THE HOPE OF ISRAEL - The Preterist Archive

The Hope of Israel: What Is It? 165
He says as to the way He will at that time deal with
His "citizens," who had hated Him and had sent after
Him a defiant message, saying, "We will not have this
Man to reign over us." This passage is specially pertinent
because the description of those "citizens" applies
specially to the unbelieving Jews (comp. Psa. 2:1-3,
and Acts 4 :25)
. Does He say that He will then reveal
Himself to them in grace, and convert the nation in
a body? On the contrary, His words are: "But those
mine enemies, which would not that I should reign
over them, bring hither, and slay them before me."
Matthew 22:1-13. This passage contains the parable
of the wedding supper, in which our Lord foretells
the course of the preaching of the gospel and its results.
There is no need to speak of the details of the parable.
It suffices for our present purpose that the doom pronounced
upon the man who had not on the wedding
garment is regarded by commentators of every school
as revealing what will be the fate of all, Jews and
who refuse the garment of salvation which
Gentiles,
is now offered in the gospel.
Matthew 24:36-44- In this passage our Lord repeats
to His own disciples the teaching He had previously
given to the Pharisees (Lu. 17:20-37). The point He
emphasizes is that even His own people will not be
warned beforehand of the approach "of that day and
hour." "For as in the days that were before the flood,
they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving
in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the
ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them
all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man
be. . . . Watch therefore, for ye know not what hour
your Lord doth come."