{"id":10680,"date":"2020-12-23T17:50:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T17:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/?p=10680"},"modified":"2022-01-12T15:18:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T15:18:43","slug":"on-penknives-and-the-bible-no-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/?p=10680","title":{"rendered":"On Penknives and the Bible\u2014No. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">[<strong>Note:\u00a0 <\/strong>This MS is available in<strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>larger font on our <strong>Brief Articles 1<\/strong>\u00a0 page.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jehoiakim, the ungodly sixth-century BC king of Judah, unceremoniously took his penknife to the pages of Holy Writ as they were read to him, casting them into the fire (Jer. 36:20\u201325).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Some, who would not be so brazen as to replicate Jehoiakim\u2019s blasphemous act literally, nonetheless do so figuratively. With their theological \u201cpenknives,\u201d they remove various inspired statements and pitch them in the \u201cfire.\u201d For example:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u201cMy kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence\u201d <\/strong>(John 18:36). Perhaps 95% of Protestantism is enthralled with premillennialism of one sort or another. \u00a0This \u201dism\u201d refers to a system of theology, the backbone of which is the averment that the Christ will establish a political kingdom upon the earth that will endure for 1,000 years. Upon hearing the almost incessant insistence of this dogma, one is prone to ask, \u201cWhat part of Jesus\u2019 simple statement to Pontius Pilate do premillennialists not understand?\u201d It is not hard to imagine these folk with penknife in hand when they come across John 18:36.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Premillennialists affirm the very thing Jesus denied before Pilate\u2014that he would have an earthly political kingdom. Jesus\u2019 kingdom would not rival the Empire of Rome that Pilate served in his post as Governor of Judea (as the hateful Jews accused). The Lord\u2019s kingdom would not have a military force to advance and defend its borders, as earthly kingdoms do. His kingdom was \u201cnot from hence,\u201d that is, it was conceived in and would pertain to the spiritual realm of Heaven. Although it would (and does) exist on earth, it would be (and is) a spiritual entity, rather than a kingdom \u201cof this world.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u201cUpon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven\u201d<\/strong> (Mat. 16:18b\u201319a). Jesus herein identifies the church He would build as the kingdom John, He, and the apostles announced was \u201cat hand\u201d before Pentecost (Mat. 3:2; 4:17; cf. Acts 8:12; Heb. 12:23, 28; et al.). Millions have taken their penknives to this passage.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u201cVerily I say unto you, There are some here of them that stand by, who shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God come with power\u201d <\/strong>(Mark 9:1). Jesus\u2019 kingdom began in the days of the apostles, just as He told them it would. One must take his penknife to this passage to teach that Jesus has not established His kingdom.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">[<strong>Note:<\/strong> I wrote this article for and it appeared in the <em>Denton Record-Chronicle, <\/em>Denton, TX, December 3, 2010<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Attribution:<\/strong> From <em>thescripturecache.com<\/em>; Dub McClish, owner and administrator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 0[Note:\u00a0 This MS is available in\u00a0 larger font on our Brief Articles 1\u00a0 page.] \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jehoiakim, the ungodly sixth-century BC king of Judah, unceremoniously took his penknife to the pages of Holy Writ as they were read to him, casting them into the&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"easywp-readmore\"><a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/?p=10680\">Continue Reading&#8230;<span class=\"easywp-sr-only\">  On Penknives and the Bible\u2014No. 2<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,561,141,11,159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-second-coming","category-church-of-christ","category-kingdom","category-premillennialism","category-protestant","wpcat-13-id","wpcat-561-id","wpcat-141-id","wpcat-11-id","wpcat-159-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10680"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17345,"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10680\/revisions\/17345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}