MATTHEW 16:28 WHO IS STANDING HERE, WHICH SHALL NOT TASTE DEATH?

[Doug]

I am not competent to interpret what Jesus meant, and I won't speculate on it. What I will say is that His audience took him literally, and expected His return before the passing of the present generation. The first letter of the NT to be written, First Thessalonians, attests to this. Paul was dealing with a perceived problem in Thessalonika -- why were so may brethren dying physically (had they messed up in God's eyes somehow?), and would they be disadvantaged compared to the rest who would be alive at the Second Coming? It's tough to explain this in any other way than the literal interpretation of this oral tradition on Jesus's pre-Transfiguration words, later recorded in the synoptic passages you cited.

What I will say is that His audience took him literally, and expected His return before the passing of the present generation.

[Mat 4:17 KJV] 17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Jesus did say to expect the kingdom but that does not resolve why those standing there would not see it

 

[Doug]

Reason 1- The "some" standing there were Peter, James, and John, when they witnessed the transconfiguration in the next verse, six days after.
Reason 2 - After Pentecost, the Kingdom of God has arrived, with the power of the Holy Spirit. The body of Christ is the kingdom of God and we are told not to conform to this world.

 

[Doug]

Reason 1- The "some" standing there were Peter, James, and John, when they witnessed the transconfiguration in the next verse, six days after.
Reason 2 - After Pentecost, the Kingdom of God has arrived, with the power of the Holy Spirit. The body of Christ is the kingdom of God and we are told not to conform to this world.

Reason 1- The "some" standing there were Peter, James, and John, when they witnessed the transconfiguration in the next verse, six days after.

When in the transfiguration did they see the kingdom?
I see Jesus revealing his majesty

 

[Doug]

After Pentecost, the Kingdom of God has arrived, with the power of the Holy Spirit. The body of Christ is the kingdom of God and we are told not to conform to this world.

Isaiah 9:7 KJV - Of the increase of [his] government and peace [there shall be] no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

Isaiah 2:2-3 KJV - 2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, [that] the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. 3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

The above verses describe the kingdom on earth

Ezekiel 37:24 KJV - And David my servant [shall be] king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

David will rule over Israel on the throne

Mark 1:14-15 KJV - 14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

Jesus and the twelve apostles preached the gospel of the kingdom saying the kingdom on earth was at hand

[Rev 5:10 KJV] 10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

Israel will reign with Christ

2:16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

Pentecost did not form the Body of Christ
It was fulfillment of Joel to Israel

The Body of Christ will be in the kingdom of heaven

 

[Rockerduck]

The Body of Christ will be in the kingdom of heaven

On earth and in Heaven.

 

[Doug]

On earth and in Heaven.

The kingdom of God consists in both earth and heaven

[Eph 1:3 KJV] 3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly [places] in Christ:
[Eph 2:6 KJV] 6 And hath raised [us] up together, and made [us] sit together in heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus:

In Paul we find all of the doctrine pertaining to the Body of Christ
The Body of Christ's promises reside in heavenly places

Israel is promised all that belongs to the kingdom on earth