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1 Thes. iv. 16; 2 Pet. i. 16-18 (Matt. xvii. 5)! and every eye shall see Him, and they also who pierced Him and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of Him. Even so, Amen! [Zech, xii. 1014; Joel ii. 30-32, iii. 12-16; Isa. lxvi. 5.]

(Ps. xcvii.—c.)

Isa. xxxiii. 13-17. Hear, ye that are far off! what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge My might!

The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. "Who among us shall dwell with the devouring Fire?" ["And the sight of The Glory of The Lord (Heb. i. 3; Rev. xxi. 23), was like devouring Fire (Heb. xii. 29; Rev. vi. 16, 17) on the top of the Mount in the eyes of the Children of Israel." Ex. xxiv. 17]. "Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?" [Matt. ii. 12; Luke xxi. 36; Mal. iii. 2; Rev. vi. 17; Ps. xv. ; Isa. xi. 2-5; Rev. xix. 11-13.]

He that walketh in righteousness, and speaketh uprightnesses; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, [deceits], that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of bloods, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil [Ps. cxix. 37, xvii. 4]; he shall dwell on high [heights, or high places, (Eph. i. 3; 1 John iii. 3),]: his place of defence the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters sure [John iv. 14, vii. 37; comp. Ex. xvii. 6].

Ps. xxiv.

(xlviii.; lxv.; cxlvii. 1. 2; cxlvi.)

[2 Sam. vi. 12-15. So David went and brought up The Ark of God, from the house of Obed-edom [6-11], into the city of David with gladness. And when they that bare The Ark of The Lord had gone six paces [Josh. vi. 12, 13, 15, 16-20], he sacrificed oxen and fatlings. And David danced before The Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod [Ex. xxviii. 6; 1 Samı. xxii. 18]. So David and all the house of Israel brought up The Ark of The Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the Trumpet. (David had learned,-while The Ark remained with Obed-edom, and

blessed his house,-that The Ark must be restored to Zion not by human devices, as the Philistines had formerly, with excusable ignorance, restored it from their coasts (1 Sam. vi. 7; comp. 2 Sam. vi. 13); but according to The Law and Commandment (Num. vii. 9; iv. 2-15; comp. 2 Sam. vi. 13); and, thus restored, David's city was blessed in The Presence of The Ark: and the king returned to his own house to bless his household: 2 Sam. vi. 11-20).]

The earth is The Lord's and the fulness thereof;

The world and they that dwell therein.

For He hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

Who shall ascend into the Hill of The Lord?

Or, who shall stand in His Holy Place?

The clean of hands, and pure of heart;

Who hath not lifted up his soul unto Vanity

["Vanity" is associated with lies, and deceit, or injustice, Job. xv. 31; Ps. xxxi. 6; Prov. xxx. 8: and signifies idols, Jer. xviii. 15; xiv. 22; Ezek. xiii. 6; xxii. 28; Acts xiv. 15.]

nor sworn deceitfully.

He shall receive the blessing from The Lord, and righteousness from The God of his salvation.

This is the generation of them that seek Him, that seek Thy face, O God of Jacob! Selah.

Lift up your heads, O ye gates!

And be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors!

And The King of Glory shall come in.

Who is this King of Glory?

The Lord, Strong and Mighty, The Lord Mighty in battle. [Rev.

xix. 15.]

Lift up your heads, O ye gates !

Even lift them up, ye everlasting doors!

And The King of Glory shall come in.

Who is This King of Glory?

The Lord of Hosts, He is The King of Glory. Selah.

THE KING WHO SHALL BE A PRIEST UPON HIS

THRONE:

(Zech. vi. 12, 13; Ps. cx. 4-6; Gen. xiv. 18.)

AND HIS COMING TO ZION.

Ps. cx. 4-6. The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, "Thou art a Priest for ever [Heb. vii. 21-25, ix. 11] after the order of Melchizedek !

The Lord at Thy Right Hand shall strike through kings in the Day of His wrath.

He shall Judge among the heathen.

Ps. ii. 6-9. "Yet have I set My King [anointed My King] upon Zion, the Hill of My Holiness."

"I will declare the decree: The Lord hath said unto Me,

Thou art My Son! this Day have I Begotten Thee.

Ask of Me, and I shall give Thee the heathen for Thine Inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for Thy Possession.

Thou shall break them with a rod of iron :

Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.'"

Gen. xiv. 18. And Melchizedek [Melech-zedek, the Righteous King] of Salem [of Peace], brought forth bread and wine [John vi. 35, xv. 1]: and he was the Priest of The Most High God.

["Who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him." Heb. vii. 1.]

[2 Chron. ix. 5-8. "It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thy sayings, and of thy wisdom: howbeit, I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen: and, behold! the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard. Happy are thy men and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear

thy wisdom: Blessed be The Lord thy God! Who delighted in thee to set thee on His throne, to be king for The Lord thy God: because thy God loved Israel to establish them for ever, therefore made He thee king over them, to do judgment and justice."

("Of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen." viii. 9.)]

Rev. xix. 12.

On His Head were many crowns [vi. 2]. Matt. ii. 2, 5. "Where is He Who is born King of the Jews?" The Christ-born in Bethlehem of Judæa: for thus it is Written by the Prophet,-" Out of Bethlehem shall He come forth unto Me Who is to be Ruler in Israel; Whose goings forth have been from of old from everlasting [the days of eternity]." Micah v. 2. (Prov. viii. 22-31; John i. 1-3; Heb. i.; Col. i. 15-18.)

Isa. lix. 19, 20. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, The Spirit of The Lord shall lift up a standard against him [put him to flight]. And The Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith The Lord.

Isa. xxxiii. 17, 20-22. Thine eyes shall see The King in His beauty they shall behold the Land of far distances. Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities! thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a Tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. But there The Glorious Lord will be unto us a Place of broad spaces and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. For The Lord is our Judge, The Lord is our Law-Giver, The Lord is our King; He will save us.

Isa. xxxii. 1, 2. Behold! a King shall Reign in Righteousness, and princes shall rule in Judgment [Matt. xix. 28; Luke xxii. 28– 30 (Matt. xxvi. 29); 1 Cor. vi. 2, 3].

And a Man shall be as a Hiding Place [Ps. xxxii. 7; xxxi. 20; Isa. xxv. 4; iv. 6] from the wind, and a Covert from the tempest; as Rivers of Waters in a dry place, as the Shadow of a Great Rock in a weary Land.

Jer. xxiii. 5, 6. 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 judgment 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 [Jehovah-Tzidkenu].

Ezek. xxxiv. 23, 24, 29-31. And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them [Mic. v. 5, margin : 4, margin: Isa. xxxii. 1], even My servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. And I, The Lord, will be their God, and My servant David a prince among them; I, The Lord, have spoken it... And I will raise up for them a Plant for renown, and they shall be no more consumed [taken away] with hunger in the Land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more. Thus shall they know that I, The Lord their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are My people, saith The Lord God. And ye, My flock, the flock of My pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith The Lord God.

Ezek. xxxvii. 11-14, 24, 25. These bones are the whole house of Israel; behold! they say, "Our bones are dried, and our Hope [Acts xxvi. 6-8, 13-23] is lost: we are cut off for our parts.” Therefore prophesy! and say unto them, "Thus saith The Lord God; Behold, O my people! I will open your graves [Hos. xiii. 14], and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the Land of Israel. And ye shall know that I am The Lord, when I have opened your graves [Rev. i. 18], O My people! and brought you up out of your graves, and shall put My Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own Land: then shall ye know that I The Lord have spoken, and performed, saith The Lord.

[xxi. 25-27. And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel! whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end ["the destructions of