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MATTHEW 16:27-28MATTHEW 16:27-28 ““THE SON OF MAN WILL COME, IN THE THE SON OF MAN WILL COME, IN THE

GLORY OF THE FATHER, WITH HIS GLORY OF THE FATHER, WITH HIS ANGELS, AND SHALL REWARD EACH ANGELS, AND SHALL REWARD EACH MAN ACCORDING TO HIS WORKS AND MAN ACCORDING TO HIS WORKS AND VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, THERE ARE VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, THERE ARE SOME STANDING HERE THAT SHALL SOME STANDING HERE THAT SHALL NOT TASTE OF DEATH UNTIL THEY NOT TASTE OF DEATH UNTIL THEY SEE THE SON OF MAN COMING IN HIS SEE THE SON OF MAN COMING IN HIS KINGDOM.”KINGDOM.”

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IN THE GLORY OF THE FATHERIN THE GLORY OF THE FATHER R. T. FRANCE: “IN THE O.T. JUDGMENT R. T. FRANCE: “IN THE O.T. JUDGMENT

IS GOD’S PREROGATIVE, AND THE IS GOD’S PREROGATIVE, AND THE WORDS ARE WORDS ABOUT GOD. WORDS ARE WORDS ABOUT GOD.

THIS IS QUITE A REMARKABLE THIS IS QUITE A REMARKABLE ASSUMPTION OF A DIVINE ROLE FOR ASSUMPTION OF A DIVINE ROLE FOR

JESUS IN HIS FUTURE GLORY. HIS JESUS IN HIS FUTURE GLORY. HIS COMING WILL BE IN THE GLORY OF COMING WILL BE IN THE GLORY OF

THE FATHER, IN THE SENSE THAT HE THE FATHER, IN THE SENSE THAT HE SHARES THE GLORY AND SHARES THE GLORY AND

AUTHORITY.”AUTHORITY.”

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JOHN 5:19-23JOHN 5:19-23 THE SON CAN DO NOTHING OF THE SON CAN DO NOTHING OF HIMSELF, BUT WHAT HE SEES THE HIMSELF, BUT WHAT HE SEES THE FATHER DO; FOR WHATEVER HE FATHER DO; FOR WHATEVER HE

DOES THE SON DOES IN LIKE DOES THE SON DOES IN LIKE MANNER…THE FATHER JUDGES NO MANNER…THE FATHER JUDGES NO

ONE, BUT HAS COMMITTED ALL ONE, BUT HAS COMMITTED ALL JUDGMENT TO THE SON, THAT ALL JUDGMENT TO THE SON, THAT ALL SHOULD HONOR THE SON AS THEY SHOULD HONOR THE SON AS THEY

HONOR THE FATHER.”HONOR THE FATHER.”

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THREE ISSUESTHREE ISSUES 1.) WHAT THE FATHER HAD DONE, THE 1.) WHAT THE FATHER HAD DONE, THE

SON WOULD DO IN LIKE MANNER, I.E. IN SON WOULD DO IN LIKE MANNER, I.E. IN REGARD TO JUDGMENT.REGARD TO JUDGMENT.

2.) THE FATHER WOULD NO LONGER 2.) THE FATHER WOULD NO LONGER JUDGE.JUDGE.

3.) THE 3.) THE REASONREASON FOR CHRIST’S FOR CHRIST’S JUDGMENT: JUDGMENT: THAT MEN WOULD HONOR THAT MEN WOULD HONOR HIM AS THEY HONOR FATHER—TO HIM AS THEY HONOR FATHER—TO REVEAL THEREFORE, WHO JESUS IS!REVEAL THEREFORE, WHO JESUS IS!

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THE SON WILL DO LIKEWISETHE SON WILL DO LIKEWISE

IF JESUS WAS TO COME IN JUDGMENT AS IF JESUS WAS TO COME IN JUDGMENT AS THE FATHER HAD COME, FOR THE SAME THE FATHER HAD COME, FOR THE SAME REASON THE FATHER HAD COME, THAT REASON THE FATHER HAD COME, THAT MEN WOULD HONOR THE SON AS THEY MEN WOULD HONOR THE SON AS THEY HONOR THE FATHER, THE QUESTION IS:HONOR THE FATHER, THE QUESTION IS:

HOW HAD THE FATHER COME?HOW HAD THE FATHER COME?

THE FATHER HAD COME IN THE FATHER HAD COME IN JUDGMENT MANY TIMES!JUDGMENT MANY TIMES!

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FOUR FACTS TO ESTABLISHFOUR FACTS TO ESTABLISH 1.) 1.) THE FACTTHE FACT OF THE FATHER’S COMING IN OF THE FATHER’S COMING IN

THE PASTTHE PAST

2.) 2.) THE TIMINGTHE TIMING OF HIS PAST COMING OF HIS PAST COMING

3.) 3.) THE LANGUAGETHE LANGUAGE OF HIS COMING OF HIS COMING

4.) 4.) THE PURPOSETHE PURPOSE OF HIS COMING OF HIS COMING

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ISAIAH 19ISAIAH 19 FACT: JEHOVAH RIDES ON A SWIFT CLOUD FACT: JEHOVAH RIDES ON A SWIFT CLOUD

INTO EGYPT! (V. 1)INTO EGYPT! (V. 1) TIMETIME: WRITTEN IN CIRCA B. C. 720: WRITTEN IN CIRCA B. C. 720 LANGUAGELANGUAGE: RIDING ON THE CLOUDS: RIDING ON THE CLOUDS SARGON (CHAPTER 20) DESTROYED SARGON (CHAPTER 20) DESTROYED

EGYPT IN CIRCA B. C. 712EGYPT IN CIRCA B. C. 712 PURPOSEPURPOSE: 19:21– “THEY SHALL KNOW : 19:21– “THEY SHALL KNOW

THAT I AM GOD”THAT I AM GOD”

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ISAIAH 30-31ISAIAH 30-31 FACTFACT OF COMING: “THE LORD WILL COME OF COMING: “THE LORD WILL COME

DOWN” (31:4F) ; MIC. 1:2F-W/ SHOUT/ FIRE DOWN” (31:4F) ; MIC. 1:2F-W/ SHOUT/ FIRE MOUNTAINS MELTMOUNTAINS MELT

TIMINGTIMING: AGAINST ASSYRIANS (31:4-8): AGAINST ASSYRIANS (31:4-8)

LANGUAGELANGUAGE: WITH A SHOUT, FIRE, STORM, HAIL : WITH A SHOUT, FIRE, STORM, HAIL (30:30f)(30:30f)

PURPOSE: 37:20– “THAT THE NATIONS MAY PURPOSE: 37:20– “THAT THE NATIONS MAY KNOW THAT YOU ARE GOD.”KNOW THAT YOU ARE GOD.”

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ISAIAH 34ISAIAH 34 FACTFACT: DAY OF LORD’S WRATH (V. 3F): DAY OF LORD’S WRATH (V. 3F) TIMETIME: AGAINST ANCIENT EDOM (7-8): AGAINST ANCIENT EDOM (7-8) LANGUAGELANGUAGE: CONSTELLATIONS MELT, : CONSTELLATIONS MELT,

EARTH BURNS, STREAMS BURN—BUT SEE EARTH BURNS, STREAMS BURN—BUT SEE V. 11FV. 11F

JEREMIAH 25 / EZ. 35 / OBADIAH TIME WAS JEREMIAH 25 / EZ. 35 / OBADIAH TIME WAS NEAR.NEAR.

B. C. 583 EDOM DESTROYED– MALACHI 1:2 B. C. 583 EDOM DESTROYED– MALACHI 1:2 LOOKS BACK AT IT!LOOKS BACK AT IT!

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THE PURPOSE: A CLOSER LOOKTHE PURPOSE: A CLOSER LOOK EZEKIEL “THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT I EZEKIEL “THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT I

AM GOD” AM GOD” 74 TIMES74 TIMES 6:7-13; 12:15F– AGAINST JERUSALEM, “SO 6:7-13; 12:15F– AGAINST JERUSALEM, “SO

THAT THEY MAY KNOW I AM GOD.”THAT THEY MAY KNOW I AM GOD.” 29-30– AGAINST EGYPT (30:3) BY 29-30– AGAINST EGYPT (30:3) BY

NEBUCHADNEZZAR (29:17)NEBUCHADNEZZAR (29:17) 30:25 “THEY SHALL KNOW I AM GOD 30:25 “THEY SHALL KNOW I AM GOD

WHEN I HAVE PUT MY SWORD IN THE WHEN I HAVE PUT MY SWORD IN THE HAND OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR.”HAND OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR.”

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SUMMARY TO HERE:SUMMARY TO HERE:

DAY OF LORD IN O.T. WAS A DAY OF LORD IN O.T. WAS A HISTORICAL HISTORICAL EVENTEVENT TO MANIFEST JEHOVAH’S TO MANIFEST JEHOVAH’S SOVEREIGNTYSOVEREIGNTY

OT PREDICTED THAT IN THE LAST DAYS, OT PREDICTED THAT IN THE LAST DAYS, THE DAY OF JEHOVAH WOULD MANIFEST THE DAY OF JEHOVAH WOULD MANIFEST HIS SOVEREIGNTY AGAINHIS SOVEREIGNTY AGAIN

JESUS WAS TO JUDGE AS THE FATHER JESUS WAS TO JUDGE AS THE FATHER HAD JUDGEDHAD JUDGED

THEREFORE, JESUS’ JUDGMENT COMING THEREFORE, JESUS’ JUDGMENT COMING WOULD BE A HISTORICAL DAY OF THE WOULD BE A HISTORICAL DAY OF THE LORDLORD

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A THOUGHT TO CONSIDERA THOUGHT TO CONSIDER N.T. WRIGHT: “IT IS CRASS LITERALISM, N.T. WRIGHT: “IT IS CRASS LITERALISM,

IN VIEW OF THE MANY PROPHETIC IN VIEW OF THE MANY PROPHETIC PASSAGES IN WHICH THIS LANGUAGE PASSAGES IN WHICH THIS LANGUAGE

DENOTES SOCIO-POLITICAL AND DENOTES SOCIO-POLITICAL AND MILITARY CATASTROPHE, TO INSIST MILITARY CATASTROPHE, TO INSIST

THAT THIS TIME (IN JESUS, DKP), THE THAT THIS TIME (IN JESUS, DKP), THE WORDS MUST REFER TO THE PHYSICAL WORDS MUST REFER TO THE PHYSICAL

COLLAPSE OF THE SPACE-TIME COLLAPSE OF THE SPACE-TIME WORLD.”WORLD.”

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NT USE OF LANGUAGENT USE OF LANGUAGE MINEARMINEAR: : “AS ONE RECALLS OT PASSAGES LIKE “AS ONE RECALLS OT PASSAGES LIKE

THESE (DAY OF LORD, DKP), ONE IS FORCED TO THESE (DAY OF LORD, DKP), ONE IS FORCED TO CONCLUDE THAT EVERY ESSENTIAL FEATURE CONCLUDE THAT EVERY ESSENTIAL FEATURE

IN THE NT PROPHECIES WAS AN ECHO OF IN THE NT PROPHECIES WAS AN ECHO OF THESE. NO CHRISTIAN PROPHET TRIED TO THESE. NO CHRISTIAN PROPHET TRIED TO

EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF THESE REFERENCES EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF THESE REFERENCES TO SOLAR DISASTERS. A FACT THAT SUGGESTS TO SOLAR DISASTERS. A FACT THAT SUGGESTS

THAT THE AUDIENCE WAS EXPECTED TO THAT THE AUDIENCE WAS EXPECTED TO UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE. MODERN UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE. MODERN

READERS MUST, THEREFORE, COMPARE THIS READERS MUST, THEREFORE, COMPARE THIS IDIOM NOT WITH MODERN VIEWS OF THE IDIOM NOT WITH MODERN VIEWS OF THE

COSMOS, BUT WITH AN ANCIENT OUTLOOK COSMOS, BUT WITH AN ANCIENT OUTLOOK WITHIN WHICH AN INTELLIGIBLE MESSAGE WAS WITHIN WHICH AN INTELLIGIBLE MESSAGE WAS

CONVEYED WITHOUT UNDUE DIFFICULTY.”CONVEYED WITHOUT UNDUE DIFFICULTY.”

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N.T. APPLICATION: N.T. APPLICATION: THE OLIVET DISCOURSETHE OLIVET DISCOURSE

MATTHEW 24:2-3, 29F– JESUS FORETOLD MATTHEW 24:2-3, 29F– JESUS FORETOLD THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM— THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM— DISCIPLES UNDERSTOOD THIS AS THE DISCIPLES UNDERSTOOD THIS AS THE END OF THE AGE / PAROUSIA.END OF THE AGE / PAROUSIA.

BASED ON THE O.T., WHAT WOULD THE BASED ON THE O.T., WHAT WOULD THE DISCIPLES HAVE THOUGHT? DISCIPLES HAVE THOUGHT?

JERUSALEM HAD BEEN DESTROYED IN JERUSALEM HAD BEEN DESTROYED IN THE DAY OF JEHOVAH (JER. 4; EZEK.7; THE DAY OF JEHOVAH (JER. 4; EZEK.7; ZEPHANIAH)!ZEPHANIAH)!

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OT SOURCE / NT PREDICTIONSOT SOURCE / NT PREDICTIONS WE HAVE SEEN THAT JEHOVAH CAME IN WE HAVE SEEN THAT JEHOVAH CAME IN

JUDGMENT OFTEN IN THE OT. HE NEVER JUDGMENT OFTEN IN THE OT. HE NEVER CAME BODILY, VISIBLY.CAME BODILY, VISIBLY.

JESUS’ JUDGMENT COMING—TO JUDGE JESUS’ JUDGMENT COMING—TO JUDGE ALL MEN– WOULD BE ALL MEN– WOULD BE IN THE GLORY OF IN THE GLORY OF THE FATHER.THE FATHER. THIS WAS FORETOLD BY THIS WAS FORETOLD BY THE OT PROPHETSTHE OT PROPHETS

WE WILL FOCUS ON ONE KEY O.T. TEXT:WE WILL FOCUS ON ONE KEY O.T. TEXT:

ISAIAH 64-65ISAIAH 64-65

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WHAT PETER HAD SAIDWHAT PETER HAD SAID

SALVATION FORETOLD BY PROPHETS SALVATION FORETOLD BY PROPHETS WAS NEAR (1:5-12) (WAS NEAR (1:5-12) (HETOIMOSHETOIMOS))

JESUS WAS JESUS WAS READYREADY ( (HETOIMOSHETOIMOS) TO JUDGE ) TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND DEAD (4:5)THE LIVING AND DEAD (4:5)

THE END OF ALL THINGS HAD DRAWN THE END OF ALL THINGS HAD DRAWN NEAR (4:7)NEAR (4:7)

THE APPOINTED TIME (THE APPOINTED TIME (HO KAIROSHO KAIROS) FOR ) FOR THE JUDGMENT (THE JUDGMENT (TO KRIMATO KRIMA) HAD ARRIVED ) HAD ARRIVED (4:17).(4:17).

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ISAIAH 64-65 & 2 PETER 3ISAIAH 64-65 & 2 PETER 3 PETER’S DOCTRINE OF PETER’S DOCTRINE OF THE DAY OF THE THE DAY OF THE

LORDLORD AND AND NEW CREATIONNEW CREATION WAS FROM WAS FROM THE OT PROPHETS (3:1, 13) THE OT PROPHETS (3:1, 13)

NO ONE DOUBTS THAT 2 PETER 3 IS THE NO ONE DOUBTS THAT 2 PETER 3 IS THE “ULTIMATE END,” THE FINAL PAROUSIA“ULTIMATE END,” THE FINAL PAROUSIA

REMEMBER HOW JEHOVAH HAD COME! REMEMBER HOW JEHOVAH HAD COME!

JESUS PAROUSIA OF 2 PETER 3 WAS TO JESUS PAROUSIA OF 2 PETER 3 WAS TO BE IN THE GLORY OF THE FATHER!!BE IN THE GLORY OF THE FATHER!!

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PETER’S SOURCE--ISAIAHPETER’S SOURCE--ISAIAH ISAIAH FORETOLD DAY OF THE LORD AND ISAIAH FORETOLD DAY OF THE LORD AND

NEW CREATION (64-65).NEW CREATION (64-65). ““OH THAT YOU WOULD REND THE OH THAT YOU WOULD REND THE

HEAVENS, THAT YOU WOULD COME HEAVENS, THAT YOU WOULD COME DOWN! THAT THE MOUNTAINS MIGHT DOWN! THAT THE MOUNTAINS MIGHT SHAKE AT YOUR PRESENCE!..SHAKE AT YOUR PRESENCE!..WHEN YOU WHEN YOU DID AWESOME THINGS FOR WHICH WE DID AWESOME THINGS FOR WHICH WE DID NOT LOOK, YOU CAME DOWNDID NOT LOOK, YOU CAME DOWN, THE , THE MOUNTAINS SHOOK AT YOUR PRESENCE!” MOUNTAINS SHOOK AT YOUR PRESENCE!” (64:1F)(64:1F)

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ISAIAH AND THE NEW CREATIONISAIAH AND THE NEW CREATION

ISRAEL WOULD FILL HER SIN (65:6-7)ISRAEL WOULD FILL HER SIN (65:6-7) JEHOVAH WOULD COME (65:6)JEHOVAH WOULD COME (65:6) HE WOULD DESTROY ISRAEL (65:13)HE WOULD DESTROY ISRAEL (65:13) HE WOULD DESTROY HEAVEN AND HE WOULD DESTROY HEAVEN AND

EARTH (V. 17F)EARTH (V. 17F) HE WOULD CREATE A NEW PEOPLE, HE WOULD CREATE A NEW PEOPLE,

NEW CREATION, NEW JERUSALEM!NEW CREATION, NEW JERUSALEM! THE NEW CREATION AT THE THE NEW CREATION AT THE

DESTRUCTION OF O.C. ISRAEL!DESTRUCTION OF O.C. ISRAEL!

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ISAIAH AND THE NEW CREATIONISAIAH AND THE NEW CREATION REMEMBER: ISRAEL WANTED JEHOVAH TO REMEMBER: ISRAEL WANTED JEHOVAH TO

COME COME AS HE HAD COME IN PAST AS HE HAD COME IN PAST (64:1-3)(64:1-3) HE HAD HE HAD NEVER COME BODILY, VISIBLY COME BODILY, VISIBLY

ISAIAH IS THE SOURCE OF PETER’S ISAIAH IS THE SOURCE OF PETER’S PREDICTION OF THE DAY OF THE LORD PREDICTION OF THE DAY OF THE LORD

JESUS CHRIST! JESUS WAS TO COME WAS TO COME AS JEHOVAH HAD AS JEHOVAH HAD

COME-COME- BUT THAT WAS NOT BODILY, BUT THAT WAS NOT BODILY, VISIBLY (IS. 64:2-3)!! VISIBLY (IS. 64:2-3)!!

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SUMMARYSUMMARY WE HAVE SEEN THE WE HAVE SEEN THE FACTFACT THAT JEHOVAH CAME IN THE THAT JEHOVAH CAME IN THE

O.T. O.T.

THE THE TIME STATEMENTS WERE LITERALTIME STATEMENTS WERE LITERAL——

THE THE LANGUAGELANGUAGE WAS WAS METAPHORICMETAPHORIC

THE THE PURPOSEPURPOSE WAS TO MANIFEST GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY WAS TO MANIFEST GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY

JESUS WAS TO COME “IN THE GLORY OF THE FATHER” WAS TO COME “IN THE GLORY OF THE FATHER” AS THE FATHER HAD COME– AND THIS MEANS IT WOULD AS THE FATHER HAD COME– AND THIS MEANS IT WOULD

NOT BE BODILY OR VISIBLE.NOT BE BODILY OR VISIBLE.

IT WOULD PROVE HIM TO BE KING OF KINGS AND LORD IT WOULD PROVE HIM TO BE KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS!!OF LORDS!!

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CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION THE COMING OF CHRIST IN 2 PETER 3 WAS TO THE COMING OF CHRIST IN 2 PETER 3 WAS TO

BE THE COMING FORETOLD IN ISAIAH 64-66.BE THE COMING FORETOLD IN ISAIAH 64-66. BUT, THE COMING OF CHRIST FORETOLD IN BUT, THE COMING OF CHRIST FORETOLD IN

ISAIAH 64-66 WAS TO BE OF THE SAME NATURE ISAIAH 64-66 WAS TO BE OF THE SAME NATURE AS JEHOVAH HAD COME BEFORE.AS JEHOVAH HAD COME BEFORE.

JEHOVAH HAD NEVER COME VISIBLY, BODILY, JEHOVAH HAD NEVER COME VISIBLY, BODILY, (LITERALLY) BEFORE.(LITERALLY) BEFORE.

THEREFORE, THE COMING OF CHRIST IN 2 THEREFORE, THE COMING OF CHRIST IN 2 PETER 3 WAS NOT TO BE VISIBLE, BODILY, PETER 3 WAS NOT TO BE VISIBLE, BODILY, (LITERAL).(LITERAL).

IT WAS TO BE “IN THE GLORY OF THE FATHER.”IT WAS TO BE “IN THE GLORY OF THE FATHER.”