Question Corner by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, Cal. · Sep 13, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 37.

Question Corner

By Editor

1716.—A Matter of Tithing. Should a school-teacher, making $50.00 a month, and paying $10.00 board a month, pay tithe on $40.00 or $50.00?

On the $50.00. That is the income. Our own living comes out of the nine-tenths. The ancient Hebrew did not take from his increase his living; he first honored God. Prov. 3:9, 10.

1717.—What Is the Lord's Day? Rev. 1:10. What is the Lord's Day? Is it the same as "the day of the Lord" which draweth nigh?

The Lord's Day is not "the day of the Lord." The latter term is synonymous with the day of judgment, to be preceded by a warning, beginning when "the day of salvation" ends, and wrath unmixed with mercy begins. See 2 Peter 3:7, 10; Zeph. 1:14-18; 2:1-3; Rev. 22:11, 12; Isa. 11:6-10; 2:12-17; Joel 2:30, 31, et al. For fuller treatment, see tract "The Great Day of the Lord," price 5 cents. These texts will tell us what day is the Lord's Day: "The Sabbath, . . . My holy day" (Isa. 58:13); "the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God" (Ex. 20:10); "the Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath day" (Mark 2:27). The Bible gives no other definition.

1718.—"Nowise Taste of Death, till." Matt. 16:28. Please explain Matt 16:28.

Thus the text reads: "Verily I say unto you, There are some of them that stand here, who shall in nowise taste of death, till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom." Read the parallel accounts in Mark 9:1; Luke 9:27, and the context. The vision of the Son of Man coming in His kingdom was given on the Mount of Transfiguration. In Christ's kingdom He will be glorified, and so He was on the mount. There will be the righteous dead, raised and glorified; these were represented on the mount by Moses. Jude 9. There will be the immortalized living saints; these were represented by Elijah, who was translated without dying. Peter, referring to this vision, declared that it was a representation of Christ's coming and majesty. 2 Peter 1:14-18.

1719.—What Christ Did on the First Day of the Week. I have been requested to write and ask you to print in the Signs all that Christ did on the "first day of the week."

We suppose our correspondent refers to the day He arose from the dead. Of course, we can only give what is recorded. Here at least is a partial list of the events: 1. He arose from the dead, folded His burial robes, etc., and laid them away. Mark 16:9; John 20:7. 2. Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene. Mark 16:9-11; John 20:11-18. 3. He must have ascended to heaven shortly after this, as he allowed Himself to be touched later. Matt. 28:9. 4. He next appeared to the disciples on the way to Emmaus, journeyed with them to the place, and probably returned with them, unseen, to Jerusalem. Mark 16:12, 13; Luke 24:13-35. 5. He appeared to Peter. 1 Cor. 15:5. 6. Then, at the close of that day, He appeared to the eleven as they were gathered together, and upbraided them for their unbelief. We have other records of His meeting with His disciples, but the day is not named, nor can it be exactly known.