the enemy are come to a perpetual end; and their cities hast Thou destroyed: their memorial is perished with them (Rev. xvi. 19; xviii. 10, 21). But The Lord shall endure for ever: He hath prepared His Throne for Judgment: " Ps. ix. 6, 7],-thus saith The Lord God; Remove the diadem and take off the crown! this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. Perverted, perverted, perverted, will I make it and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is: and I will give it him.

Hos. xii. 1, 2, xiii. 5-9, 11, 14. Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah, and will visit upon Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him. I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten Me. Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the Wild Beast [beast of the field] shall tear them (Dan. vii. 4-7; Rev. xiii. 2). O Israel! thou hast destroyed thyself; but in Me is thine Help.

I gave thee a king in Mine anger, and took him away in My wrath. I will ransom them from the power [the hand] of the grave. I will redeem them from death: O Death! I will be thy plagues; O Grave! I will be thy destruction.]

And David My servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in My judgments, and observe My statutes, and do them.

And My servant David shall be their prince for ever.

Zech. vi. 12, 13. Thus speaketh The Lord of Hosts, saying, "Behold The Man Whose Name is The Branch [Isa. iv. 2; xi. 1]! and He shall branch up from under Him, and He shall build the Temple of The Lord [Eph. iv. 15; vi. 20-22]: even He shall build the Temple of The Lord; and He shall bear the glory, and shall sit

and rule upon His Throne; and He shall be a Priest upon His Throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both." [". The Man, My Fellow: " Zech. xiii. 7. "We will come,-make Our abode: " John xiv. 23. "The glory which I had with Thee before the world was: John xvii. 5.]

Zech. iii. 8, 9. Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou and thy fellows that sit before thee! for they are men of sign [as in Ezek. xii. 11; xxiv. 24]: for, behold! I will bring forth My Servant The Branch. For, behold! The Stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one Stone shall be Seven eyes [Luke xi. 34-36; Rev. v. 6; i. 16; iv. 3, 5; Ex. xxv. 31, 32, 37]: behold! I will engrave the graving thereof, saith The Lord of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that Land in one Day.

iv. 7-10. He shall bring forth The Head Stone with shoutings, "Grace! Grace unto It! " The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this House; his hands shall also finish it [The Foundation of The Building of God, His Temple and Habitation, and its Chief-Corner-Stone also, being Jesus Christ Himself: 1 Cor. iii. 11; Eph. ii. 20]. For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those Seven; the eyes of The Lord [-upon that HeadStone (Zech. iii. 9), the Seven lamps of Fire,-representing the Seven-fold Spirit of God (Rev. iv. 5; v. 6; Isa. lxi. 1; xi. 2; John iii. 34, 35; i. 14, 16; Col. i. 19; ii. 9, 10)], which run to and fro through the whole earth.

Mic. ii. 12, 13. I will surely assemble, O Jacob! all of thee; they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men: .. and their King shall pass before them, and The Lord on the head of them.

Zech. xiv. 9. And The Lord shall be King over all the earth : in that Day shall there be One Lord and His Name One.

Isa. xi. 1-5, 10. And there shall come forth a Rod out of the Stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots and The Spirit of The Lord shall rest upon Him [lxi. 1], the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of

knowledge and of the fear of The Lord and shall make Him of quick understanding in the fear of The Lord and He shall not judge after the sight of His eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears but with Righteousness shall He judge the poor, and reprove [argue] with equity for the meek of the earth and He shall smite the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the Breath of His lips shall He slay the Wicked [Chaldee paraphrast "the impious Roman: " (2 Thes. ii. 8)]. And Righteousness shall be the girdle of His loins, and Faithfulness the girdle of His reins.

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And in that Day there shall be a Root of Jesse [Rev. xxii. 16], Which shall stand for an Ensign of the people; to It shall the Gentiles seek and His Rest shall be glorious [Heb. iv. 9 margin]. 2 Sam. xxiii. 1-7. These be the last words of David: David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of The God of Jacob, and the sweet Psalmist of Israel, said, "The Spirit of The Lord spake by me, and His word was in my tongue. The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me, He Who ruleth over men, The Just One, ruling in the fear of God! And He shall be as The Light of the Morning, when the sun riseth, even a Morning without clouds; when the tender grass springeth out of the earth by clear shining after rain [Song ii. 11-13. Lo! the winter is past, the rain is over and gone: &c.].

Although my house be not so [established] with God, yet He hath made with me an Everlasting Covenant, ordered in all things, and sure for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although He make it not to grow.

But the sons of Belial [the wicked] shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands: but the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.

Isa. xxiv. 23. Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when The Lord of Hosts shall reign in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and there shall be Glory before His ancients.

Rom. xi. 26, 27, comp. Isa. lix. 19, 20. And so all Israel shall be

saved: as it is Written, "There shall come out of Zion, The Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: for this is My Covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins." [Rom. x.] Rom. xv. 10-12. Again He saith [Deut. xxxii. 43], "Rejoice ye Gentiles! with His people."

And again [Ps. cxvii. 1], “Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud Him, all ye people!"

And again [Isa. xi. 1, 10], Esaias saith, "There shall be a Root of Jesse, and He Who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in Him shall the Gentiles trust."

Ps. xlv.

(Let the children of Israel be joyful in their King! Ps. cxlix. 2.)

My heart bubbleth up [is overflowing with] a good matter :
I speak of the things which I have made touching the King:
My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

Thou art fairer than the children of men !

Grace is poured into thy lips!

Therefore God hath blessed Thee for ever.

Gird Thy Sword upon Thy thigh, O Most Mighty!

With Thy glory and Thy majesty.

And in Thy majesty prosper Thou! ride Thou! because of truth

and meekness and righteousness;

And Thy Right Hand shall teach Thee terrible things.

Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of The King's enemies:

Whereby the people fall under Thee.

Thy Throne, O God! is for ever and ever:

The sceptre of Thy Kingdom is a right sceptre.

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness:

Therefore, O God! Thy God hath Anointed Thee with the oil of

All Thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia,

Out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made Thee glad.

Kings' daughters were among Thy honourable women :
Upon Thy Right Hand did stand the Queen in gold of Ophir.

Hearken, O Daughter! and consider, and incline thine ear;
Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
So shall The King greatly desire thy beauty:

For He is thy Lord; and worship thou Him!

And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; Even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour. The King's Daughter is all glorious within :

Her clothing is of wrought gold.

She shall be brought unto The King in raiment of needlework:
The virgins her companions that follow her [Song iii. 11, ii. 7,
iii. 5, v. 8, 16, vi. 1, 8 (9), viii. 4] shall be brought unto Thee.
With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought:
They shall enter into The King's Palace.

Instead of Thy fathers shall be Thy children,

Whom Thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

I will make Thy Name to be remembered in all generations :
Therefore shall the people praise Thee for ever and ever.

[John iii. 29. He Who hath the Bride is The Bridegroom: but the friend of The Bridegroom that standeth and heareth Him, rejoiceth greatly because of The Bridegroom's Voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled: Matt. xi. 11-15, xiii. 17.]

THE TRUE CHURCH REIGNS OVER THE EARTH,— NOT YET UPON THE EARTH,

WITH THE KING.

Upon Thy Right Hand did stand the Queen in gold of Ophir, (Ps. xlv. 9.)

Rev. xix. 1-9. And after these things, I heard a great voice of