Preach the gospel to the poor

Jesus came to preach the gospel. "The spirit of the Lord," saith He, "is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; and to preach the acceptable year of the Lord" (Luke 4:19). It is admitted, then, that Jesus fulfilled His mission; consequently, in His proclamation, He preached the good news of the acceptable season, or BLESSED ERA of the Lord. But what was the great focal truth of this acceptable year? Let Jesus answer the question in His own words: "I must preach the kingdom of God; for therefore am I sent" (Luke 4:43); and so, much did He preach about this kingdom, that the people became impatient and sought to take Him by force and make Him King. But He would not permit it, "and because they thought that the kingdom of God was immediately to appear, He spake a parable to them,"in which He gave them to understand that He must first take a journey into a far country to be presented before the Ancient of Days to receive from Him the kingdom, and then to return, when He would bestow upon His servants power and authority over the cities of the world (Dan. 7:13,14,18,27; Luke 19:11-17). According to this arrangement Jesus rose from the dead and took His departure, when He ascended to the right hand of the Majesty in the heavens, where He is now, He has not yet received the kingdom, glory and dominion, or He would have already returned. He is waiting for this, "sitting at the right hand of God until His foes are made His footstool" (Psalm 110:1). He will then appear in His kingdom and rule as King over all the earth.