Posted by Cygnus [Cygnus] on March 29, 1999 at 16:18:45 {L4bdfUTIaI.WfjQwg6Q2MWlB1pOXGOGwk}:
In Reply to: *Known to be Untrue posted by Moderator 14 on March 28, 1999 at 20:53:25:
The following should help settle the issue as to when Christ ostensibly 'received kingly power to rule,' that is, as King of the Kingdom, according to Russell. It will show that M14 is partially right in that there was a subtle difference between Jesus' presence and his 'accepting kingly rule,' but certainly not in the chronological manner suggested by M14.
Daniel�s statement, that God�s Kingdom will be set up, not after these kingdoms of earth are dissolved, but in their days, while they still exist and have power, and that it is God�s Kingdom which shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms (Dan. 2:44), is worthy of our special consideration. So it was with each of these beastly governments: it existed before it acquired universal dominion. Babylon existed long before it conquered Jerusalem and obtained the dominion (Dan. 2:37,38); Medo-Persia existed before it conquered Babylon; and so with all kingdoms: they must first have existed and have received superior power before they could conquer others. So, too, with God�s Kingdom...Be not surprised, then, when in subsequent chapters we present proofs that the setting up of the Kingdom of God is already begun, that it is pointed out in prophecy as due to begin the exercise of power in A.D. 1878, and that the �battle of the great day of God Almighty� (Rev. 16:14), which will end in A.D. 1915, with the complete overthrow of earth�s present rulership, is already commenced...
The fall of A.D. 1874, where the Jubilee cycles point out that our Lord was due to be present, corresponds to the time of his baptism and anointing by the holy Spirit when he became Messiah the Prince (Dan. 9:25), and began his work of reaping the Jewish harvest. The Spring of A.D. 1878 (three and a half years after) corresponds to the date at which our Lord assumed the office of King...(The Time Is At Hand, 1889, pgs. 99-101,170,235)
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