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MESSIAH'S KINGDOM, 
 
 OR, 
 
 A BRIEF INQUIRY 
 
 CONCERNING WHAT IS REVEALED IN SCRIPTURE, 
 RELATIVE TO 
 
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 THE CIRCUMSTANCES 
 
 THE SECOND ADVENT 
 
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 LORD JESUS CHRIST. 
 
 BY JOHN BAYFORD, ESQ. F.S.A. 
 
 " FEAR GOD, AND GIvl/MOV* TO HIM, FOR THE HOUR OF HIS JUDGM1XT 
 
 IV W COME." Rev. xiv. 7. 
 
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 1820. 
 
preface* 
 
 To guard against the possible misunderstanding of 
 some of the expressions, which occur in the following 
 pages, it seems desirable to remind the render, in re- 
 ference to the prophetical periods spoken of in Scripture, 
 that the leading facts of a particular epoch, are continually 
 placed under one date, and spoken of as one event. The 
 first day on which the rain fell, was the date of the Flood : 
 the day of John the Baptist, was the date of the Gospel 
 Dispensation: and so, when the Author speaks of the 
 day of Messiah's coming, it is not intended to refer to the 
 mere point of time, when He shall first be seen in the 
 clouds of heaven; but rather to the beginning of those 
 judgments, which may either introduce, or may attend his 
 personal manifestation. 
 
 January 1st, 1820. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 Preliminary Statement 1 
 
 CHAP. II. 
 
 Scripture Proof that Messiah will reign visibly upon 
 
 Earth from the Psalms 12 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 The like Proof from haiah 22 
 
 CHAR IV. 
 
 The like Proof from Jeremiah, and other Prophets... 31 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 
 The like Proof from the Apostles 38 
 
 CHAP. VI. 
 
 Promise to the Seed of Abraham 47 
 
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 CHAP. VII. 
 
 Prophecies of Daniel : \st. The Great Image 2nd. 
 
 The Four Wild Beasts 63 
 
 CHAP. VIII. 
 
 Prophecy of the Ram and the He-Goat 74 
 
 CHAP. IX. 
 
 Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks 86 
 
VI CONTENTS. 
 
 PACK 
 
 CHAP. X. 
 
 Prophecy of the Latter Days 95 
 
 CHAP. XI. 
 
 General View of the Apocalypse 113 
 
 CHAP. XII. 
 
 Prophecy of the Seven Churches Ephesus, Smyrna, 
 
 and Pefgamos considered 124 
 
 CHAP. XIII. 
 
 Churches continued Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, 
 
 and Laodicea 137 
 
 CHAP. XIV. 
 
 Prophecy of the Seven Seals the Four First Seals 
 
 considered 150 
 
 CHAP. XV. 
 
 Seals concluded 164 
 
 CHAP. XVI. 
 
 Prophecy of the Seven Trumpets the Four First 
 
 Trumpets considered 175 
 
 CHAP. XVII. 
 
 Fifth and Sixth Trumpets 183 
 
 CHAP. XVIII. 
 
 The Two Witnesses in Sackcloth 192 
 
 CHAP. XIX. 
 
 The Two Witnesses continued 196 
 
 CHAP. XX. 
 
 Death and Resurrection of the Witnesses Seventh 
 
 Trumpet 203 
 
 
 
 CHAP. XXI. 
 
 The Woman and the Red Dragon War between 
 
 Michael and the Old Serpent 213 
 
CONTENTS. Vll 
 
 PACE 
 
 CHAP. XXII. 
 
 The Wild Beast of the Sea; and the Wild Beast with 
 
 two horns like a Lamb 223 
 
 CHAP. XXIII. 
 
 The Three Angels, and the Harvest and Vintage 
 
 which succeed 232 
 
 CHAP. XXIV. 
 
 Vialsof Wrath 239 
 
 CHAP. XXV. 
 Vials continued Four First Vials considered 244 
 
 CHAP. XXVI. 
 
 Vials concluded Sixth Vial Dry ing up of the Waters 
 of the Euphrates Three unclean Spirits like 
 Frogs Seventh Vial 250 
 
 CHAP. XXVII. 
 
 The Gnat Harlot upon the Infidel Beast 259 
 
 CHAP. XXVIII. 
 Destruction of the Great Harlot 270 
 
 CHAP. XXIX. 
 
 Time and Signs of the Advent 278 
 
 CHAP. XXX. 
 
 Circumstances of the Advent 292 
 
 CHAP. XXXI. 
 
 The In-gathering of the Church 307 
 
 CHAP. XXXII. 
 
 Messiah's Judgment 317 
 
 CHAP. XXXIII. 
 
 First and Second Resurrection 327 
 
 CHAP. XXXIV. 
 
 Conclusion ,. 334 
 
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 CHAP. I. 
 
 Statement. 
 
 THE word of truth unfolds to us the kingdom of 
 Messiah under a three-fold state or manifestation. 
 HE is there revealed as the Creator and Preserver 
 of all things : for it is written, God " created all 
 things by Jesus Christ :" and of the Word who 
 " was in the beginning with God," and was after- 
 wards " made Flesh," we read, that " all things 
 were made by him, and without him was not any 
 thing made that was made." He " in the be- 
 ginning laid the foundations of the earth ; and the 
 heavens are the work of his hands." " He upholdeth 
 all things by the word of his power :" and providing 
 for the well-being of his creatures, he rules, ordains, 
 directs, and governs all things in heaven and in earth, 
 
so that the very hairs of our head are numbered, and 
 not a sparrow falls to the ground without him. He 
 is revealed likewise as the God of all grace and con- 
 solation : and in this character he governs his spiritual 
 as he does his natural kingdom, by his Power and 
 his Spirit, giving to his people all things needful for 
 life and for godliness, bringing their hearts and con- 
 sciences into obedience to his will, and by his mighty 
 power keeping them, through faith unto salvation. 
 His spiritual kingdom cometh not with observation, 
 but is established within us ; it is not after the form, 
 or the fashion of this present evil world : no worldly 
 pomp or honor is attached to it : and yet the Lord's 
 people know it, feel it, and comprehend it. But un- 
 less a man be born from above, he can neither see nor 
 enter into it, for it is " righteousness, joy, and peace 
 in the Holy Ghost." 
 
 There is also another state or manifestation of the 
 power of the Messiah plainly declared in Scripture, 
 -but not yet presented to our sight ; and it may be 
 termed his kingdom or government upon earth as 
 Messiah He proclaims himself to the Apostle John, 
 &s " the Prince of the kings of the earth." He has 
 " a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords." 
 He is declared " in all things to have the pre-emi- 
 nence." He is " the Prince of princes," " whose 
 
name is above every name, that at his name every 
 knee shall bow" as it is written, " He must reign 
 till he has put all his enemies under his feet." " There 
 shall be given unto him the heathen for his inheri- 
 tance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his 
 possession." " His dominion shall be from sea to 
 sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth." 
 
 In the two first manifestations of Messiah T s king- 
 dom, the world at large is left under the power of 
 another prince spoken of in Scripture as " the wicked 
 one ;" " the prince of this world ;" " the spirit 
 that worketb in the children of disobedience ;" but 
 a time of the restitution of all things is announced ; 
 and when the Lord, even Jesus cometh with ten 
 thousand of his saints to execute judgment, he shall 
 lay " hold on the dragon, that old serpent which is 
 the devil and Satan, and bind him a thousand years, 
 and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, 
 and set a seal upon him that he deceive the nations 
 no more, till the thousand years are fulfilled." The 
 word nations proves that during these thousand years,, 
 the race of man shall still remain and be continued in 
 the flesh ; and other scriptures confirm it, and shew 
 that this period of the thousand years is the time of 
 Messiah's personal reign with his saints ; that it is his 
 kingdom, a reign or rule upon earth, which shall be 
 
established in righteousness and true holiness before 
 him. 
 
 The Lord Jesus Christ, God over all, blessed for 
 ever, was manifested that he might destroy the works 
 of the devil : and doubtless Satan's power over the 
 mind, the will, the affections, and the flesh of man, is 
 amongst the works to be destroyed. Unless this be 
 accomplished before all flesh shall pass away, how 
 can the Lord be glorified in his Saints ? How can 
 it be shewn what manner of persons the Lord's people 
 ought to be, and shall approve themselves in all 
 holiness of life and conversation ? Except during 
 the period when our first parents dwelt in the garden 
 of Eden, and walked before their Lord in peace and 
 in love blameless, the glory and perfection of man in 
 the flesh, or in his time-state, have never been seen in 
 the beauty of their creation. Ever since the fall, the 
 flesh or mundane condition of man has been exhibited 
 only as filthy, hateful to God, odious and defiled by 
 sin, and under the power of the prince of darkness. 
 The ground too, cursed for man's sake, hath brought 
 forth thorns and thistles, and the very air he breathes, 
 conveys to him the seeds of pestilence, disease, and 
 death. The wicked of the earth rule over it, and all 
 the desirable and pleasant things of creation which 
 remain, seem left only to gratify the passions, and to 
 
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 administer to the vices of the vilest and basest of 
 mankind, who, not content with turning to evil pur- 
 pose all the good things which have been provided 
 for their use, with perseverance the most insidious, 
 and cruelty the most unrelenting, have continually 
 employed themselves in striving to pervert Jehovah's 
 truth, and to wear out and to destroy the Saints of the 
 Most High God. We might conjecture that our 
 gracious Lord would not allow all flesh to pass away, 
 and to perish under the dominion of the evil one, 
 without bringing forth some better things than are to 
 be seen under a dispensation like the present. " His 
 tender mercies are over all his works." And shall he 
 not at length shew mercy, and deliver man from the 
 power of sin and Satan ? Shall not man one day be 
 brought to serve, and to obey his Creator ? If reve- 
 lation were silent, reason might suggest an answer : 
 but blessed be His name, the question is not left for 
 reason : the gracious purpose of the Redeemer is 
 plainly declared in the words of unerring truth ; for 
 " the times of the restitution of all things," " the 
 times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord," 
 and " the adoption, to wit, the redemption of the 
 body," are spoken of as amongst the blessings pre- 
 pared for them that love him. In these glorious and 
 happy days " Jerusalem shall be made a rejoicing, 
 and her people a joy : the voice of weeping shall no 
 
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 more be heard, nor the voice of crying. They shall 
 build houses, and inhabit them, and they shall plant 
 vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not 
 labour in vain, nor bring forth trouble, for they are 
 the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their off- 
 spring with them." " And Jerusalem shall be called 
 a city of truth, and the mountain of the Lord of 
 Hosts, the holy mountain." " The tabernacle of 
 God shall be with men, and he will dwell with them, 
 and they shall be his people, and God himself shall 
 wipe away all tears from their eyes." 
 
 We learn from the first chapter of the Acts of the 
 Apostles, that immediately before his ascension, the 
 disciples asked our Lord if he would at that time 
 restore again the kingdom to Israel ; He replied, it 
 was not for them to know the times or the seasons 
 which the Father had put in his own power ; but they 
 " should be his witnesses in Jerusalem, and unto the 
 uttermost parts of the earth :" thereby leading us to 
 conclude, that the kingdom should certainly be again 
 restored to Israel, although the time for it was not 
 then to be revealed. This, like other Scriptures, was 
 written for our instruction ; and in these latter days, 
 to which the interpretation of prophecy is promised 
 in an especial manner, it well deserves the attention 
 of the Church. For it is written, " the words are 
 
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 closed up, and sealed till the time of the end :" 
 " many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be 
 increased :" " none of the wicked shall understand, 
 but the wise shall understand." And when shall the 
 wise understand ? At the time of the end, no doubt, 
 for till that time, the words are closed up and sealed ; 
 but then shall they be sealed no longer. 
 
 The unparalleled events of the last thirty years, 
 and the signs of the times in which we live, proclaim 
 by no uncertain tokens, that the time of the end can- 
 not be far distant, if it be not at the very doors. 
 The special privilege, therefore, of looking with a 
 steadfast eye to the unfolding of the last mysteries of 
 prophecy, belongs to this period of the Church ; and 
 it becomes a duty, that we should search the Scrip- 
 tures to understand what is written concerning the 
 glorious promises of the latter day : not for the vain 
 purpose of becoming wise with regard to future 
 events, but to strengthen and confirm our faith, and 
 that of many, that it fail not, and that the Church of 
 Christ, rooted and grounded in faith, and built up in 
 love and in knowledge, may be kept in the hour 
 of temptation, which " shall come upon all the 
 world, to try them that dwell upon the earth ;" and 
 that the followers of the Lord Jesus being strong in 
 the Lord, and in the power of his might, may be pre- 
 
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 pared against that time of trouble of which the pro- 
 phets speak as about to overtake the adversary : " a 
 time of trouble such as never was since there was a 
 nation to that same time :" u an earthquake such as 
 was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an 
 earthquake, and so great." 
 
 It will be seen by an examination of prophecy, that 
 the judgments of the latter day, as well upon the 
 mystic Babylon, as upon them that know not God, 
 and believe not the gospel of Jesus Christ, are or- 
 dained to take place at the same season with the 
 Second Coming of Messiah, with the restoration of 
 Judah to his own land, and with the final deliverance 
 of the Church from the bondage of sin and Satan. 
 It is the opinion of many, that these promises of 
 restoration and deliverance have respect only to 
 spiritual things ; that under the gospel dispensation, 
 the Church is already delivered spiritually from sin 
 and Satan ; that no further deliverance is now to be 
 expected ; and that the several prophecies referred to 
 in support of the opinion here advanced, signify no 
 more than the gathering in of the Jews into the 
 Christian Church, and the gradual extension of that 
 Church over the face of the whole earth, under a 
 state of Church Government, and discipline not 
 unlike that of Apostolic times. It is intended to 
 
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 combat this opinion, and to shew that times far more 
 abundantly glorious await the Church upon earth, times 
 in which there shall be fulness of joy and pleasures 
 at the Lord's right hand, to endure for evermore, 
 even unto hidden ages. To prove and to illustrate 
 this, not argument, but Scripture will be adduced. 
 
 Of the Jews we are told, that " when Moses (the 
 Old Testament Scripture) is read, the veil is on their 
 heart, so that they discern not Jesus of whom Moses 
 spake ; but when their heart shall turn to the Lord, 
 the veil shall be taken away ; and at that time shall 
 Judah and Ephraim be joined together into one 
 stick, and shall become one in the Lord's hand." 
 Nor is God the God of the Jews only, but of the 
 Gentiles also, whom he shall likewise gather with 
 his ancient people. " Then shall there be one fold, 
 and one shepherd." It is from hence deduced that 
 the Jew will be gathered into the millennial Church 
 as a Jew, and the Gentiles as Gentiles, and there 
 shall they be made one, the Jew as the elder brother 
 obtaining the pre-eminence. 
 
 Throughout the Scriptures, and especially in the 
 Book of Psalms, a testimony of these things is to be 
 found more or less direct. A kingdom is spoken of, 
 which shall be set up on the earth by the Lord, not 
 
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 by man, to endure throughout all generations, where^ 
 in his people shall receive their inheritance, and be 
 set up in judgment. And they shall reign with 
 Messiah in that kingdom, he giving them to sit with 
 him in his throne ; even as he is set down with his 
 Father in his throne. 
 
 That the beginning of the judgments which shall 
 usher in these great and important changes, has 
 already been manifested before the present genera- 
 tion of men, will be insisted upon by reference to the 
 signs of the present times : and if so, it behoves us, 
 according to the Lord's command, to " watch and 
 pray lest we enter into temptation." 
 
 It may be said by many that these are speculative 
 opinions ; but let it be recollected there is a plain 
 declaration, that He will come in an hour when we 
 think not. These things are not the less true, because 
 the attention of men is but little awakened to regard 
 them ; neither are they the more distant because men 
 perceive not their approach. The time and manner 
 of these things, whether at hand or afar off, and 
 under any consideration of them, are of no slight 
 interest to all of us : but if indeed tc the coming of 
 the Lord draweth nigh ;" if " the judge standeth before 
 the door," the importance of them is increased ten- 
 
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 told to all the present dwellers on the earth. To 
 ourselves personally the subject is most momentous. 
 " Behold I come as a thief," says the Apostle, speak- 
 ing in his Master's name. " Behold he cometh with 
 clouds, and every eye shall see him, and they also 
 which pierced him, and all the kindreds of the earth 
 shall wail because of him." " But who shall abide 
 the day of his coming, and who shall stand when he 
 appeareth !" 
 
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 CHAP. II. 
 
 Scripture proof that Messiah will reign visibly upon 
 earth -from the Psalms. 
 
 IT is proposed now to inquire, what the Scriptures in 
 point of fact do reveal to us, regarding the personal 
 coming of Messiah to establish his kingdom upon the 
 earth in the latter day. It seems a general opinion, 
 that at His second coming the heavens and earth 
 shall pass away for ever, the whole race of man 
 become extinct, and both quick and dead be brought 
 immediately before the Great Judge to receive their 
 final doom; and that all the wicked shall then go into 
 everlasting punishment, and the righteous into life 
 eternal. That this statement is not consonant with 
 Scripture, a cursory examination would abundantly 
 testify : but as the investigation before us makes it 
 necessary to enter more largely into the subject, it 
 may be desirable to examine, at the outset, some of 
 those parts of Holy Writ which have immediate 
 reference to it ; for unless it should appear from 
 thence that Messiah's second coming is manifestly of 
 such a kind as has been suggested, our inquiry would 
 
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 rather assume the shape of idle speculation, than 
 of profitable and legitimate research. 
 
 It is asserted upon the authority of Scripture now 
 about to be adduced, that the Lord Jesus Christ, our 
 crucified and risen Saviour, will in the latter day 
 appear in person upon the earth a second time, 
 with power and great glory, to set up and to establish 
 his kingdom or government upon the earth, whilst 
 the race of man is still continued in the flesh ; and 
 that he, with his risen saints, the spirits of the just 
 made perfect, will for the time appointed, called in 
 Scripture a thousand years, maintain and exercise a 
 visible and glorious rule and government over the 
 children of men upon the earth. It is to this proposi- 
 tion, and to this only, that our immediate attention is 
 to be directed. 
 
 The Book of Psalms is first referred to in con- 
 firmation of what is thus asserted, for it contains 
 more specific, if not more ample prophecies of the 
 person, the work, the sufferings, and the exaltation, 
 of the Lord Jesus our Redeemer, than are to be found 
 elsewhere in Scripture. Messiah, His Church, and 
 His salvation, are the sum, and the substance, the 
 beginning, the middle, and ending of all the Psalms. 
 It will be found, moreover, that about sixty of the 
 
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 Psalms have a direct reference to the fact of the 
 second coming. To transcribe or to compare so 
 extensive a portion of Scripture would be inconvenient, 
 and therefore a few of those Psalms only which are 
 the most striking- will be brought forward. 
 
 Psalm x. Messiah here complains of the pre- 
 valence of the evil ones, and is comforted by the 
 promise that His kingdom shall be established. 
 " The Lord is king for ever and ever, the heathen 
 are perished out of his land.'* 
 
 Psalm xxii. represents Messiah crying to the 
 Father in the midst of his deep afflictions ; and in 
 answer to his supplication, the glory of the kingdom, 
 which is reserved for him in the latter day is thus 
 described to him. " All the ends of the world shall 
 remember and turn unto the Lord, and all the kindreds 
 of the nations shall worship before thee," " for the 
 kingdom is the Lord's ; and he is the governor among 
 the nations ; all they that be fat upon the earth shall 
 eat and worship : all they that go down to the dust 
 shall bow before him : and none can keep alive- his 
 own soul. A seed shall serve him, it shall be ac- 
 counted to the Lord for a generation : they shall come, 
 and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that 
 shall be born, that he hath done this." 
 
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 Psalm xxxiii. The Church is exhorted to praise 
 Jehovah and His Christ, the blessedness of whose 
 kingdom is set forth. " The word of the Lord is 
 right, and all his works are done in truth. He loveth 
 righteousness and judgment : the earth is full of the 
 goodness of the Lord." " Blessed is the nation 
 whose God is the Lord, and the people whom he hath 
 chosen for his own inheritance." 
 
 Psalm xxxvi. Messiah's faithfulness to his people 
 is here principally treated of. " How excellent is thy 
 loving kindness, O God, therefore the children of 
 men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. 
 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of 
 thy house." 
 
 Psalm xxxvii. The Church is comforted by the 
 promise of deliverance from affliction, and by an 
 assurance that the wicked who trouble her shall 
 speedily be destroyed. " Evil doers shall be cut off, 
 but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit 
 the earth. The meek shall inherit the earth, and 
 delight themselves in the abundance of peace." 
 " The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell 
 therein for ever." " Wait on the Lord and keep his 
 way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land ; when 
 the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it." 
 
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 Psalm xlv. The subject of this Psalm is the 
 glorious marriage of the King's Daughter the 
 Church. It is said to her " instead of thy fathers 
 shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes 
 in all the earth : I will make thy name to be re- 
 membered in all generations, therefore shall the 
 people praise thee for ever and ever." 
 
 Psalm xlviii. The glories of Zion in the reign of 
 Messiah her King form the subject of this Psalm. 
 " The Lord Most High is terrible, lie is a great King 
 over all the earth ; he shall subdue the people under 
 us, and the nations under our feet." " Sing praises 
 to God, sing praises, sing praises to our King, sing 
 praises. For God is King of all the earth : sing ye 
 praises with understanding ; God reigneth over the 
 heathen." 
 
 Psalm Ixv. The Church sets forth the praises of 
 Messiah " O thou that nearest prayer, to thee shall 
 all flesh come" " Thou visitest the earth, and 
 waterest it, thou greatly enrichest it with the river of 
 God, which is full of water, thou preparest them corn, 
 when thou hast so provided for it." 
 
 Psalm Ixvi. The same subject is continued the 
 praises of the Lord the King (Messiah) for his mer- 
 
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 ties and loving kindnesses to his people, and for 
 putting down the rebellious who have afflicted them. 
 * c All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing 
 unto thee : they shall sing to thy name. Come and 
 see the works of God, he is terrible in his doings 
 towards the children of men." " He ruleth by his 
 power for ever ; his eyes behold the nations ; let not 
 the rebellious exalt themselves." 
 
 Psalm Ixyii. The Church calls upon all the nations 
 to praise Messiah. " O let the nations be glad and 
 sing for joy, for thou shalt judge the people righ- 
 teously, and govern the nations upon earth. "- 
 " Then shall the earth yield her increase, and 
 God, even our own God, shall bless us. God 
 shall bless us, and all the ends of the earth shall fear 
 him." 
 
 Psalm Ixxii. The Church prays for the establish- 
 ment of Messiah's Kingdom, the glories of which 
 she then proceeds to describe. " Give the King thy 
 judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the 
 King's Son." " In his days shall the righteous flou- 
 rish, and abundance of peace so long as the moon 
 endureth; he shall have dominion from sea to sea, 
 and from the river to the ends of the earth." " All 
 kings shall fall down before him : all nations shall serve 
 
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 him." "His name shall endure for ever: his name 
 shall be continued as long* as the sun, and men shall 
 be blessed in him : all nations shall call him blessed*" 
 " Blessed be his glorious name for ever, and let the 
 whole earth be filled with his glory." 
 
 Psalm Ixxvi. This Psalm declares the power and 
 the judgments that shall accompany Messiah's King- 
 dom. " In Judah is God known : his name is great 
 in Israel." " Thou didst cause judgment to be heard 
 from heaven; the earth feared and was still when 
 God arose to judgment io save the meek of the 
 earth." 
 
 Psalm xcvi. declares the glories of Messiah's 
 Kingdom, and calls upon every creature to bless, and 
 to praise him. " O worship the Lord in the beauty of 
 holiness, fear before him all the earth ; say among the 
 heathen that the Lord reigneth: the world also shall 
 be established that it shall not be moved : he shall 
 judge the people righteously." 
 
 Psalm xcvii. The glorious reign of Messiah i* 
 here described. " The Lord reigneth, let the earth 
 rejoice, let the multitude of the isles be glad thereof." 
 " The heavens declare his righteousness, and all 
 the people sec his glory." 
 
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 Psalm xcix. The same subject is continued. " The 
 Lord reigneth : let the people tremble : he sitteth 
 between the cherubim : let the earth be moved. The 
 Lord is great in Zion : and he is high among all the 
 people." 
 
 Psalm ci. Messiah here declares the peace, and 
 righteousness of his kingdom. " I will early destroy 
 all the wicked of the land: that I may cut off all 
 wicked doers from the city of the Lord." 
 
 Psalm cii. requires to be particularly noticed. It 
 is written as a dialogue in which Jehovah, in answer 
 to the supplication of Messiah in the flesh, declares 
 to him the glories which await him, when his kingdom 
 shall be established on the earth in the latter day. 
 " Thou Lord shall endure for ever, and thy remem- 
 brance unto all generations : thou shalt arise and have 
 mercy upon Zion, for the time to favour her, yea the 
 set time is come. For thy servants take pleasure in 
 her stones, and 1 favour the dust thereof. So the hea- 
 then shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings 
 of the earth, thy glory. When the Lord shall build 
 up Zion, he shall appear in his glory; he will regard 
 the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their 
 prayer." " This shall be written for the generation 
 to come, and the people which shall be created shall