{"id":634,"date":"2015-04-17T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T12:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/?p=634"},"modified":"2015-03-06T23:46:30","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T23:46:30","slug":"matthew-101-42-jesus-sends-out-the-twelve-bible-difficulties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/2015\/04\/matthew-101-42-jesus-sends-out-the-twelve-bible-difficulties.html","title":{"rendered":"Matthew 10:1-42; Jesus Sends Out the Twelve (Bible Difficulties)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Matthew 10:23 quotes Jesus as saying to his disciples, \u201cI tell you the truth, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.\u201d This appears to be a reference to the second coming of Jesus\u2014and it clearly didn\u2019t happen. So\u2026how do we make sense of that? Theologians offer several theories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jesus was promising to appear to his disciples after he raised himself from the dead. This interpretation assumes \u201cJesus was promising that the disciples would witness the eschatological coming of the Son of Man\u2026at his resurrection.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Jesus was promising to return to his disciples as the living presence of his invisible Holy Spirit, a promise which was fulfilled dynamically at Pentecost (Acts 2:1-13).<\/li>\n<li>Jesus was indicating a \u201ccontinuing mission\u201d to Israel over the ages, and was offering \u201ccomfort to the mission-disciples about their ultimate salvation unto the end\u2026the mission to Israel will not conclude before the Son of Man returns. There will be a continuing mission to Israel alongside the mission to the Gentiles.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Jesus was referencing his future second coming, millennia away, but \u201che was not saying that the Twelve would personally see this. Rather, he means to instill a sense of urgency in the mission to Israel by stating that it will not be complete by the time of his return.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/workscited.html\">Works Cited<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>[HAC, 78-79]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2126\u2126\u2126<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"About: Bible Study Nerds\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/about-for-bible-study-nerds.html\">About: For Bible Study Nerds\u2122<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"About: Mike Nappa\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/forbiblestudynerds\/about-mike-nappa.html\">About: Mike Nappa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2014 to present by\u00a0<a title=\"Nappaland Communications Inc. official website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nappaland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nappaland Communications Inc<\/a>. 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