. Rice puts it in the tenth chapter of Matthew; Scofield, in the eleventh; R. H. Boll, in the twelfth. John R. Rice says the kingdom at hand was never preached after the tenth chapter; the offer was then withdrawn. He should have read what Jesus a year later instructed the seventy to preach. (Luke 10:11.) In a note on Matt. 11:20-24 Scofield says: “The kingdom of heaven announced ‘at hand’ by John the Baptist, by the King himself, and by the twelve, and attended by mighty works, has been _morally_ rejected. The places chosen for the testing of the nation—Chorazin, Bethsaida, etc.—having rejected both John and Jesus, the rejected King now speaks of judgment. The final official rejection is later. (Matt. 27:31-37).” On verses 28-30 he says: “The new message of Jesus. The rejected King now turns from the rejecting _nation_ and offers not the _kingdom_, but _rest_ and _service_ to such in the nation as are conscious of need. It is a pivotal point in the ministry of Jesus.” R. H. Boll says: “In chapter twelve the antagonism of the Pharisees, stirred to its height by his Sabbath healing, came to a terrible climax: they went out and took counsel against him _how they might destroy him_. (12:14.) This was a great turning point.” As they find no Scripture which says what they claim, they depend on assumptions and deductions, and their deductions do not agree. A PROPOSITION: The gospel plan of salvation is the scheme of redemption foretold in promise and prophecy. SOME QUESTIONS CONSIDERED A brother has presented to me a few questions for my consideration. The questions are about matters that are being much agitated these days. The first question indicates that somebody thinks the Lord refused some people the privilege of believing, lest he might get more followers on his hands than he needed for future rulers! But to the questions: 1. “Was there ever a time when God refused any one the privilege to believe in Christ, as indicated in John 12:39, 40? If so, has he revealed the purpose thereof?”