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 " Behold, 'he days coft», saiil? the Lord, ihnl i will raise unto Uavid a ngbtcoua Hranch, 
 and a King shall reignvnd prosper, and shall execute jud^nneut and janUce m Ihc earth. 
 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely." Jer. xmi i 6 6. 
 
 "Thus saiththe Lofli God; Behold I will take the children of Israel from among the 
 heathen, whither they lie gone, . . . and I will make them one nation in tUetend upon tht 
 mountains of Israel ; . iP, and David my serrant shall be Kino over them." Ezek. xxxvii. 
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 '■ Jesus said unto thiim," (the twelve) " ii: the regeneration when the San of man shall 
 sit on the throne ofhia-gtory, ve also shall sit upon twelve thrones judgioj^Jor governmg) 
 the tioelve tribes of Israel." Matt, six: 2S. Luke sxii: 3(». 
 
 "At that time they sl«ll call Jebosalem the throne of the Lord." Jer. iii: 17. 
 
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 and a Kino shall rci,u:n and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. 
 In hin daya Juilah slmll ho saved, and Israel shall dwell safely." Jcr. xxiii : 5 U. 
 
 "Tims saith the Lord (lod ; Ilchold I will take the -hildrpn of Israel from among the 
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 "Jesus sail unto t'lcm," (llie iwclrc) "in the regeneration irhcn the Son of man shall 
 sit on the throne nf his <rli,nj, ye also shall sit ujion twelve thrones judging (or governing) 
 the twelve tribes of Israel ." Malt, six: '..'S. Lukcsxii: 3o. 
 
 " At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord." Jer. iii : 17, 
 
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 New and startlinrr, to the majorify of oven prot'ossing' clu'istiniis, as many ol'tiic 
 ijreat truths may ho whicli it in proposed to demonstrate troni tlie Rihle, they, 
 nevertholes.s, are ' written, ns with a sunlioaui,' on tlic papfcs of that blessed book, 
 wliich was ' j,nven l)y inspiration of God.' Aid however visionary and fabulous 
 thoy may he considered l)y ' the wisdom of tiie world,' they will as surely be 
 realised, and made 'manifest in all the earth,' and that, too, tiio writer believes, at 
 110 very distant day, as it is certain that 'the mouiii of the Lord hath spoken' 
 their. 
 
 i' cr so".h as earnestly desire to ' prove all things,' which constitute tlieir religious 
 /(lUl: or "the substance of things hoped for,' by a close and diligent examination 
 o' the Word ot 'I'lju - •c.ijiecially the Scriptures of ilio f)ld Testament, whicli were 
 the only inspired writings out of wliicli Jesus and his Apostles 'reasoned' and 
 ' taugnt the neopie,' or ipi'calod to for proof of the truth of what they preached : 
 foi such as are willing 'I it llxir^nWt be ' built MinSn the Prophets,' as well as 
 'upon ;ho Ai'ostics,' and are ready and sincerely dc'^ji'ous — like the noble Bereans 
 of Paul's day, whc, ' aearciird the Scriptures daUij, wiiethor those things were so,' — 
 to be ' tauglr. of God,' tiiruunji his iioly Prophets and Apostles ; and to believe 
 neither more nor less than ^v^l<1t a careful study and comparison of these convince 
 them of: t()r sucii as irive no respect for the doctrines and traditions of men, the 
 following Jiagcs are especially intended. Lot the reader always bear in mind the 
 following truths: 'ffhalcur is not oj faith is sin :' and ' taith comctli by hearing, 
 or understanding : and ' Iicaring by the Word of God.' Hence, in the absence of 
 inspired t< diers, any item of a man's religious bciief, which has not come by 
 hearing and believing the Word of God, contained in the Scriptures of the Old 
 and New Testaments, is sin. 
 
 The reader will please also remember what Peter says respecting the ^ sure 
 word of propitcnj.'' 2 Peter i: 19, '2L 'Wo have also a more sure ^^'ord of 
 prophecy ; whercunto ye do well to take heed, as unto a light that shincth in a 
 dark place. Knowing this iirst,th:ii no prophecy of the Scripture ir, oJ any private 
 Interprdution. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man : but 
 holy men of God spake asHhey wcrC' moved by the Holy Spirit.' 
 
 Surely nothing can be plainer than Peter's meaning: 'take heed to the sure 
 prophetic word, as unto a lif^ht that shincth in a dark place, but beware of privately 
 interjireting, of spiritualizimr. of understanding it otherwise, than in its plainest 
 and most obvious merailng, con^paring scripture with scripture. 
 
 •Tiie Kivcdom of Christ avij of Gon' is the sublime theme of all the 
 prophets. Without a iaiowledgc and correct a])prcIien.?ion of (7,— its locality, king, 
 rulers, subjects, (5cc. — a groat portion of the scriptures cannot be understood or 
 hncoine 'profitable:' and 'the sure word of prophecy,' instead of picturing to tlie 
 eye of faith the glorious future it reveals, and enabling the diligent student to 
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 earth is ere Inn^'to Ito flio tliontro,- is n'l^'nnlr-d ns ilnrk,niys(prinns niid iitiffrtniri • 
 and tliu jiluiiiL'sl jtroiiiiai':' luul |ucdictions ol' Jehuviih arc iiiiwippruhcnduii, 
 porvortcd, or dinl)cliovcd. 
 
 Tlie triitli conccminff tliii^ kingdom wns tlio basis of llic 'gliid tidings' whicli 
 JcsiH, 'the tw(.'lvo.' iind the 'seventy,' prouclicd 'to the lost shocp oftiie iionsc of 
 fsriiol:' nnd whicli, coii|)led witli ' tiio tilings cunceriiini,' the nniiie of Jesus Ciirist,' 
 intiko up ' llie CJo.spel ' which tiio ttnoinled ' King of Israel,' after his resurrection, 
 coiiiniiinded his AjiostleH to prcju'li to every crcatu.'o ; ad. ling, ' lie that holiovelh 
 and is bajiti/.ed shall ho suvod, hut ho thai, heliovelli !iot siiall he condeiiined.' 
 
 Tlic essentiality of a belief of 'the gospel,' and of being baptized or 'born of 
 water,' in order to salvation, is generally admitted ; these rnniHllons being tot> 
 plainly stated to be disputed by any win- •\^ill be guided by the Scriptures ulonr : 
 hence, if it can be clearly slicwii that ' Ihe. •ftostprV preaciied by Jesus and his 
 Apostles, previous to his crucijiriuii, was neither inoro nor less than ' the gospel of 
 the kingdom,' to which were aihhil, on the day of Pentecost, ' the things concerning 
 the name of Jesus Christ ;' the essentiality of a belief of ' llir things concerning 
 the Kingdom of (iod,' as well as ' the name of Jesus Christ,' will be manifest. ^ 
 
 Before ])rocce(ling farther, then, let the reader ho convinced from Scripture, 
 tiiat to preach and believe the gospel, which was ])roclaimed )invinus to Pentecost, 
 was to preach and believe 'the glad tidings of the Kingdom of God :' a proclama- 
 tion variously styled, ' the word,' ' the word of the Kingdom,' ' the tilings concerning 
 the Kingdom of Clod,' ' the Kingdom of God,' &c. A reference to the following 
 passages will establish this ))oint. Luke iv. l^. 'The spirit of the Lord is upon 
 mo, because ho hath anointed mo to preach the gospel to the poor.' Here, Jesus 
 states tliiit ho was anointed to piciich Ihc u'ospcl : in the llJrd verse, he says, ' I must 
 preach I he Kiiii^ilum of (Iod toother cities also ; for Ihrnjorc am I sent.' Now 
 Jesus was not sent to make two proclamations, or to preach two gospels: it 
 follows therefore, that to preach the gosjud, was to preach the Kingdom jf God, 
 and vice versa. 
 
 One or t>vo additional testimonies will make this sure. Luke \iii. 1. 'He 
 went tlironghout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings 
 of the Kingdom of God.' Matthew iv. '2'?. 'And Jesuo went about all (ialilee, 
 teaching in their synagogues and preachiiig iltc gospel, of the kingdom.'' Luke 
 ix. 1, 2, 6. ' Then lie called his twelve disciples together, — and he sent diem to 
 preach llic Kingdom of God. And they depart<;d and went through the towns 
 preaching the gospel.' Here, 'the twelve' sent by Jesus to preach the Kingdom 
 of God, go preaching the gospel. Can a doubt exist in the mind of the reader, aa 
 to whether or not they did as they were commanded ? I think not. In preaching 
 ' the gospel,' they proclaimed ' the word ' or ' glad tidings of tho Kingdom of (jod :' 
 for with Iheiii they were identical. 
 
 But, as I have already stated, an addition was made to ' the gospel of the King- 
 dom,' on the day of Pentecost, viz: 'the things concerning the ju/mf of Jesus 
 Christ ;' which may be termed the cundlllons on which a believer of the gospel of 
 the Kingdom, may become an heir to the Kingdom. These additional things, 
 which may be all gathered from Peters discourse on that eventful day, are notv, 
 — only generally, more or less corrupted, added to or taken from, — preached as the 
 tvhok gospel ; leaving the people in ignorance and unbelief of tho Kingdom of 
 God. What God joined together, rnan presumed to separate ; and a muti- 
 lated portion of the ' glorious gospe! of the blessed God,' powerless to beget an 
 heir to the Kingdom,— as the writer is forced from scripture to conclude,— is for 
 
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 ilic moHl |mrl licliovril to lio iilisiinicipiit In siivo llir ' iiiiin,irtiil .'OuW rif morlitl 
 men ; and (.'niildi! tliom iit dciitli -nn iiii imsriij)tiiriil ' imniphriin-: ' ol' .Scrijrtiin,' liiix 
 it — ' to fly from licll, nnil rise to licavoii.' 
 
 Proof iiiny lie dcmandoil, tint ' tlio frospfl f>f tiio hinijiloiir wnn proncliod iifloi 
 tJio crucilixion of the ar.oiiitoil Kin;^; wu urcnnlinirly I'liniiHli it: Matt. xxiv. II, 
 Jcrtiis, addrcswiiijr lii.s disf;i[)loH relative to tlio destruction of .InntHnliMii, and the euil 
 of the Coinnionwcaltli of Israel, under the Old oi Mosaic ('ovcnaut, Hays: ' //iiV 
 iro.'iiel nj' llie hinsdom shall he /irrarheil in nil llir. wni-ld for a iriliius unlo nil 
 niiloim, and llieii .sliall the mil coMio;' which work was accoiuidirilied by the 
 Apoatlca in about thirty years after Pentecost. Sec Col. i. ">, (1, ;iM. 
 
 Tiiey testilied throu!,'liont the wliolu lloinaii Knijiiro that (!od liiid appointed ii 
 (/«!/, (of ii ' thouniind years,' as was afterwards revealed to John) in wliidi, Ift \v(jnlil 
 judge the world in rifrhteousness, /»/ (k man whom iiO iiad ordained: and that 
 this man was Ji;sns, wiiom God had raised from tiie dead. See Acts xvii. HI. 
 
 That the sulferinirs, death, and resurrection of Jesus, formed no part of the 
 ffus()el proclaimed by him or his disciples previous to his deatli, is evident t>om 
 wJmt is written in tlic Gospels : for we find that when Jesus began to tcacli Iho vrrif 
 imn who had lomi; Inen prvachinsf the /rw/w/, that he ' must suil'er many thin3:s, and 
 lie rejected of the Elders, aiul of the Chief Priests, and Scribes, and be kiUed, and 
 nflor three days rise again:' ' Peter took him and began to rebuke him, sayisg, be 
 it far from thee fiOrd ; this shall not be unto thee.' 'They tliouglit that the king- 
 dom of God should immediately appear;' that he would then 'redeem Israel" 
 Irom the Roman yoke, and 'deliver them out of the hand of their enemies:' and 
 ' restore again the kingdom ' at that time. They were ' slow of heart to believe 
 all that the prophets had spoken.' The ' glorious things ' concerning their King, 
 City, Nation, and liand ; of which they read in the proidicts, tilled their minds to 
 the exclusion of the testimonies which fcretold the suifcrings of their Messiah, 
 and the terrible judgments to be executed on Jertisalem, and on the ' murderers' 
 uf 'the King of glory.' 
 
 Jesus h!id not yet sicken the parable recorded in the lOth chap, of Luke, of the 
 •nobleman' (Jesus) who 'went into a far country' (heaven) 'to receive for him- 
 self a kingdom' (from his Father) 'eiuI to return:' and who, on his return (at 
 'the times of the restitution,' or restoration, 'of all things') ' having received the 
 kingdom,' (from the ' ancient of days' with 'glory and dominion') proceeds to 
 reward such of his servants as had been diligent in the so vice of their Lord 
 during his absence, by conferring on them 'dominion' and ' power over the 
 nations.' If the reader compare this parable with 13, 14, and 27th vei :!3 of 
 7th chai). of Daniel :'tlio '*()tli and '21st verses of the 3rd of Acts ; and tl "^Cth 
 and 27th verses of the 3rd chap, of Rev. ; ho will sec how beautifully thest; 
 Scriptures harmonise, how plain the doctrine they teach. 
 
 The gospel, then, of which the Son of God said, ' he that bclieveth and is bap- 
 tized shall be saved;' is that gospel which Philip preached at Samaria: 'the 
 things concofiiing the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ,' which, it is 
 written, the Samaritans believing, ' they were baptized both men and women.' 
 Acts viii. 12. These things as a whole make up the 'one faith' by which a man 
 can be justified, and without t,his faith 'it is impossible to please God,' or 'to 
 inherit the kingdom.' Now theciucstion arises : of what kiniftlom is the gospel the 
 glad tidings r That which remains to be ' testified and expounded from Moses 
 and the prophets,' and demonstrated to be ■riiF, kinodow which is to be re- 
 
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 A^ III' srri|t|iir<'.-i ••'>\imI 1ml nrif tiiii- (rii^|ic|, l.y ilip lifliifnf wliioli men t'fiii ht> 
 "javoil,; upon cortain I'lcnrly ilflinrd t'omlitiitns; ho iIo linn tiNo reveal but onr 
 Kin!(</(nh, of wliicl. Jcsns is tlio Clirift, or Anointcii Kinj^. (M'//ns Kirif^doui, \U 
 Kiii;^ Npokf to till! Apostles tbr forty dnyn nftor liii ro^iirrcction. Pistil, as roconl- 
 ed ill the Arts of tiie Apostles, «.!s pre-oinirirnt in 'oxponni'lnsr/iiiKi ' pn-achin^'' 
 this Kiiifjii(<m, anil tostifyiiif that .Ifsiis was the Christ, anumir the CJont.les; that 
 thoy might believe and bo niado '/ifiV.?' of it. r.nd, 'at thoappoRrinjj and Kingdom 
 . of .losii.s Ciirist,' hxlivrit ii. with ' powrr, honor, glory, and eternal life.' 
 
 To tliis Ki!igdom, l)eii(.'vers in h'sxw Christ, arc said to bo ^calltiV Paul 
 exhorted and ciiarged all ' ii Chribt,' to ' wall; worthy of God wlio had called thorn 
 by the gispel onto his Kingdom, aiid to the obfaiiiing cfthe glory of Jesus Chris*-.' 
 ' (iod,' says the Apostle .inuies, ' liath cl.oson tlie poor of this world rich in failh^ 
 and hars of the Kingdom, which ho hath promised to them that love iiiin.' 
 
 Hoping to attain to this kingd(jm, they endured persecutions and tribulations, 
 suftering the loss of all things ; ' having respect,' like Jloses. * unto the reconi- 
 pence of reward;' and reckoning, with Paul, 'the siitferings of this piosent time, 
 aa not worthy to bo compared with tho^/on/ which should bo revealed in them.' 
 
 It is a Kingdom wiiicli has been prcpnring from the fomidation of the world, 
 and yet is not in existence : conseciuontly not one of the ' heirs ' can have inherited 
 it. It is still to the believer, niatcer of faith and hope, even as it was in the days 
 of Abraham and of the Apostles. Its Kinu; has never ftat on the throne of his 
 kingdom; and is still only an heir, even as -his brcihren' arc said to b's ^joint- 
 heirs.'' His true discijilcs siill pray, 'thy king lorn come ;' and rejoice lo know 
 that the -day is not far ulstant, when the * God of heaven ' will set it i. p ' under the 
 whole hca en,' and in so doing, reward his people, and perform ' all his exceeding 
 great and precious promises.'.' 
 
 F. S. — DocTon TiioAiAs, M. D., of New York, to whom the writer is deeply 
 indebted for the light obtained I'rom his uniipie, and ably written works, ' Elpis 
 Israel,' and ' The Herald of thn Kingdom and Age to Come,' — is expected to be in 
 Ilalifnx in July r.ext, for tlie purpose of delivering a course of lectures on the 
 Kingdom of God, and oth':'r Icindrcd topics. A rich feast mny therefore be anti- 
 cipated by all who lesire to ' know the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make 
 wise unto salvation ilirough the faith which is in Christ Jejus ;' and by believing 
 and obeying the gospel, and patiently continuing in woU-doing, be made partakers 
 of ' the joy of our Lord." 
 
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•'THE K'IN(;i)llM 1)1' CmiLST AND OF JiOl)," 
 
 SCRTlliHAI.I.V lirMilNSTHATKr/ •••(» l.K THAT KrX'lllO.M UHirn IS TO llH UlWnlU;!) A(.,\l.\ 
 
 TO i,xha;:i. rvi.KKTiii; •• m;\v ami ■■ '.vkim-a.-itinu " ami " iii;rri:ii ro\ kxant, which 
 i.x KsirAiiMsiiKi) ri'ov Tin; i;\ i;iii,AsnNti ens i;v antj* ma'h; wriii aiii;aiiam asi- 
 
 WITH |»AVU), TKKMEli I.N .'flUl'Tl IHi, " iUK CUVi,.NA.\TS Jl;' I'lLUAllSK." 
 
 ''"iiosc covenants, wliich wero conrirriud 
 by t.'iC catli ot'J .iiovnli, [irnviilc, ;ih will be 
 HOC'ii, tiio Tfrritor) ; tin' i\iitioii ; tliu (.'npi- 
 t!ii Ciiy; lilt Tiiroiif; nnd tim Kinj,', •.vbu isi 
 tu '-e t!io Heprcsontntivt,' of (,u)il on oiuti'. 
 reiiriiii;,' ill IliH niiriic: am! liy His power. 
 
 Tlio tcst'inoiiicv tube iiddurrd will clnur- 
 iy dciiion.stnite, 1st. That tli" land new 
 iyiii<,'dt'soliifc,bctwccntli(' Hivors lui'ibriitos 
 nnd iVilo, was proinisrl fiiui willed by (Jnd 
 to Al rah'iin and to Ciirisit, fur an cverlnst- 
 iiiff posHossion: and tiiat tliis land i.s tlio 
 Territory of the Kinnrdoiii: that is, ^tliejirsl 
 dominion,'' as contrasted v.-ith tli? sc'rond 
 doiiiiiiioii, which will incliido 'all the earth.' 
 
 '.'nfl. Tiiat the tuelve tribes of Israel, 
 whom '(lod confirmed to himself to bo a 
 people unto him for ever,' althoiinrh at pre- 
 sent scattered tliroii;,'howt the world, are to 
 apain form ' one nation in tiic land ' promis- 
 ed to Abraham: and ^hiit this niiHon, will 
 bo the highly favored suhji'ds o+'the Kin';- 
 dom. 
 
 .'Ird. That Jerusalem, vviilch has been 
 for nearly eitrhtcen centuries ' trodden down 
 of the Ciertiles,' is to be built again, and a 
 glorious 'i'emple erected therein ; and that 
 the one will be ' the City of tiiu g-eat Kin"-,' 
 even the Capital ofthe'kingdom: the other, 
 the 'house of i;rayer tli a!! nations.' 
 
 4th. That • the throii.? of Da^ id,' which 
 was, previous lo its being ovorturnod by 
 Cod, 'the throne of the kingdom of the 
 !iOrd,' will he again the throne of 'the 
 kingdom of Christ and of (iod;' when 'tin 
 Lord shall reign in Mount Zion and .'■: 
 .f','rusalcin, and before his ancients glo- 
 riously.' 
 
 .'jth. That .fcsns, the Son of David and 
 Son of God, who was 'born King of tiie 
 .lews,' and crucified for bearing witness 
 unto ' the truth ' of his Mcssiahsiiip, and 
 assertin" Ins right to the throne of Israel : 
 is ' the Christ,' tiie anointed ' King of Is 
 rael' and 'of all tlic earth,' ' wiiom the 
 heavens must receive nnlH. the; tinu-s of res- 
 titution oi'sxW things, which Vodlmlh spoktit 
 hif the. mouth of all his holij ■prophet:^ siii'. ' 
 the world began " 
 
 TlIK PHOMFSHS iUADK 'I'O Al!llAll.\M 
 
 vvnii m:'.' 'ri:.sT\.Mi;.NT kki.-kh- 
 i^NCEd Ti'i:u::'!'o. 
 
 («cu. xiii. 1 — .". Now the Lord ha'' sam 
 ■ 'I Abraiii, got thee out of thy country 
 ii Voin thy kindrr'd, mid from thy lather's 
 !!i.,i.,o, unto a lainl tlinl I will shoir Ihic : 
 Ai'.d I will make of thee n <xrt(d «r//iV)/i, and 
 1 MJll bless thee, ami make thy nan.e great ; 
 I'lid thou snalt be a blessing. And I will 
 mess ihem that bless thoo: and in (hvr JkUI 
 a!' families of the earth In blinHcd. S- 
 .\bram d''i)arted (from Haran) as the Lorn 
 'i:ul sp,'!.cn unto hiia: iuid Lot went •• • !. 
 him: and Abiam was seventy ai ,. .ivo 
 ye^irsold when lie deimrted oiit ot Ifaran. 
 And Abram took Sard his . ife. and Lot 
 his brother's son, nnd all their substanc'! 
 that they had gathered, and t.'io souls that 
 they liad gotten in Harm: and they went 
 \'yth to n'o into the fund f Cannon: and 
 •nil) the litnd if('an<tiin Ihcij ntiiie. Tth verse. 
 And the Lord appeared unto Abram. and 
 said, Unto Ih/ stcd wiU I a-irr. this Inw 
 
 (Jen. xiii. 14. And the Lord said unto 
 Abrani, arter that Lot was separated from 
 him. Lilt up now tliiue eyes, and lo it nom 
 the place wh'.re thou art northwiud, and 
 southward, a ad eastward, and westward : for 
 all the land which thou scest. to thcc will I 
 gi\ e it, and to thtj need forever. 
 
 Ceil. XV. ]b. In the same day the Lord 
 made a covenant \>ith Abram, saying. Unto 
 tliy seed iiave I given this land, /row the 
 river of Hgypl unto the u^re/il river, tic river 
 Ihiphrali:; : xvii. 8. I will give unto lliee, 
 and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein 
 tjioii art a stranger, oil the land of Cur aim, 
 fur (in evcrlnstinic possesinon. 
 
 Turn no\.' to tec New Testament Scrip- 
 ♦r res, and weigh well the following tcsti- 
 rionies : Acts vii. 2 — .">. And he (Stephen) 
 said, iMen, brethren, and fiitucrs, hearken ; 
 The God of glory appeared unto i ■ ■■ father 
 Abraham ^vlien he m as m MesopoU nia, be- 
 fore he dwelt in ( 'harran, and said unto him, 
 Get thee out of thy rountry,and from thy kin- 
 |nred nnd coii'c into thr land whicl: I shall 
 
I 
 
 « 
 
 Till-. MN(,|)(IM nt iioii. 
 
 sli'ir line. Thru cainr luMiill nl'llii' land (if 
 tin; CliiiUkvuis, iiiid dwelt in Cliiirniii : ;iiid 
 iVoiii tlionrc, wIkmi lii^; iiitlidr was di'jul, lie 
 rciiiovfd liiiii into this hind, irlirnin sjr mnr 
 iliccU. And //(■ ii-iii'e lilin none inlurit<uict In 
 It, no not NO mitrli «,v '<• set IiIh foot on : i/ct 
 In: jiromlsiil that liv i jidil iilcc It to kun Jhr 
 II /mssisslon and to his sird nft'i- hiin. 
 An'iiin, H(,'l). .\i. H, 'i. ]5y rnitli Abr.-ilnuii. 
 uliL'u 111' ^Niif! culled ti) ISO out into a ))laec 
 trhlch he should nftcr rcfdvt for an hiherlt- 
 uncc, olicyod ; Jind lie went out, not know- 
 in;.f wiiitlior lie went. By tiiitli he sojonni- 
 cd in the linid. of jiromlse, i\s in ti stran<fe 
 conntry, dv.idliny in tiil)orn:icles with l.satic 
 and Jiicol), the heirs with him of the stinir 
 jiromlsi: Now turn to (!:il. iii. I(i, IH, '2!'. 
 To Abruhain and his srrd. weretlu; jiroiiiisi^s 
 niiide. lie saitli not, and to sci-ds, as of 
 niini>i ; but as of one, and to ///// seed whiih 
 Is CniusT. If tiic Inh/rllancc be of the 
 law, it is no more of promise; but (lod 
 fXavc (7 to .'Umiham In/ jnvinlsc. Ik ye be 
 CnniHT'a, then aivyo AiiitAiiA-M's sf.kd, and 
 heirs according,- to the promise. See also 
 Rom. iv. i;5, i\, and IG verses. 
 
 Tlicse testimonies must carry conviction 
 to every candid mind, capnblo of drawing' a 
 just conclusion, that the land lyinjf between 
 the Ku])lirates and the Nile was pro,nised, 
 willed, and covenanted by (iod ' to Abraliiim 
 and to his seed, which is Christ,' neither 
 of whom has inherited a foot of it: iiavinfi; 
 been during the time of their sojourn in it, 
 ' stran<,'ors and piljfrims,' although the iip- 
 polntcd heirs of (iod. Do you, dear reader, 
 believe Avitli full assurance of faith ihut 
 they shiill inherit it.- That 'the good and 
 larjro land,'*' 'the glory of all iands,*f the 
 Lord's land,]: ' Inniuuuiel's liind,'.'^ 'tlieglo- 
 rioiiS lan,J,'|| will yet be ' a hviiveidi/ coiin- 
 tri/,^ worthy of llini who ' c.syy/W i/,'f and 
 ' ii'hosc eyes are alicin/s vpon it :'"*\ ' Abra- 
 ham believed (Jod, and it was counted unto 
 him tor righteousness,''* and ' having ob- 
 tained a srood report lhrou!j;hf(ilth,^}\ ' died 
 not having received the promi-;e,''t that is 
 the thhig promised, viz. : all tiio land of 
 Canaan under a heavenly constitution— 
 hence ' a heavenly country' — for an ' ivir- 
 lasthin' possrsslon.'' ' Search the Scriptures,' 
 and study well the promises niiule to Abra- 
 ham, ' the heir ol" the world ;'v\^^ you will 
 find no other inheritance pioiuised or hinted 
 at: but the hope of 'dwelling forever in 
 the land,'|||] formed a principal item 'of the 
 faith oi' Abraham,' and of his faithful chil- 
 dren: and is, to this day, an essential item 
 of that 'one faith,' which is ' the substance 
 
 * Kx. iii. S. i tvzi'V. \v. (■>. 
 \\\i.H. II naiil. xi. Hi. 1 Dom 
 •1 Hrl.. \\.o'}. il ll.l' M. Vi 
 
 .\.\.\vii. at. 
 
 l.rV. \\V. il. .} 1.1.1. 
 \i. I'-. ■ ' Kimi. iv. '•). 
 
 ^'. H"i,. iv, ):!. I'iil's, 
 
 oi'things hoped foiV ami without wliich iti.s 
 impossible to jilease (Jod.t Abraham 
 
 knew that he must die and be buried in a 
 good old age,) and sleep with his fu- 
 tliersv^ in the dust (jf the earth; but he 
 also- knew that ' mary who sleep in the 
 dust of the earth should awake, some to 
 ev(!rlasting life ;'|| and ' the ))roniise made 
 ijfCod' assured him that then he should 
 inherit the land of his pilgrimage with life 
 eternal. 
 
 That the land promised to Abraham and 
 to Christ, for an everla.sting possession, is 
 the territory of the \/irsl dominion ' of the 
 lOmiiiro which God, ' by the inoutli of all 
 his holy prophets since the world began,' 
 hath promised to the Smi of Man and the 
 vS.aints, can be cl(;arly shewn by considering 
 and com|)aring tlie following jiassages of 
 Scripture: The .'i7tli of 1%/ekiel contains a 
 prnphixy of the linal restoration of the 
 twelve tribes of Israel to the land wherein 
 their fathers had dwelt, and of their again 
 forming ' one nation in the land,' and having 
 one klvu; over th.Mii all, being 'no more 
 divided into two kingdoms ;' the prophecy 
 declares that 'my servant David,' is to be 
 'their king piid jiriiice (orever.' lly David 
 in this proj)hccy is meant David's Lord and 
 Son, even Jesus who was born in Bethle- 
 hem, the heir to ' the throne of his father 
 David,' which the angel Cnbriel told Mary, 
 his mother, ' the Lord Ciod should give him.' 
 This is generally admitted. In the '-21th of 
 Isaiah, we read at the 23rd verso : ' Thai 
 the moon shall bo confoiUided and the sun 
 ashamed, when the Lord (Jesus) shall reign 
 In Mount ZIon and In Jiriisidcm, and be- 
 fore his aneknts !j;Jorlousl>/.^ Again, Micah 
 ■Itli cha])., it is written, 'the law shall go 
 forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord 
 front Jtrnsnlcm. and he shall judge amovig 
 many jicople, and rebuke strong nations afar 
 otf ' (afar oil" from the place of his throne), 
 ' and they shall beat their swords into 
 jdoughshares, and their spears into pruning 
 liooks : nation shall not litl up a sword 
 against nation, neither shall they learn war 
 any more. In tlud (/«y, saith the Lord, will 
 I a.«scmble lier (Israel) that haltcth, and 1 
 will gather her that is driven out and her 
 that I have afflicted ; and I will make her 
 tlirt halted a leimiaiit, and her that was 
 cast tar oil" a slronq nation : and the Lord 
 (.lesus) shall reign over them in Mount 
 ZIon from hemiftrth, even for ever. And 
 tliou,\> tower uf the lloch, the stronghold 
 of the daughter of Zion, unto thee slial' il 
 come, even the first domi wn; the kingdom 
 shall coiw to the dauglittr of Jerusulcin.^ 
 
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 In 2 
 
 • II. '.1. ti. 1. i ][,-',. vi 11. 
 
 ^> Dcul. x.xxi. 10 !| Daul. .\ii, 'J. 
 
 lii-R, x".'. l;i, sxy. S 
 
 iv. 1. 
 
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 \l)ralmiii 
 icd ill ii 
 1 lii.s t'u- 
 1 but, hu 
 p in the 
 some to 
 se made 
 3 should 
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 3 
 
 Add io lliesr lesiiinoiiin.s llie promise miido 
 by Jesus to ' the twelve,' wlieii tlioy asked 
 him, what they slioidd have wlio liad left 
 all anu followed him : ' Verily, I say unto 
 you, that ye which have followed me, /» the 
 rrgcwnilion (or restorati..n), n'hcn the Sou 
 of Man s'litll .s-;/ in the thntm of his ^lon/, 
 yo also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judjf- 
 ing (or governing) tiie twelve tribes of 
 Israol.'* 
 
 Tliese testimonies, when carefully con- 
 sidered, must convince every unbiassed 
 iieliever in the 'suro word of proi)hecy,'+ 
 which is not to be privately interpreted but 
 read as it is written, that thr land of lunicl 
 (when again re-occupied by the twelve 
 tribes forming one nation under one king, 
 even Jesus, reigning in Jerusalem before 
 'his ancients' — the fathers of Itracl raised 
 from the dead — with the twelve apostles for 
 then* chief rulers) -, the ternioni of the 
 kingdom of (iod or kingdom of Israel re- 
 stored: for the kingdom of Israel under 
 Solomon was an exact type or shadow of 
 the same kingdom when restored by the 
 ' greater than Solomon :' under whoui it is 
 destined to break in pifces and consume 
 all the other kingdoms of the world. Jesus 
 has been waiting at the right hand of God, 
 upwards of eighteen centuries, for 'the 
 times of the Gentiles,' — during which Jeru- 
 salem was to be trodden under foot — to be 
 fulfilled,t and for the 'regeneration' or 
 ' times of the restitiilion of all things " spoken 
 of by the prophets to arrive. That time is 
 now very near; this 'the wise' (in tiie 
 knowledge of God) 'understand' and re- 
 joice ♦•loreat; for all their hopes are centred 
 in 'the appearing and kingdom' of Jesus 
 Christ.^ 
 
 THE EVERLASTING COVENANT MADE 
 WITH DAVID. 
 
 In 2 Sam. 7th chap., beginning at the 10th 
 verse, David is thus addressed by (iod, 
 du'ough Nathan the prophet : ' Moreover 
 I will appcjint a place for my i)cople Israel, 
 and will plant them, tiiat lliey may dwell in 
 a i)laco of their own, and move no more , 
 neither shall the cliildren of wickedness 
 atilict them any more, as bcforetime, and 
 as since the time that I coMimanded judges 
 to l)c over my people Israel, and have 
 caused thee to rest ti ?m all thine enemies. 
 Also the Lord telleth thee that he will 
 make thee an house. And when tliy days 
 be fuUillod, and thou shdlt slap with thy 
 fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, 
 which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and 
 I will establish his kingdom, He shall 
 budd an house for my name, and I will 
 
 iv. 1. 
 
 ' Mfttt. MX. 2s. t 2 l\n. i. ',1. I I,uk« .\xi. 24. i 2 Tiiii. 
 
 establish thu throne if Ids J-iiigiLtn fur ever' 
 I will he his fathrr, and he shttll he m\j son.' 
 The passage which ibllows here is thus 
 rendered by Adam Clarke : ' In suffering 
 for ini(iuity I will chasten him with the rod 
 of men, and with the stripes due to the 
 children of men,' which agrees with what 
 Isaiah says in the .'iiJrd chap. : '.Surely he 
 hath borne our griefs, and carried our 
 sorrows : yet avg did esteem him stricken, 
 smitten of God, and adlictcd. But he was 
 wounded for our transgresEions, bruised for 
 our iniquities : the chastisement of our 
 peace was upo.i liim ; and witli his stripes 
 wo are healed.' Passing on to the Itith 
 verse, Nithan continues . 'And thine house 
 and thy kingehini shall be established ./();■ 
 ever In fore ihcc: thv throne shall be esta- 
 blished for ecer.' ' Tiicii went king David 
 in, and sat before the Lord, ano he said, 
 Wim am I, O Lord God ! and what is my 
 house that thou liast biougbt me hitherto ' 
 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, 
 O Lord God ; but thou hast spoken also oi 
 thy servant's house for a great while to come 
 2lkd verse : And what one nation in the 
 earth is like thy ])oople, even like Israel, 
 whom (lod went to redeem for a people to 
 himself, and to make him a name and to do 
 for you great things and terrible, for thy 
 /rt?ir/ before thy people, which thou redecmedst 
 to thee from Egypt, from ihe nations and 
 theiv Gods ? For thou hast confirmed to 
 thyself thy people Israil to be a people vnto 
 ihcc for ever: and thou, Lord, art become 
 their God. 
 
 David, in spirit, in the SOih and 1.32nd 
 Psalms, thus celebrates the goodness and 
 mercy ot the Lord, as manifested in this 
 covenant : ' I have made a covenant witli 
 my chosen. I have sworn unto David my 
 servant. Thy seed will I establish for ever, 
 and build up thy throne tc all generptions. 
 . . . . I have laid help upon one that is 
 mighty, I have exalted one chosen out of 
 the pcoph^ I have found David my ser- 
 vant ; with my holy oil have I anointed 
 him : with whom mine arm shall be esta- 
 Idished ; mine arm also shall strengthen him. 
 The enemy shall not exact upon him , 
 nor the son of wickedness afflict him. 
 And I will boat down his foes before his 
 face, and plague them that hate him. Hut 
 my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with 
 him : and in viy name shall his horn be 
 exalted. He shall cry unto me, Thou arl 
 my father, my Go/I, and the roek of ny sal- 
 vation. Also, / leill make him my frstborn, 
 higher than the kings of the earth. My 
 mercy will I keep for him for evermore, -idJ 
 my covenant shall stand fast with him.' 
 ISiind Ps. ' The Tiord bath sworn in tiutis 
 unto David he will not turn from it. Of 
 
I 
 
 THE KINIiDOM 01 liOD, 
 
 llie fruit of tliy ix'dy will i ael upon iby 
 throne.' Also, in his ' last words,' rocunl- 
 ed ? Sam '2'^rd chap., sublime reference i.s 
 made to this same covenant, with the avowal 
 that it w.is alj his salvation and all his desire. 
 His words are : ' The spirit of the iiord 
 spake by me, and his word was in my 
 tontjue. The God of Israel said. The rock 
 of Israel spake to me, He tlut rulclh over 
 men must he just, ruling in /he fear of Hod. 
 And he shall be as the \\^\\i of the morninfr, 
 when the sun riselh, even a morninjf witii- 
 out clouds : as the 'endcr grass si.rin^r'ng 
 out of the earth by dear shininsr alter rain. 
 Althoufrh iflv house 1)0 not so w ith iJod ; 
 yet he hath made with me an everlasting 
 covenant, ordered in alj thinsjs an<l sure : 
 for this is all my salval/on, and all my desire, 
 although he make it nut to grow." David, 
 like Abraham, died and was gathered to his 
 fathers ; but he knew that eternal life was 
 his, for accrdins lo the terms of the e(>ve- 
 naut God made with him, his Son, who also 
 was to be Son of God, was to sit upoi. his 
 throne/br cvrr before him, therefore he must 
 be a living witness of his jrlorious reign : 
 and hence must be raised from the de.id, 
 when the time should arrive i.)r God to 
 ^perform ' the good thing he bad prnmised. 
 > The wisdom of this 7rorhl,' whicii ' in 
 foolishjiess ivith (roil,' ami I may add, with 
 the man enlightened by the testimony of 
 God, will teli you, dear reader, that Jesus 
 is nujy sitting upon his father David's throne ! 
 
 -y.i. Heboid the day.^ come, sailh the Lorii. 
 that 1 will raise iinlo David a righteous 
 Bkani.ii, and a King shall nign and prosper, 
 and shall execute judgment and justice in 
 thecarlh. In his diiys Juilah shall be saved 
 and Ksrael fhall dwell safely. 
 
 Isa. ix. For unto u.sachild isbnrn,uni > 
 us a son is given : and the government shall 
 be upon his shoulder, and his name .shall be 
 called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty 
 God, the Everlasting Falhei, (this shouht 
 be rendered ' 'llicftKuuhr of iherverlrsiing 
 ai;r,' that is, 'the age lo come.') the Prince 
 of Peace. Of the increase of his govern 
 ment and peace there shall be no end, upon 
 the throne vf David and upon his hingdoni, 
 to order anil to establish it with justice from 
 hencrl'or/h even for ever. The zeal of the 
 1,01(1 of hosts will perform this. 
 
 Here, the reader may naturally enquire, 
 has iiol the promise of God to David failed, 
 seeing that his tabernacle has been in ruins 
 for so many centuries, his throne and king- 
 dom among the things that were '. If such 
 a thought arise, let it instantly be quashed 
 by tbe^knowledge that ' the slrensth of Is- 
 rael will not'ie nor repent: for he is not a 
 man that he should repent,' or change his 
 purpose ■ and that lie swore by his holiuessr 
 that He would not lie unto David. TIkt 
 same spirit of prophecy which communicated 
 lo David the gracious and precious promises 
 concerning his throne and kingdom, ;<ls(> 
 shewed hiin the temporary downfall and 
 at 'be 38th 
 
 If you have understood what you have read, I abolishment of both. Thus, n 
 even thus lar, the untruthfulness and ab- verse of the S9ih Ps., we read : 
 
 .i:... _r .u„» •! 1 ;„„l .1, ,,»«... ,..J1 K.T Iwiot r..icit <ifl' mill nliliovrpd- tlioi 
 
 s.irdity of that th3oloi,'ical dogma will be 
 
 ' /5ut thou 
 hast cast ofi' and abhorred, thou hast been 
 apparent. Jesus is nowhere in the Scrip- | wroth with thine anointed. Thou hast 
 turea represented as being now, or having I made void the covenant of thy servant : the . 
 ever been, on the Ihrone of David. He is hast profaned his crown by casting it to the 
 
 uniformly oken of as being, since liis 
 ascension, ' a- '.he right hand of God,' 'at 
 the right hand of the majesty on high,' or 
 ' at the right hand of the throne of God.' 
 ' Fools, and slow of heart lo believe all that 
 the prophets have spoken,' must they indeed 
 be, who deny that the covenant made with 
 David will be fulfilled in every jot and tittle 
 of the word, in the face of testimonies so 
 plain, that blind unbelief alone can gainsay 
 or reject thein. 
 
 ' Receive as a little child,' the following 
 additional portion of ' the wisdom of God,' 
 bearing on this fimdameiital truth of ' the 
 gospel of the kingdom.' 
 
 From Jer. 33rd chap. Behold, the days 
 come, saiih the I^ord, that I will perform 
 that good thing whicii 1 have |)romised unto 
 tlie house of Israel and to the house of Judah. 
 1 1 those days shall Judah be saved and Jern- 
 s(,'em shall dwell safely. For thus saith the 
 Iiord, Dnrld shall never want a tnan lo sit 
 vpon the throne of the hovse of Israel. Jer. 
 
 gronnd. Thou has broken all his hedges ; 
 Uiou hast brought his sltongholds to ruin. 
 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast 
 his throne down to the ground. How long, 
 Lordf wilt thou hide thyself forever ? shall 
 thv wrath burn like firis ! Lord, where are 
 iliy former loving kindnesses, which thou 
 svvarest uiito David in thy truth ?' And in 
 tiie 'Jflth Ps. 13, It verses. ' Return, (> 
 Lord, h'Av long ! and let it repent thee con- 
 cerning thy servants. O satisfy tis early 
 with thy mercy ; that we may rejoice and 
 be ijlad all our days.' 
 
 The same spirit in Ezekiel, as recorded 
 91st chap, ^.'ith to 27lh verses, thus ad- 
 dressed Zedekiah, the last of Judah's kings : 
 ' And thou profane wicked prince of Israel, 
 whose day is come, when iniquity shall 
 have an end. 'I'hus saith the Lord God ; 
 ' Remove the diadem, and takeolFllie crown: 
 this shall not be the same : exalt him that is 
 loW; and ab.a.~e him that is Icigli. 1 will 
 overturn, overtu'-n, overturn it; and it shaM 
 
 I 
 
I 
 
 THE KINODOM OF (lOU. 
 
 lie no innrc, until lie Kv.nc whose right il ix; 
 and I will give it him.' With tins agrees 
 llie word spukeii l)y llosea, see 3rd chap. 
 ■1, ') verses. 'For the ihildrcn q( Israel 
 shall ahide jiiuny days ivithout a liing, and 
 without a priiicG, and without a sacrifice, 
 and \,illiout an ii'iarte, and without tcra- 
 pliini : aflr.ricard shall the children nf Israel 
 return, and seek the Lord their God, and 
 Dacid their liing, and shall fear the Lord 
 and his goodness in the la/tcr days,'' 
 
 How leelingly our hlessed L<»rd alludes 
 to this same jiuriod ol' Israel's history in 
 liidding adieu to Jerusalem just before iiis 
 etucifixion : ' O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou 
 that killest the juophets, and stonest them 
 
 which are sent unto thee Behold your 
 
 house is left unto you desolate : and verily 
 I say unto you, Yc shall not see. mc until the 
 lime come when yc shall say, Blessed is he 
 that Cometh in the name of the Lord.' And 
 again : ' Jerusalem shall he trodden down 
 of the Gentiles, until the imes of the Gen- 
 tiles be fulfilled.' And at Pilate's bar, he 
 who had come to his own and his own had 
 received him not, but had despised and re- 
 lected him ; could not but confess to Pilate, 
 ' My kingdom is not of this world.' . . . 
 * Now is my kingdom not from hence.' No, 
 ' it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from 
 the dead the third day:' to go into a far 
 country and receive for himself a' kingdom, 
 and, when the appointed time should arrive, 
 to return, in the power and glory of his father, 
 
 and accomplish liie glorious work assigned 
 to iiim as the Christ of God. Then ' the 
 kingdom and liirone of liavid," or ' of Is- 
 rael,' or 'of God,' (III this eaith, for they 
 are one and the same, will be ' establi-shed 
 ' henceforth forever '■./ruin that time, 'David 
 shall never want a man to sit upon his 
 throne.' All styled heirs in the Scriptures 
 will then be inJurilurs, and have entered in- 
 to the ' 7-t.s7,' which lemaineth for the people 
 of G ', whicii will be a ' glorious' one. 
 
 J)ear reader, do you believe the testi- 
 monies of God ? It' y,m do, and are not 
 ' blind, yea, stone blind, yua cannot but per- 
 I ceive that this earth is yet to be ' filled with 
 the glory of the Lord :' that the Scriptures 
 reveal a time when God will indeed dwell 
 i on earth in the person of Jesus Christ ; a 
 lime when the will of God will be done on 
 earth even as it is in heaven : a time preg- 
 I nant with the most woiu) ^rfnl and glorious 
 events; a time of perca and happiness, 
 power, honor, and dominion to all God's 
 i people : a time when such as you shall be 
 clothed with immortality, made like unto 
 the angels of God — those glorious beings 
 who are swift to execute his will — and des- 
 tined to live for ever ! 
 
 j You must surely be infatuated, if ycju 
 neglect to ensure lor yourself a participation 
 i in ' the exceeding great and precious pro- 
 mises of God.' T'p then! and be doing; 
 for rely upon it, the coming of the Lord is 
 , nigh, even at the door. 
 
 THK COMINd .IlIDf4MENTS UPON THE NATIONS, PREPAR.ATOllY AND LNTRO 
 UUHTORY TO THK RRSTORATION OI' 'THE KINGDOM At^AIN TO ISRAEL' 
 AND THE 'RESTITUTION OF ALL THINGS, WHICH GOD HATH SPOKEN ' 
 BY THE MOUTH OF ALL HIS HOLY PROPHETS.' 
 
 ' Yc can dlscerix the face of tlic sky j hut can ye not discern the signs of the times ."—Matt. .\vi. 3. 
 
 In his preface to a recent work styled 
 "The Harmony of I'ropliecy," the Author, 
 Doctor Keith, D. D., has the following 
 excellent and timely remarks : 
 
 ' The simpliiily that is in Christ, is a 
 reality, not a fiction. There is a common 
 faith for the children of the light and of the 
 day. They walk by f ;ith and not by sight. 
 The things that are revealed belong to them. 
 The time comuili when tiie"niystery of God 
 shall be finished, as he hath declared unto 1 
 iiis servants the prophets. Of the times of\ 
 the restitution of all things, (jijii hath spoken I 
 by the mouth of all his prophets since the | 
 world began. Till then the heavens mu.s 
 receive Christ. The spirit expressly testi- 
 fies that the Lord Jesus Christ shall judge 
 the ([uick and the dead, at his appearing and 
 liis kingdom ; that ho will render indigna- 
 tion and wrdlh. tribuiutio!! and anuuish upon 
 every soul of man that docth evil, of the 
 
 Jew first, and also of the Gentile ; but glory, 
 and honour, and peace to every man that 
 worketh good, to the Jew first and also to 
 the Gentile. 
 
 Creeds, though rightfully drawn from 
 Scripture to combat with its truths the errors 
 of bygone days, may not, if more restricted 
 than the unstraitened word of the Lord, be 
 fully adequate to meet the evils which believ- 
 ers have to encounter and overcome in the 
 latter days, .... there is a time when the 
 book of prophecy, before shut, shall be 
 opened ; and the judgment of the quick, 
 barely recognised in the olden creeds — the 
 ludgment of the world, or of all nations — 
 may need to be more fully apprehended 
 from opening Scriptures, by the generation 
 of the faithful that shall sec these things of 
 which the Lord and his prophets and apos- 
 tleH have spoken, as hrrnldhig hi^ coming 
 and his hingdom,th!xi\ they were by those wlio 
 
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 rillv KINGDOM uV GOD. 
 
 lived nro llie days should come, in which 
 judgment must beKi" iit 'I'f^ house of God. 
 
 Ill giviuji his disciples to know the mys- 
 teries of the kinf;dom of heaven, Jesua said, 
 fJnto you that hair more shall bu given. Let 
 liis faithfulness to this promise he tried. 
 He that is of (iod licareth (.iuirs icords, saith 
 the same divine witness. The words of 
 (iod have to bo hea.d by the faithful in 
 Christ Jesus, and the things which lie shews 
 to his servant- to be believed and known by 
 them, though his judgments have to be ac- 
 complished ///< /lis 1,-ondcrs shall he fulfil hd 
 by unconscious instruments that did choose 
 Ihcir own delusions, and are left to them. 
 An inspired aimstle testifies, ' Now 1 say 
 that Jesus Christ was a minister of the cir- 
 cumcision Koii THKTUUTn oi'Gon to confirm 
 the promises made unto the fathers,' &c. 
 Thtse iiromises must all be fulfilled, what- 
 ever judgments yet intervene. The truth 
 of (iod shall bo established forever. The 
 word of our God s'lall stand forever. All 
 the writer asks of the reader is to hear that 
 word. Let the faith, the prayer, the pur- 
 pose, and the practice of those who seek to 
 know the truth from the word of truth, be 
 ihose of the man after God's own lieart, who 
 thus spake by the Holy Ghost : ' Th)i 
 trMimonirs arc wonderful : therefore doth viy 
 soul keep them. T/w entrance of thy word 
 ■,'7'i'(7/t light ; it gircth wulerslanding unto 
 the simple.' 
 
 Hear what saith the Lord, is all that the 
 writer of this, too, would ask of the reader ; 
 while at the same time he would remind 
 iiim of what is said at the close of Daniel's 
 wonderful prophecy of the time of the end : 
 * none of the wicked shall understand, hut the 
 wise shall understand.'' 
 
 Dear reader, if you would that that day, 
 which shall come as a snare upon ail them 
 that dwell on the face of the whole earth, 
 come not upon you also unawares, be not 
 ' slow of heart to believe nlllhM the prophets 
 have spoken.' Uemember what is said of 
 such as luulerstand the most difficult of all the 
 prophetic Scriptures — 'the Rcvelati(ui of 
 Jesus Christ, which tiod gave unto hini' — 
 • lilesscd is he that kopclh the sayings of tlu 
 prophecy of this hook.' Be persuaded to 
 ' give lieed to the sure word of prophecy,' 
 that you may be ' wise ' to ' understand ' 
 •the signs of the times;' and 'knowing 
 before ' the momentous events which are 
 ' oven at the door,' watch and pray that ye 
 may be aci'iuintod worthy to escape all the 
 impending judgments, and to stand before j 
 tlio SOI) of man. 
 
 Dent, \xxii. 43. ' llejoice, yo nations. 
 with his people " (Israel); ' for ho will 
 avenge llie blood of hio ^crwuus, and will 
 re'ider vengeance to his advevsaiics, and 
 
 will Ije merciful to his land, and to his 
 people, ' 
 
 1 Saml. ii. 10. ' The adversaries of the 
 Lord shall be broken to pieces ; out of 
 heaven sliall he thunder upon them : the 
 Lord shall judge the ends of the earth ; and 
 ho shall give strength unto his king, and 
 exalt the horn of his anointed,' 
 
 Isa. ii. 19. ' And they shall go into the 
 holes of the rocks, and into the caves of tho 
 earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory 
 of his majesty, when ho ariseth to shake 
 terribly the earth.' 
 
 Hev. vi. 12, 1.3— 17. ' And I beheld 
 when he had opened the sixth seal, and lo 
 there was a grei-.t earthquake ; (an upheav- 
 ing or revolutioi. among iha nations) — and 
 the kings of the ear.h, and the great men, 
 and the" rich men, and the chief captains, — 
 hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks 
 of the mountjins ; and said to the moun- 
 tains and rocks. Fall on us, and hide us from 
 the face of bim that sitlelh on the throne, 
 and from tlio wrath of the ]<amb; for the 
 great day of his wrath is come ; and who 
 siiall be able to stand !' 
 
 Ezek. :]8. ' Son of man, set thy face 
 against Oosr, the land of Magog, the chiej 
 prince ofMeshech and Tubal,' (who is shewn 
 by Doctor Tboinas, in ' Elpis Isuac;!.,' to 
 
 b(3 the Autocrat of the Uussias; who will, 
 ere the iuliilment of this prediction, have so 
 enlarged bis Empire, as to include in it a 
 great^porlion of the territory of the old As- 
 syrian, Medo-Persian, Grecian, and Roman 
 Empires; iherebv constituting himself the 
 golden head of Nebuchadnezzar's image, and 
 ■'the Assyrian ' of the latter days, and his 
 dominionihe image itself; which, being smit- 
 ten on the feet by ' the stone cut out of the 
 mountain without hands,' all its compoBent 
 parts— that is, all the tributary kingdoms 
 and dominions represented by these — are 
 broken to pieces together; while 'the stone,' 
 which is the kingdom of God, becomes a 
 great mountain and fills the whole earth,) 
 ''and prophesy against him, and say, thus 
 saith the Lord God ; behold I am against 
 thee. Gog, the chief prince of Meshecb 
 and Tubal. Al'ier many days thou shalt be 
 visited: in the /(///'T ?/f«r,s thou shall come 
 into the land that is brought back from the 
 sword, and is gathered out of many people, 
 against the mountains of Israel, which have 
 been always waste. Thou shalt ascend and 
 come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud 
 to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, 
 and maiiv people with thee. Tiiou shalt 
 think an evil thought : and tliou shalt say, 
 I will go up to the land of un walled vil- 
 lages ;— to take a spoil, and lo take a prey :' 
 (this shewt that befovn the t'uUilment of this 
 prophecv, a partial beltleinent of the Jew» 
 
rilli Iv'INCIDOM 01- COD. 
 
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 )'i '.liuii- laud imislUike iilace.) ' tjliebi ami 
 De(laii,aiHl llie uierchaiita of'rarsliisli, with 
 all llie youiiii /'"»« llioruot',' (these Dr. T. 
 Umtonstia/es lo lie tliu Hiilibli jio'ver, ami, 
 that Hritain nmst tako possession of Sliel)a 
 ana Dcdan,) ' shall say unto 'jee, art thou 
 come to take a spoil I to carry away silver 
 and fold, to take a yreat suoiif (Hritain 
 will, at that time, possess a |)ortion of the 
 promised land, and it will he her policy to 
 oppose any advance of the terrible invader 
 towards the AksV.) I8th verse. 'Auditshall 
 come to pass at the same time when Gojj shall 
 come against the j.'nd of Israel, saiih the 
 Lord (jod, that my Airi' shall come up m 
 my face. And 1 will call for a sword 
 airainst him throughout all my mountains, 
 saith the ]jord God ; every man's sword 
 shall be against his brother. And I will plead 
 against him w.ih pestilence and with blo(/d ; 
 and 1 will rain upon him and upon his bands 
 and upon the many people that are with 
 him, an overliowing rain, and great hail- 
 stones, lire and brimstone.' 39th chap. 
 ' And I will turn thee back, and leave but 
 the sixth part of thee. Thou shall fall upon 
 the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy 
 hands, and the people that is with thee. 
 xVnd I will send a fire upon Magog, and 
 among them thai dwell cunjidenth/ ' (Mar. 
 reading) • in the isles : and they shall know- 
 that I am tiie Lord.' ' Be/wM, it is come, 
 and it is done, saith the Lord God : this is 
 the day whereof 1 have sjio/ien.'' 'And 1 
 will set my glory among the heathen, and 
 all the heathen shall see my judgment that 
 i have executed, and my hand that I have 
 la-y upon them. So the house of Israel 
 sLall know that 1 am the Lord their God 
 from that day and forward. Now will 1 
 living again the captivity of Jacob, and have 
 mercy vpon the whole house, of Israel, and 
 will bo jealous for my holy name : after 
 that they have borne their shame, and all 
 their tiespasses whereby they have tres- 
 passed against me, when they dwelt safely 
 in their land, and none made them afraid. 
 When I have brought them again from the 
 people, and gathered them out of their 
 enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in 
 the sight of many nations ; Then shall they 
 know that I am the Lord tlreir God, which 
 caused theiri to be led into captivity among 
 the heathen : bull have gathered them unto 
 their own land, and have left none ot them 
 any more there. Neither will 1 hide my 
 face ani/ more from them : for I have poured 
 nut my spirit on the house of Israel.'' 
 
 Joel 3rd chap. ' Behold, in those days, 
 and in ihviHime, tvhen I shall bring again the 
 raplivity of J ud all and Jerusalem, I will also 
 gather all nations, and will hrinii thcM. down 
 into the vallcv of Jehoshaphut," (a long deep 
 
 valley rnniiing uuilh and !>(julh on the east 
 of Jerusalfin, between Mount Moriali and 
 the Mount of Olives,) 'and 1 will plead willi 
 them there lor my people mu\ U>x my heritage 
 Israel, whom they have scattered among 
 the natioi' J, and part'il my land. !)th verse. 
 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles ; pre- 
 pare war, wake up the mighty men, let all 
 the men of war draw near; let them come 
 up : beat your ])loug!i8hare3 into swords, 
 and your pruninghooks into spears : assem 
 hie yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, 
 and gather yourselves together round about. 
 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of deci- 
 sion; for the day if //." Lord is near in the. 
 valley of decision. The sun and the moon 
 shall be darkened, and the stars shall with- 
 draw their shining. The Lord also shall 
 roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from 
 Jirusalcm; and the heavens and the earth 
 shall shake : hut the Lord will be the liope 
 oi' his people, and the strength of the children 
 of Israel. So shall ye know that I am the 
 Lord difclling in Zion my holy mountain 
 then shall Jeiusalem be holy, and there shall 
 no strangers pass throvi>h her any more. 
 13ut Judah shall dwell forever, and Jeru- 
 salem from generation to generation,— ;/in' 
 the Lord dwellcth in Zion. ' 
 
 Zech. xiv. Jjeliold, the day of the Lord 
 oometh,and thy spoil shall be divided in the 
 midst of thee. For i will gather all nations 
 against .Jerusalem to battle ; and the city 
 shall be taken, and half ui the city shall go 
 forth into captivity, and the residue of the 
 people shall not he cut oil' from the city. 
 Then shall the Lord i^o forth and fight 
 against those nations, asu'hin he fought .n 
 the day of battle. And his /flei" shall stand 
 on that day upon the Muunt of Olives,' (from 
 this Mount Jesns ascended, on which occa- 
 sion two angels told his wonder-stricken 
 disciples, who stood gazing up into heaven, 
 ' this same Jesus shall so come in like 
 manner as ye have seen him go into heaven." 
 Acts i. 11.) 'And it shall cleave in the 
 v)idst thereof toward the east and toward the 
 west, and there shall be a great valley ; and 
 half of the mountain shall remove toward 
 the north, and half of it toward the ' luth. 
 And ye .slirll flee to the valley of the moun- 
 tains ; — yea, ye shall flee like as ye fled 
 from before the raithijvalic in the days ol 
 Uzziah king of Judah ; and the Lord my 
 God shall come, and .all the saints with thee. 
 9th verse. ' And the Lord shall be king 
 over all the earth : in that day there shall be 
 one Lord, and his name one. And this 
 shall be the plague wherewith the Lord 
 shall smite all the people that have fought 
 against Jerusalem ; their flesh sh.-\ll consume 
 avvQv while thev stand u'>Qn theii feet, and 
 their eyes sliall conoume away in thcir'holes. 
 
8 
 
 nil; Ki.NiiUo.M ui uoD. 
 
 n 
 
 i 
 
 and llieir toiiyue sluill eoiisiiine away in ; 
 itieir iiiiiutli. And il shall eoniK to pass in 
 that day, that a fiieal tuuinlt I'loni the; Lord 
 shall h<! anion^ llicni . and iht-y shall lay 
 hold every one (mi the hand ol' his neiyhi)onr, 
 and hi.f IkihiI sinill risi' vp ogain.-^t the hand 
 of /lis iiriahbuur.' (Compare this with 21st 
 ver?e of 38th Exek.) 10th verse. ' And it 
 shall come to pass, that every one llvat is 
 left of all the nations which came ajjainst ! 
 Jerusalem shall even i;o np from year to 
 year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, 
 and /;; keip the feast of tabirnwks. And it 
 shall come to pass that whoso will not come 
 up of all the families of the earth unto. lent- ; 
 salciii to worship tlie king, the Lord of hosts, 
 fitv,7t upon thrill shall he no rain.'' (In this 
 way, will any manifestation of rebellion or 
 disobedience be duiekly jnit down ; as no 
 greater calamity can betai a nation than a 
 long continued drought.) 
 
 The Jjord's people, J udali and Israel, will 
 he his /"<»/■(■« in subduing the nations, and 
 breaking in pieces the kingdoms of the 
 worl'', until they are compelled to cry for 
 peace, and acknowledge the dominion of 
 Israel's King. Even as, on a smaller scale, 
 the Israelites, under Joshua and David, sub- 
 dued or rendered tributary the nations which 
 dwelt in the promised land. Hear what 
 sailh the Lord respecting this : Zech. ix. 
 13. ' When I have bent Juilah for me, 
 filled the bow with F.phraim, and raised up 
 thy sons, Zion, against thy sons, 
 Greece, and made thee as the sword of a 
 mighty man. And the Lord shall be seen 
 over them, and his arrow shall go forth as 
 the lightning : and the Lord God shall blow 
 the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds 
 of the south. The Lord of Hosts shall 
 defend them ; and th(y shall dtvour, and 
 subdue with sling stones. 10th chap. 3rd 
 verse. ' J'or the Lord of hosts hath visited 
 his flock the house of Judah, and hath made 
 them as his goodly horse in the battle. And 
 they shall be as mighty men which tread 
 down their enemies in the mire of the streets 
 in the battle : and they shall Jight because the 
 Lord is with them, and the riders o,i horses 
 shall be confounded.'' 
 
 Micah vii. 15. 'According to the days' 
 (for the space of forty years) o<' thy (Israel's) 
 ' coming out of the land of Egypt will 1 
 shew imto him marvellous things. The 
 
 nations shall see and he confounded at all 
 their might : tliey shall lay their hand upon 
 their mouth, their ears shall be deaf. Tlifi/ 
 shall tick the dust like a serpent, they shall 
 move out of their lioles like worms of the 
 earth : they shall be afraid of the Lord our 
 God, and shall fear because of thee. Who 
 is a (iod like unto thee, that pardoneth 
 ini(iuity, and passeth by the transgres.<ision of 
 the rcmnaU of his heritage/ he retaineth 
 not his auger i'orever, because he dclighteth 
 in mercy. lie will turn again, he will have 
 compassion upon us : he will subdue our 
 iiiKluities ; and thou wilt cast all their sins 
 into the depths of the sea.'' (The nation of 
 Israel, before bung finally settled in their 
 land, will again pass through the Red tSea, 
 and in so doing they will all be ' baptized 
 into Christ,' as formerly into Moses, and 
 thus, all their sins will be castinto thedepths 
 of the sea. Vide Isa. xi. 10 — 16, also 
 'Elpis Israel." ^ Thou wilt perform the 
 truth to Jacob, arid the mercy to Abraham 
 which thou hast sworn unto our fathers fro/n 
 the days of old. ' 
 
 These, dear reader, are but a sample of 
 the plain words of the Lord — that a child 
 may understand — which shew the judgmei.ts 
 that must come : by which the nations aie 
 to be punished for their iniquities, espe- 
 cially for their oppression of God's ancient 
 people, and humbled and prepared for the 
 peaceful and glorious times of Messiah. 
 My limits will not admit of my adducing 
 further testimonies ; sufficient, however, has 
 surely been brought to your notice to induce 
 you 10 search fartlier, and note how invariably 
 judgment is to be followed by mercy and 
 blessing to Israel, and through lsrael,io all the 
 nations of the earth. ' Hath God cast away 
 his people, God forbid ? through their fall 
 salvation is come unto the Gentiles. Now 
 if the fall of them be the riches of the world , 
 and the diminishiMi: of them the riches of the 
 Gentiles, how much more their fulness I 
 blindness in part is happened to Israel, 
 until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 
 And so all Israel shall be saved, as it is 
 written,' (Isa. lix. '20., read the two follow- 
 ing chapters for a descri'ition of the glorious 
 future which awaits Israel,) ' There shall 
 come to Zion the deliverer, and shall turn 
 away ungodliness from Jacob,' &c. Rom. 
 xi. chap. 
 
 THE RESTITUTION OP ALL THINGS. 
 
 " Tlic I.(iril shiil! seiiil ,Ti>sus Christ— whom the hciivciis must receive until the times of restitution of all things, 
 which Uod hatli sjiolicn liy tlie nioutli of all hia holy jirophets, since the world began."— Acti iii, iO, 21. 
 
 Ezek. xxxvi. O mountains of Israel, ye I for you, and I will turn unto you, and yu 
 shall shoot forth your branches, and yield j shall be tilled and sown : and I will mul- 
 your frtiit tn tny people o'' Israel ; for they j tiply men upon yon., all the house of IsraeU 
 arc at hand to come For. beheld I ain I even all of il : and tlie cities ^liull be inha- 
 
TIIIC KI\r;r»nM oi- ^;0D. 
 
 Ititcd. ami tlip wnstcs yliall he builded : ami 
 f will multiply upon you iimn ami bea.st: 
 ami they shall iiicieafo and hriiijT fruit: 
 ami I will settle you utler your old estates, 
 and will do bdUr uuU, you tiian at your 
 beginnings : and yo shall know that \ am 
 the I^ord. I do not this for i/our sakes, O 
 house of Israel, but for mini,' holy name's 
 sake, wliicii ye have jtrofancd among the 
 heatiien whither ye went. I will take you 
 out from among the heatiien, and gather 
 you out of all countries, and will bring you 
 into your own land. And ye shall dwell 
 in the land tiiat I gave to your fathers, and 
 ye shall be my pco|)lo and I will he your 
 (iod. I wii! also save you from all your 
 imcleannesses ; and I wiil call for the corn, 
 and will increase it, and lay no famine upon 
 you. And I will multiply the fruit of the 
 tree and the increase of the field, and ye 
 fihall receive no more rcproacli of famine 
 among the lieathen. Tims saitli the Lord 
 God : In tiio day tlint I siiall have cleansed 
 you from all your iniciuitics I will also cause 
 you to dwell in the cities, and tlio wastes 
 nhall be builded. And the desolate land 
 shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in 
 the sight of all that passed by. And they 
 shall say. This land that was desolate is 
 become like the. garden of Eden: and the 
 waste and desolate and ruined cities are 
 become fenced, and are inhabited. 
 
 Isa. li. 3. ' For the Lord shall comfort 
 Zion ; he will comfort all hor waste places; 
 and he will make her wilderness like Eden, 
 find her desert like the garden of the Lord; 
 joy and gladness shallbe found therein, 
 thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.' 
 
 Jcr. iii. 17, 18. At that time they shall 
 call Jerusalem tlie throne of the Lord; and 
 all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to 
 the name of tiie Lord to Jerusalem : neither 
 siiall they walk any more after the imagi- 
 nation of tlieir evil heart. In those dai/s the 
 liouse of Judali shall walk with the house 
 of Israel, and they shall come together out 
 of the land of the north, to the land that I 
 have given for an inheritance', unto i/our 
 fathers. 
 
 Zeph. iii. 14, 15, W, 90. Sing, O daugh- 
 ter of Zion ; shout, O Israd ; be glad iind 
 rejoice with all thy iieart, O daughter of 
 Jerusalem. The Lord hath taken away thy 
 judgments, he liatli cast out tliine enemy": 
 the King of Israkl, even T'ie Lord, is 
 
 IN THE MIDST OF THEE : tllOU shalt UOt SCC 
 
 evil any more. Behold, at that time I will 
 undo all that afflict thee; and I will save 
 her that lialteth, and gather her that was 
 driven out : and I will get them praise and 
 fame in every land where they have been 
 put to shame. At that time will I bring 
 you again, even in the tune that I gather i 
 
 you: for I will make ynij a luimo and a 
 ])raise among all people of the earth, w hen 
 I lurn back your captivity before your eyes, 
 saith tlie Lord.' 
 
 Zech. vi. ]% V,i. 'Thus speaket.li the 
 Lord of hosts, saying, Ueiiold the man 
 whose na.iie is The 13iiani;h :' (Jesus) ' and 
 ho shall grow up out of his place, and Ik! 
 s'.all build tlie trinple of ihoiiord: even he 
 shall build tiic fomple of tlie Lord: and ho 
 shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule 
 upon his throne : and ho shall bo i priest 
 upon his throne : and the counsel of jieace 
 shall be between them both.' 
 
 Zech. viii. Thus saith the Lord : f am 
 returned i.nto Zion, and will dwell in the 
 midst of Jerusalem : and Jerusalem shall be 
 called a city of truth ; and the mountain of 
 the Lord of hosts the holy mountain. "^iTh... 
 saith the Lord of hosts : It shall yet come 
 to pass, tiiat there shall come people, and 
 the inhabitants of many cities : and the in- 
 habitants of one city shall go to another, 
 saying. Let us go speedily to pray before 
 the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts : I 
 will go also. Yea, many people and strong 
 nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts 
 in Jerusalem, and to pray before the Lord. 
 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; In those 
 days it shall come to pass, that ten men 
 shall take hold out of all languages of the 
 nations, even shall take holo of the skirt of 
 him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with 
 you : for we have heard that God is with you. 
 
 Amos. ix. 11 — If). 'In that day will I 
 raise up the tabernacle of David that is 
 fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; 
 and I will raise up his ruins, and I will 
 build it as in the days of old : Behold, the 
 days come, saith the Lord, that the plough- 
 man shall overtake the reaper, and the 
 treader of grapes him that soweth seed : and 
 the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and 
 all the hills shall melt. And I wih bring 
 again the captivity of my people of Israef, 
 and they shall build the waste cities and 
 inhabit them ; and they siiall plant vino- 
 yards and drink the wine tiiereof; they 
 shall also make gardens and eat the fruit 
 of them. And I will plant them upon the 
 land, and they shall no more be pulled up 
 out of their lai, ' which I have given them, 
 saith the Lord thy God." 
 
 Isa. 52. Awake, awake; put on thy 
 strength, O Zion: put on th} beautiful 
 garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city : for 
 henceforth there shall no more come into 
 thee the uncircumcised and the uncleon. 
 Shako thyself from the dujt : arise and sit 
 down, O . Jerusalem, loose thyself from the 
 bands of tliy neck, O captive daughter of 
 Zion. Break forth into joy, sing together, 
 ye waste places c,f Jerusalem: for the Lord 
 
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 I; 
 
 
 
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 Iintli ooivilltrtoil liis peoplp, li.-" Indi rPi'fPm- 
 od Jonisiilnin. 
 
 Isa.dO. Arisp, ('/ion)sliino: tbi'lliy liyflit 
 iH come, and tlio nlory ol" tlie Lurd is risen 
 tljion time. Por, Ijoiiold, tiio d'U-Jttipss sliaii 
 I'ovor tlip cnrtli, iind (JroR!^ darkness the 
 people: l)iit tlio I ' ill arise upon lliee, 
 anl his i,'I()ry shal. i.e siiii upon thee. All 
 Iho llocks (if K(>dar shrill he irithered tojre- 
 tlior nnto lliee, the rnina of Nchiiioth simll 
 minister unto thoc: they shall come up with 
 acceptances on mine altar, and I will (rlori- 
 fy the lionse of my ,£rl'>i'y. Surely the isles 
 shall wait for me, and tin; sln'ps of Tnmhiitli 
 I'lrsl, to br!)i!X llii) aonit from J'lir, their silver 
 unci their <fol(l with them, nnto the name of 
 the Lord thy (fod, nnil to the Holy One of 
 Israel, bocanse he hath criorified thee. And 
 the sons of strnnjxors shall build up thy 
 walls, and their kinrfs shall minister nnto 
 thee : for in my wrath I smote thee, but in 
 my favor have I had mercy upon thee. 
 The nation and Kingiioin thitt uill. not serve 
 thfc shall perish : j/ea, those nations shall he 
 utterly wasted. The <f|ory of Lebanon shall 
 coTiG unto thee, the tir tree, the pine tree, 
 and the box together, to heaulifi/ the place 
 of m\j sanctnarij \ and [ will make the place 
 'if'^'yfifi glorious. The sons also of them 
 that atflicted thee shall come bending nnto 
 thee; and all thuy that despised thee shall 
 bo\v themselves down at the solos of thy 
 feec ; and they shall call thee. The City of 
 the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of 
 Israel. Wliereas thou hast been forsaken 
 and hated, so that no man went through 
 thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, 
 a joy of many generations. For brass I 
 will brin- gold, and for iron I will bring 
 silver, and for wood brass, and for stones 
 iron : I will also make thy officers peace, 
 and thine exactors righteousness. Violence 
 shall no more be heard in thij land, wasting 
 nor destruction within thy borders : but thou 
 shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates 
 Praise. The sun shall be no more thy 
 light by day: neither for brightness shall 
 the moon give light unto 'thee: but the 
 Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, 
 and thy God thy glory. Tliy people also 
 shall be all righteous, they shall inherit the 
 land forever, the branch of my planting, the 
 work of my hands, that I may be glorified. 
 
 Isa. 02. G. 7. ^^ Ye that .nake mention of 
 the Lord, keep not silence and give him no 
 rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusa- 
 lem a praiae in all the earth." 
 
 Ps. 48. L 2. Great is the Lord and 
 greatly to be praised in the city of our God, 
 in the mountain of his holiness. Beautiful 
 for situation, the joy of the whol j earth, is 
 mount Zion. on the sides of the north, the 
 city of the great King. 
 
 I's. ()7. M. 4. t). liPt the people prawe 
 tlipc, () G'od ; let all the ])e()ple |)raise thee. 
 () let the nations be glad and sing for joy ; 
 for thou shalt judge the people righteously, 
 and govern the nations upon earth. 'I'hen 
 sh'-iU the earth yitdd herincr"ase; andliod, 
 even our own (iod, shall bless us. 
 
 I's. 7"-J. (live the King thy judgments, 
 () God, and thy righteousness unto the 
 King's son. He slmll judge thy people with 
 righteousness, and thy i)oor with judgment. 
 He shall judge the poor of the people, he 
 shall save the children of the needy, and 
 shall break in pieces the oppressor. In his 
 days shall tl»o righteous tlourisli : and 
 abundance of peace; so long as the moon 
 endnreth. He shall have dominion also 
 from sea to sea, and from the river unto the 
 ends of the earth. They that dwell in tho 
 wildernojis shall i)ow before him ; and his 
 enemies shall lick the iIu.hI. The Kinacs nj 
 Tarshish and if the i.iles shall brin^ presents : 
 the Kings of Shehn and Seba shall offer gijls. 
 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him, 
 all nations shall serve him. His name shall 
 endure for ever : his name shall be conti- 
 nued as long as ^hc sun: and men shall be 
 blessed in him: all nations shall call him 
 blessed. IJlessed be the Lord God, the 
 God of Israel, who only doeth wondi'ous 
 things. And blessed be his glorious name 
 forever: and let the whole earth be filled 
 with his glory : amen and amen. 
 
 Ps. c.xlv. 10—12. All thy works .shall 
 praise thee, O Lord, and thy saints shall 
 bless thee. They shall speak of the glory 
 of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power ; to 
 make known to 'he sons of men his mighty 
 acts, and the glorious majesty of his king- 
 dom. 
 
 Ps. cxlix. 2, G — 9. Let Israel rejoice in 
 him that made him : let the children of 
 Zion be joyful in their King. 
 
 Isa. xii. 5, (>. Sing unto the Lord ; for he 
 hath done excellent things: this is known in 
 all the earth. Cry out and shout, thou inha- 
 bitant of Zion : for great is the Holy One 
 of Israel in the midst of thee. 
 
 One word to the reader in concluding : 
 Does ' the light of the glorious gospsl of 
 Christ,' shine into your mind, so that you 
 can believe and realise the glorious future ? 
 for, remember, if it be hid, 'it is liid to 
 them that are lost,' ' the god of this world 
 hath blinded tlie minds of them which 
 believe n.t.' As it was with the .Tews in 
 relation to their King ; so is it now with 
 the Gentiles, or christians, so-called, in 
 relation to the kingdom. The Jews were 
 faithless of a suflering CI. 'st ; the Gentiles 
 are faithless of a king, who is ' to restore 
 again ^b.o kingdom' and ' the preserved ' of 
 Israel; who is to 'reign and prosper, and 
 
 i 
 
THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 
 
 11 
 
 r'xccule juilfrmeni nnii justice in tlie earth ;' , 
 wlio is to ' build again the tabernacle of | 
 David,' which is now in ruins; and reign | 
 jiersonallii, us Oo'Ts rcjirescnlafive, on Mount 
 /.ion and in the City of Jerusalem, over the I 
 twelve tribes of Israel, and all other nations, , 
 for a thousiind years. If you understand the j 
 scriptures wiiich arc brought to your notice 
 in the preceding j)agcs, you cannot but per- ' 
 i-eive tiie truth of this. ' 
 
 A kingdom is believed in, which cannot 
 bo 'expounded and testified from Moses 
 and the prophets:' and a belief in this 
 lliini!; of air has" supplanted, in the hearts 
 of the people, faith in the gospel of ' the 
 kingdom ot God and of Cnrist,' as any 
 child may perceive whose mind is not 
 indoctrinated with ' the leaven of the Pha- 
 risees,' andjspoiled by a vain philosophy and 
 ' the traditions of men.' 
 
 A HUNDRED YEARS HENCE! 
 
 AS !*KEN UY TUE KVK OF FAIXII IN TIIE LIGHT OF SCRIPTURE. 
 
 ■ 'I'lie kiiij,'i]orii.s of ihc world have,' long 
 >iiiee, ' ijecuuio ihc kingdoms ot our Lord 
 ;md ot" his('hri.-l.'(r) Tlioscof the callfii,' 
 {•2) who 'ill iiis appearing uiid his kiiij;- 
 iioin,"{3) were judged, and found worthy of 
 (iieniul life, ' made kings and i)ricsts unto 
 (iod," now ' live and reign ^vlih Christ on 
 the earth. ■( 1) All the ' heavenly places ' (5) 
 of the earth, ' the thrones, dominions, piin- 
 oipalities, anil powers,' formerly occupied 
 iind iiossessed iiy the world's favored ones ; 
 {()) all liigli places of trust, honor, dignity, 
 iiile.aiul aiul.ority, are in the hands of ' the 
 j)i'o[)le of the saints of the most High ;'(7) 
 :iiul by them justice is righteously admin- 
 istered r.nd executed, in accordance with a 
 Divine code of laws, throughout the whole 
 world. (8) 
 
 • Tiie nations ' who were spared amid the 
 nverwhelming dokige of the inditinatiun and 
 wrath of CocKiJ) >' hicb preceded and intro- 
 duced this blessed era; now, enlightened, 
 iiappy, and i)rospc;ous under the dominion 
 of Israer.s Kiiig,( 10) joyl'ully acknowledge 
 and submit to his universal law, \\'liich at 
 the beginning was sent forth from ' thejjlace 
 olliis throne '( 1 1 j — ]\Iounl Ziom(1-J i — and re- 
 oicc in his righteous government ; already all 
 nations have biTu blessed in him, and call 
 iiun blessed. {ll{) Sin is suppressed and 
 restrained. ( 11) although far i'rom being 
 eradicated ; and righteousness is the order 
 (it'the day. ' Tlie [loor and needy are jire- 
 ("ious in tlij sight of ' the great King;' their 
 .'cies are heard, their grievance:; redressed, 
 protection afforded, and swift judgment tx- 
 ecnted upon the oppressor. (15) 
 
 TiiF LAN'n OF Israel — ' ths glorious hind' 
 I Hi) — at length inherited by tiiem to whom 
 (Joel promised it, (17) has nearly all 'be- 
 come like tiie garden of Eden, '(18) when it 
 
 (1) U.-v. xi. V>. (-J) Horn. i. 1. 1 Cor. i. 9. 1 The?, ii. 
 ^^. (a)-JTim. iv 1. (4) Rev. V. 10, X-.. 0. (6) Kiilie.s. 
 i. 21, ill. 10. (0) vi. Vi. (7) Daiil. vii. :4, '27. (S) Isiu 
 \tii. 4. 1 Cor. vi. i. Rev. ii. 20, 27. (!)) /ecli. xiv. 10. 
 Isii. txvi. l.j, W. ,liH-l iii. 9, 11). (10) IM. Iwii. s, ii. S, 
 iwii. 4— 7. (11) Kzc'lv. xliii. 7. (12) l.-iu.xxiv. 2:). .^lic. 
 !v. 2. n;!)I'.--.lx-c!i.n. (H)Uih-.\-x.2. (irsMV-lxxii. 
 Isi>. xi. 1— 4. (in)l)anl. .\i. 41. (17>«iil. ill. Hi, Ii. 
 (IS) V.zvk. xxxvi. ;',.'). 
 
 8 
 
 was planted by the Lord about six thousand 
 years ago. Truly, it is Paradise restored : 
 ' the glory of all lands, '(1) ' a heavenly 
 founlry,' (Q) 'the paradise of God.' (3) 
 Yet, pre-eminent above every other part, i.s 
 the ' portion which is holy unto ^f Lord,' 
 ' the portion of Judah,' in wh :• ' iS ' the 
 ! Sanctuary,' and the City of Jerusalem. (4) 
 i Every thing ' pleasant to the sight and good 
 for food' is here produced in abundance; it 
 ' 5 ' '\ land of corn and w'ne,' of ' gardens ' 
 and <d" vineyards:'(5) a land 'blessed ol 
 the Lord,' ' ibr the precious things of 
 heaven,' ' for the precious fruits brougtii 
 forth by the sun,' ' for the chief tilings ot 
 the ancient niounlains,' and ' for the good 
 will of him that dwelt in the bush.' (0) 
 The twelve tribes of Israel, once and for- 
 ever more received into God's favor, and ' all 
 their sins cast into the depths of the sea,' 
 (7)'dwell there in safety alone :'(8) noothei 
 nation being jiermitted to possess any portioii 
 of Immanuel's land, (9) which they them- 
 selves iidierit only as ' a gift from then 
 prince,' fur a certain period, until ' the year 
 of liberty, '(10) when he again bestows it. 
 ' Strangers ' or ' aliens,' however, suf- 
 ficient in number to be their ' ploughmen 
 and vine-dressers, '(11) &c,, are permitted to 
 dwell among the favored people. (12) Each 
 tribe occupies a distinct portion of the 
 breadth vd' the land from East to AVest, pre- 
 cisely as was foretold by the prophet Ev.e- 
 kiel.(13) All the old wastes are being built, 
 'the former desolations raised up, '(14) and 
 ' the waste and desolate and ruined cities 
 fenced and inhabited. '(15) Already, in their 
 land 'ti'iey possess the double '(16) of the 
 wealth and riches of every description, that 
 they did in the palmy days of Solomon 
 The Lord has ' gotten them praise and 
 fame in every land where they had been 
 
 (l)Ezek.xx. C, 15. (2) Heb. xi. 16. (3) Ezek. xxviu 
 i;i, xx.\i. 8, 9. llcv. ii. 7. (4) Ezeli. xlv. 1,3,6. .\lviii 
 8—35. Zedi. XX. 10, 12. (n) Amos. ix. 14. (6) Deut 
 x.ixiii. 13— 10. (7).Miiiili vii. 19. I3!i. xi. 15. (S)Dciit 
 xxxiii. 28. (9) Isa. viii. 8. (10) Ezek. .\lvi. 17. (11) 
 ^H^.Mvi. 5. (12) Kzek. xlvii. 22. OS) Kzek. xlviii. 1 ,7. 
 2.'5— 29. ai) Isu. Ixi. i. (l.j) xxxvi, 35 (16) I.sa. 
 Ixi. 7. 
 
/ 
 
 THE KINGUOM OF (lOD. 
 
 ll 
 
 M* 
 
 ■>' l 
 
 >,l 
 
 pui to ahame.'(l) The peoples— the ' lett 
 of the nations— which a caitury ago, Mijs- 
 piseJ" and oppressed, and denied tliein 
 the civil rights and privileges accorded oven 
 10 atheists, now gladly seek their favor and 
 rourt their society, knowing that ' God is 
 with them;' 'ten men out of all languafjos 
 of the nations ' wi'l take hold of the skirt 
 of him that is a Jew, and seek to go with 
 hmi :' and especially at that annu-il sea- 
 son of rejoicing when the nations go up 
 ll) .lerusaient ' to keep the feast of taber- 
 nacles,' and to worship the beloved King of 
 ihe wiiolecarlh.{a) .lodging from appear- 
 ances, as well as what was written by Isaiah 
 •lie prophet, the Israelites must enjoy 
 long liie, with an unprecedented immunity 
 from sickness and disease : evidently, that 
 iieautifol i»re>iieiion is to be accomplished : 
 • they shall not build and another inhabit ; 
 tlieyshall not plant, and another eat; for 
 as the davs of a tree are the days o' my 
 :-,euple, an'd mine elect shall long enjoy the j his reign ot a 
 
 ', 1*1 I ' /of * l> /tM/^ ■■•ill \\r\ ittf 
 
 work ol their liands. (o) 
 
 Iki it is of Jerusalem. ' l)eautiful for 
 siiiiaiion. the joy of the whole earth,' ' the 
 CUV of the grea't kiiig,"(l) and of the glo- 
 rious Teuiple(.i) therein, of which — next 
 ;ii their immortal king and princes— the 
 nation ol Uriel i3 so j'istly proud. Vain for 
 iiiu to attempt a description nf even the 
 '■Mernal and visilile spli-iniour, glory, and 
 iiiarnuiieenco of either. ' 'I'lie moon is con- 
 ifounded and the sun ashamed," their light 
 lieing eclip^-ed by ' the glory of the Lord " 
 whicii tills the 'Temple, and with which 
 fveii the surrounding earth shines. In that 
 Temple dwells the Man Christ Jesus, the . 
 
 ■I'xuress iinafTc' of the 'person' of ' the : have long been the ambassadors ot ( Imsi. 
 Divi'ne Maicstv m the heavens,' • the King ■ to the nations that had not heard ot his tamo 
 riernal, immortal, invisible, the only wise nor seen hi., glory, and they have due ared 
 (iou,' ■ whom no nan hath seen or can sec;" Ins glory to tliLin.(. ) AH people Have 
 liere. sitting on the throne of his father 
 iJavid. he reigns a king and priosi forever 
 alter the order of Melchizedek. la him 
 • liwelleih ' the Eternal by his Spirit given 
 to him without '^leasure." Here arc to 
 ;ie seen Ai)raham. Isaac, and Jacol), aii<l 
 all the holv apostles and prophets, ((>) all 
 made -equal unto the angels." and, like 
 •lesus. Ljiorious and immortal. Heaven 
 
 is 
 
 .iscenii aiiti u 
 
 Son.(7> imnistering to him and to the 
 
 ioint-inhi.;iiors ot iiis kingdom and vast 
 
 inmuiio 
 
 the fortified places of the earth, which were 
 long since levelled with the ground, (1) 
 servo but to remind the beholder, of the agr 
 that has passed away. The armics('J) and 
 navies(;{) which, during the abhorred reign 
 of Antichrist, upheld the powers which theu 
 were, and enabled unrighteous and blood- 
 thirsty potentates to execute their will and 
 pleasure; were all either destroyed in tin 
 terrible wars by which ' the nations ' were 
 made 'to lick the dust,' and own alle- 
 giance to Him who was ' mighty in battle." 
 or disbanded and broken up ; and their 
 swords and spears converted into plouf^h 
 .shares and pruning hooks. The nations 
 learn war no more.(l) 
 
 The great themes of conversation are the 
 ' inighty acts " of the ' King of glory.' hi> 
 ' power,' and ' glorious majesty ot his king- 
 dom. '(5) The hope and desire of all his 
 loving, obedient and faithful subjects, is \n 
 attain to eternal life at the expiration of his 
 thousand years;' when 
 there will be the second resurrection of the 
 dead ; at which time, such as are icconnted 
 worthy of eternal life, will, with the Lord 
 Jesus and those to whom he gave eternal 
 life at ' the lirsi resurrection, '(0) inherit 
 the new earth," in which there will bt; 
 'no more sea,' neither ^ (katlu soriow. 
 crying nor pain,' a glorious creation of the 
 Lord Jesus Christ's, and the eten.al abodi; 
 of all the sonsand daughters of Adam, who. 
 during their state of probatim. a.id trial, 
 overcame the world by their faith and 
 found favor witti Cod. 
 
 ' The earth is full of the knowledge of 
 the glory of the Lord." The Israelites 
 
 now one religious faitli, all 'call upon the 
 nai.'e (d the Lord " and ' serve hini with 
 one consent. " Much surprise is ex- 
 jiressed at their failiers having believed 
 such ' lies, vanity, and unprofitable things," 
 (8) as were iiuight them by their blind 
 and deceived teachers : who indcctrinated 
 the deludetl people iiilo numerous falsi- 
 svsicms of reiiizion. wldch were all swept 
 )pene.l to them, and the angels of Cud away by the great Lnhiihtener and Kegene- 
 ! liesceod upon his well beloved i rator of the world :(!J) and tliev cannot 
 
 conceive tiou- it was, that, with the plain 
 testimonies of Cod in their hands, professed 
 believers therein ' turned ' away from the 
 
 der 
 
 linversal peace reimis thtoughout the : truth 'unto tables,"( 10) and neither •r.uler- 
 vvhole Kmpiro of the Son of man'; for now | stood(ll_) nor believed ' the glorious eruspel 
 
 lie 
 
 ' tlie 
 
 piro 
 
 Prince of Peace.' 
 
 Tlie ruais ot 
 
 11 Zepii. iii. l:). 
 l>;,.l:o. ■1-1. [4| P. 
 
 1 Zecli viii. -JO. xiv. 0, 10. |:!| 
 
 xlviii. i [o\ Zll'U. vi. U, Hi. 
 
 Kzek. \XNvii. iii— SS, ami Wtti to 46th 
 
 of Tni; XiNoDO.M OF CiiiiisT .\ND 01' Cod. 
 
 ! [1] Isa. ii. li'i. i:z(k. .\.\xviii. 20. Y-\ I^'i'- x^^o- -■ 
 
 ' Rev. xlx. 10. 10] Isn. Ii. 10. I'.s. xlviii. 7. |4] Mir. 
 
 iv. 3. Ifil I's. cxiv. VI. 161 llcv. xxi. 1—7. j'l Is 
 
 riaptcrs. 
 
 -0' 
 
 ' Ml! 
 
 •2S. xxii. oU. 
 
 Jolm i. 51. I l-^vi. V.'. 18] .ItT. .xvj 1 
 
 'J. 
 
 Isa. 
 
 XXV. 7. xlix. *>■ 
 
 [10] 2 Tim. iv. 4. [11] Mutt. .\iU. I'J. 
 
iliicli wure 
 ;r(iiinil, (1) 
 of the agr 
 ics('J) and 
 irreil reign 
 which theu 
 ami blooil- 
 ,r will iitiil 
 yed ill tin 
 ons ' weri! 
 own alle- 
 r in Ijiiltli'.' 
 uiiil thtu 
 
 10 i)loiif3li 
 ho nations 
 
 lion are ihi- 
 plory.' his 
 ot liis kin^- 
 ; of all his 
 jJGCts, is to 
 iiion of his 
 irs;' when 
 lion of tliH 
 c iccoiinteii 
 h the Lord 
 ave eternal 
 '(,()) inherit 
 le will l)t; 
 ft, sonow. 
 ation of tlif 
 eri.al abodi; 
 \ilain, wild. 
 
 a.id trial. 
 
 faith and 
 
 lowledge ol 
 e Israelites 
 3 of Christ. 
 1 of his fanif 
 ve declared 
 leople have 
 
 11 upon the 
 i liini with 
 ise is ex- 
 inr believed 
 ibiG thiiips,' 
 
 their blind 
 ndectntiaied 
 leron.s false 
 •0 all swe(H 
 and Kegene- 
 they cannot 
 lib the [ilain 
 Is, j)iol'e?spd 
 ay fropi the 
 ■ither 'i.uler- 
 irions cnspel 
 
 n OK CiOD." 
 
 l\ tsa. xxNiv. -J. 
 
 iii. 7. \i] Mil-. 
 
 1_7. |T1 Is;.. 
 
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