A Question for Disciples by Jos. Clarke

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 17, 1866

A Question for Disciples.

By Jos. Clarke

CHRIst told his disciples, in Luke xxi, 31, that when they should behold all these things, they might know that the kingdom of God was near, or nigh at hand.

Of course it follows that it is still a little in the future; if in the future, it is not yet set up. Let us see when this applies: "When ye see these things come to pass," &c. What things? By reference to the preceding verses, we find that he had predicted the fall of Jerusalem, the treading down of that city, the fulfilling of the times of the Gentiles, and the signs in the sun, moon, and stars, more particularly described in Matt. xxiv. That is, that after all these things had taken place, his followers should then know that the kingdom of God was at hand.

With such evidence as this, how is it possible for any to teach that the kingdom of God was set up on the day of Pentecost? Jos. CLARKE.