Então, no Reino de seu Pai, os justos resplandecerão como o sol. Aquele que tem ouvidos, ouça.
Mateus 13:43
Comentário de E.W. Bullinger
brilhe adiante. Grego. eklampo. Ocorre apenas aqui.
o reino, & c. Veja App-112.
Quem tem, & c. Veja nota em Mateus 11:15 . Veja App-142.
Comentário de John Calvin
43. Then will the righteous shine. What a remarkable consolation! The sons of God, who now lie covered with dust, or are held in no estimation, or even are loaded with reproaches, will then shine in full brightness, as when the sky is serene, and every cloud has been dispelled. The adverb then ( t?te ) is emphatic; for it contains an implied contrast between their present state and the ultimate restoration, by the expectation of which Christ animates those who believe in him. The meaning therefore is, Though many wicked men now hold a high rank in the Church, yet that blessed day is assuredly to be expected, when the Son of God shall raise his followers on high, and remove every thing that now tends to dim or conceal their brightness. It is no doubt true, that the future glory is promised to none but those in whom the image of God already shines, and who are transformed into it by continued advances of glory. But as the life of the godly is now hidden, and as their salvation is invisible, because it consists in hope, Christ properly directs the attention of believers to heaven, where they will find the glory that is promised to them.
In order to make a deeper impression on his hearers, our Lord unquestionably refers here to a passage in Daniel, ( Daniel 12:3 ,)
And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament.
“The Prophet,” he seems to say, “when he predicts a future brightness, intimates also that there is a temporary obscurity: and so, if we admit the prediction, we ought to endure patiently that mixture which, for a time, classes the elect of God with the reprobate.” By comparing this glory to the sun, he does not determine that it will be alike in all. As Christ now distributes his gifts variously (218) among believers, in like manner will he crown these gifts at the last day. But we must recollect what I have said, that the restoration, which is delayed till the last coming of Christ, is compared with the cloudy state of the world. (219)
The kingdom of the Father, as the inheritance of the godly, is contrasted with the earth, to remind them that here they are pilgrims, and therefore ought to look upwards towards heaven. In another passage, the kingdom of God is said to be within us, ( Luke 17:21 ,) but we shall not obtain the full enjoyment of it till God be all in all, ( 1 Corinthians 15:28 .)
Comentário de Thomas Coke
Matthew 13:43 . Then shall the righteous shine forth, &c.— In this beautiful expression, our blessed Saviour seems to allude to Daniel 12:3 . They that be wise shall shine, &c. They shall shine like the sun in the firmament for brightness and beauty, and shall find no diminution of their splendour by age. A noble image this to represent the glory and happiness of righteous men with God their Father. The exclamation at the end of the verse intimates that truths of greater importance and solemnity cannot be uttered, than those which respect the final misery of the wicked, and the inconceivable happiness of the righteous; and that allwho have the faculty of reason ought therefore to regard them with becoming attention. Veja Macknight e Calmet.
Comentário de Scofield
Então
O reino não se torna o reino do “Pai” até que Cristo, “tendo posto todos os inimigos debaixo de seus pés”, incluindo o último inimigo, a morte, “entregou o reino a Deus, até o Pai” 1 Coríntios 15:24 -28 ; Apocalipse 20: 2 . Há triunfo sobre a morte na primeira ressurreição 1 Coríntios 15:54 ; 1 Coríntios 15:55, mas a morte, “o último inimigo”, não é destruída até o final do milênio. Apocalipse 20:14 .
justos (Veja Scofield “ Romanos 10:10 “) , também, Colossenses 3: 4 ; 2 Tessalonicenses 1: 5-10