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And he said to them, “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see that the kingdom of God has come with power.” (NIV)

Jesus was in the presence of his followers when he made the statement in Mark 9:1 that there would be some alive to see the kingdom of God come. When I listen to the radio or watch TV the message I hear quite often is that Jesus will come and establish a kingdom and reign for 1,000 years. If someone could explain this contradiction I would appreciate it.

I would prefer if when someone gives an answer that it be a biblical answer and not something based on a opinion. (people with a pre-millennium view)

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    Welcome to Christianity.SE, and thanks for taking the site tour. For your question to work here, you would need to ask for the view of a particular group or denomination of Christians. Otherwise it is an opinion-based question, since people of different Christian churches will have different responses and different interpretations of the Bible. See: What topics can I ask about here? and: Types of questions that are within community guidelines. – Lee Woofenden Mar 26 '17 at 6:02
  • You might take a look at another live question, How can one not taste death? – guest37 Mar 27 '17 at 0:19
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    The patristic consensus on the interpretation of Mark 9:1ff., and related passages in Matthew and Luke, is that Christ was referring to His upcoming Transfiguration and, which came 6-8 days later and is the very next event documented in the three Gospels. – guest37 Mar 31 '17 at 18:19
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    There are many reasons why not to say things like "Jesus will come and establish a kingdom and reign for 1,000 years". Mark 9:1 is only one of them. But it's unclear to me precisely what you're asking. Are you asking why someone (who?) would say such a thing? I think this question would be much more answerable if you could provide a specific prophecy about end times, and ideally who said it, and ask for their justification (perhaps in light of Mark 9:1). As it is, it sounds more like a general topic for discussion. – Flimzy Apr 17 '17 at 10:53
  • Consider also that John lived to see the coming of Christ, the Millennium, and even after that. He recorded what he saw in the book of Revelation. – Ray Butterworth Jan 6 at 19:17
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To understand this verse you must have a clear understanding of what "The Kingdom of God" actually is. A King's kingdom is where he is obeyed completely. His rule and reign are complete. So when Jesus uses this term it can easily be misinterpreted to mean a coming "thing" or heaven or some other such distant and more nebulous unexplained item.

The more scripturally congruent interpretation is the one above. Using those terms it is easy to see in Matthew 6:10

Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

or in Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Here in Matthew 7:21

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

shows that entering the kingdom of God is not possible without repentance, which is also congruent with Luke 13:3 and 13:5

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

In Matthew 13:45-46 there is further congruence

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.

Clear after you apply the correct logical premise by comparing it to related passages in scripture.

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    I provided a format upgrade to break out the scriptural passages for ease of reading. Please review the edit to ensure that your meaning and intention is retained. – KorvinStarmast May 17 '17 at 20:20
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It cannot be the Transfiguration. The context is in the preceding verse, such as in Mark 8:38 “When He comes in His Father’s glory with the holy angels”, Luke 9:26 “When He comes in His glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels,” and Matthew 16:28 “For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.” All this makes it clear that JC was referring to the Second Coming, not the Transfiguration. In each of the gospels where JC makes this prediction, he is clearly referring to the events of the Second Coming, not a mere transfiguration, as the context clearly shows in each passage: The kingdom is to come in power, that is with an army of angels and judgement time, not just some transfiguration on a hill nearby. He would not bother saying “some standing here will not pass away”, and especially “this generation will not pass away” if he was referring to an event that took place a mere six or eight days later for the benefit of his three closest disciples that he knew personally. And yes, all of these disciples and that entire generation did pass away before the Second Coming, the kingdom of god coming in power.

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    Quite apart from the reference to Jesus Christ in initials (which many will find offensive) you have not explained the supposed 'contradiction'. – Nigel J Jan 5 at 20:34
  • @Adam agruing about up and down votes is bad form. Please don't do that. (We may feel similarly, but the voting system is in place for its own SO/SE reasons. – KorvinStarmast Jan 6 at 15:20
  • I dissaggree Korvin, what is bad form is to have a forum where the expectation is that references are provided in order to rationalize an argument, a person here has produced very good valid evidence supporting said argument, and got negged for it! People (incl moderators) who neg should automatically lose points. – Adam Jan 6 at 20:14

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