"But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you."
Evangelist John speaks of the Advent of Jesus Christ thus, "He came unto his own, and his own received him not." (John1:11) The nation of Israel rejected him. At every turn they checked him and now they were accusing him of his miracles were nothing short of the power of Beelzebub. "They said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils./And Jesus knew their thoughts."(v.24-25) The nation judged as in the case of John, by their own standard which were the tradition of their fathers. They were deluded to think their holier-than-thou was anything genuine.
John says, "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name."Conversely in rejecting him they denied the will of God. concerning them. When a nation repudiates the power of God what could come in its place ? In the light of the key verse we may infer that they remained outside the pale of his grace. "O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh."(v.34)
The Spirit gives us a reverse parable in vv.43-45.
v.43 "When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none." The Roman occupation of Israel and the destruction of the city refers to the unclean spirit going elsewhere. Before the Balfour Declaration in 1917 there was an idea mooted by the powers and shakers to settle the wandering Jews in Uganda. In the end it was back to Palestine. "Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation."
"But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you."
Evangelist John speaks of the Advent of Jesus Christ thus, "He came unto his own, and his own received him not." (John1:11) The nation of Israel rejected him. At every turn they checked him and now they were accusing him of his miracles were nothing short of the power of Beelzebub. "They said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils./And Jesus knew their thoughts."(v.24-25) The nation judged as in the case of John, by their own standard which were the tradition of their fathers. They were deluded to think their holier-than-thou was anything genuine.
John says, "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name."Conversely in rejecting him they denied the will of God. concerning them. When a nation repudiates the power of God what could come in its place ? In the light of the key verse we may infer that they remained outside the pale of his grace. "O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh."(v.34)
The Spirit gives us a reverse parable in vv.43-45.
v.43 "When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none." The Roman occupation of Israel and the destruction of the city refers to the unclean spirit going elsewhere. Before the Balfour Declaration in 1917 there was an idea mooted by the powers and shakers to settle the wandering Jews in Uganda. In the end it was back to Palestine. "Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation."
It is history of Israel then and now.
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