2. Prophecy (Gen. xxii, IS) foretells Christ as the seed of Abrah!iin,"iii whom all the families of the earth shall be bk'sscil. It also |)romises to the seed of Abraham all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, in con necti
Christ, and the Jews who have been cut off during the Christian dispensation, will have the Gospel preached to them and be converted, are both unscriptural and not to be received, because both the general and specific teach- ings of the Bible are against it. Thus the dream of Neb- uchadnezzar (Dan. ii) foretells four universal empires which are to fill up the period from then till the everlast- ing kingdom of God conies and destroys them, and fills the whole earth. But there can be no everlasting king- dom without immortality, which cannot be till the resur- rection at the second advent of Christ. The seventh chapter of Daniel presents, in vision, the same four em- pires, with the divisions and successions of the foui ili em- pire, which only end (ver. 13,14) when the Son of Man comes in the clouds of heaven to receive his everlasting dominion, which is also universal. Till the judgment, the little blasphemous horn wears out the saints, and ine- vails against them. So, also, in the twenty-fourth of Mat- thew, the course of events from the time of Christ to his second coming and the end of the world is given. There were to be wars, famines, pestilences, persecutions of the saints, false prophets, false Christs, abominations, great tribulations, mournings by all the tribes of the earth, the preaching of liis (Jnsix'l to all the \vi rid for a witness to all nations, and On 11 the end should cmne, and they see the Son of Man coming in the clouds ofheaven with power and great glory. There is no jjeace in the prediction till he comes. Therefore he will come personally to judge the world and reign, and not spiritually to convert and save the world. The tares and wheat, too (the righteous and wicked), are to grow together till the end of the world or age, and then they are to be cast oft' and puui.shed, and the other glorified in the kingdom of God (Matt, xiii, 24- 43). For these and many other reasons, they cannot be- lieve in the conversion of the world before the second ad- vent of the Saviour.
10. That the thousand years will be one of judgment rather than probation. For they read in I he sec(nid Psalm that when the heathen are given to Christ for his inher- itance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his jios- w'iuVAlirV.ham hVmself "oeVui^i 17837 "hen cV the | ?.e?*'j;>n..'lnit he is to break or rule them (Hev. xii, .\ and
land is called Emanuel's land (Isa. viii, 8). But, when Christ was on earth, he had not where to lay his head. TherefiU'e he must return personally to inherit it.
3. Christ is the predicted Son of David, who is to sit forever on David's throne : he is the Son of David accord- ing to the flesh (Psa. cxxxii, 11). But, while on earth, he never sat on David's throne. He went to Jerusalem, as foretold, on an ass's colt ; claimed his rights, and was proclaimed king by the children, but rejected by the rulers (Malt. xxi). Hence he must return to enjoy his kingdom and reign over the house of Jacob forever (Luke i, 32, 33).
4. Christ has the promise of the ulterinost parts of the earth for his possession (Psa. ii, '^\ but he never yet had it. Therefore he must come back to caith to possess it.
5. Prophecy (Dan. vii, 13,14) points out the coming of Christ to receive his kiiiL'dom and dominion over all na- tions, to be in the "clouds of heaven." But he has never ; ation, iiu yet come thus. He must, theiefore. fullil the prediction ' from the
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ii, 27) with a rod of iron, and dash them in pieces like
Cotter's vessel, which they consider to be anything else esides conversion. They also read in Psa. cxlix that all the saints will "bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron, and execute upon them the judgments wiitten." From Isa. Ix and Zech. siv they likewise leani that the worship and service of the hea- Iheu will be compulsory service.
11. That final and eternal retribution will be awarded to all nations when the Son of Man comes in his glory (Matt. XXV and Luke xiii).
12. That the promises made fo Israel of a yet future and final L'aliierin.' to the land of Canaan will lie literally ac- complished, and Israel forever dwell there in peace. ' But that this cannot be fullil'cil lul.ne the resiirrectii>ii of the just, wlien the beliiviiii: irniiKint of Israel, of eveiv geiier-
■ din- Al.r.ih.iin, Isaac, and Jacob, will be raised le:i(l, and leslored to their own land. This
futuritv, at his second advent. He cannot have uni- Ezek. xxxvii declares will be the way the whole bouse of
versal dominion till he does. Israel will be restored: "I will open your graves, and
6. Christ rose from the dead in the identical bodv in 1 bring you up out of your graves, and bring you into your