THE HOPE OF ISRAEL - The Preterist Archive

CHAPTER VIII
SALVATION IN ZION.
THE SURE MERCIES OP DAVID
"The hope of the gospel" is for those, whether Jews
by nature or Gentiles, whom God has "delivered from
the power of darkness and translated into the kingdom
of His dear Son" (Col. 1:12, 23) ; for the gospel brings
a glorious hope even to those who were "aliens from
the commonwealth of Israel, having no hope" (Eph.
2 :12)
. And briefly that hope is the promised kingdom,
whereof God had spoken by the mouth of His holy
prophets since the world began (for God had promised
that gospel afore by His prophets in the holy Scriptures,
Rom. 1:2) ;
the kingdom concerning which the
King Himself in that coming day will say to those on
His right hand, "Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit
the kingdom prepared for you," whereof it is
written, "Hath not God chosen the poor of this world,
rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which He hath
promised to them that love Him" (Jam. 2 :5) ;
the kingdom
whereof it is also written, "Now this I say, brethren,
that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom
of God" (I Cor. 15:50).
These passages refer, of course, to that future aspect
of the kingdom, for which all creation waits (Rom.
8:19-21), when the kingdom of God, into which those
who are saved by grace are immediately translated
(Col. 1:12), will be manifested in power and glory.
It is for this our Lord taught His disciples to pray,
"Thy kingdom come."
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