appearing of the great God, and Saviour Jesus Christ. Eb. ix, 28. So Christ was once fered to bear the sins of many: od unto them that look for him all he appear the second time, hout sin, unto salvation. Bre. ii, 11. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou Last, that no man take thy crown. AFFEARANCE OF THE GLORIFIED SAVIOUR IN THE Revelation. Eec. i, 13-15. And in the midst the seven candlesticks one like to the Son of man, clothed with -garment down to the foot, and Fart about the paps with a golden le. His head and his hairs ere white like wool, as white as w; and his eyes were as a flame f fire; And his feet like unto fe brass, as if they burned in a race, and his voice as the sound of many waters. 1. Ees, xiv, 14. And I looked, and hold a white cloud, and upon cloud one sat like unto the on of man, having on his head a en crown, and in his hand a tarp sickle. a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. THE WICKED ONE, AND 2 Thess. ii, 1--12. Now we be seech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter Christ is at hand. Let no man as from us, as that the day of deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he, as God, sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mys only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way: And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of that unrighteousness in them perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie; That they all might be damned who believed not the truth but had pleasure in unright eousness. 1 John ii, 22. Who is a liar, but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. that confesseth not that Jesus 1 John iv, 3. And every spirit Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. 2 John 7. For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a de E. xix, 11-14. And I saw opened, and behold a te borse; and he that sat upon Las called Faithful and True; in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were astery of iniquity doth already work:ceiver and an antichrist. 313 I. THE JEWISH NATION. ITS ORIGIN AND PURPOSE. Gen. xii, 1-3. Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. Exod. vi, 7. And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. Exod. xix, 6. And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. Deut. vii, 6, 7. For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; (for ye were the fewest of all people.) Deut. x, 15. Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day. Deut. xiv, 2. For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. Deut. xxvi, 17-19. Thon hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways. and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: And the LORD bath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in JEWS. name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken. Deut. xxviii, 9, 10. The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways. And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee. portion is his people; Jacob is the Deut. xxxil, 9. For the LORD's lot of his inheritance. Ps. cv, 6. O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. P8. cxxxv, 4. For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. Isa. xxix, 22. Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale. Isa. xli, 8, 9. But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. Isa. Ixil, 12. And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken. Jer. xxxi, 1. At the same time. saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. Ezek. xxxvii, 27. My tabernacle also shall be with them; yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. their blood that I have not cleansJoel iii, 21. For I will cleanse ed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion. AND ITS HIGH PRIVILEGE AND DESTINY. Lev. xx, 26. And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine. Deut. iv, 7. For what nation there so great, who hath God nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? God hath chosen him out of Deut. xviii, 5. For the LORD thj thy tribes, to stand to minister his sons for ever. the name of the LORD, him an Deut. xxvii, 9. And Moses, an the priests the Levites, spake und hearken, O Israel; This day tho all Israel, saying, Take heed, an art become the people of the Lo thy God. 2 Sam. vil, 24. For thou ha confirmed to thyself thy peop Israel to be a people unto thee ever: and thou, LORD, art becom their God. 1 Chron. xvi, 12, 13. Rememb his marvellous works that he ba done, his wonders, and the jud ments of his mouth; O ye seed Israel his servant, ye children Jacob, his chosen ones. 1 Chron. xvii, 9, 10, 22. Also will ordain a place for my peop Israel, and will plant them, 45 they shall dwell in their pla and shall be moved no mo neither shall the children of wid edness waste them any more, at the beginning, And since time that I commanded judges be over my people Israel: mon over, I will subdne all thine e mies. Furthermore I tell th that the LORD will build thees house. For thy people Is didst thou make thine own peopl for ever; and thou, LORD, became their God. Ps. xlviii, 8. As we have heard so have we seen in the city of th LORD of hosts, in the city of o God: God will establish it for eve Selah. Ps. xcvil, 8. Zion heard and wa O LORD. rejoiced because of thy judgmente glad; and the daughters of Judah Ps. cxlix, 2. Let Israel rejolos him that made him: let the ch dren of Zion be joyful in th King. Jacob, my servant; and Israel Isa. xliv, 1, 2. Yet now hear, d whom I have chosen: Thus saitis LORD that made thee, and ned thee from the womb, which help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, servant; and thou, Jesurun, I have chosen. a. ix, 15, 21. Whereas thou been forsaken and hated, so no man went through thee, I make thee an eternal excelF, a joy of many generations. people also shall be all rightthey shall inherit the land wer, the branch of my plantthe work of my hands, that I be glorified. blind, a light of them which are Rom. iii, 1, 2. What advantage so am I. Are they Israelites? so Circumcised also have confidence in the flesh. Phil. lii, 4, 5. Though I might If any other man thinketh that he lxvi, 22. For as the new hath whereof he might trust in ens, and the new earth, which the flesh, I more: aith the LORD, 80 shall your Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, make, shall remain before the eighth day of the stock of and your name remain. an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as xxxi, 36, 37. If those ordin-touching the law, a Pharisee. depart from before me, saith OSD, then the seed of Israel shall cease from being a nabefore me for ever. Thus the LORD, If heaven above e measured, and the foundaof the earth searched out beI will also cast off all the Israel for all that they have saith the LORD. xxxiii, 17, 18, 25, 26. For with the LORD, David shall want a man to sit upon the of the house of Israel: shall the priests the Lewant a man before me to burnt-offerings, and to kineat- offerings, and to do ce continually. Thus saith RD, If my covenant be not ay and night, and if I have pointed the ordinances of and earth. Then will I way the seed of Jacob, and my servant, so that I will ke any of his seed to be over the seed of Abraham, and Jacob: for I will cause aptivity to return, and have on them. ill, 20. But Judah shall for ever, and Jerusalem eneration to generation. sili, 2. You only have I of all the families of the therefore I will punish you your iniquities. 1,5. And your eyes shall dye shall say, The LORD magnified from the border L vill, 29. They answered dd unto him, Abraham is ber. Jesus saith unto them, ere Abraham's children, ye do the works of Abraham. 1, 17-19. Behold, thou art a Jew, and restest in the knowest his will, and apd makest thy boast of God, the things that are more nt, being instructed out of And art confident that byself art a guide of the II-ISRAEL IN EGYPT. Gen. xlvi, 2-7. And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation. I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him: His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed, brought he with him into Egypt. Exod. 1, 1--5. Now these are the names of the children of Israel which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Isaachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. Joshua xxiv, 4. And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. Acts vii, 6, 14, 15. And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; into bondage, and entreat them and that they should bring them evil four hundred years. Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers. SUFFERINGS IN EGYPT. Exod. 1, 8-11, 13, 14. Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we. Come on, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it falleth out any war, they join also come to pass, that, when there unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land. Therefore they did And they built for Pharaoh treaset over them taskmasters to afsure cities, Pithom and Raamses. And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with bitter with hard bondage, in morrigour: And they made their lives tar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve was with rigour. flict them with their burdens. Exod. 11, 23. And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried; and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. Exod. iii, 16, 17. Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD GOD of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt: And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt Exod. vi, 1, 5, 6, 9. Then the thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage; and I will redeem you with a stretched-out arm, and with great judgments. not unto Moses for anguish of And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened spirit, and for cruel bondage. Exod. xi, 1. And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one to the LORD our God. plague more upon Pharaoh, and | wilderness, that we may sacrifice | Hebrews hath met with us: let us upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. Deut. iv, 20. But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day. Deut. v, 6. I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. go, we pray thee, three days journey into the desert, and sacri fice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, o with the sword. And the king o Egypt said unto them, Wherefor do ye, Moses and Aaron, let th people from their works? get yo unto your burdens. And Pharad said, Behold, the people of th land now are many, and ye mak them rest from their burden And they met Moses and Aaro who stood in the way, as the came forth from Pharaoh: A Moses returned unto the Lot and said, Lord, wherefore ha thou so evil-entreated this pe ple? why is it that thou hast se me? For since I came to Phars to speak in thy name, he ha done evil to this people; neith hast thou delivered thy people all. Exod. vi, 11-13, 26-30. Go in. speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips? And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king Deut. xxvi, 6, 7. And the Egyp- of Egypt, to bring the children of tians evil entreated us, and afflic-Israel out of the land of Egypt. ted us, and laid upon us hard bon- These are that Aaron and Moses, dage: And when we cried unto to whom the LORD said, Bring out the LORD God of our fathers, the the children of Israel from the LORD heard our voice, and looked land of Egypt, according to their on our affliction, and our labour, armies. These are they which and our oppression. spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron. And it came Exod. vii, 16. And thou to pass, on the day when the say unto him, The LORD God LORD spake unto Moses in the the Hebrews hath sent me un land of Egypt, That the LORD thee, saying, Let my people spake unto Moses, saying, I am that they may serve me in the LORD: speak thou unto Pha-wilderness; and, behold, hither raoh king of Egypt all that I say thou wouldest not hear. unto thee. And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me? 1 Kings viil, 51. For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron. Isa. lil, 4. For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. Acts vil, 7, 18, 19, 34. And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place. Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph: The same dealt subtilely with our kindred, and evil-entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live. I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt. Exod. vii, 2, 7, 14, 15. Thou shalt speak all that I command thee; and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land. And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go. Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning, lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand. HIS EXECUTION OF IT. COMMISSION OF MOSES. Exod. iii, 10-12, 18. Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt. And Moses said unto God, Who am that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee that I have sent thee; When thou hast brought Exod. v, 1-5, 20, 22, 23. And forth the people out of Egypt, ye afterward Moses and Aaron went shall serve God upon this moun-in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith tain. And they shall hearken to the LORD God of Israel, Let my thy voice: and thou shalt come, people go, that they may hold a thou and the elders of Israel, unto feast unto me in the wilderness. the king of Egypt, and ye shall And Pharaoh said, Who is the say unto him, The Lord God of LORD, that I should obey his voice the Hebrews hath met with us: to let Israel go? I know not the and now let us go, we beseech LORD, neither will I let Israel go. thee, three days' journey into the And they said, The God of the Exod. vill, 1, 20, 25-29. And LORD spake unto Moses, Go Pharaoh, and say unto him, Ti 01 saith the LORD, Let my people that they may serve me. And LORD said unto Moses, Rise early in the morning, and stand fore Pharaoh, (lo, he cometh f to the water,) and say unto Thus saith the LORD, Let my ple go, that they may serve And Pharaoh called for Moses for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sa fice to your God in the land. A Moses said, It is not meet so to for we shall sacrifice the abom tion of the Egyptians to the Le out God: lo, shall we sacrifice abominationof the Egyptian be their eyes, and will they not st us? We will go three days' jour into the wilderness, and sacri to the LORD our God, as he sh command us. And Pharaoh I will let you go, that yu thi sacrifice to the LORD your God the wilderness; only ye shall go very far away: entreat for And Moses said, Behold, I go from thee, and I will entrest LORD that the swarms of flies m depart from Pharaoh, from servants, and from his people morrow: but let not Pharaoh da deceitfully any more, in not letis the people go to sacrifice to LORD. Exod. ix, 1, 13, 15, 17. Then LORD said unto Muses, Go in ta Pharaoli, and tell him, Thus & the LORD God of the Hebre Let my people go, that they m serve me. And the LORD sali unto Moses, Rise up early in al 1g, and stand before Phaand say unto him, Thus e LORD God of the Hebrews, y people go, that they may ne. For now I will stretch y hand, that I may smite id thy people with pestilind thou shalt be cut off he earth. As yet exaltest hyself against my people, ou wilt not let them go? 3, 7-11, 24-26, 28, 29. And h's servants said unto him, ng shall this man be a into us? Let the men go, ey may serve the LORD od: knowest thou not yet ypt is destroyed? And and Aaron were brought ato Pharaoh: and he said em, Go, serve the LORD d: but who are they that ? And Moses said, We with our young and with with our sons and with cghters, with our flocks h our herds will we go: for it hold a feast unto the And he said unto them, LORD be so with you, as I you go, and your little ok to it; for evil is before ot so: go now ye that are d serve the LORD; for that desire. And they were ut from Pharaoh's presAnd Pharaoh called unto and said, Go ye, serve the nly let your flocks and rds be stayed: let your es also go with you. And ald, Thou must give us rifices and burnt-offerings, may sacrifice unto the ur God. Our cattle also with us; there shall not be left behind: for thereof take to serve the LORD our d we know not with what serve the LORD until we ither. And Pharaoh said n, Get thee from me, take thyself, see my face no r in that day thou seest thou shalt die. And sald, Thou hast spoken will see thy face again no ri, 8. And all these thy shall come down unto d bow down themselves saying, Get thee out, and people that follow thee: er that I will go out. And it out from Pharaoh in a oger. Xil, 31-33. And he called ses and Aaron by night, id, Rise up, and get you om among my people, both the children of Israel; and ve the LORD, as ye have Also take your flocks and erds, as ye have said, and ← and bless me also. And Wyptians were urgent upon III-THE EXODUS. Exod. xii, 37, 38, 51. And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children. And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. And it came to pass the self-same day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies. Deut. iv, 34. Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretchedout arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? Deut. vi, 20, 21, 23. And when thy son asketh thee in time to testimonies, and the statutes, and come, saying, What mean the the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you? Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt, and the LORD brought us And he brought us out from out of Egypt with a mighty hand. thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. Deut. xxvi, 8. And the LORD brought us fcrth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an terribleness, and with signs, and out-stretched arin, and with great with wonders. come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. 1 Chron. xvii, 21. And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt. Ps. lxxvii, 15. Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. Ps. cv, 87. He brought them forth also with silver and gold; and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. Micah vil, 15. According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things. Acts vii, 35, 36. This Moses, whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer, by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush. He brought wonders and signs in the land of them out, after that he had shewed Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years. Acts xiii, 17. The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it. ACHIEVED BY GOD. Joiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. Exod. xviii, 9. And Jethro re Exod. xxix, 46. And they shall know that I am the LORD their of the land of Egypt, that I may God, that brought them forth out dwell among them: I am the LORD their God. Lev. xxii, 32, 33. Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD you out of the land of Egypt, to which hallow you, That_brought be your God: I am the LORD. Josh. xxiv, 17. For the LORD Lev. xxv, 38. I am the LORD our God, he it is that brought us your God, which brought you up and our fathers out of the land forth out of the land of Egypt, to of Egypt, from the house of bond-give you the land of Canaan, and age, and which did those great to be your God. signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed. 1 Sam. xil, 8. When Jacob was Lev. xxvi, 13. I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands |