The Theocratic Kingdom - Volume 1

1 002-Introduction 2 003-Prop. 1. The kingdom of God is a subject of vital importance 3 004-Prop. 2. The establishment of this kingdom was determined before, and designed and prepared f... 4 005-Prop. 3. The meanings usually given to this kingdom indicate that the most vague, indefinite ... 5 006-Prop. 4. The literal, grammatical interpretation of the Scriptures must (connected with the f... 6 007-Prop. 5. The doctrine of the kingdom is based on the inspiration of the Word of God. 7 008-Prop. 6. The kingdom of heaven is intimately connected with the supernatural. 8 009-Prop. 7. The kingdom being a manifestation of the supernatural, miracles are connected with it. 9 010-Prop. 8. The doctrine of the kingdom presupposes that of sin, the apostasy of man. 10 011-Prop. 9. The nature of, and the things pertaining to the kingdom, can only be ascertained wit... 11 012-Prop. 10. This kingdom should be studied in the light of the Holy Scriptures, and not merely ... 12 013-Prop. 11. The mysteries of the kingdom were given to the apostles. 13 014-Prop. 12. There is some mystery yet connected with the things of the kingdom. 14 015-Prop. 13. Some things pertaining to the kingdom, intentionally revealed somewhat obscurely. 15 016-Prop. 14. Some things pertaining to the kingdom not so easily comprehended as many suppose. 16 017-Prop. 15. The doctrine of the kingdom can become better understood and appreciated. 17 018-Prop. 16. This kingdom cannot be properly comprehended without acknowledging an intimate and ... 18 019-Prop. 17. Without study of the prophecies, no adequate idea can be obtained of the kingdom. 19 020-Prop. 18. The prophecies relating to the establishment of the Kingdom of God are both conditi... 20 021-Prop. 19. The New Testament begins the announcement of the kingdom in terms expressive of its... 21 022-Prop. 20. To comprehend the subject of the kingdom, it is necessary to notice the belief and ... 22 023-Prop. 21. The Prophecies of the Kingdom, interpreted literally, sustain the expectations and ... 23 024-Prop. 22. John the Baptist, Jesus, and the disciples, employed the phrases Kingdom of heaven... 24 025-Prop. 23. There must be some substantial reason why the phrases Kingdom of God etc., were t... 25 026-Prop. 24. The Kingdom is offered to an elect nation, viz.: the Jewish nation. 26 027-Prop. 25. The Theocracy was an earnest, introductory, or initiatory form of this Kingdom. 27 028-Prop. 26. The Theocracy thus instituted would have been permanently established, if the peopl... 28 029-Prop. 27. The demand of the nation for an earthly king was a virtual abandonment of this Theo... 29 030-Prop. 28. God makes the Jewish King subordinate to His own Theocracy. 30 031-Prop. 29. This Theocracy or Kingdom is exclusively given to the natural descendants of Abraha... 31 032-Prop. 30. The Prophets, however, without specifying the manner of introduction, predict that ... 32 033-Prop. 31. This Theocracy or Kingdom was identified with the Davidic Kingdom. 33 034-Prop. 32. This Theocratic Kingdom, thus incorporated with the Davidic, is removed when the Da... 34 035-Prop. 33. The Prophets, some even before the Captivity, foreseeing the overthrow of the Kingd... 35 036-Prop. 34. The Prophets describe this restored Kingdom, its extension, glory, etc., without di... 36 037-Prop. 35. The Prophets describe but one Kingdom. 37 038-Prop. 36. The Prophets, with one voice, describe this one Kingdom, thus restored, in terms ex... 38 039-Prop. 37. The Kingdom, thus predicted and promised, was not in existence when the Forerunner ... 39 040-Prop. 38. John the Baptist preached that this Kingdom, predicted by the Prophets, was nigh a... 40 041-Prop. 39. John the Baptist was not ignorant of the Kingdom that he preached. 41 042-Prop. 40. The hearers of John believed that he preached to them the Kingdom predicted by the ... 42 043-Prop. 41. The Kingdom was not established under John�s ministry. 43 044-Prop. 42. Jesus Christ, in His early ministry, preached that the Kingdom of God was nigh at h... 44 045-Prop. 43. The disciples sent forth by Jesus to preach this Kingdom were not ignorant of the m... 45 046-Prop. 44. The preaching of the Kingdom, being in accordance with that of the predicted Kingdo... 46 047-Prop. 45. The phrases Kingdom of heaven Kingdom of God Kingdom of Christ etc., denote t... 47 048-Prop. 46. The Kingdom anticipated by the Jews at the First Advent is based on the Abrahamic a... 48 049-Prop. 47. The Jews had the strongest possible assurance given to them that the Kingdom based ... 49 050-Prop. 48. The Kingdom being based on the covenants, the covenants must be carefully examined,... 50 051-Prop. 4) the literal language of the same must be maintained. 51 052-Prop. 49. The covenants being in Revelation, the foundation of the Kingdom, must first be rec... 52 053-Prop. 50. The Kingdom will be the outgrowth of the renewed Abrahamic covenant, under which re... 53 054-Prop. 51. The relation that the Kingdom sustains to the covenants of promise, enables us to... 54 055-Prop. 52. The promises pertaining to the Kingdom, as given in the covenants, will be strictly... 55 056-Prop. 53. The genealogies of our Lord form an important link in the comprehension of this Kin... 56 057-Prop. 54. The preaching of the Kingdom by John, Jesus, and the disciples, was confined to the... 57 058-Prop. 55. It was necessary that Jesus and His disciples should at first preach the Kingdom as... 58 059-Prop. 56. The Kingdom was not established during the ministry of Christ. 59 060-Prop. 57. This Kingdom was offered to the Jewish nation, but the nation rejected it. 60 061-Prop. 58. Jesus, toward the close of His ministry, preached that the Kingdom was not nigh. 61 062-Prop. 59. This Kingdom of God, offered to the Jewish nation, lest the purpose of God fail, is... 62 063-Prop. 60. This Kingdom of God is given, not to nations, but to one nation. 63 064-Prop. 61. The Kingdom which by promise exclusively belonged to the Jewish nation, the rightfu... 64 065-Prop. 62. This people, to whom the Kingdom is to be given, gathered out of the nations, becom... 65 066-Prop. 63. The present elect, to whom the Kingdom will be given, is the continuation of the pr... 66 067-Prop. 64. The Kingdom being given to the elect only, any adoption into that elect portion mus... 67 068-Prop. 65. Before this Kingdom can be given to this elect people, they must first be gathered ... 68 069-Prop. 66. The Kingdom that was nigh at one time (viz.: at the First Advent) to the Jewish nat... 69 070-Prop. 67. The Kingdom could not therefore have been set up at that time, viz.: at the first A... 70 071-Prop. 68. This Kingdom is then essentially a Jewish Kingdom. 71 072-Prop. 69. The death of Jesus did not remove the notion entertained by the disciples and apost... 72 073-Prop. 70. The apostles, after Christ�s ascension, did not preach, either to Jews or Gentiles,... 73 074-Prop. 71. The language of the Apostles confirmed the Jews in their Messianic hopes of the Kin... 74 075-Prop. 72. The doctrine of the Kingdom, as preached by the apostles, was received by the early... 75 076-Prop. 73. The doctrine of the Kingdom preached by the Apostles and Elders, raised up no contr... 76 077-Prop. 74. The belief in the speedy Advent of Christ, entertained both by the Apostles and the... 77 078-Prop. 75. The doctrine of the Kingdom, as held by the churches established by the Apostles, w... 78 079-Prop. 76. The doctrine of the Kingdom was changed under the Gnostic and Alexandrian influence. 79 080-Prop. 77. The doctrine of the Kingdom, as held by the early church, was finally almost exterm... 80 081-Prop. 78. The early church doctrine was revived after the Reformation. 81 082-Prop. 79. The Kingdom of God, promised by covenant and prophets, is to be distinguished from ... 82 083-Prop. 80. This Kingdom of covenant promise and prediction, is to be distinguished from the So... 83 084-Prop. 81. This Kingdom, thus covenanted, belongs to Jesus as the Son of Man. 84 085-Prop. 82. This Kingdom is a complete restoration in the person of the Second Adam or Man, of ... 85 086-Prop. 83. This Kingdom is given to the Son of Man by God, the Father. 86 087-Prop. 84. As this Kingdom is specially given to the Son of Man as the result of his obedience... 87 088-Prop. 85. Neither Abraham, nor his engrafted seed have as yet inherited the Kingdom: hence th... 88 089-Prop. 86. The object or design of this dispensation is to gather out these elect, to whom, as... 89 090-Prop. 87. The postponement of the Kingdom is the key to the understanding of the meaning of t... 90 091-Prop. 88. The Church is then a preparatory stage far this Kingdom. 91 092-Prop. 89. Christ in view of this future Kingdom, sustains a peculiar relationship to the Church. 92 093-Prop. 90. Members of the Church, who are faithful, are promised this Kingdom. 93 094-Prop. 91. The Kingdom of God is not the Jewish Church. 94 095-Prop. 92. This Kingdom is not what some call the Gospel Kingdom. 95 096-Prop. 93. The Covenanted Kingdom is not the Christian Church. 96 097-Prop. 94. The overlooking of the postponement of this Kingdom is a fundamental mistake, and a... 97 098-Prop. 95. If the church is the Kingdom, then the terms church and kingdom should be synon... 98 099-Prop. 96. The differences visible in the Church are evidences that it is not the predicted Ki... 99 100-Prop. 97. The various forms of Church government indicate that the Church is not the promised...