Israel might be justified and might glory." He was also, as a King, to be " set on God's holy hill of Zion ;" and to be en- throned " at God's right hand, till all his enemies .-.iiould be made his footstool." Whatever had before reduced his peo- ple to '•' captivity, he was to lead captive," and to reign over •' a people rendered willing and obedient in the day of his power."]
3. His kingdom and glory — [The rise and fall of other kingdoms are often the sub- jects of prophecy, but it is only because of their relation to the kingdom of Christ. The smallest things that relate to that are deemed of sufficient importance to occupy a very large space in the Sacred Writings,whilst the numberless events which appear great in our eyes are passed over without the least notice. But tlie truth is, that " Christ is all, and in all :" His kingdom alone is regarded by God ; and nothing has any real importance, but in proportion to the con- nexion which it has widi that. The empires of Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome are mentioned as successively to flourish for an appointed season ; but that of Christ was after- wards to be established on the ruins of them all, and " to stand for ever :" " to Him should be given dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages should serve him : His dominion is to be an everlasting do- minion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed."
What we read of respecting the destruction of Antichrist and all his adherents, is all with a view to the ultimate en- largement and universal establishment of the Messiah's em- pire, that " He may be King over all the earth, and that there may be one Lord, and his name one."]
Now these prophecies have been delivered in a variety of ways ; but it is certain, II. That that testimony, by whomsoever delivered, proceeds only from the Spirit of God — The angel who instructed John, told him, that the testimony which he had given of Jesus proceeded from " the Spirit of Prophecy." This is universally true. From him proceeds,
1. The revelation of it to the world —
[What was the substance of the Prophetic declarations,
St. Peter tells us ; " The Prophets testified beforehand the
sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow." By
whose agency also they were made known, he tells us ;— it
was