The teachings of the Kingdom (coming Millennium Kingdom - Revelation 20:6; 2 Timothy 2:12; Revelation 5:10; Luke 22:29-30 – judging Israel only; Revelation 22:5—NC) have not been applied to any man. Since they anticipate the binding of Satan (Rev 20:2—NC), a purified earth (Romans 8:22—NC), the restoration of Israel (Jer 31-33; Eze 36:25-27; Jeremiah 30:3—NC), and the personal reign of the King (Rev 20:4—NC), they cannot be applied until God's appointed time when these accompanying conditions on the earth have been brought to pass.
The Kingdom laws will be addressed to Israel and beyond them to all the nations which will enter the Kingdom. It will be the first and only universal reign of righteousness and peace in the history of the world. One nation was in view when the Law of Moses was in force in the earth (Israel—NC); the individual is in view during this age of grace, and the whole social order of mankind will be in view when the kingdom is established on the earth.
The reign of the King is never said to be ushered in by a gradual process of world improvement; it is introduced suddenly and with great violence (Luk 16:18—NC). Satan and the satanic deception will have been removed from the earth (Rev 20:3—NC). Israel will have realized the glory of her Covenants (inheriting the New Earth—NC), and the long predicted blessing will have come upon the Gentiles (New Heaven—NC, and upon creation itself (Ro 8:22).
The Church is not once mentioned in relation to the teachings of the Kingdom, nor are those teachings applied to her; for her part in the Kingdom is not to be reigned over, but to reign with Christ—her Head. She, being the Bride of the King, is His Consort. She will be under the heavenly teachings of grace, and her home will be in the bosom of the Bridegroom in the ivory palace of the King. The King will rule with a rod of iron. Sin and iniquity will be rebuked instantly and judged in perfect righteousness. Clear conception of the glory of the Kingdom is lost if it is confused with the age of grace.
There is a dangerous and entirely baseless sentiment abroad which assumes that every teaching of Jesus must be binding during this age simply because He said it. The fact is forgotten that the Lord Jesus, while living under, keeping and applying the Law of Moses, also taught the principles of His future Kingdom, and, at the end of His ministry and in relation to His Cross, He also anticipated the teachings of grace. If this threefold division of the teachings of Jesus is not recognized, there can be nothing but confusion of mind and consequent contradiction of truth.
The ceremonial law required for its observance the presence of Jehovah in the holy of holies, an altar, a priesthood, and a temple in Jerusalem. All these prerequisites for the observance of the ceremonial law were withdrawn at the beginning of the present age. The Church of Rome, in its attempt to continue the law system, proposed to meet this difficulty by creating its own altar, temple service and priesthood, and alleges that the Lord is present in the consecrated bread.
The teachings of grace are perfect and sufficient in themselves. They provide for the instruction of the child of God in every situation which may arise. There is no need that they be supplemented, or augmented, by the addition of precepts from either the Law of Moses or the teachings of the Kingdom.
- Dr. L. S. Chafer (1871-1952)
MJS daily devotional excerpt for September 29
“During the first half of your Christian life you are concerned about your doing (am I doing what God wants me to do—NC); in the second half you will be burdened about your being (am I always concerned that I’m living for God).
"The more simply devoted you are to the Lord Jesus, who is worthy of all devotion, the more fragrance there will be in all your ways; for it will be manifested that you are not seeking yourself, not wincing because your rights are invaded, or that you are not as much cared for as you are entitled to be. Rather, there is only one governing thought of your life about everything, and that is, how you may distinguish Him who fills every need in your heart, and lights it up with unfading joy." - James Butler Stoney (1814-1897).
"Nothing can be so divinely beautiful on earth as a believer so transformed by the Spirit of God, that he is in heavenly manners here on earth; so that he does not in any of his ways deny the Lord Jesus Christ; but in the most trying hour of his history upon the earth the Lord can say of him, ‘thou hast a little power, and hast kept My Word, and hast not denied My Name.’" -J.B.S.
"In creation God planted a man in the garden in innocence; in redemption He has planted a Man in heaven, in glory. There is a glory that excelleth. The glory in redemption leaves the glory that was once in creation as nothing." - John Gifford Bellett (1795-1864)
"For every believer who actually crosses over into the Promised Land there are far too many who stand for a while and look longingly across the river, and then turn sadly back to the comparative safety of the sandy wastes of the self-life."
The Kingdom laws will be addressed to Israel and beyond them to all the nations which will enter the Kingdom. It will be the first and only universal reign of righteousness and peace in the history of the world. One nation was in view when the Law of Moses was in force in the earth (Israel—NC); the individual is in view during this age of grace, and the whole social order of mankind will be in view when the kingdom is established on the earth.
The reign of the King is never said to be ushered in by a gradual process of world improvement; it is introduced suddenly and with great violence (Luk 16:18—NC). Satan and the satanic deception will have been removed from the earth (Rev 20:3—NC). Israel will have realized the glory of her Covenants (inheriting the New Earth—NC), and the long predicted blessing will have come upon the Gentiles (New Heaven—NC, and upon creation itself (Ro 8:22).
The Church is not once mentioned in relation to the teachings of the Kingdom, nor are those teachings applied to her; for her part in the Kingdom is not to be reigned over, but to reign with Christ—her Head. She, being the Bride of the King, is His Consort. She will be under the heavenly teachings of grace, and her home will be in the bosom of the Bridegroom in the ivory palace of the King. The King will rule with a rod of iron. Sin and iniquity will be rebuked instantly and judged in perfect righteousness. Clear conception of the glory of the Kingdom is lost if it is confused with the age of grace.
There is a dangerous and entirely baseless sentiment abroad which assumes that every teaching of Jesus must be binding during this age simply because He said it. The fact is forgotten that the Lord Jesus, while living under, keeping and applying the Law of Moses, also taught the principles of His future Kingdom, and, at the end of His ministry and in relation to His Cross, He also anticipated the teachings of grace. If this threefold division of the teachings of Jesus is not recognized, there can be nothing but confusion of mind and consequent contradiction of truth.
The ceremonial law required for its observance the presence of Jehovah in the holy of holies, an altar, a priesthood, and a temple in Jerusalem. All these prerequisites for the observance of the ceremonial law were withdrawn at the beginning of the present age. The Church of Rome, in its attempt to continue the law system, proposed to meet this difficulty by creating its own altar, temple service and priesthood, and alleges that the Lord is present in the consecrated bread.
The teachings of grace are perfect and sufficient in themselves. They provide for the instruction of the child of God in every situation which may arise. There is no need that they be supplemented, or augmented, by the addition of precepts from either the Law of Moses or the teachings of the Kingdom.
- Dr. L. S. Chafer (1871-1952)
MJS daily devotional excerpt for September 29
“During the first half of your Christian life you are concerned about your doing (am I doing what God wants me to do—NC); in the second half you will be burdened about your being (am I always concerned that I’m living for God).
"The more simply devoted you are to the Lord Jesus, who is worthy of all devotion, the more fragrance there will be in all your ways; for it will be manifested that you are not seeking yourself, not wincing because your rights are invaded, or that you are not as much cared for as you are entitled to be. Rather, there is only one governing thought of your life about everything, and that is, how you may distinguish Him who fills every need in your heart, and lights it up with unfading joy." - James Butler Stoney (1814-1897).
"Nothing can be so divinely beautiful on earth as a believer so transformed by the Spirit of God, that he is in heavenly manners here on earth; so that he does not in any of his ways deny the Lord Jesus Christ; but in the most trying hour of his history upon the earth the Lord can say of him, ‘thou hast a little power, and hast kept My Word, and hast not denied My Name.’" -J.B.S.
"In creation God planted a man in the garden in innocence; in redemption He has planted a Man in heaven, in glory. There is a glory that excelleth. The glory in redemption leaves the glory that was once in creation as nothing." - John Gifford Bellett (1795-1864)
"For every believer who actually crosses over into the Promised Land there are far too many who stand for a while and look longingly across the river, and then turn sadly back to the comparative safety of the sandy wastes of the self-life."
