Introduction,

CONTENTS.

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SECTION THE FIRST.

A partial restoration of the Jews to their own land, previous to their

general restoration, and to the coming of the Messiah in his glory.

Ezekiel xxxviii. 8, &c. Zechariah ii. 4. Isaiah xxvii. Psalm cvii.

SECTION THE SECOND.

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The character and condition of that part of Israel which is first restored,

as discoverable from the Scriptures. Psalm 1. 7, &c. lxvi. 1, &c.

Zephaniah iii. 11, &c.

SECTION THE THIRD.

THE LAST MORTAL FOE AND INVADER OF RESTORED ISRAEL.

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That foe the Roman empire-All the predictions and symbols of the last

Enemy fulfilled in the character and history of this empire-Opposed

by certain kings of the North and of the South,

SECTION THE FOURTH.

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SIGNS OF THE APPROACHING DAY OF THE LORD.

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These wars and commotions among the nations-The abounding of re-

ligious impostors-A more extensive preaching of the Gospel among

the Heathen nations-The depression and spoliation of the Papal

see-The sixth vial considered—Kings of the East―The three unclcan

spirits, like frogs-The invasion of Palestine-A siege of Jerusalem

pointed out as the grand crisis of the Divine interposition,

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When the Redeemer cometh forth at Zion, "all his saints are with him”

-Before this grand crisis, therefore, other Scriptures must have had

their fulfilment The blessed dead have been raised and the living

believers have been changed-The order of events as symbolized in

the fourteenth chapter of the Revelation-The glorifying of the

saints connected with the seventh vial-The symbols of that vial

considered,

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SECTION THE SIXTH.

THE SECOND EXODUS OF ISRAEL.

Before the Redeemer comes forth at Zion, and treads the wine press at

Armageddon, we have intimation, also, that he will have conducted

certain portions of his people through the deserts on the east of

Palestine-These, at first the subjects of sore judgments, as

well as the remnant in the city-"The relics from the sword

at length find favour"-Ephraim found in a state of idolatry-

Converted and united with the tents of Judah," they enter the

Holy Land in a warlike attitude-The first manifestation of the

Saviour made to these-At length to the remnant in Jerusalem—

'They look on him whom they pierced," and are delivered from their

"blood-guiltiness,"

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SECTION THE SEVENTH.

THE GREAT DAY OF THE BATTLE OF ALMIGHTY GOD.

The kings and their armies gathered at Armageddon—The judgment of

the vintage-Destruction of the nations, and all their armies-The

general conflagration and production of new heavens and a new

earth-A time of trouble, such as never was, or will be again, in the

creation of God-The meaning of the prophetical language that de-

scribes great changes in the heavenly bodies, and on the surface of

the earth not always allegorical or typical-The alarm of sinners

amidst these dreadful conflicts, and the confidence of the people of

God in their Great Deliverer,

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SECTION THE EIGHTH.

THE FULL AND FINAL RESTORATION OF ISRAEL, AND

SUBSEQUENT PROSPERITY.

Jehovah having been made known by the judgment he has executed, the

remnants that are spared of the rest of mankind gladly assist in

completing the restoration of all the dispersed of Israel, and bring

them back from all parts of the earth-The great felicity of finally

restored Israel on the land of promise-That land, though great

changes have been produced in its climate and on its surface, has,

relatively, the same geographical boundaries-The elevation of the

mountain of the Lord's house-The new and abundant supply of water,

and unbounded fruitfulness of the soil in the new creation, ... 146

SECTION THE NINTH.

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ISRAEL IN THE FLESH UPON THE NEW

EARTH TO BE FOR EVERLASTING.

Plainly a people in "flesh and blood" sustained by the fruits of the earth

-Yet their felicity is never more to be disturbed-This positively

asserted and may be evinced from the nature of God's covenant with

them, which on their part is unconditional, and is an eternal Covenant

-Reflections on the term Covenant-The Old and the New, .. 161

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SECTION THE TENTH.

THE FIRST COVENANT FROM SINAI, TYPICAL IN ITS ORDINANCES OF
THE NEW COVENANT FROM MOUNT ZION.

Israel was to be a "peculiar treasure," "a kingdom of priests," a holy

nation-Such in eternal reality they are one day to become-The

mode of the Divine appearance, and all the institutions of the

theocracy at the first Exodus, symbolical of the future reign of Christ

-To explain the visible appearances of the Deity, we must have

recourse to the doctrines of the Trinity and Incarnation-The God-

head, as manifested in the Second Person incarnate, is Jehovah-The

ordaining of his kingdom, as the Christ of God from everlasting —

Creation and Providence in subserviency to this-He, the appearing

person at the creation to the patriarchs and prophets, and at the top

of Sinai,

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SECTION THE ELEVENTH.

THE PATTERNS SHEWN TO MOSES IN THE MOUNT.

In the construction of the tabernacle we have a prophetic symbol of

Messiah's throne-To be one day erected upon Mount Zion-This

throne, the object of the mystic Babylonian's ambition-The anti-

christ of the Christian Church aspires to the same-This seen in the

Papacy-"The holy of holies," as distinguished from "the holy

place," a type of the heavenly places which, under the New Testament,

are entered by Christ, and made his abode with his risen saints-The

holy place, a type of the consecrated places of restored Israel worship

on the holy mountain of Zion,.....

SECTION THE TWELFTH.

ISRAEL AT THE HEAD OF THE NATIONS ON THE NEW EARTH.

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The religious worship of the restored Israelites very different from the

solemnities of the Christian Church-Circumcision-Animal sacrifices

-Sabbath and appointed feasts—The redeemed world blessed through

Zion-Pilgrimages to the holy city-Egypt and Assyria taken into

an intimate union with Canaan in Messiah's kingdom-Tyre-Many

nations joined to the Lord in that day... ...

SECTION THE THIRTEENTH.

THE REIGN OF MESSIAH FROM JERUSALEM UNTO THE ENDS

OF THE EARTH.

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His kingdom extends over all the earth, from Zion his first dominion-

Besides Canaan, Assyria, Egypt, and Arabia, with other great nations

which are intimately united with Israel, under the dominion of her

king-Another kind of relation to Zion, with respect to some nations

of the earth, is shewn under the type of restored Sodom and Samaria

-The everlasting covenant, perhaps, not made with them, though

submitted to the kingdom of Messiah-This will exhibit parts of

mankind under a peculiar dispensation-Compared to that of Adam

in Paradise-Satan confined, that he should not deceive these nations

-Hence, at the termination of his confinement, the second Gog and

Magog-Their situation in the four corners of the earth-Jerusalem

the object of their attack-The circumstances of their attack and

destruction very different from those of the first Gog and Magog, 249