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| Chapter XL.—Christ’s advent foretold.
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Chapter XL.—Christ’s advent foretold.
And hear how it was foretold
concerning those who published His doctrine and proclaimed His
appearance, the above-mentioned prophet and king speaking thus by the
Spirit of prophecy “Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto
night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their
voice is not heard. Their voice has gone out into all the earth, and
their words to the ends of the world. In the sun hath He set His
tabernacle, and he as a bridegroom going out of his chamber shall rejoice
as a giant to run his course.”1851
| 1851 Ps. xix. 2, etc. [Note how J.
excuses himself for the apparent irrelevancy of some of his citations
(cap. xxxv., note), though quite in the manner of Plato himself. These
Scriptures were of novel interest, and was stimulating his readers to
study the Scriptures.] | And we have thought it right and
relevant to mention some other prophetic utterances of David besides
these; from which you may learn how the Spirit of prophecy exhorts men to
live, and how He foretold the conspiracy which was formed against Christ
by Herod the king of the Jews, and the Jews themselves, and Pilate, who
was your governor among them, with his soldiers; and how He should be
believed on by men of every race; and how God calls Him His Son, and has
declared that He will subdue all His enemies under Him; and how the
devils, as much as they can, strive to escape the power of God the Father
and Lord of all, and the power of Christ Himself; and how God calls all
to repentance before the day of judgment comes. These things were uttered
thus: “Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the
ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the
scornful: but his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in His law will
he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the
rivers of waters, which shall give his fruit in his season; and his leaf
shall not wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are
not so, but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away from the face
of the earth. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor
sinners in the council of the righteous. For the Lord knoweth the way of
the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish. Why do the
heathen rage, and the people imagine new things? The kings of the earth
set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord,
and against His Anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and
cast their yoke from us. He that dwelleth in the heavens shall laugh at
them, and the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall He speak to
them in His wrath, and vex them in His sore displeasure. Yet have I been
set by Him a King on Zion His holy hill, declaring the decree of the
Lord. The Lord said to Me, Thou art My Son; this day have I begotten
Thee. Ask of Me, and I shall give Thee the heathen for Thine inheritance,
and the uttermost parts of the earth as Thy possession. Thou shall herd
them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shalt Thou dash them
in pieces. Be wise now, therefore, O ye kings; be instructed, all ye
judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with
trembling. Embrace instruction, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and
ye perish from the right way, when His wrath has been suddenly kindled.
Blessed are all they that put their trust in Him.”1852
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