98 LT.-COL. MOLONY, O.B.E., LATE R.E., ON PREDICTIONS AND 



not exempt, tended to weaken his general argument and expressed 

 the hope that he admitted a personal coming of Christ. 



Mr. Theodore Roberts, in moving a vote of thanks to Colonel 

 Molony, pointed out that Matthew's Gospel showed us that the 

 Kingdom of Christ at the present time was in mystery, that is to 

 say, it was only known to those who were in the secret, and was 

 not publicly displayed, so that the prophecies of the Kingdom still 

 await a literal fulfilment. 



The Rev. James Gosset-Tanner writes : " Col. Molony's paper is 

 valuable in showing that the prophecies of the Old Testament were 

 accurately and minutely fulfilled by Christ at His first coming. 



" But when he intimates that ' in a very practical sense, Christ 

 is King ' already, and has ' created an ever- widening kingdom,' I 

 cannot admit that this is the fulfilment of Old Testament prophecy. 

 His disciples supposed that the time had come for Him to assume 

 His kingship at His triumphal entry into Jerusalem, when they 

 cried, ' Blessed be the King of Israel that cometh in the name of 

 the Lord.' But it was not to be then. About this time, our 

 Lord spake a parable because they thought that the Kingdom of 

 God should immediately appear ' (Luke xix, 11). This notion was 

 to be checked. 



" We come to a passage like Dan. vii, 13, 14 : 'I saw in the 

 night visions, and behold, one like the Son of Man came with the 

 clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought 

 Him near before Him. And there was given Him dominion, and 

 glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, 

 should serve Him; His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which 

 shall not pass away, and His kingdom that which shall not be de- 

 stroyed.' Can we admit that this has in any sense been fulfilled 

 already ? Must we not be fully assured that a number of passages, 

 both in the Old Testament and New Testament, will be as accurately 

 and minutely accomplished at our Lord's second coming as others 

 were at His first ? As the time draws nigh, Bible students should 

 be more carefully and diligently studying these portions, so as to 

 be ready whenever the King really appears to claim His kingdom." 



The Rev. J. E. H. Thomson, M.A., D.D., writes : " I should wish 

 to add my testimony to the excellence of Colonel Molony's .paper 



