Another kingdom text can be found at Matthew 16:24-28: 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, \u201cIf anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it. 26 What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? 27 For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father\u2019s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done. 28 I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.\u201d<\/em>. Another kingdom text can be found at Matthew 16:24-28: 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, \u201cIf anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1743],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kingdom-of-god"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n1. If the Messiah suffers, those who are connected to him will also suffer; discipleship takes its cues from Christology.
\n2. Losing with Jesus is winning with God.
\n3. The Son of Man will come into his Father\u2019s glory (this does not say \u201creturn\u201d to earth as many assume) with angels and hand out rewards to his followers. This text assumes Daniel 7.
\n4. The warning is this: some standing with Jesus \u2014 at that point \u2014 will not die before something huge happens.
\n5. That \u201chuge\u201d is seeing the \u201cSon of Man coming in his kingdom.\u201d Again, \u201ccoming\u201d does not mean \u201cdescend,\u201d though it could; it could also mean \u201cascend.\u201d Inasmuch as Son of Man is the principle figure, and since Dan 7 is the background, the motion of that Son of Man should be our first inclination. That would mean the Son of Man\u2019s \u201ccoming\u201d is an \u201cascent\u201d into the presence of the Ancient of Days in order to receive glory and kingdoms. It\u2019s in your Bible, go ahead and look up the motion of the Son of Man in Daniel 7.
\n6. Within 30 or so years the disciples will see this happen. What happened in that time? The most likely interpretation (for me) is 70 AD as an event that demonstrates the Messianic status of Jesus and which establishes Jesus as Lord. The sacking of Jerusalem vindicates Jesus and those attached to him.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"