said unto me, Their prayer is
just. I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto
thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all
that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not
hearken unto my words which he will speak in my name, I will require it of
him.
Genesis 49: "Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise, and thou
shalt conquer thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before
thee. Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up, and
art couched as a lion, and as a lioness that shall be roused up.
"The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his
feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be."
727. During the life of the Messiah. Aenigmatis. Ezek. l7.
His forerunner. Malachi 3.
He will be born an infant. Is. 9.
He will be born in the village of Bethlehem. Micah 5. He will appear chiefly
in Jerusalem and will be a descendant of the family of Judah and of David.
He is to blind the learned and the wise, Is. 6, 8, 29. etc.; and to preach
the Gospel to the lowly, Is. 29; to open the eyes of the blind, give health
to the sick, and bring light to those that languish in darkness. Is. 61.
He is to show the perfect way, and be the teacher of the Gentiles. Is. 55;
43:1-7.
The prophecies are to be unintelligible to the wicked, Dan. 12; Hosea 14:10;
but they are to be intelligible to those who are well informed.
The prophecies, which represent Him as poor, represent Him as master of the
nations. Is. 52:14, etc.; 53; Zech. 9:9.
The prophecies, which foretell the time, foretell Him only as master of the
nations and suffering, and not as in the clouds nor as judge. And those,
which represent Him thus as judge and in glory, do not mention the time.
When the Messiah is spoken of as great and gl