by Leonard V Johnson
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Is the glorious gospel of the soon-coming Kingdom of God mentioned and taught in the Old Testament? And just how did our Lord Jesus Christ and His apostles Peter and Paul preach the glorious gospel?
Our Lord and Savior would not have been able to read the New Testament, yet He certainly preached the gospel of the Kingdom of God (cf. Mark 1:15). And He quoted from Scripture!
John the Baptist preached the glorious gospel of the kingdom. The Apostle Peter certainly preached on the very day when the fullness of the Feast of Pentecost had come (AD 31), a message of salvation that would bring on that day about three thousand who repented and were baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins. Now, Peter quoted Scripture, but he didn’t quote from the New Testament. After his conversion, the Apostle Paul preached the glorious gospel of the Kingdom of God “and teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence” – Acts 28:31. Yet, through the majority of his ministry he did not have access to any of the Books recognized now as the “New Testament” ── in fact, he himself would come to write fourteen Books of it!
So, truly, the only Books that our Lord Jesus Christ and His apostles had access to and were familiar with and preached from were what we now regard as the Old Testament.
Ye Old Testament
According to Publishers Weekly ── In 2025, Bible sales reached historic highs in both the United States and the United Kingdom, with U.S. sales hitting a 21‑year high of 19 million units — up 12% from 2024 and more than double 2019 levels. 1 It has been translated into nearly every language and dialect, including into the Khoisan group of languages with their clicks. Yet, this most translated and constant best seller is the least read, studied, and least understood Book! And even those who do read it and study it consistently often avoid large swaths of it – the depths of the Old Testament ── as in genealogies.
Apparently, the very word “old” as opposed to “new” has made most people feel as if they no longer need to read the Old Testament ── like it had nothing to do with the New Testament, or it was only for the Jewish people.
The Holy Bible ── which is God’s living word in print ── has 66 “Books” in the Authorized Version, the 1611 King James Version. So, are those first 39 “Books” of God’s living word now unnecessary ── or did the Creator, our God, have a reason for inspiring them and for us to read, study, and understand them, even here in the 21st century?
Our Lord Jesus Came Preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God
Certainly, some questions can be asked and pondered upon ── to Whose authority did He represent? Where did He get His understanding of love and grace, mercy, forgiveness, and salvation ── and the understanding of the Kingdom of God? When our beloved Apostle Peter preached concerning grace and salvation, Whose authority did he base his understanding? When the Apostle Paul began to expound and proclaim unto the Gentiles concerning the glorious gospel of the Kingdom of God, and those things pertaining to our Lord Jesus Christ, from what “Books” did he preach from?
The GOLDEN RULE
Well … a large majority of my generation (Generation X) was taught the Golden Rule ── the principle of treating others as one would want to be treated. Our Lord and Savior certainly taught the GOLDEN RULE – “’ Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.’” – Matthew 7:12.
Let’s speak of this Golden Rule for a moment. While typing this article up, I went and read a few publications on this “Golden Rule” ── because people the world over demand respect, love, and appreciation, often whether they deserve it or not. Surely, you want respect? Because to receive respect, we should respect others. Do you want kind words? Because to receive kind words, we should use kind words to others. “’ It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” The LORD God’s Golden Rule is also a part of the second greatest commandment ── “’ You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”
What I came to discover, reading and studying just a little of some of the ancient texts and versions of this “Golden Rule,” is that no other saying or philosophical system is equal to our Creator’s ── the living Jesus Christ’s! Some examples ──
- Confucius, or rather Confusion, “What you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others.”
- In Taoism, “The sage has no interest of his own, but takes the interests of the people as his own.”
- In Mohism, “If people regarded other people's states in the same way that they regard their own, who then would incite their own state to attack that of another?”
- The ancient epic of India, Vyasa says, “Do not to others what you do not wish done to yourself; and wish for others too what you desire and long for yourself.”
- Tamil tradition, “Do not do to others what you know has hurt yourself.”
- In ancient Greece, “Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing.”
- In Zoroastrianism, “That nature alone is good which refrains from doing to another whatsoever is not good for itself.”
In fact, our Lord Jesus Christ’s Golden Rule ── in fact, the very One who created this very rule (cf. John 1:3) is not the “ethic of maxim reciprocity” so commonly espoused throughout the world. Most people claim that this Golden Rule is but a shared ethic among all religions. THIS IS NOT TRUE! Our Creator’s command has a very IMPORTANT difference. Notice that those sayings above are similar to our LORD God’s Golden Rule, yet are stated rather negatively and rely on passivity. Our Lord Jesus Christ’s command is a positive command to show love PROACTIVELY. Notice that the ones above are not proactive. We are to look for ways to act positively.
Now, in nearly every publication I reviewed, it said that our Lord Jesus Christ simply “borrowed” the idea of the Golden Rule from many Eastern religions. However, the texts of Confusion and Mohism above were written 400-500 BC conservatively. Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ quotes His Golden Rule from the Book of Leviticus 19:18. “’ You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.’” Moses wrote Leviticus after the Israelites left Mount Sinai, between 1440 and 1400 BC. So, who “borrowed” from whom?
Also, how many noticed the last part of our Lord Jesus’ Golden Rule? He tells us where He got this Golden Rule, “ … ‘for this [the Golden Rule] is the Law and the Prophets.’”
So, our Lord Jesus Christ was expounding upon the Old Testament ── not doing away with it. In fact, His very life and gospel message were an explanation of the Old Testament. A MAGNIFICATION. When the self-righteous Pharisees and Sadducees would ask Him a question, He would often answer, “’ Have you not read …?’”
In fact, the whole gospel message of our Heavenly Father brought to us by His Son is a gospel message of love ── but what kind of love? AH ── you didn’t know there are different kinds of love? Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ explains ── when a pharisaical “expert in the law” asked Him a question, testing Him, saying, ‘Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?’ The Lord Jesus answered him, ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. … And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ This is the GREAT COMMANDMENT of love that our Savior and Lord gave ── the “new” commandment ──
“Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had FROM THE BEGINNING. The old commandment is the word which you heard FROM THE BEGINNING. 8) Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is ALREADY SHINING.” – 1 John 2:7-8.
“’ On these TWO COMMANDMENTS hang all the Law and the Prophets.’” – Matthew 22:34-40.
Our Lord Jesus quoted His answer from His living words in Deuteronomy and Leviticus!
The time when our Lord Jesus was confronted by Satan the Devil, He pointed out and encompassed the entire precept, “’ It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but BY EVERY WORD that proceeds from the mouth of God.’” – Matthew 4:4; Luke 4:4. And, this very direct response to Satan the Devil was taken directly from His living word that He had inspired His Prophet Moses to pen in Deuteronomy 8:3!
The Apostle Peter and the Gospel of the Kingdom
Simon Peter, Servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ (ai-generated)Notice ──
“Of this salvation [of this gospel of the Kingdom and teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ] the prophets [of the Old Testament] have inquired and searched carefully, who PROPHESIED OF THE GRACE THAT WOULD COME to you, 11) searching what [way], or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ [which] WAS IN THEM was indicating when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. 12) TO THEM [the prophets of the Old Testament] it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you THROUGH THOSE who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven ── things which angels desire to look into.” – 1 Peter 1:10-12.
So, even more and greater knowledge of God’s coming Kingdom and the teachings which concern our Messiah, has been revealed to us than was the prophets of old, they prophesied of the grace that is now. Spiritual truths that even the angels desire to know. And in his second epistle, he warned us that there would come unstable people who would twist, to their own destruction, some of the harder things to understand by the Apostle Paul, “as they do also the rest of the Scriptures” – 2 Peter 3:14-16.
The Apostle Paul and the Gospel of the Kingdom
Apostle Paul - "Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." - 1st Cor. 1:3. (Ai-generated)
The very source of the gospel that our beloved Apostle Paul preached is recorded for us in the Book of Acts ──
“So when they had appointed him a day, many came to him at his lodging, to whom he explained and solemnly testified of the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus from BOTH THE LAW OF MOSES and THE PROPHETS, from morning till evening.” – Acts 28:23. This inspired statement regarding the testifying and teaching of the Apostle Paul was at the very end of his ministry ── long after he had turned from Judaism and had embraced and accepted JESUS CHRIST and had begun preaching and testifying of the glorious gospel message ── the message of the soon-coming Kingdom of God and of the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ to the Gentiles.
The Apostle Paul was commissioned by our LORD God to carry the gospel message to the Gentiles. A few months ago, while speaking with a professing Christian relative, I was asked if I had ever heard of Pauline Christianity. He asked, “Are you aware that Saul preached a different gospel other than the four gospels?” I told him that I had heard of this Pauline Christianity and that I denounce it quite strongly. The Apostle Paul was commissioned, and the evangelists and elders under him, to carry the same gospel message to the Gentiles around the world at that moment in time. His personal instruction to the Evangelist Timothy, and to all those under him ──
“I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: 2) PREACH THE WORD! …” 2 Timothy 4:1, 2.
Verse 11 – “ … for the ministry of the Word.” – NET.
In other words, the gospel of the Kingdom of God and teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul had just written ──
“ALL SCRIPTURE [speaking here of the Old Testament, the New Testament had not been fully written] is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.” – 2 Timothy 3:16.
And flowing in thought from that, we come to Chapter 4:1-2. The conjunction of οὖν, “therefore,” because ALL SCRIPTURE is given by inspiration of God and is profitable, PROCLAIM IT! Truly, the scope of “the Word” ──
- The gospel of the grace of Jesus Christ.
- The “whole counsel of God” – Acts 20:27.
- Moral instruction for righteous living – cf. Titus 2:11-14.
ABSOLUTELY NOT! PERISH THE THOUGHT ── the Apostle Paul did not come up with his own “Pauline theology”! He never disagreed with Moses, or any other prophet of the Old Testament, or with our Savior, Jesus Christ ── his instructions was, again, to the Evangelist Timothy, and to all those that were under him, “from childhood you have known the HOLY SCRIPTURES [the Old Testament], which are able to make you wise FOR SALVATION THROUGH FAITH WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS.” – 2 Timothy 3:15.
So the Apostle Paul, under the glorious inspiration of the Spirit of God, and using his full authority of apostleship, in this epistle, is stating that the OLD TESTAMENT is PROFITABLE for doctrine ── not some self-proclaimed “Pauline theology” ── the very same truths that were preached by Enoch, Noah, Moses, Abraham, Elijah, Elisha, by John the Baptist, and by our Savior and great High Priest in the heavenly realms, Jesus Christ ── and their source for the doctrines of God? The Old Testament.
The Apostle Paul had no doctrines that were contrary to any single “Book,” or “Chapter,” or “Verse” from Genesis to Malachi. In fact, he was highly pleased because those citizens of Berea who had heard the gospel, checked the Scriptures (the Old Testament) daily on the things he was proclaiming to them ── the gospel of the Kingdom of God and teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 17:11).
Notice ── in his epistle to the Church in Corinth, the Apostle Paul told the brethren that the things that occurred within the Old Testament were examples, written for our admonition ── “Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.” – 1 Corinthians 10:11.
Evangelist Philip and the Gospel of the Kingdom
Evangelist Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch - Acts 8:26-40 (Ai-generated)
Evangelist Philip preached and testified about our Lord Jesus Christ, His crucifixion, and of the soon-coming Kingdom of God, and of salvation ── from the Old Testament! Notice the verse that the Ethiopian eunuch was reading ──
“He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth.” – Isaiah 53:7.
The eunuch asked Philip, ‘Of whom does the prophet say this, was it himself or someone else?’ Then Philip, beginning at this very passage, taught JESUS to him! Evangelist Philip began explaining that
this is referring to the Son of God, sent by the Almighty Father in Heaven to become a human being, to live a perfect life, and then to be like “a lamb to the slaughter” ── to be sacrificed for the sins of all mankind. But, of course, Isaiah 53 is not the only chapter in the Old Testament that applies to our Savior, Jesus Christ; many more were needed for Philip to explain completely the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ completely out of the Old Testament. (Be sure to read and study our free no-obligation online PDF booklet
“Many Convincing Proofs That Jesus Is Christ”).
Surely, Philip could have turned to Genesis 3:15, the prophecy regarding our Lord Jesus and the woman ── ‘between Satan the Devil’s seed and her Seed’ ── how her Seed was to redeem mankind from sin. This would have shown him that a Savior was going to be needed from the very beginning ── that even if Adam had chosen the tree of life, he would have still lived out his physical life and then died. Now, during Adam’s long lifetime, he had many physical children. Every single one of Adam’s children would have had to choose for themselves the ‘tree of life’ or the ‘tree of the knowledge of good and evil. A Savior was still going to be needed. I speak of this in
“Conversation With AI Regarding ‘An Epiphany Concerning the Original Sin’”).
Philip could have easily turned in the Torah, to Genesis 12, 15, 22 about the glorious promise that the LORD God of the heavens and of earth had made to Patriarch Abraham, how “In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, …” How He had promised, “’ The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet … from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear.” – Deuteronomy 18:15.
Could we dare say that Philip knew of ── or might have had an early copy of ── the original Book of Enoch that prophesied of the Son of Man? ──
“He will be a staff for the righteous, that they may lean on Him and not fall; And He will be the light of the nations, And He will be a hope for those who grieve in their hearts. All who dwell on the earth will fall down and worship before Him, And they will glorify and bless and sing hymns to the name of the Lord of spirits. For this reason He was chosen and hidden in his presence before the world was created and forever. …
For in His name they are saved, and He is the Vindicator of their lives.” – 1 Enoch 48:4-7. 2
Surely Philip would have mentioned the 70 weeks’ prophecy in Daniel 9 ──
“’ Seventy weeks are determined For your people and for your holy city, To finish the transgression, To make reconciliation for iniquity, To bring in everlasting righteousness, To seal up vision and prophecy, And to anoint the Most Holy.
25) Know therefore and understand, That from the going forth of the command To restore and build Jerusalem UNTIL MESSIAH THE PRINCE, There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; The street shall be built again, and the wall, Even in troublesome times.
26) And AFTER the sixty-two weeks MESSIAH SHALL BE CUT OFF, but not for Himself; And the people of the prince who is to come Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
27) Then [H]e shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. …’” – Daniel 9:24-26, 27.
This was a prophecy concerning the time of Jesus’ birth. Now, certainly, the Prophet Daniel had read the Book of Jeremiah and realized that there was a certain 70-weeks that would transpire before the nation of Judah would return to Jerusalem – understanding that they would not be in captivity forever, they were going back to Jerusalem, they were going to rebuild the wall, they were going to rebuild the temple – and the Messiah was going to come at that time! At the end of this sixty-nine-week prophecy – that is exactly what happened! Because, if you look back into history (cf. Herodotus’ Histories 3. 150-160) when Darius I, king of ancient Persia (who reigned from 522-486 BC), subjugated the Babylonians – and Flavius Josephus wrote, “when Babylon was taken by Darius, and when he, with his kinsman Cyrus, had put an end to the dominion of the Babylonians, he was sixty-two years old” (Antiquities 10.11 §4). And you look at that date, the 70-weeks depicted a time – that at exactly at the end of that 69-week prophesied period, Jesus the Messiah was born in 4 BC. It’s an amazing prophecy! I pray tell, was Evangelist Philip aware of this awesome prophecy?
And speaking of the dominion of the Babylonians, reading from the Prophets, Philip could have easily read him, “ …’ This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the LORD of hosts.” – Zechariah 4:6.
A prophecy that was recorded for us around 520 BC during Darius I, king of ancient Persia’s reign. It’s set in Jerusalem, where returning exiles would build the Temple again after a 16-year hiatus. And it’s all about the LORD God’s power, not human strength. Basically, the LORD of hosts says, ‘Listen, Zerubbabel, you think you need muscles for My temple project? No! It’s My Spirit that’ll get the job done!’
Also, among “The Twelve,” Philip could have easily read ──
“’ REJOICE GREATLY, O DAUGHTER OF ZION! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, Your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.’” – Zechariah 9:9.
He would have explained that this prophecy had been fulfilled during our Lord Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, as recorded for us now in Matthew 21 and John 12:15.
In the Jewish Tanakh, Micah ──
“’ But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting.’” – Micah 5:2.
He could have pointed out to the eunuch that, just as King Herod the Great had been told ── it was indeed prophesied that the Messiah was to be born in Bethlehem, and that He would eventually be Ruler in Israel!
Philip could have continued in Zechariah, explaining to the Ethiopian eunuch that it was prophesied long ago that the One who would come to fulfill this prophecy of the Messiah would be sold out for a mere 30 pieces of silver (Zechariah 11:12-13).
Philip could have taken out the Tehillim, the “praises,” and read ──
“The stone which the builders rejected Has become the Chief cornerstone. 23) This was the LORD’s doing; It is marvelous in our eyes.” – Psalm 118:22-23.
Explaining that it had been prophesied long ago that our Savior and Lord Jesus would not be accepted by the multitudes but rather rejected, and that it was not just spontaneous or planned that the Son of God had been rejected by His own.
Also, that in Zechariah, how long ago it had been prophesied that the Messiah ── Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God ── would bring grace to all mankind, forgiveness for their sins ── undeserving as it is, and would sacrifice Himself for their sins!
“’ And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.’” – Zechariah 12:10.
And right there in Isaiah, he could have shown him ── some thirty years before the Apostle Paul would write the epistle to the Ephesians ── how the Messiah, the Captain of our salvation, was to have righteousness as a breastplate, salvation as a helmet, and zeal as a cloak! ──
“He saw that there was no man, And wondered that there was no intercessor; Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him; And His own righteousness, it sustained Him. 17) For He put on righteousness as a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, And was clad with zeal as a cloak.” – Isaiah 59:16-17.
" ...' Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be.' ..." - John 19:23-24. (Ai-generated)
And still yet, returning again to the “praises,” reading Psalm 22:1 ── the very last words of our Messiah on the cross as He suffered for the sins of all mankind! ──
’“ي، إلي، لما سبشثن؟’” – Matthew 27:46.
Reading down a few verses, he could have shown how our Messiah was surrounded by dogs, and the congregation of the wicked had surrounded Him, piercing His hands and feet – Psalm 22:16.
He could have explained how the Roman soldiers had used little tablets or counters (thrown into water-filled urns to seek divine guidance) to cast lots to see who the new owner of His fine cloak would be ── Psalm 22:18.
Philip would have mentioned all these prophesies could only have been fulfilled in the Person of Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God ──
“Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me.” – Psalm 41:9.
Philip recounting to the Ethiopian eunuch how that when our Savior was hanging on the cross, He was offered gall to drink to “quench” His thirst ── and he patiently explained that even this had been prophesied ──
“They also gave me gall for my food, And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.” – Psalm 69:21.
Certainly, just as the Apostle Peter had done on the Day of Pentecost in 31 AD ── here, about 4 years later, Philip would have explained to the Ethiopian eunuch concerning the prophecy in the “praises” regarding the glorious resurrection of the Messiah from the dead ──
“For You will not leave my soul in Sheol [the grave or tomb], Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.” – Psalm 16:10.
In covering these prophecies ── and certainly many others ── the Evangelist Philip would have pointed out to the Ethiopian eunuch that this was far from the end, that it was THE CONTINUATION of a great Plan of salvation that the LORD God had envisioned for all mankind!
Continuing in “The Twelve” ── in Zechariah ── that our Messiah came the first time as a lowly Messiah riding upon a colt of an ass, but that upon His second return as King of kings and Lord of lords, He will rule the entire Earth ──
“I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim And the horse from Jerusalem; The battle bow shall be cut off. He shall speak peace to the nations; His dominion shall be ‘from sea to sea [describing our Messiah’s dominion from the Mediterranean to the eastern seas, symbolizing a worldwide rule], And from the River [the Euphrates River] to the end of the earth.’” – Zechariah 9:10.
Surely, Philip would have shown him Zechariah 14 and explained that when our Savior returns, He will put His feet on the very Mount of Olives – Zechariah 14:4.
It’s the Greatest of News in This 21st Century!
Ever since our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ ascended back to the upper heavenly realms, we have been in ‘the beginning of sorrows’! Mankind has been suffering under our own rule, our own governments of Democracy, Republic, Absolute monarchy, Totalitarianism, Communism, and social democracy. Theocracy, Islamic republic, People’s republic, Fascism, Socialism, Feudalism, and all the many others! And particularly since the early 20th century, mankind now faces the fact that it can now annihilate every man, woman, and child from the face of the planet!
But, it’s the greatest of good news that this same Messiah, the Captain of our salvation, the Son of God, the One who had the compassion, love, and mercy to sacrifice Himself for you and me, and for all the sins of mankind ── some 1,995 years ago ── will again return soon to establish His kingdom of peace, His kingdom of love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control! Be sure to read and study all of Chapter 11 of Isaiah.
Well … the LORD God knew that there would be scoffers in the last days, people who would agree with some of the living word of God, but not all of it! God Most High knew that the greater majority of mankind ── until the glorious and powerful coming of His Son as ‘King of kings and Lord of lords’ would not accept the Law, Ordinances, Statutes, and Judgments that His Son, our Lord and Savior, taught ──
“’ It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’” – Matthew 4:4; Deuteronomy 8:3.
The LORD Eternal One knew that He would allow the evil one, Satan the Devil, to deceive the whole world (Revelation 12:9). And that time is nearly over ── the prophecies that the Evangelist Philip preached to the Ethiopian eunuch in approximately AD 35 of the glorious and powerful second coming of our Savior are just about to be fulfilled!
And He has asked, “ … ‘Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?’” – Luke 18:8. □
2 Nickelsburg, W.E. G., & VanderKam, C. J., 1 Enoch: A New Translation, Fortress Press, Minneapolis, 2004, pg. 62.
