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shall be, The Lord is there. Ezekiel xlviii. 35. ..Jesus Christ, the prince of the kings of the Earth. Rev. i. 5.... And bath made us kings and priests unto God and (even) his Father. Rev. i. 6.

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. Zechariah viii. 3 And Saviours shall come upon mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord's. Obadiah 21. Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? Know ye not that we shall judge angels ? 1 Cor. vi. 2, 3. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgement and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; But, The Lord liveth, which brought up, and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither 1 had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land. Jeremiah xxiii. 5, 8.

And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts : I will go also, Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the Lord. 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 skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you. Zechariah viii. 21, 22, 23.

I give thee charge in the sight of God.... That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ; which in his time, he shall show, Who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

i Tim. vi. 14, 15. For he is Lord of lords, and King of kings. Rev. xvii. 14. And hast made us unto our God kings and priests; and we shall reign on the earth.

Rev. v. 10. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh

a name written, King of kings, lords.

Where is he that is born King for we have seen his star in the come to worship him.

and Lord of Rev. xix. 16 of the Jews? east, and are

Matt. ii. 2.

Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion; shout O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy King

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cometh unto thee, he is Just and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. Zech. ix. 9.

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion; Thy God reigneth! Isaiah lii. 7

I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King. Isaiah xliii. 15

Thus saith the Lord...... to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth

•kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and He shall choose thee....and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages. Isaiah xlix. 7, 8.

Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. And his feel shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east....and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee....and the Lord shall be King over all the earth;.... And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, &c. Zech, xiv. 3, 4, 5. 9, 16.

6.-The Restoration of Judah and Israel to their own land, under their King Messiah, foretold as clearly as their present dispersion.

HATH GOD CAST AWAY HIS PEOPLE? God forbid!....God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew, &c. Rom. xi. 1, 2. Blindness in part is happened to Israel; until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. AND SO ALL ISRAEL SHALL BE SAVED; as it is written (Isaiah lix. 20.) 'There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: Rom, xi. 25, 26. For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world; What shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? Rom. xi. 15.

Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel, will gather him and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. And it shall come to pass that like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down, and to throw down and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant, saith the Lord. Jer. xxxi. 10, 28

O Lord, save thy people the remnant of Israel! Behold I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together; a great company shall return thither. Jer. xxxi. 7, 8.

For, lo, the days come, saith the Lord; that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the Lord: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it..... Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord; neither be dismayed, O Israel; for, lo, 1 will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee..... Thus saith the Lord; Behold! I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwelling places; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.

name one.

Jer. xxx. 3, 10, 11, 18.

In that day shall there be one Lord, and his All the land shall be turned as a plane from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the King's wine presses. And men shall dwell it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.

Zechariah xiv. 9, 10, 11.

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