Parable of the Nobleman
Again the Saviour sought to correct the erroneous idea that the kingdom was immediately to appear, by the use of the following parable as he and the disciples were going up to Jerusalem: “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.... And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.” In this parable the Lord represents himself by the nobleman. He was to go to a far country—to his Father—and there receive the kingdom, before returning to reign.
GSAM 67.2
In response to the question of the disciples, “What shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?” the Saviour gave them a list of the events that were to transpire down through the great tribulation that should come upon the church, and the definite signs that would occur. When these appeared, they might know that his coming was near, even at the doors, and that the generation that saw them would not pass off the stage of action until he came.
GSAM 68.1
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Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them\u201d","mp3":"\/mp3\/1140\/0418_eng_m_chapter_19_by_their_fruits_ye_shall_know_them_1140_1897.mp3#duration=1750&size=7618767"},{"para_id":"1140.1967","title":"Chapter 20 \u2014 Sacrifices in the Early Work","mp3":"\/mp3\/1140\/0428_eng_m_chapter_20_sacrifices_in_the_early_work_1140_1967.mp3#duration=1550&size=6767450"},{"para_id":"1140.2047","title":"Chapter 21 \u2014 The Guiding Hand in the Work","mp3":"\/mp3\/1140\/0448_eng_m_chapter_21_the_guiding_hand_in_the_work_1140_2047.mp3#duration=3123&size=13454398"},{"para_id":"1140.2185","title":"Chapter 22 \u2014 Organization","mp3":"\/mp3\/1140\/0482_eng_m_chapter_22_organization_1140_2185.mp3#duration=1944&size=8469692"},{"para_id":"1140.2305","title":"Chapter 23 \u2014 Health Institutions","mp3":"\/mp3\/1140\/0519_eng_m_chapter_23_health_institutions_1140_2305.mp3#duration=2482&size=10767173"},{"para_id":"1140.2450","title":"Chapter 24 \u2014 Other Predictions Fulfilled","mp3":"\/mp3\/1140\/0557_eng_m_chapter_24_other_predictions_fulfilled_1140_2450.mp3#duration=1926&size=8368038"},{"para_id":"1140.2559","title":"Chapter 25 \u2014 Educational Institutions","mp3":"\/mp3\/1140\/0588_eng_m_chapter_25_educational_institutions_1140_2559.mp3#duration=1618&size=7076341"},{"para_id":"1140.2647","title":"Chapter 26 \u2014 Our Foreign Missions","mp3":"\/mp3\/1140\/0613_eng_m_chapter_26_our_foreign_missions_1140_2647.mp3#duration=5541&size=23900837"},{"para_id":"1140.2957","title":"Chapter 27 \u2014 Other Testimonies Confirmed","mp3":"\/mp3\/1140\/0707_eng_m_chapter_27_other_testimonies_confirmed_1140_2957.mp3#duration=2725&size=11814726"},{"para_id":"1140.3100","title":"Chapter 28 \u2014 A Door That No Man Can Shut","mp3":"\/mp3\/1140\/0739_eng_m_chapter_28_a_door_that_no_man_can_shut_1140_3100.mp3#duration=1714&size=7442135"},{"para_id":"1140.3182","title":"Appendix A \u2014 Some Individual Experience","mp3":"\/mp3\/1140\/0755_eng_m_appendix_a_some_individual_experience_1140_3182.mp3#duration=5133&size=22148556"},{"para_id":"1140.3188","title":"PREFACE TO APPENDIX A","mp3":"\/mp3\/1140\/0756_eng_m_preface_to_appendix_a_1140_3188.mp3#duration=281&size=1775136"},{"para_id":"1140.3202","title":"PART ONE","mp3":"\/mp3\/1140\/0757_eng_m_part_one_1140_3202.mp3#duration=4832&size=29086712"},{"para_id":"1140.3383","title":"PART TWO","mp3":"\/mp3\/1140\/0780_eng_m_part_two_1140_3383.mp3#duration=5338&size=23077243"},{"para_id":"1140.3584","title":"Apostolic and Advent Experience","mp3":"\/mp3\/1140\/0808_eng_m_apostolic_and_advent_experience_1140_3584.mp3#duration=2053&size=8904729"},{"para_id":"1140.3650","title":"Appendix B \u2014 Summary of Key Dates in Loughborough\u2019s Life Extracted from The Great Second Advent Movement","mp3":"\/mp3\/1140\/0817_eng_m_appendix_b_summary_of_key_dates_in_loughborough_s_life_extracted_from_th_1140_3650.mp3#duration=5338&size=23071916"},{"para_id":"1140.3675","title":"Appendix C \u2014 Some 1992 Observations on the Book\u2014The Great Second Advent Movement","mp3":"\/mp3\/1140\/0818_eng_m_appendix_c_some_1992_observations_on_the_book_the_great_second_adven_1140_3675.mp3#duration=2053&size=8904455"}]