to "come,”-this is Daniel's fifth kingdom of the stone cut out of the mountain without hands, which cannot take the "glory and dominion under the whole heaven," until Daniel's fourth Roman kingdom that we are now living under is ground to powder, and the place of it can no more be found.

Let us now look at this blessed kingdom, and see what constitutes its visibility, in connection with the Prophecies. We must then, first, have a King; secondly, Place; thirdly, Subjects; and fourthly, Laws; and these four will doubtless form a kingdom manifest to all eyes.

1st. In reference to the King, Isaiah says, xxxii. 1, “A king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.”

Zech. xiv. 9, says, "The Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one." What a blessing! unity of faith and doctrine.

Dan. vii. 13, 14, says, "I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, (consequently he must be a king, if there is given him a kingdom), that all people, nations, and languages should serve him his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall

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not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.”

David says, (Psalms ii. 6-8), "Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto 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 for thy possession."

Paul says, (Acts ii. 30), "Therefore being a prophet, (speaking of the patriarch David), and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne." Consequently, David's throne was, and must be, in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah says, (iii. 17), "At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord, (he must therefore be a king on his throne); and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart." This verse proves three things; first, that there is a king on his throne-secondly, that the place is Jerusalem—and thirdly, that all nations then left shall be the subjects to the king.

2nd. As to Place.-The second Psalm, ver. 6, above quoted, fully proves the necessity of a place as well as a king; "Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion."

Again Isaiah says (xxx. 19), “For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem."

Micah iv. 8, not only shows the place of the kingdom, but where the first dominion of the kingdom shall be, viz., "And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee it shall come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem."

The 13th and 14th verses of the 132nd Psalm, already mentioned in this work, furnish conclusive evidence as to the location of the coming kingdom, viz.: "For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. This is my rest for ever here will I dwell; for I have desired it.".

In Zech. viii. 3: "Thus saith the Lord, I am returned unto 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."*

3rd. Subjects.-Isaiah lx. 10-14: "And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gen

Those who have read the History of the Jews from the period of their return out of Babylon, till their final dispersion by the Romans, know well that nothing of this has been fulfilled.

tiles, and that their kings may be brought. For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted. The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The City of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel."

Zech. viii. 23; "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 hold of the skir of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you."

Isa. lxi. 4-6 : "And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your ploughmen and vine-dressers. But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves."

Isa. lxvi. 19, 20: "And I will set a sign (She

chinah, visible glory) among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. And (because of the light and power of this visible Glory) they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the Lord out of all nations, upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters (or coaches), and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord."

Isa. xlix. 22, 23: "Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard (or ensign, or Shechinah) to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.”

It no doubt will appear impossible, and altogether absurd and ridiculous, to our self-righteous spiritualizers, who call themselves Israel, and assume and assert that all these blessings are