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Show — i: Carist, (in the estimation of the scofling infidel to rested evideutly tic restor eye ation God,re, theon prophe lost long with world topleasu of his a literal signal by might, i; —* .” by power prea of hostsnor the notLord saithg’? spirit,chin his kingdoin—*‘* by the worid,) foolishness of but by my ae Ceeycus and. as furaibhing ee ee eee ground of the figare. Zhey-will be literally, and the the . fulness of the Gentiles mystically, restored“and brought be preluded by a literal fulfilment, in the riding of Christ Open h. devou xi. 1.r “oo Seeon,Matt. Jerusalem. into doors, fire may the 1—Zec that xxi. O Leban thy Is it Bot .an-uncolnmen thing for prophetie to receive a kind of literal fulfilment; while ‘['his is to have its ultimate accomplishment In \dars.”’ the battle of the great day of God Almighty,” of which most clearly looks in its ult:mate and ‘Take the most important sense to mystical fulfiment. In Isai. xxxv. 5— following instances for illustration. ‘the destruction of the temple and of Jerusalem was but uthe a nitic literal] prefac must this tooJosep But atype.plish ngedus ofwith hus,be assuri ment. accom predicting the blessed lous portents of the destruction of Jerusalem, says : of * About the sixth hour of the night, the eastern gate ? the temple was found to open without human assistance.”” to Zio. passages yet the passage of the mission of Christ of the eyesshail “Then says; ears be of thethe deaf effects on earth—the prophet blind shall be opened, and the unstopped, then shall the lame man leap as-an hart, and the tongue ofthe dumb shall sing’? ‘Fhis had a literal falfilment in the miracles wrought by our Lord on And yet its mystical import upon the souls of earth. men is infinitely more interesting, and will be extensively fulfilled in the introduction of the Millennium.. This stands connected with the wilderness and the so- litary place being glad; and the desert rejoicing and: 3. blossoming as the rose ; and is followed by the clause ‘Bor in the streams in the shall wilderness. waters break out, and: And as the one was prefaced desert.’? by a literal fulfilment ; the other may be accompanied: with a kind of literal fulfilment. O Bengniee Avain; Zech. ix. 9; “ Rejoice greatly, asorin haser of Zion: shout, O daughter of “ahora . ~_ he is just, and having unto thee; comet kang y, upon an ass, and upon and h riding ftowlv foat a colt the arg This stands connected. with cae of an ass? Is of es tr as.all the “ when (verse 1) the eyes of men. and: when (verse 10) . Plu ard. . the the Lard;”. rae}, shall. be: toward speak shall he and off; ah cut shall be. be. 7 sa battle bow: . shall’ the be dominion. shall his and en; 3 un to the: heath peace from trom: the: river even to ie bat: ds. c capuected with the stands It stan sea even. f 9: sea, and: ‘ends of the earta.bi’? ‘‘ It was secured (he adds) were let down entire stone.”?’ by iron bolts and bars that into a large threshold consisting of one ‘The Jews considered this as a manifes- tation that their divine protection was fled. M. Jo- hanan, directing his speech to the temple, said: | know thy destruction is at hand according to the prophecy of _ Zechariah, “ Open thy doors, O Lebanon, &c.” Thus mystical texts often have a kind of (Seoitt. literal fulfil. ment. And accordingly the predictions of the restora: tion of Israel, in the last days, while they delis er them i from a mystical wilderness of spiritual wretche dness, of - F3norance and moral death ;—may at the same time re. deem them from a vast literal | wilderness é ! And | the pre_ diction of the form er may be phrased from this very cir_ cumstance. - ope wilderness. of Judea in a small degree r ejoiced an on “p ro: ies das= the the roserose, , wwhen John the ; Baptist perSn nistry in it; so the wilderness and soli taJ Place of our vast continent, containing the lost trib es of the house of Israel, will. i on a most nost enla en: rged scale,a ejoirce and blossom as the rose , when the long lost BG tek be found there, and shall be gathered to ZiVe he eve r . Famer introduce SN its mystical and full accomplishmeuat in the conversion of the heathen . F nt in relation to thes “ovenant, stated in the last verse eof ancient heirs of the this Chapter, will Aer perdiction is to have of the means used by and isa striking emblem oa the. nium; ee passages, while In such ie of the Lord and the excelleacy of our God.” tle of the great day, and the introduction of the Millen- Naeger sg see the glory Pr. and Sharon ; they shall aa of Carmel erat SOEs $5 lency 259 CONCLUSION, eee T |
