["They shall make supplication unto thee, saying, 'Surely God is in thee, and there is none else—no God' [else] Isa. xlv. 14." "And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the Feast: the same came therefore to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, 'Sir! we would see Jesus ! ' Philip cometh and telleth Andrew; and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. And Jesus answered them, saying, 'The hour is come, that The Son of Man should be glorified. Verily verily I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.'" John xii. 20-24 (Isa. xlix. 5, 6; Acts iii. 25, 26; xiii. 44-49). Also Matt. ii. 1, 2, 9-11.]

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 [ii. 4]; that men may bring unto thee the wealth of the Gentiles, 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 [Ezek. xl.—xlviii.]; and I will make the Place of My Feet glorious.

The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all 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."

Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations (Ps. xlviii. 2): . and thou shalt know that I The Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, The Mighty One of Jacob. For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron [2 Chron. ix. 20-27]: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. Violence shall no more be heard in thy Land, wasting nor destruction within

thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee [xxiv. 23; lviii. 8; xxx. 26; Zech. xiv. 7]: but The Lord shall be unto thee an Everlasting Light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the Land for ever, the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, that I may be glorified. A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation; I, The Lord, will hasten it in its time.

Isa. lxi. 1-4. The Spirit of The Lord God is upon Me: because He hath anointed Me to preach good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent Me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; to proclaim the Acceptable Year of The Lord [Lev. xxv. 9, the year of Jubile], and the Day of Vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of The Lord, that He may be glorified. 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.

Jer. xxxiii. 6-18. I will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth: I will build Judah and Israel as at the first. And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against Me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against Me. And it shall be to Me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.

THE PURCHASE OF THE POSSESSION:

THE SUFFERINGS WHICH WERE FORETOLD AS PRECEDING THE GLORIES.

(1 Pet. i. 10, 11.)

[Isa. lii. 13-15; liii.; Ps. xxii. A Prophecy fulfilled already to the letter. The Purchasing of the Inheritance of The Messiah for His people—as many as shall receive, obey and follow Him, The Good Shepherd.

Rev. i. 5, 6, v. 9, 10, 12. Grace! from Jesus Christ The Faithful Witness, The First begotten from the dead, and The Prince of the kings of the earth. Unto Him Who loveth us, and washed us from our sins in His own Blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and [even] His Father; to Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever! Amen!

The praise from the Church and Elders: "Thou art Worthy! for Thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God by Thy Blood, out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; and hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth!" Praise of Angels: "Worthy is The Lamb that was slain ! to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing!"

"Ye are bought with a price :

therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit,
which are God's. 1 Cor. vi. 20.

Predestinated unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ-to the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein He hath made us accepted in The Beloved One [Matt. iii. 17]. In Whom we have redemption through His Blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace. Eph. i. 5-7.

Not redeemed with corruptible things;-but with the precious Blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. 1 Pet. i. 18, 19,

(He that despised Moses' Law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall

he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot The Son of God, and hath accounted The Blood of The Covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy, -a common,-thing, and hath done despite unto The Spirit of Grace! Heb. x. 28, 29.)

Acts xx. 28. . . To feed the Church of God, which He hath purchased with His own Blood.

Eph. i. 13, 14. Sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise which is the Earnest of our Inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of His glory: [in the times of refreshing from The Presence of The Lord, of restitution of all things, Acts iii. 19, 21: of restoration, Matt. xvii. 11: of regeneration, Matt. xix. 28; Ps. civ. 29-35.]

1 Pet. ii. 9, 24, 25. Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people; that ye should show forth the praises [virtues: 2 Pet. i. 3-11] of Him Who hath called you out of darkness into His marvellous light. Who His own Self bare

our sins in His own body to the tree, that we being dead to sins should live unto righteousness: by Whose stripes ye were healed. For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto The Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.]

THE MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD'S HOUSE

IS ESTABLISHED IN THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAINS.

[On the pouring out of the Seventh Vial of the Wrath of God [Rev. xvi. 17,18]; and at the Revelation of The Lord Jesus Christ, and His descent upon the Mount of Olives [Zech. xiv. 4, 5 (Isa. vi. 1; John xii. 41)], the earthquake upheaves the broad and high eminence [Isa. xxxiii. 21, margin; Ezek. xvii. 23] upon which the New Earthly Jerusalem is to be built.]

(Psalm 1. 2; xlviii.)

Zech. xiv. 4, 5, 10, 11. His Feet shall stand in that Day upon the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the East, and the

Mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the East and toward the West, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. And ye shall flee to the valley of My mountains; when He shall touch the valley of the mountains to the Place He separated [set apart, chose, crowned: Deut. xii. 5; Gen. xlix. 26]: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah [Amos i. 1; 2 Chr. xxvi. 16-23; Isa. vi. 1; comp. John xii. 41: An earthquake which apparently occurred at the death of Uzziah, the presumptuous king who unlawfully assumed the functions of priest [Zech. vi. 13]; and when Isaiah saw the Glory of The Christ, and spake of Him as sitting upon a Throne high and lifted up, the skirts thereof filling the Temple]: and The Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with Thee [Jude 14, 15].

All the land shall be compassed as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem [about 60 miles]: and it shall be lifted up, [Rev. xvi. 17, 18. ., and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake and so great], and shall abide 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 in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall abide.

Ezek. xvii. 22-24. Thus saith The Lord God: I will also [3-521] take of the Highest Branch of the high Cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a Tender One [Isa. liii. 2; Jer. xxiii. 5], and will plant It upon a high Mountain and eminent: in The Mountain of The Height of Israel [Rev. xx. 9, comp. Isa. xxxiii. 21, margin: Zech. xiv. 10, 5] will I plant It: and It shall bring forth boughs and bear fruit, and be a goodly Cedar; and under It shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell. And all the trees of the field shall know that I, The Lord, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I, The Lord, have spoken and have done it.