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The Bible and the
Je : ws : '
BY
ALLEN W. JOHNSTON
Author of "The Roman Catholic Bible and the Roman
Catholic Church'' "The Bible and Christian
Scisncc" etc.
INTRODUCTION BY
DAVID JAMES BURRELL, D.D.
Minister, Marble Collegiate Church, Hew York
NEW YORK CHICAGO TORONTO
Fleming EL Revell Company
LONDON AN0 EDINBURGH
The Bible
BY
ALLEN W. JOHNSTON
Author of "The Roman Catholic Bi&te and the Roman
Catholic Church," "The Bible and Christian
Science" etc.
INTRODUCTION BY
DAVID JAMES BURRELL, D,D.
Minister, Marble Coll* ff fate Church, New Work
NEW YORK CHICAGO TORONTO
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FOREWORD
ALL men are naturally and intuitively reli-
gious, having been created in the likeness
of God.
Sin alienates from God. Religion is seeking
after a lost God, lost through sin. "We came forth
from God" (to quote from Augustine) "and we are
homesick until we return to Himu"
But religion is not enough; the "homeward way 77
must end at the Father's house. Christianity
claims to be the only true religion because it finds
God* It finds Him unveiled in the person of his
only begotten Son who said, "He that hath seen me
hath seen the Father; I and my Father are one."
How do we know that Christ is God? By the
print of the nails in His hands. Everybody insists
that "God is love": but an insensate God who
leaves the creatures of His hand adrift on a shore-
less and uncharted sea of trouble without making
bare His arm to help them is no God for thinking
men. Christ is "the Arm of the Lord made bare"
for salvation unto all who are willing to be saved
through Him.
This book, written by a Gentile layman, a de-
voted Christian "mighty in the Scriptures," is an
s
6 FOREWORD
earnest, loving endeavour to present Christ, the
long-looked-for Messiah and only Saviour, to the
ancient people of God. It is based upon the
prophecies of the Old Testament concerning
Christ, beginning with the "seed of woman" who
was to come in fulness of time to "bruise the ser-
pent's head" and deliver the world from the
shame and power and penalty of sin.
It is a proverb among Christians that the Jews
are the most inaccessible of all peoples to the
Gospel. Yet there is an open-air pulpit in New
York (on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Twenty-
Ninth Street) where ? daily, throngs of Jews as-
semble at noon to hear a simple, loving presenta-
tion of Christ, where the printed Scriptures are
distributed and gladly received; and there is reason
to believe that many have been convinced.
"To the Law and the testimony." Their own
prophets must convince them. Jesus said: "If they
believe not Moses and the prophets, neither would
they believe though one rose from the dead* n
The author makes no railing accusation against
the Jews* The spirit of his argument is commend-
able every way. It is like that of Christ himself
who mourned over the rejection of his overtures of
mercy with tears: "0 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how
often I would have gathered you, as a hen doth
gather her brood under her wings, and ye would
not."
FOREWORD 7
The time is com! tg, however, when the Chosen
People are to ackno* ledge Christ as their Messiah;
at his appearing evtry knee shall bow before him
and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus is the
Christ of God.
Meanwhile, "how beautiful upon the mountains
are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that
saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!"
DAVID JAMES BURKELL.
Marble Collegiate Church^
York, N. T.
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
THIS book is written with the hope that
among the Jews, God's Chosen People,
there will be those who will in the read-
ingy accept Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ whom
their forefathers rejected, as their Messiah.
The writer is not giving a detailed account of
the Jewish tenets contained in Jewish literature,
but only, as he believes, sufficient thereof to serve
the hope he has expressed.
Holy Scripture, of the First Covenant and of the
New Covenant with God's people, is quoted from
the Old and New Testaments,
With such a purpose in mind, may not the
writer have reason to believe that his book will be
received by all who read it, as not intended to an-
tagonise souls, but rather to win them to Christ?
A. W, J,
Sch$nectady f N. Y.
CONTENTS
I. ADAM ......
II. AFTER MANY DAYS
III. DIVISIONS OF THE HEBREW BIBLE
IV, HOPE MUST BE IN CHRIST
V. LAW AND GRACE .
VI. JACOB'S PROPHECY CONCERNING
SHILOH .....
VII- CONCLUSION
I
ADAM
IN THE BEGINNING
jtN& God said, Let us make man in our image,
ynf after our likeness; and let them kave dominion
& J over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of
the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth,
and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the
earth.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of
God created he him; male and female created he
them. . . .
And God saw every tMng that he had made, and f be-
hold, it was very good. And the evening and the
morning were the sixth day. GENESIS i: 26, 27, 31.
Thus man was made "very good" but did not
remain so.
And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden;
and there he put the man whom he had formed.
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of
every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou
shall not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest
thereof thou shalt surely die.
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man
should be alone; I will make him an help meet for
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And the rib, wMch the Lord God had taken jrom man,
made he a woman, and brought her unto the man,
GENESIS 2: 8, 16, 17, 18, 22,
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast <>/
the field which the Lord God had made. And lir>
said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Yc slwll
not eat of every tree of the garden?
And the serpent said unto the woman, Yc shall not
surely die. . . .
And when the woman saw that the tree was goad jor
food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and &
tree to be desired to make one w$$e f she took of the
fruit thereof f and did eat, and gave also unto her
husband with her; and he did eat, * .
Therefore the Lord God sent Mm forth from the gar-
den of Eden, to till the ground jrom whence fie was
taken.
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the cast
of the garden of Eden Ckcrubims, and a flaming
sword which turned every way, to keep the way oj
the tree of life. GENESIS 3; x, 4, 6, 23, 24,
Thus it came that man fell from good and be-
came evil.
Lo, this only have I found, that Cod hath made man
upright; but they have sought out many invGntims*
ECCLESIASTES 7: 2Q,
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in
the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts
of his heart was only evil continually.
And it repented the Lord that he had made man on tk&
earth 9 and it grieved Mm at Ms heart, . .
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord*
ADAM 15
These are the generations of Noah: Noah w$s a just
man and perfect in Ms generations, and Noah walked
with God.
And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and
Japhcth. * . ,
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come
before me; }or the earth is filled with violence
t /trough them; and, behold, I will destroy them with
the earth. . .
But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou
shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy
wife, and thy sons 9 wives with thee. . . ,
Tftus did Noah; according to all that God commanded
him, so did he. GENESIS 6: 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, i&, 22.
As man was created in the image of God, he
was created "Heart, Soul and Mind." The "us"
and "our" of the original Being, was Father, Son
and Holy Ghost:
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after
our likeness: and let them have dominion over the
fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over
the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every
creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
GENESIS i: 26*
ABRAM ABRAHAM THE FATHER OF US ALL
From Noah'& time a new generation of men
came upon the earth:
These are the generations of Shem. Shem was an hun-
dred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years qjter
the flood, * . .
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat
Abram, Nakor, and Ear an; and Ear an begat Lot,
GENESIS n: 10, 27.
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And Abram fell on his face: and God talked te<i//i lam,
saying,
As for me, behold, my covenant is with thcc t and Hum
shalt be & j at her of many nations.
Neither shall thy name any metre he called Abram 9 but
thy name shall be Abraham; for a father oj many
nations have I made thee. . , .
And I will establish my covenant between me and Ihcc
and thy seed after thee m their generations for an
everlasting covenant, to be a Cod unto thce f and to
thy seed after thee.
And I will give unto thcc y and to thy seed after tha\
the land wherein tkou art a stranger, all the land of
Canaan, jor an everlasting possession; and I will he
their God. , . .
And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wl}c f
tkou shalt not call her name Sarat^ but Sanzk shall
her name be.
And I will bless her, and give tkcc a son also of her:
yea, I will bless her, and she shall he a mot fur $/
nations; kings of people shall be oj her* , .
And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son
indeed; and thou sMlt call his name Isaac; and 1
will establish my covenant w t itk Mm for an wcrfast*
ing covenant, and with his seed after him. GENESIS
*7' 3> 4, 5> 7, S> 15, 16, 19,
Now wd, brethren, as Isaac was> are the children o$
promise. GALAXIANS 4: 28,
And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that
thing which I do;
Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and
mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth sh&tt
be blessed in him?
For I know Mm, that he will command his children.
ADAM 17
and Ms household after Mm, and they shall keep the
way oj the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that
the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he.
hath spoken oj him. GENESIS 18: 17, 18, 19.
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made*
He saith not, And to seeds, as oj many; but as of one y
And to thy seed, which is Christ.
And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed
before of God in C foist, the law, which was four hun-
dred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it-
should make the promise oj none effect* . . .
But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, thaft
the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given
fa them that believe. GALATIANS 3; 16, 17, 22.
Hearken to me, ye tl$at follow, after righteousness, ye
that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are
hewn, and to the hole of the fit whence ye are
digged.
Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that
bare you: for I called Mm alone, and blessed him,
and increased Mm. ISAIAH 51: i, 2.
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the
w.ortd, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through
the law, but through the righteousness oj faith. . , .
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to
the end the promise might be sure to all the seed;
not to that only which is of the law, but to that also
which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father
of us all* ROMANS 4: 13, 16.
JESUS CHRIST
Abraham is the Father of the Hebrew People.
Much more and in a perfect sense is Jesus an,
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Everlasting Father, so asserted by Moses and by
Isaiah, the prophet, if their testimony will be be-
lieved by the Jews* Hear the witnesses:
And Moses spake in the ears of ike congregation of
Israel the words of this song, until they were ended,
DEUTERONOMY 31: 30,
Give car, ye heavens, and / will speak; and hear,
earthy the words of my month. . . *
Do ye thus requite the Lord, foolish people ami nn~
wise? is not he thy father that hath bought thve?
hath he not made thee, and established /fe\e? *
DEUTERONOMY 32; i, 6,
When in Genesis, first chapter, and twenty-sixth
verse God said: "Let us make man in our image
after our likeness/' Jesus Christ, His only begotten
Son, was included in the us and the our, because
He was in the beginning with God,
And God said. Let us make man in our image,
our likeness: and let them have dominion over the
fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air> and aver
the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every
creeping thing that creepeth upon the eartk*~~*
GENESIS i: 26.
As to Jesus Christ, it is written:
The same was in the beginning with God,
All things were made by him; and without Mm was no&
anything made that was made. JOHN i; 2, 34
When the time had come, we find the Son of God
teaching the man He created*
ADAM 19
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them
in the name of ike father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Ghost. MATTHEW 28: 19.
Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked fnm a
question, tempting him, and saying.
Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
Jems said ut$o him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with
all thy mind.
This is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself. MATTHEW 22: 35, 36, 37, 38,
39-
Man created in the image of God the Father,
and possessing Fatherhood, implied that God in
His person was, and is, a Father* Jesus Christ is
His only begotten Son.
The name "Lord God" is not mentioned in
Genesis until after man was created. Thereafter
His name is often mentioned as "Lord God:"
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God 9 and the word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by him; and without him was not
anything made that was made. . * .
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among $,
(and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only
begotten of the Father,) fiM 0} grace and truth.-
JOHN i: i, a, 3, 14,
God is a Spirit, and He is also the Father.
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And the earth was without form, and void; and dark-
ness n\a$ upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit
of God moved upon the face of the waters. GENESIS
i: 2.
Christ, who was in the beginning, is One with
God.
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and
vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudi-
ments of the world, and not after Christ.
For in him dwtteth all the fulness of the Godhmd
bodily. COLOSSIANS 2:8, 9.
These names of Jesus Christ are given m Scrip-
ture by the prophet Isaiah, among them is The
everlasting Father:
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and
the government shall be upon his shoulder: and Ms
name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor > Thr
mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of
Peace,
Of the increase of his government and peace there $fatt
be no end 9 upon the throne of David, and upon A&
kingdom, to order it, and to establish it witk judg*
went and witk justice from henceforth even /or ever*
The seal of tke Lord of hosts will perform /Afr,
ISAIAH 9: 6, 7.
This prophecy was made by Isaiah about 300
years after the time of King David's reign* The
Jews correctly insist that their God is One. Scrip-
ture confirms it as follows;
ADAM 21
He saith unto them, How then doh David in spirit call
him Lord, saying, . .
// David then call Mm Lard, how is he his son? *
MATTHEW 22: 43, 45,
The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit tkou at my right hand,
until 1 make thine enemies thy footstool* PSALM
no: i.
And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast
said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none
other but he:
And to loi)e him with all the heart, and with all the
understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the
strength, and to lorn Ms neighbour as himself, is
more than alt whole burnt offerings and sacrificed
And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he
said unto him f Thou art not jar from the kingdom
of God. And no man after that durst ask him any
n: 32, 33, 34.
When the work of Jesus Christ, who is now in
Heaven at the right hand of God, shall be finished,
then, God shall be all in all:
Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up
the kingdom to God, even the Father; wfren he
shall have put down all rule and all authority and
power. . . *
And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then
shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that
put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
I COHKXHIANS 15: 24, 28.
Jesus Christ shall have that glory which He had
with the Father before the world was, We pre-
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sent the evidence of it from both the Old and
New Testaments:
/ have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the
work which thou gavcst me to do.
And now., Father 9 glorify thou me 'wiih t)mn: own
self with the glory which I had with thce before the
world was. . * .
And now I am no more m the world, hut these arc in
the world, and / come to thcc. Holy Father, keep
through thine own name those wftom thou hast given
me } that they may be one, s we ore. * . .
And now come I to thce; and these things I speak in
the world, that they might have my joy juljlikd in
themselves. JOHN 17: 4, 5, n, 13.
And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before
preached unto you:
Whom the heaven must receive until the times 0} restitu-
tion of all things, which God hath spoken by the
mouth of all Ms holy prophets since the world he$&n*
For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall
the Lord your God raise up unto you of your hwtltren>
like unto me; him shall ye hear in all tfmg$ wftai
soever he shall say unto you. ACTS 3: 20, 21, a a.
The Lord thy God will raise up unto the a Prophet
jrom the midst of thee^ of thy brethren, tike untG
me; unto him ye shall hearken.- DBUTERONQMY
18: 15.
What Prophet in all the world's history resem-
bles (being like unto) Moses, as does Jesus
Christ?
ADAM 2
Well may Israel rejoice in the prayer of Jesi
that He might be glorified with the glory of th
Father which He had with the Father before th
world was.
For He is there now bringing Israel to Hirr
self*, through faith in His name. Here is the tes
timony of the martyr Stephen:
But he f being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steac
jastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, an
Jesus standing on the right hand of God.
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and th
Son of man standing on the right hand of God. . .
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and sayin
Lord Jesus, receive my spiriL
And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lore
lay not this sin to their charge. And when he ha(
said tM$y he fell asleep. ACTS 7: 55, 56, 59, 6o
THE MESSIAH A SAVIOUR
Where can we find such love as Christ has
How shall man escape if so great salvation i
neglected?
For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, an
every transgression and disobedience received a jus
recompence of reward;
Sow shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation
which at the first began to be spoken by the Lon
and was confirmed unto us by them that heard hin
HEBREWS 2: 2, 3.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, . * how often would / hav
gathered thy children together f as a hen doth gatht
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her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
LUKE 13: 34,
But Israel is to return to his God through faith
in Jesus Christ, who was crucified for the world,
And in that day thou shak say, Lord, I mil praise
thee: though thou u\ast angry with me, thine anger
is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
Behold, God is my salvation; / 'will trust, and not be
afraid; for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my
song; he also is become my salvation.
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of ttw
wells of salvation.
And in that day shall ye say, Praise the Ltwd, calf
upon his name, declare Ms doings among the people ,
make mention that his name is exalted.
Sing unto the Lord; for he hath done vxcdlemt things:
this is known in all the earth.
Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zwn: for great
is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of tft,~l$Ai\n
12; X, 2,3 ? 4 ? 5, 6.
And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written* There,
shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn
away ungodliness from Jacob.
For Ms is my covenant unto them, when I skaU
aw t ay their sins.
As concerning ike gospel^ they are enemies for
sakes: but as touching the elect ion# they are
jor the fathers 9 sakes.
For the gifts and catling of God are without repentance,
ROMANS n: 26, 27, 28, 29*
For God so loved the world, that he gave Ms only 4e
gotten Son, that whosoever bdkveth in him should
not perish, but have everlasting life, JOHN 3; x6.
ADAM 25
Jesus Christ, by all of His names given by the
Father and contained in Scripture, is the Messiah
of Scripture. The only begotten of the Father
and a Stone of Stumbling and a Rock of Offence
to both houses of Israel.
Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your
fear, and lei Mm be your dread.
And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of
stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the
houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the in*
habitants of Jerusalem.
And many among them shall stumble, and jail, and be
broken, and be snared, and be taken.
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
And 1 will wait upon the Lord, that hideth Ms face from
the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given
me arc jor signs and for wonders in Israel from the
Lord of Hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
ISAIAH 8: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18.
Does not Christ speak here in the Spirit: "I
and the children whom the Lord hath given me"?
And again > I will put my trust in him. And again,
Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
HEBREWS 2: 13.
ONE GOD
Is there not One God in Three Persons Father,
Son and Holy Ghost, as well as the one universe
we know, with unnumbered stars within it?
2 6 THE BIBLE AND THE JEWS
Does not the electric light have united in one
form, light, heat and power, manifest or latent?
If this is so in nature, why may it not be true in
nature's Creator?
Hebrew children, we learn, have been taught
by loving parents that the Talmud is to be closely
associated with the Law which God gave to Moses,
and which was written in the Book of the Law,
When we compare portions of the Talmud with
the written law of God by Moses, we feel com-
pelled to take note of the great difference and* to
feel thankful for the sake of a people God has
chosen, that our Saviour, Jesus Christ, referred to
the traditions of the Jews as He did,
For laying aside the commandment of God, yc, hold
the tradition of men, as the washing oj pots and cups:
and many other suck like 'things ye do.
And he said unto them t Full well ye rjel the com-
mandment of God, that ye may keep your ou>n tradi-
tion,
Making the word of God of none effect through your
tradition, which ye have delivered: and many $ucf*
like things do ye. MAEK 7: &, 9, 13*
Why do thy disciples transgress the tmdUmn of Ife
elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat
bread,
3ut he answered and mid unto them. Why do ye aim
transgress the commandment of Cod by your tradi*
tlon?
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for docirinn
the commandments of men, MATTHEW 15: a, 3 , 9*
ADAM 27
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with
corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain
conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb
without blemish and without spot. . .
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation
of the world, but was manifest in these last times for
you. I PETER i; 18, 19, 20.
lest any man spoil you through philosophy and
vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudi-
ments of the world, and not. ajter Christ. COLOS-
SIANS 2: 8,
How is it to be explained that Nebuchadnezzar
saw in the fiery furnace a fourth man who looked
like the Son of God, unless it was that the like-
ness of the Son of God had been revealed to him
from heaven, or by men who had made the like-
ness of the Son of God to become known to men
through their knowledge of the Scripture prophe-
sies or revelations from heaven otherwise made to
them? It was not a Son of God the King saw,
but was the form of a fourth man walking in the
midst of the fire, and the form of the man was
like the Son of God,
So these children of Israel were delivered.
He answered and said, Lo f I see jour men loose, walking
in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and
the form of the fourth is tike the Son of God.
Then Nebuchadnezzar spake f and said, Blessed be the
Cod of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath
sent his angel* and delivered his servants that trusted
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in him, and have changed the king's word, and
yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor
worship any gad, except their own God" DANIEL
3:25,28.
For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy
Saviour; I $am Egypt j&r thy ransom, Ethiopia and
Seba for thee.
I am the Lord, your Holy One, the creator 0} Israel,
your King. ISAIAH 43: 3, 15*
And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and
my deliverer.
For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock>
save our God? II SAMUEL 22: 2, 32,
And I say also unto thc&, That thou art Peter t and upon
this rock I will build my church; and the gates
of hell shall not prevail against it. MATTHEW
16: 18.
HIS OWN RECEIVE HIM NOT
The apostle Paul writes: "For the love of Christ
constraineth us." God Is love. This love of God
in Christ will surely constrain His chosen people*
Has the terrible persecution which has befallen the
chosen people been of God's choosing? Surely
not! The choice was made by God's chosen
people.
For the love of CMst constrained h u$; became we tkus
judge, that if one died for all f then w^re all dad*~
II CORINTHIANS $; 14.
Pilate s&ith unto thcm> What skall / do then with Jesus
which is called Christ? They all my unto mm f IM
Mm be crucified,
ADAM 29
And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done?
But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be
crucified.
When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that
rather a tumult was made f he took water, and washed
Ms hinds before the multitude, saying, I am innocent
of the blood of this just person; see ye to it.
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be
on us, and on our children. MATTHEW 27: 22, 23,
24, 25.
The One who created Adam also so loved his
chosen people, that he purchased them after man
transferred his allegiance to Satan in the Garden
of Eden.
Is it not true that "Emmanuel" is "God with
us 77 ?
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and
the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his
name sttall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The
mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of
Peace.
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall
be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his
kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judg-
ment and with justice from henceforth even for ever.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
ISAIAH 9: 6, 7.
Jesus Christ said that His disciples should be his
witnesses.
Then opened he their understanding, that they might
understand the scriptures.
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And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it
behoved Christ, and to rise from the dead the third
day:
And that repentance and rcmmwn of sins sfumhl /c
preached in his name among all nations, beginning
at Jerusalem.
And ye are witnesses of these thmgs.LvKK 24; 45,
46, 47, 43.
Here we have the witnessing of St. John:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was GocL
The same was in the beginning with God, * . .
He came unto M$ own, and Ms own received Mm not.
But as many as received him, to them he gtiw
to become the sons 0} God, even to them that
on Ms name.
W/tich were born, not of blood, nor of the, will of lite
flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among 11$,
(and we beheld kis glory 9 and the, glory as of the
only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth*
JOHN i: t, 2, ii, 12, 13, 14*
The first Adam, our ancestor, a son of God (not
the only begotten Son of God* the second Adam)
talked with God and knew of God as His Creator,
but not so closely as to know Him as His Father
in Heaven.
Adam was turned out of Eden, that he might, if
he would, come to the Father, through the Son, by
His cross,
Israel and all the world whom God loved must
come that way if they will come;
ADAM 31
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm
of ike Lord revealed? . . .
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned
every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid
on him the iniquity of us all, ISAIAH 53: i, 6.
Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel,
that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom
ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even
by Mm doth this man stand here before you whole.
This is the stone which was set at nought of yon
builders, which is become the head of the corner.
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is
none other name under heaven given among men,
whereby we must be saved. ACTS 4: ro ? n, 12.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should
not perish, but have everlasting life. JOHN 3: 16.
THERE WILL BE LAST DAYS
It would seem impossible that Israel would now
rejoice in the spirit that once rejected Him, al-
though they still reject Him. Yet we are deeply
impressed with the expression from the Bible as to
a generation which may refer to part of Abraham's
descendants in the last days:
But in those days r after that tribulation, the sun shall
be darkened^ and the moon shall not give her light,
And the stars of heaven shall jail) and the powers that
are in heaven shall be shaken.
And then shall they see the Son of man coming in
the doud$ with great power and glory.
32 THE BIBLE AND THE JEWS
And then shall h$ send his angels, and shall gather
together his elect from the jour winds, from the
uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of
heaven.
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch
is yet tender and putteth forth leaves, ye know that
summer is near:
So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things
come to pass, know thai it is ?;/#//, even at the dotm.
Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall no/
pass, till all these things be done.
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my word shall
not pass away,
But of that day and that hour knowcth no man> na f
not the angels which are in heaven^ neither the Son 9
but the Father.
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when
the time is. MAKK 13: 24*33,
A SIGN OWEN TO THE HOUSE OF DAVID
And he said } Hear ye now, house of Damd; h it a
small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary
my God also?
EMMANUEL GOD WITH XTS -IS THE MESSIAH
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; B#*
hold, a virgin shall concern^ and bear a son, and shall
call his name Immanuel* ISAIAH 7; 13* 14.
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring
forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,
which being interpreted is f God with ia
1:23.
ADAM 33
And the Word w&$ made flesh, and dwelt among us>
(and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only
begotten of the Father) , full 0} grace and truth.
JOHN i; 14.
Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly,
t/tat God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have
crucified, both Lord and Christ.
Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their
heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the
apostles. Men and brethren what shall we do?
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized
every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the
remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the
Holy Ghost,
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and
to all that are afar off f even as many as the Lord
our God shall call.
And with many other words did he testify and exhort,
saying, Save yourselves from this untoward genera-
tion. ACTS 2: 36, 37, 38, 39, 40.
Adam was a son of God by creation, but there is
a God-man, Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of
God,
/ w$l 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. PSALM 2: 7, 8,
For God so loved the world, theft he gave his only be-
gotten Son, that whosoever believetk in him should
not perish, but have everlasting life. JOHN 3 : 16.
34 THE BIBLE AND THE JEWS
Had God created man a being possessing knowl-
edge of good and evil and in that respect as like the
Godhead, man would not be, as he is, capable of
partaking of Christ through faith. So when he par-
took of the fruit of the tree he was turned out of
the Garden,
In Schechter's "Studies in Judaism*" we read on
page 152: "It is true that we do not find in the
Scripture such words as: *You are commanded
to believe in the existence of God. ? J) But that
Schechter is mistaken the following Scripture
shows:
And they rose early in the morning , and went forth into
the wilderness of Tckoa; and as they went forth ^
Jehoshapkat stood and said, Hear mc> Judak, and
ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord ywr
God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets >
so shall ye prosper.' II CHRONICLES 20: 20,
And the Lord mid unto Mm, What is that in thine hand?
And he said, A rod.
And he said, Cast U on the ground* And he cast it
on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses
fled from before it.
And the Lord said unto Moses t Put forth thine hand*
and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand>
and caught it, and it became a rod in Ms hand:
That they may believe that the Lord Gad of the*
fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and
the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto lAee*~
EXODUS 4; 2, 3, 4, S*
And the Lord said unto Mo$&$> to, I come unto tke$
in a thick cloud, that the people may hw wltm I
ADAM 35
speak with thee, and believe thee {or ever. And
Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord.
EXODUS 19: 9.
And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people
provoke me? and how long w.ill it be ere they believe
me, for all the signs which I have shewed among
them? NUMBERS 14: n,
God, the Redeemer, demanded belief in Himself.
There can arise no God after Him who was not
Himself God in the beginning. The Messiah of
God has come in Jesus Christ, the Redeemer. Here
the Scripture is given that declares it:
GOD'S WITNESSES
Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant
whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe
me, and understand that 1 am he: before me there
was no God formed, neither shall there be after me,
I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no
Saviour*
I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed,
when there was no Strange god among you: therefore
ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God.
Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none
that I can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and
who shall let it?
Thus saith the Lord, your redeemer, the Holy One of
Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and
have brought down all their nobles, and the Chal-
deans, whose cry is in the ships.
I am the Lord, your Holy One, the creator of Israel,
your King. ISAIAH 43; 10-15.
36 THE BIBLE AND THE JEWS
God, the Father, is a spiritual being, a spiritual
personage, having a personality who speaks, who
walks, who moves upon the waters, who sees, who
loves, who hates, who is a being, a person, became
flesh and man, was created in His image, and Jesus
Christ was begotten ia the express image of His
person,
And the earth was without jorm t and wid; and dark-
ness was upon the face oj the deep. And the Spirit
of Cod moved upon the {ace of the waters*
And God satd, Let there be light: and there was light*
GENESIS i: 2, 3.
Who being the brightness of Ms glory, and the express
image of his person, and upholding all things by the
word oj his powgr, when he had by himself purged
our sins, sat down on the right hand oj the Majesty
on high.- HEBREWS i : 3.
And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man
spe&keth unto Ms friend. And he turned again into
the camp: but Us servant Joshua, the son of Nun,
a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. * * .
And he said, My presence shall go with thee t and /
will give thee rest* . * .
And the Lord mid, Behold^ there is a place by mc 9 and
thou $kolt stand upon a rock:
And it shall come to pass? while my gfary passeth by t
that I will put tkee in a dljt of the wck^ and wUl
com? thee with my hand while I pass by;
And I will take away mine hand, and thou shall s$$ my
back parts: but my face shall not be seen. EXODUS
33: 11, 14, 21, aa, 23*
ADAM 37
This was tie only begotten Son of God who thus
spake unto Moses, For no man shall see God the
Father and live: Moses saw the face of Him whose
glory was with the Father before the world was and
lived.
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own
self with the glory which I had with thee before the
world was.
Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me,
be with me where I am; that they may behold my
glory t which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me
before the foundation of the world. JOHN 17:5, 24.
The heavens declare the glory of God the Father,
but his face man hath not seen, save the God man,
Christ Jesus, unto whom is given His power and
Godhead,
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firma-
nent sheweth his handywprk.
Day unto day uttereth speech, and nig)$ unto night
sheweth knowledge.
There is no speech nor language, where their voice is
not heard. PSALM 19: i, 2, 3.
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man
with him until the breaking of the day, . . .
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I
have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
GENESIS 32: 24, 30.
He is the only begotten Son of the Father, whom
Jacob wrestled with at Bethel. Man created in the
38 THE BIBLE AND THE JEWS
image of the Deity must have some resemblance
to Him, and as the Word was God and was made
flesh, we bear a form (a body) like Jesus Chnst ? in
some respects, the Word made flesh*
And God went up from htm in the place where he talked
with him.
And Jacob set up a pillar in the place ivhcre he talked
with him, even a pillar of storw: and he poured a
drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
And Jacob called the name of the place where God
spake with Mm, Bcth-eL GENESIS 35: 13, 14, 15*
Yea, he had power ovcf the angel, and prevailed: kg
wept, and made supplication unto him: he found Mm
in B fit h-d } and there he spake with us;
Even the Lord Cod of hosts; the Lord is Ms memorial,
Therefore turn tkou to thy God: keep mercy and judg-
ment, and wait on thy God continually* HOSEA
/ am the God 0} Beth-el 9 where th&u anomtedsi the
pillar, and where thou wtvedst a vow, unto me: now
arise, get thee out from tMs land, and return unto
the land of thy kindred, GENESIS 31: 13.
When He comes again to receive us, we shall be
like him*
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up
together with th$m in the clouds, to meet the Lord
in the air: and s& shall we ever be with the Lrd.~
I THESSAIONIANS 4: IT,
Jesus witnesses to His Deity before the High
Priest;
ADAM 39
But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again
the high priest asked him and said unto him, Art
thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man
sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in
the clouds of heaven, MARK 14; 6i ; 62.
JACOB'S PROPHECY OF SHILOH
And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather your-
selves together, that I may tell you that which shall
befall you in the last days.
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob;
and hearken unto Israel your father. . . .
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a law-
giver from between Ms feet, until Shiloh come; and
unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
GENESIS 49: i, 2, 10.
And there was war in heaven; Michael and his angels
fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought
and his angels. REVELATION 12: 7.
And there was given unto Mm a mouth speaking great
things and blasphemies; and power was given unto
him to continue forty and two months.
And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God f to
blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them
that dwell in heaven.
And it was given unto Mm to make war with the saints,
and to overcome them; and powgr was given Mm over
all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him,
whose names are not written in the book of life of
the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
If any man have an ear, let Km hear. REVELATION
I3*-S,6 ; 7, 8,9-
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DANIEL'S PRAYER FOR GOD'S PEOPLE AND COD'S CITY
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer
and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth t and
ashes:
And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my con-
fessions, and said, Lord, the great and dreadful
God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that
love htm, and fo them that keep his commandments;
We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have
done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing
from thy precepts, and from thy judgments:
Neither have we hearkened unto thy servant the
prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our
princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the
land.
Lord, righteousness belongcth unto thee, but unto us
confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of
Judah 9 and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem t and unto
all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through
all the countries wMther thou ftast driven thcm> he-
cause of their trespass that they haue trespassed
against thee.
Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our
to our princes, and to our fathers^ because we
sinned against thee.
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses,
though w t e have rebelled against him;
Neither have we obeyed the wice of the Lord our God,
to walk in his laws, which he set before us by Ms
servants the prophets.
Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by de*
parting f that they might not obey thy voice; lAere-
fore the curse is poured upon us 9 and the oath that is
written in the law of Moses the servant of Cod f be-
cause we have sinned against Mm.
ADAM 41
And he hath confirmed Ms words, which he spake
against us, and against our judges that judged us, by
bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole
heaven hath not been done as Itath been done upon
Jerusalem,
As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come
upon us; yet made we not our prayer before the Lord
our God f that we might turn from our iniquities, and
understand thy truth.
Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and
brought it upon us: for the Lord our God is righteous
in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not
his voice.
And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people
forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand,
and hast gotten tkee renown, as at this day; we have
sinned, we have done w;ickedly.
O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech
thee, let thine anger and thy jury be turned away
from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because
for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers,
Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to
all that are about us.
Now therefore, our God, hear the prayer of thy
servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to
shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the
Lord's sake.
my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes,
and behold our desolation, and the city which is
called by thy name; for we do not present our suppli-
cations before thee for our righteousnesses, but for
thy great mercies.
Lord, hear; Lord, forgive; Lord, hearken and
do; defer not, for thine own sake, my God: for thy
city and thy people are called by thy name. DANIEL
42 THE BIBLE AND THE JEWS
Surely the Lord God will do no thing t hut he rcvealctk
Ms secret unto kis servants the prophets. AMOS
3: 7-
And Jacob called unto his son$ 9 and said, Gather your-
selves together, that I may tell you that which shall
be jail you in the last days.
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sans of Jacob ;
and hearken unto Israel your jather. . * *
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver
from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto
him shall the gathering oj the people be* GENESIS
49: x, 2, 10.
T
II
AFTER MANY DAYS
HE Prince of Peace is to come in the later
days, even Jesus Christ:
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from
far; The Lord hatk called me from the womb; from
the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my
name.
And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in
the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me
a polished shajt; in his quiver hath he hid me;
And said unto me f Thou art my servant, Israel, in
whom I will be glorified.
Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my
strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judg-
ment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.
And now, saith the Lord that formed me from the womb
to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though
Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the
eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.
And he said> It is a light thing that thou shouldest be
my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to
restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee
for a light to the G entiles y that thou mayest be my
salvation unto the end of the earth. -ISAIAH 49: 1-6.
For I know that my redeemer Uveth, and that he shall
stand at the latter day upon the earth. JOB 19: 25.
43
44 THE BIBLE AND THE JEWS
Ajter many days thou shaU be visited: In /At* latter
years thou shall come into the land that is brought
back from the sword, and is gathered out of many
people, against the mountains of Israel, which have.
been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the
nations, and they shall dwell safely all of
EZEKIEL 38: 8.
THE OLD AND THE NEW COVENANT
The last will and testament of a man can only
be probated after his death ? so Jesus Christ made
a New Testament, which made the first testament
not effective because of the new and last one.
In that he satth, A new covenant, he hath mute the
first old, Now that which decay eth and waxcth old
is ready to vanish away. HEBREWS 8: 13*
Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of
divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wftcrcin was
the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbrcad;
which is called the sanctuary.
And after the second wit, the tabernacle which is called
the Holiest of all. - * .
Now whm these things were thus ordained, the priests
went always into the first tabernacle^ accomplishing
the service of God.
But into the second went the Mgk priest done once
every year, not without bloQ(t f which he offered far
himself, and for the errors of the people:
The Holy Ghost his signifying, that the my into the
holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while a$ the
first tabernacle was yet standing:
AFTER MANY DAYS 45
Which was a figure for the time then present, in which
were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not
make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining
to the conscience;
Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers wash-
ings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until
the time of reformation.
But Christ being come an high priest of good things to
came, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not
made with hands, that is to say, not of this build-
ing;
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his
own blood he entered in once into the holy place,
having obtained eternal redemption }or us.
For if the blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of an
heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the puri-
fying of the flesh:
Sow. much more shall the blood of Christ, who through
the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God,
purge your conscience from dead works to serve the
living God?~ HEBREWS 9: i, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
ii, 12, 13, 14,
When God created the heavens and the earth,
Man was his greatest work. The High Priest alone
went into the Second Tabernacle, not without blood,
to cleanse in a figure the greatest of God's creation
Man, In a figure the blood of goats and calves
was not the best. God gave His only begotten Son.
Now we are clean through the Word which He has
spoken to Jew and Gentile,
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken
unto you, JOHN 15: 3,
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In Jeremiah, thirteenth chapter, we find these
words:
Woe unto thec, Jerusalem/ wiEt than not be made
clean? when shall It once be? Of as the margin has it
after when yet?
David, the King and Prophet, wanted God to
make a new creation in him.
Create in me a clean* heart, God; and renew a right
spirit within me, PSALM 51; 10.
For by one offering he hath perfected forever them that
are sanctified. HEBREWS 10: 14.
And in the, process of time it came to pass, that Cain
brought of the fruit oj the ground an offering unto
the Lord.
And Abel, he also brought oj the firstlings oj his flock
and oj the fat thereof. And the Lord had rcspext
unto Abel and to his offering.
But unto Cam and to Ms offering he had not respect,
And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance jdL
GENESIS 4; 3 ? 4, 5.
By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice
than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he wits
righteous , God testifying of his gi}t$: and by it Aa
being dead yet speakcth*
By faith Enoch was translated that he shoidd not $e$
death; and was not found, because God had
lated Mm; for before Ms translation he had this
mony, that he pleased (?0<~HEBKews 11:4, 5*
Why may not Israel have this joy?
AFTER MANY DAYS 47
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the
same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
PHILIPHANS 2:2.
ZION
But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the moun-
tain of the house of the Lord shall be established in
the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above
the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let
us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the
house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his
ways, and we will w.alk in his paths: for the law shall
go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from
Jerusalem. MICAH 4: i ? 2.
We are now in the latter days mentioned in the
Old Testament and in the New Testament, under
the new covenant. The time of Jesus Christ, the
second Adam.
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake
in time past unto the fathers by the prophets.
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son,
whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom
also he made the worlds. HEBREWS i: i, 2.
Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
Martha said unto him, I know that he shall rise again
in the resurrection of the last day.
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life:
he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet
shall he live. . , .
She said unto him, Yea, Lord; I believe that thou art
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the Christ, the Son 0} God, which should come into
the world. JOHN n: 23, 24, 25, 27.
Paul the "apostle" of Jesus Christ gave admoni-
tion to the young Timothy as follows;
This know also, that in the last days perilous times
shall come.
But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned
and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou
hast learned them. . . .
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scrip*
ture$> which are able to make thee wise unto $atu&~
tion through faith which is in Christ Jans,
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be perfect, throughly fur
nlshed unto all good works. II TIMOTHY 3:1, 14,
15, 16, 17.
XS&AEX, NOT CAST AWAY BUT SAVED BY GRACE
In his epistle to the Romans, Paul writes of the
salvation by the grace of God, through faith, of
both Jews and Gentiles;
/ say then, Hatk God cast away Ms people? God f&r~
bid. Far I also am an Israelite, of the seed &} Abra-
ham, of the tribe of Benjamin,
Cod hath not cast away M$ people which he foreknew,
Wot ye not what the scripture s&ith oj Etias? h&w
he maketh intercession to Cod against farad, $ay-
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Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down
thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my
life. ROMANS n: x, 2, 3.
God predestinated those He foreknew to be con-
formed to the image of his Son,
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to
be conformed to the image of Ms Son, that he might
be the firstborn among many brethren. ROMANS
8: 29.
In the epistle of Paul to the Romans, we are also
informed that those elected by grace cannot be
elected by works.
But what saith the answer of God unto Mm? I have
reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have
not bowed the knee to the image of BaaL
Even so 'then at this present time also there is a rem-
nant according to the election of grace.
And if by grace, then is it no more of works: other-
wise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works,
then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more
work.
What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he
seeketh jor; but the election hath obtained it, and the
rest were blinded. ROMANS xx: 4, 5, 6, 7.
Paul writing to the Romans, refers to the proph-
ecy of David:
And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and
a trap, and a stumbling block, and a recompense unt&
them.
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Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and
bow down their back alway.
I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall?
God forbid: but rather through their jail salvation is
come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jeal-
ousy.
Now if the jail of them be the riches of the world, and
the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles;
how much more their fulness? ROMANS 11:9, 10,
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heavi-
ness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there
was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst
they gave me vinegar to drink*
Let their table become a snare before them: and that
which should have been for their welfare, let it become
a trap.
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not: and make
their loins continually to shake. PSALM 69: 20, 21,
22, 23.
And Paul likens the Roman Gentiles to a wild
olive tree:
For 1 speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the
apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which
are my flesh, and might save some of them.
For if by casting away of them be the reconciling of
the world, what shall the receiving of them be f but
life from the dead?
For if the firstfruit be holy the lump is also holy: and
if the root be holy, so are the branches.
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And ij some of the branches be broken off, and thou f
being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them,
and with them partakest of the root; and fatness of the
olive tree. ROMANS n: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.
And, again, the apostle to the Gentiles mentions
the goodness of God toward them and to the good*
ness of God to the Jews If they remain not in un-
belief.
Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and
thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed
lest he also spare not thee.
Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on
them which fell, severity; but towards thee, good-
ness f if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou
also shalt be cut off.
And they also, ij they abide not still in unbelief, shall
be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild
by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into
a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which
be the natural branches, be graffed into their own
olive tree?
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of
this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own con-
ceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel,
until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. ROMANS
Ii: 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25.
Israel is mentioned as the firstf ruits of the Lord's
increase.
Israel was holiness unto the Lord, and the firstfruits
of his increase: all that devour him shall offend;
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evil shall come upon them, saith the Lord. . ,
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord,
and with your children's children will I plead. . . .
Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no
gods? but my people have changed their glory for
that which doth not profit? JEREMIAH 2; 3, 9, n.
And we find in the law that firstfruits were to
become the Lord's portion.
Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits,
and of thy liquors; the firstborn of thy sons shalt
thou give unto me. EXODUS 22: 29.
The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of
thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt
thou give him. DEUTERONOMY 18: 4.
But the Gospel turns from the law to grace, from
the flesh to the spirit, from Moses to the Christ
he prophesied of.
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the
firstjruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan
within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the
redemption of our body. ROMANS 8: 23*
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that
we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
JAMES n 18.
Grace and Truth came by Jesus Christ.
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and frutk
came by Jesus Christ.
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No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten
Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath
declared him. JOHN i: 17, 18.
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the
first fruits of them that slept. I CORINTHIANS 15: 20.
What is meant by the words of the writer of
the epistles to the Hebrews?
For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump also is holy: and
if the root be holy, so are the branches. ROMANS
n: 16.
Is it not that if ( Christ is holy, His firstfruits are
holy also, seeing He is One with the Father?
THE REDEEMER
Is it possible to construe the word "Redeemer"
into any other meaning than one who redeems, who
pays the demand, who gives an equivalent for what
is pledged? Why, is not for man to say. Sufficient
is it to know that we are bought, and that the
price is paid:
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the
Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens
of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their
bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out
arm, and with great judgments. EXODUS 6: 6.
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm
of the Lord revealed?
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For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant,,
and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no jorm
nor comeliness; and when we shall see Mm, there is no
beauty that we should desire him.
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows,
and acquainted with grief: and we kid as it were our
faces from him; he was despised and we esteemed
him not.
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sor-
rows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God,
and afflicted.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was
bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our
peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are
healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we haw turned
every one to his own w&y ; and the Lord hath laid on
him the iniquity of us all.
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened
not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaugh-
ter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so
he openeth not his mouth*
He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who
shall declare Ms generation? for he was cut off out of
the land of the living; for the transgression of my
people was he stricken.
And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the
rich in Ms death; because he had done no violence^
neither was any deceit in his mouth.
Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Mm; he hath put him
to grief: when thou shalt make Ms soul an offering
for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong fus days?
and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in Ms hand.
He shall see the travail of Ms soul y and shall be satis*
fied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant
justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
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Therefore mil I divide him a portion with the great,
and he shall divide the spoil with the strong: because
he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was
numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin
oj many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
ISAIAH 53: 1-12.
Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the
sons oj Jacob and Joseph. PSALM 77: 15.
But now saith the Lord that created thee, Jacob,
and he that formed thee, Israel, Fear not: for I
have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name;
thou art mine. ISAIAH 43: i.
Break jofth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of
Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he
hath redeemed Jerusalem. ISAIAH 52: 9.
For he said, Surely they are my people, children that
will not lie; so he was their Saviour.
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of
his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity
he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried
them all the days oj old.
But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore
he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought
against them.
Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his
people, saying, Where is he that brought them up
out of the sea with the shepherd oj his flock? where
is he that put his holy Spirit within him?
That led them by the right hand oj Moses with his
glorious arm 9 dividing the water before them, to
make himself an everlasting name? ISAIAH 63 : 8, 9,
io ; ii ; 12,
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/ will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will
redeem them from death: death, I will be thy
plagttes; grave, I will be thy destruction: repent-
ance shall be hid from mine eyes, HOSEA 13: 14.
O death, where is thy sting? grave, where is thy
victory? I CORINTHIANS 15: 55.
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into
Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into
death: that like as Christ was raised up from the
dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also 1
should walk in newness of life,
For if we have been planted together in the likeness of
his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resur-
rection:
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him,
that the body of sin may be destroyed, that hence-
forth we should not serve sin.
For he that is dead is freed from sin.
Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall
also live with him. ROMANS 6: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so
also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth,
it shall die. EZEKIEL 18: 4,
Behold the man!
Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns,
and the purple robe* And Pilate saith unto them,
Behold the man I
When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him,
they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify Mm,
Pilate saith unto them,
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Take ye Mm, and crucify him: for I find no fault in
him. JOHN 19: 5, 6.
THE SECOND ADAM
And so it is witten, The first man Adam was made
a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening
spirit.
Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that
which is natural; and afterwards that which is spir-
itual,
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is
the Lord from Heaven. I CORINTHIANS 15: 45, 46,
47-
"Behold I make all things new!"
And he that sat upon the throne said. Behold, I make all
things new* And he said unto me, Write: for these
words are true and faithful. REVELATION 21: 5.
Let us answer Isaiah's question, "Who hath be-
lieved our report and to whom is the arm of the
Lord revealed?"
What man assuming to be a King, beside Jesus
Christ, "the King of the Jews" has ever sought to
be exalted among men who did not expect to live,
and hoped to live and rejoice in the honours he
sought. But here was a man who knew He was
sent of God the Father, to die for mankind and
set about his Father's business at twelve years of
age and set His face like a flint to meet that death
at Jerusalem.
58 THE BIBLE AND THE JEWS
And Jesus returned in Ike power of the Spirit into
Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through
all the region round about.
And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of
all.
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought
up: andy as his custom was, he 'went into the syn-
agogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to
read.
And there was delivered unto Mm the book of the
prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book,
he found the place where it was written,
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath
anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath
sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliver-
ance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the
blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised*
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the
minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them
that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
LUKE 4: 14*20.
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because, the
Lord 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, 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 y the oU of joy for mourning
the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
that they might be called trees of righteousness , the
planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
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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.
And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the
sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vine
dressers.
But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord: men
shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall\
eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall
ye boast yourselves. ISAIAH 61: 1-6.
And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me?
wist ye not that I must be about my Father's busi-
ness? LUKE 2 : 49,
Hear ye this, house of Jacob, which are called by the
name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters
of Judah, which swear by the name of the Lord, and
make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth,
nor in righteousness.
For they shall call themselves of the holy city, and
stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The Lord of
hosts is his name. . . .
For my name's sake w}ll I defer mine anger, and for
my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not
off
Hearken unto me, Jacob and Israel, my called; I am
he; I am the first, I also am the last. . . .
All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among
them hath declared these things? The Lord hath
loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his
arm shall be on the Chaldeans. . . .
Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken
in secret from the beginning; from that time it was,
there am I: and now the Lord God, and his Spirit
hath sent me. ISAIAH 48: i, 2, 9, 12, 14, 16.
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For God sent not Ms Son into the world to condemn the
world; but that the world through him might be
sewed. JOHN 3: 17.
He sent redemption unto his people; he hath com-
manded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is
his name. PSALM iix: 9,
For the Lord Cod will help me; therefore shall I not
be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a
flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
ISAIAH 50: 7.
The life is more than meat, and the body is more than
raiment.
Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good
pleasure to give you the kingdom, LUKE 12 ; 23, 32.
The apostle John in his first epistle General;
second chapter, asserts in strong terms that not to
know the Son (that is, to deny Him) is evidence by
those who deny him that they do not know the
Father,
Whosoever denietk the Son, the same hath not the
Father: (but) he that acknowledge^!* the Son hath
the Father also. I JOHN 2; 23.
BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
Note that it is not "a Son" as Adam was, but
"The Son/' thereby referring to the only begotten
Son of the Father, Jesus Christ.
/ and my Father are one, JOHN 10; 30.
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Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent
him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence
my son. MARK 12: 6.
There is no middle path marked out in Scripture
leading to salvation. Jesus Christ is the way.
He that is not with me is against me; and he that gath-
ereth not with me scattereth abroad. MATTHEW
12:30.
The New Testament, the New Covenant, is al-
ways true to Jewish prophets.
And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of
stumbling and for a rock of offence to both houses
of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants
of Jerusalem.
And many among them shall stumble, and jail, and be
broken, and be snared, and be taken.
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face
from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given
me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the
Lord of ho$ts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
ISAIAH 8: 14-18.
And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name
was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout,
waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy
Ghost was upon him.
And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that
he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's
Christ.
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And he came by the Spirit into the temple; and when
the parents brought him the child Jesus, to do Jor
him after the custom of the law.
Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and
said,
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, ac-
cording to thy wprd:
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation;
Which thou hast prepared before the face of ell people;
A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy
people Israel LUKE 2: 25-32.
Was it not a miracle that Isaac was given to
Abraham and Sarah in their old age? Could not
the Virgin Mary likewise bear a Son by the Spirit
of God, who ordained both births the first and
new covenant;
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all
that hear will laugh with me.
And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham,
that Sarah should have given children suck? for I
have born him a son in his old age. GENESIS 21 : 6, 7,
Does it require more faith to believe that God
(who created Adam) could bring to birth from a
virgin a second Adam, than that faith which was
given Abraham when he offered up Isaac, his only
son the son of promise?
I will set his hand also in the $ea> and Ms right hand in
the rivers.
He shall cry unto me> Thou art my Father, my Cod 9
and the rock of my salvation.
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Also I mil make him my firstborn, higher than the
kings of the iarth.
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my
covenant shall stand fast with him.
His seed also will I make to endure forever, and his
throne as the days of heaven. PSALM 89: 25, 26,
27, 28, 29.
What house, except the Lord's own house, could
fulfil the prophecies of David?
Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto thy servant
David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from
the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that
thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel. . . .
And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that
thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I wilt
raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy
sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his
throne for ever, . . .
And David the king came and sat before the Lord, and
said, Who am 1, Lord God, and what is mine house,
that thou hast brought me hitherto? . . .
O Lord, for thy servant's sake, and according to tMne
own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in mak-
ing known all these great things.
And what one nation in the earth is like thy people
Israel, whom God went to redeem to be Us own
people, to make thee a name of greatness and terrible-
ness by driving out the nations from before thy
people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people
for ever; and thou, Lord, becamest their God. I
CHRONICLES 17: 7, n, 12, 16, 19, 21, 22.
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It should be noticed that the seed which should
be raised after David was to be later than his sons ?
and his kingdom should be established. David's
house in the seventeenth verse is spoken of "for a
great while to come," Solomon's house was nigh,
next to David, therefore it was not Solomon's reign
that is here referred to, but Jesus Christ's.
The Old and the New Testaments agree as being
the word of God:
And, behold, thou shall conceive in thy womb, and
bring forth a son, and shall call his name JESUS,
He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the
Highest; and the Lord God shall give unto him the
throne of Ms father David. LUKE 1:31, 32.
According to the word that I covenanted with you when
ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among
you: fear ye not.
For thus saiih the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is a little
while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth,
and the sea, and the dry land;
And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all na-
tions shall come: and I will fill this house with glory,
saith the Lord of hosts.
The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord
of hosts.
The glory of this latter house shall be greater than the
former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will
I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts. HAGGAX 2 : 5-9.
The Scripture is perfect in its agreements; it
cannot be broken;
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The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a law-
giver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and
unto him shall the gathering of the people be. '
GENESIS 49: 10.
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but
not nigh: there shall come a star out of Jacob, and
a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the
corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of
Sketh. NUMBERS 24: 17.
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and
the firstbegotten of the dead, and the prince of the
kings of the earth. Unto Mm that loved us, and
washed us from our sins in his own blood.
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his
Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and
ever. Amen.
Behold, he comet h with the clouds; and every eye shall
see him, and they also which pierced him; and all
kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him.
Even so. Amen.
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending,
saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which
is to come, the Almighty. REVELATION i: 5, 6, 7, 8.
/ Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these
things in the churches. I am the root and the off-
spring of David, and the bright and morning star.
REVELATION 22: 16.
All Scripture must be fulfilled.
But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets
might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook Mm?
and fled. MATTHEW 26: 56.
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// he called them gods, unto whom the word of God
came, and the scripture cannot be broken,
Say ye of him, wfwm the Father hath sanctified, and
sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I
said, I am the Son of God.
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
JOHN 10: 35, 36, 37.
And again another scripture saith, They shall leak on
him whom they pierced. JOHN 19: 37.
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the
wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and
my feel. PSALM 22: 16.
Jesus is the morning star that shone above all
others, the only begotten Son.
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons
of God shouted for joy? JOB 38; 7,
The apostle John very earnestly pleads in his
first letter, that to deny that Jesus is the Christ
(I John, second chapter) places all who do so in
opposition to the truth. John, in his gospel by
inspiration of the Holy Spirit, writes of the ful-
filment of the Tabernacle and of the New Covenant
made by the Lord.
And I wfll dwell among the children of Israel, and
be their God,
And they shall know that I am the Lord their God f
that brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I
way dwell among them: I am the Lord their God.
EXODUS 29; 45, 46.
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Also the Covenant proclaimed by the prophet
Isaiah.
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the
mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in
the top of the mountains 9 and shall be exalted above
the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us
go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of
the God of Jacob; and he mil teach us of Ms ways,
and we will walk in his paths; for out of Zion shall
go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from
Jerusalem.
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke
many people: and they shall beat their swords into
plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: na-
tion shall not lift up sword against nation, neither
shall they learn war any more. ISAIAH 2: 2 ; 3, 4.
This is also proclaimed by Jesus Christ when He
(the Word) was made Flesh, in His book of
Revelation.
And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make
all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for
these words are true and faithful.
And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and
Omega; the beginning and the end. I will give unto
him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of
life freely.
He that over comet h shall inherit all things; and I will
be his God, and he shall be my son. REVELATION
21: 5, 6, 7.
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High
shall abide under the shadow, of the Almighty.
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I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress:
my God; in Mm will I trust.
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler,
and from the noisome pestilence. PSALM 91: i, 2, 3.
There is a Redeemer in the Godhead. Not only
will be ; but is, as is written of Him: "I am the first
and the last 37
Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his re-
deemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the
last; and beside me there is no God.
And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it
in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people?
and the things ,that are coming, and shall come, let
them shew unto them.
Fear ye not, neither be afraid: hai)c not I told thee from
that time, and have declared it? ye are even my
witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is
no God: I know not any. ISAIAH 44: 6, 7, 8.
While the Pharisees were gathered, Jesus asked
them whose Son Christ was? They answered
"David's." Yet both the Old and the New Testa-
ments agree that He is the only begotten Son of
God ? by the following Scripture:
The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand f
until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of
Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in
the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morn-
ing: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
The Lord hath sworn> and will not repent, Thou art a
priest for ever after the order of Mdchizedek.
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The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings
in the day of his wrath. PSALM 110:1,2,3, 4? S-
On these two commandments hang all the law and the
prophets.
While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked
them,
Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he?
They say unto him, The son of David.
He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call
him Lord, saying,
The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right
hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
If David then called him Lord, how is he his son?
MATTHEW 22: 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45.
If both the Spirit in David and Jesus agree that
Christ is the Son of God at His right hand, does it
not become every one of God's chosen people to
agree with the Scripture and accept Him as their
Messiah, who was, and is, and is to come the
Lord?
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with
me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will
give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on.
So that I come again to my father's house in peace;
then shall the Lord be my God. GENESIS 28: 20, 21.
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy;
break up your fallow, ground: for it is time to seek
the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon
you. HOSEA 10: 12.
Job sought God, but He was hidden on the right
hand.
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Oh that I knew where I might find himt that I might
come even to Ms seat! . . .
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and back-
ward, but I cannot perceive him:
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot
behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that
I cannot see him.
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath
tried me, I shall come forth as gold. * * .
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty
troubleth me. JOB 23: 3, 8, 9, io ; 16.
And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these
words unto Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Teman-
ite, My wrath is kindled against thec, and against
thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the
thing that is right, as my servant Job hath*
JOB 42: 7.
Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, thou that savest
by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee
from those that rise up against them, PSALM 17:7.
Jesus proclaimed Himself the Christ, the Son of
the Blessed ; as witness the following Scripture:
But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again
the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art
thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son oj man
sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in
the clouds of heawn* MARK 14: 61, 62,
Ill
DIVISIONS OF THE HEBREW BIBLE
f | ^HE Jews divided their sacred books into
I three parts:
-*- i. "The Law" (Torah) comprising the
-five books of Moses.
2. "The Prophets" (Nebiim) comprising the
books of Joshua, Judges, I and II Samuel, I and
II Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the
twelve minor Prophets.
3. "The Writings" (Kethubim). Under this
title were placed:
I. Psalms, Proverbs, Job.
II. Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations,
Ecclesiastes, Esther.
III. Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, I and II
Chronicles.
Th^, writer finds the Old and the New Testa-
ment interwoven. The quotations from them are
taken as occasion arises in this book for their use
rather than any purpose of treating the Testaments
separately.
In comparing the Bible with Judaism, the writer
has made use of the book, "Studies in Judaism,"
written by the Hebrew Scholar, S. Schechter, M.A.,
Reader in Talmudic in the University of Cam-
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bridge. The book is published by the Jewish
Publication Society of America.
From that authority under the head of "The
Dogma of Judaism," the following quotation is
made:
"As is well known, Maimonides (1130-1205) was the
first Rabbanite who formulated the dogmas of the
Synagogue. But there are indications of earlier
attempts."
"That Maimonides was quite conscious of the impor-
tance of this exposition can be gathered from the con-
cluding words addressed to the reader: "Know these
(words) and repeat them many times, and think them
over in the proper way. God knows that thou wouldst
be deceiving thyself if thou thinkest thou hast under-
stood them by having read them once or even ten times.
Be not, therefore, hasty in perusing them. I have not
composed them without deep study and earnest re-
flection."
The result of this deep study was that the fol-
lowing Thirteen Articles constitute the creed of
Judaism. They are:
i. The belief in the existence of a Creator: 2- The
belief in His Unity; 3. The belief in His Incorpore*
ality; 4. The belief in His Eternity; 5. The belief that
all worship and adoration are due to Him alone; 6. The
belief in Prophecy; 7* The belief that Moses was the
greatest of all Prophets, both before and after him;
8* The belief that the Torah was revealed to Moses on
Mount Sinai; 9, The belief in the Immutability of this
revealed Torah; 10, The belief that God knows the
actions of men; ix* The belief in Reward and Punish-
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ment; 12, The belief in the coining of the Messiah;
13. The belief in the Resurrection of the dead.
It will be noticed at once by the Christian reader
that a great similarity exists between these dogmas
of Judaism by Maimonides and the Christian's
creed, with the following exceptions:
"The belief in His Incorporeality (the Creator).
"The belief that Moses was the greatest of all
Prophets, both before and after him.
"The belief in the coming of the Messiah."
First: We compare with the written Word
(Torah), the Immutability of which word is
assented to in Article Nine- of the Dogma or Creed
of Judaism.
"The belief in the Creator's Incorporeality, that
is, according to the dictionary 'being intangible 7 :
It would be impossible to make an Image of an in-
tangible personality, when the Deity Father,
Son and Holy Ghost (God), said, Let us make
man in our image, after our likeness." He made
man in all his parts The Created Man. The image
and likeness must reveal the tangible original.
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our
likeness: and let them have dominion over the fisk of
the sea, and over the jowl of the air, and over the
cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping
thing that creepetk upon the earth. GENESIS i: 26.
Thus man was made in the Image and after the
Likeness of Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son
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of God, The Word, by whom man was made* The
"Word" signifies the Jew's "Messiah," by usage of
the Jews, according to Jewish literature.
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that
rideth upon the heavens by his name j A n ? and re-
joice before him. PSALM: 68: 4.
The Chaldean Paraphrasists, the most ancient
Jewish writers extant (according to Cruden) gener-
ally made use of the word "MEMRA," which sig-
nifies the "WORD," in those places where Moses
puts the name "JEHOVAH."
/ will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy
name for thy lovingkindncss and for thy truths: for
thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name,
PSALM 138: 2*
And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto
Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my
name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. EXODUS
6:3-
It was in the form of man that God appeared
to Jacob at Peniel.
And Jacob was left atone; and there wrestled a man
with Mm until the breaking of the day,
And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he
touched the hollow, af Ms thigh; and the hollow of
Jacob's thigh was out of joint as he wrestled with
him.
And he said, Let me go, for the day brcaketh. And he
said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
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And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said,
Jacob.
And he said, Thy name shall be catted no more Jacob,
but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God
and with men, and hast prevailed.
And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee,
thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou
dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I
have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
GENESIS 32; 24-30.
The Lord spake unto Moses as a man speaketh
unto his friend*
And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man
speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into
the camp; but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a
young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
EXODUS 33: ii.
The Lord's hand was used in covering Moses and
Moses saw his back parts.
And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see
my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
EXODUS 33 : 23.
The Lord wrote upon the tables of stone. "The
Lord stood there" with Moses.
And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with
him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.
EXODUS 34: 5-
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Second: Seventh Article. The belief that Moses
was the greatest of all prophets, both before and
after him. The Lord said unto Moses, "I will
raise up a prophet from among their breth-
/ 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 shall speak in my
name, I will require it of Mm. DEUTERONOMY
18: 1 8, 19.
Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that
Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that
should come into the world. JOHN 6: 14,
And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the mul-
titudes concerning John, What went ye out into the
wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the
wind? . . .
For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my
messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy
way before thee.
Verily I say unto you.. Among them that are born of
women there hath not risen a greater than John the
Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the king*
dom of heaven is greater than he. MATTHEW it: 7,
10, II.
Therefore Moses was not greater than John, ac-
cording to the words of Jesus, nor according to
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the following words of Isaiah, for he names the
child that is born "the everlasting Father/' and in
Psalms as "above his fellows."
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and
the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his
name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The
mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of
Peace.
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall
be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his
kingdom, to order it, and to establish it, with judg-
ment and with justice from henceforth even for ever.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
ISAIAH 9: 6, 7.
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness:
therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the
oil of gladness above thy fellows. PSALM 45: 7.
Third: Article 12. The belief in the coming of
the Messiah.
If this article referred to the second coming of
the Messiah, there would be no comment by the
writer, but it is evident that the belief is to the
Jewish conception of a Messiah which is not Jesus
Christ.
It is our purpose to quote from the Bible which
shows that the Messiah has come and will come
again.
There is direct prophecy of the coming of Jesus
Christ, the Anointed, the Messiah in Hannah's
prayer and song. I Samuel, Second Chapter, com-
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pare it with the fulfilment by the song of Mary,
the Mother of our Lord.
And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in
the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth
is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in
thy salvation.
There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside
thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy
come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of
knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. I
SAMUEL 2: i, 2, 3.
And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord.
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
For he hath regarded the low estate of Ms handmaiden:
for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call
me blessed.
For he that is mighty hath done to me great things: and
holy is his name. LUKE i: 46, 47, 48, 49.
The bows of the mighty men are broken f and they that
stumbled are girded with strength.
They that were full have hired out themselves for
bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the
barren hath born seven; and she that hath many
children is waxed feeble.
The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down
to the grave, and bringeth up.
The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth
low, and lijteth up.
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lijteth up
the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among
princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory:
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for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath
set the world upon them. I SAMUEL 2: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
MARY'S SONG
And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation
to generation.
He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath
scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and
exalted them of low degree.
He hath filed the hungry with good things; and the rich
he hath sent empty away. LUKE i: 50, 51, 52, 53.
HANNAH'S SONG
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall
be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man
prevail.
The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces;
out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord
shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give
strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of Ms
anointed. I SAMUEL 2: 9, 10.
MABY'S SONG
He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of
his mercy;
As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed
forever. LUKE i: 54, 55.
And here follows the fulfilment of Hannah's
prayer and prophetic song by the prophet Zach-
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arias, the father of John, the forerunner of our
Lord:
And Ms father Zacharias 'was filled with the Holy
Ghost, and prophesied, saying,
Blessed be the Lord God oj Israel; for he hath visited
and redeemed his people,
And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the
house of his servant David;
As he spake by the mouth oj his holy prophets, which
have been since the w.orld began:
That we should be saved from our enemies, and from
the hand oj all that hate us;
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to
remember his holy covenant;
The oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham,
That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered
out of the hand of our enemies might serve him with-
out fear,
In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of
our life.
And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the High-
est: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to
prepare his ways;
To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the
remission oj their sins,
Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the
day spring from on high hath visited us,
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the
shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of
peace. LUKE i : 67-79.
There was no king of the children of Israel at
the time Hannah gave her prayer and song, except
the Saviour of whom she prophesied.
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Here is the proclamation of the Messiah, th<
only begotten Son of God, who came as Bethle
hem's babe, recorded by the Spirit:
/ will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me
Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.~
PSALMS 2: 7.
God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, M
that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also writ
ten in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this da^
have I begotten thee. ACTS 13: 33.
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness
therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with th
oil of gladness above thy fellows. PSALM 45 : 7.
It was Andrew who found the Messiah and tolc
his brother Simon of Him, but it was God the
Father who made known to Simon Peter that Jesus
was the Christ.
One of the two which heard John speak and followec
him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unti
him, We have found the Messias, which is, being in
terpretedy the Christ. JOHN i: 40, 41.
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art th
Christ, the Son of the living God.
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed ar
thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath no
revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is i\
heaven. MATTHEW 16: 16, 17.
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All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no
ynan knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither know-
eth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to
whomsoever the Son will reveal him. MATTHEW
n: 27.
Jesus saith unto Mm, I am the way, the truth, and the
life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
JOHN 14: 6.
It was urged upon the disciples by Jesus to be-
lieve upon Him as they believed in God.
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, be-
lieve also in me. JOHN 14: i.
Immediately upon asking them to do this, He
turns their attention to his Father's house.
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not
so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place
for you. JOHN 14: 2.
The heavens that are telling the glory of God
are the work of God which by their association
with Him they have learned to believe in.
O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the
earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,
the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the
son of man that thou visitest him? PSALH 8:
i> 3? 4-
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The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firma-
ment sheweth his handywork.
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night
sheweth knowledge.
There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not
heard. PSALM 19: i, 2, 3.
Because that which may be known of God is manifest
in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the
world are clearly seen, being understood by the things
that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead;
so that they are without excuse. ROMANS i: 19, 20.
Yes; the disciples believed in God, but had not
as yet sufficiently believed in Him to find the way
to come to him through His Christ, His Messiah,
His Son. The Way, the Truth and the Life from
henceforth they were to realise and know Christ as
the way to God, through whom they had been led.
Israel learned to know God, but not to come to
Him as a people as closely as he wanted. He chose
Israel for His people. They rejected Him. He
wants them as sons to come to Him.
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to
be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might
be the firstborn among many brethren. ROMANS
8: 29.
For it became him, for whom are all things, and by
whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto
glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect
through sufferings. HEBREWS 2: 10.
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My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art
thou so far from helping me, and from the words of
my roaring? . . .
He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let
him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou
didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's
breasts. . . .
I am poured out like watery and all my bones are out of
joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst
of my bowels.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue
cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into
the dust of death. . . .
I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon
my vesture. PSALM 22: i, 8, 9, 14, 15, 17, 18.
When He accomplished the shedding of His
blood and the giving of His body for mankind. He
gloried in His completed work, saying "It is
finished' 7 and gave up His Spirit to His Father who
sent Him.
They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall; and
whence had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
And they crucified him, and parted his garments, cast-
ing lots; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
by the prophet, They parted my garments among
them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. . ,
He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will
have him; for he said, I am the Son of God. . . .
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice,
saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My
God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me? . , .
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The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias mil come
to save kirn.
Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost. MATTHEW 27: 34, 35, 43, 46,
49, 5-
FAITH AND HOPE OF JUDAISM
In our search for tenets of Judaism we find on
page 151 in the book, "Studies in Judaism," by
Schechter, the following:
I have no intention here of answering the question,
What is Judaism? This question is not less perplexing
than the problem, What is God's world? Judaism is
also a great Infinite, composed of as many endless
Units, the Jews. And these Unit-Jews have been, and
are still, scattered through all the world, and have
passed under an immensity of influences, good and bad.
If so, how can we give an exact definition of the In-
finite, called Judaism?
But if there is anything sure, it is that the highest
motives which worked through the history of Judaism
are the strong belief in God and the unshaken confidence
that at last this God, the God of Israel, will be the God
of the whole world; or, in other words, Faith and Hope
are the two most prominent characteristics of Juda-
ism.
Whatever may be considered as the two most
prominent characteristics of Judaism, by Schech-
ter, the Bible gives the following as the two most
prominent commands of God to men Love to
God and Love to Man.
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Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord.
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with all thine
heart and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
DEUTERONOMY 6: 4, 5.
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the
children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neigh-
bour as thyself: I am the Lord. LEVITICUS 19: 18.
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the command-
ments is, Hear, Israel; The Lord our God is one
Lord:
And thou shalt iove the Lord thy God with all tky
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind,
and with all thy strength: this is the first command-
ment.
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself. There is none other command-
ment greater than these.
And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast
said the truth: for there is one God, and there is none
other but he:
And to love him with all the heart, and with all the
understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the
strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more
than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. MARK
12: 29,30,31,32, 33.
And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted
him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal
life?
He said unto him, What is written in the law? how
readest thou?
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and
with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy
neighbour as thyself.
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And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this
do, and thou shalt live. LUKE 10: 25, 26, 27, 28.
It is to be noted that the second command is said
by Jesus to be like the first. The loving of God
and the loving of our neighbour are alike. This
is taken up again in the New Testament.
And Jesus answering said unto Mm, Simon, I have
somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master,
say on.
There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the
one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.
And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave
them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will
love Mm most?
Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom
he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast
rightly judged. LUKE 7: 40, 41, 42, 43.
Thus if we forgive much, we gain the greater
love, and if any in need are our neighbours, those
in need of forgiveness, we should forgive, even as
we expect to be forgiven of our Father in heaven,
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is
merciful.
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not,
and ye shall not be condemned; forgive, and ye shall
be forgiven. LUKE 6: 36, 37.
If we say to the friend visiting us in one of the
delightful spring months: "Let us go along this
road by the river and then we shall turn to the
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right along that row of trees you see not far
away; then we will come to a meadow covered
with patches here and there of springtime blooms,"
thus we will, in all likelihood, have interested him
with a desire to see the beautiful path we know
of.
Of all beautiful paths, there is none as truly
joyful, enriched with charming landscape, as the
straight and narrow way pointed out by Jesus
Christ.
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and
broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and
many there be which go in thereat:
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which
leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it,
MATTHEW 7: 13, 14-
And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment
unto you, that my covenant might be with Lew, saith
the Lord of hosts.
My covenant with him of life and peace; and I gave
them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and
was afraid before my name.
The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not
found in his lips; he walked with me in peace and
equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they
should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the mes-
senger of the Lord of hosts.
But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused
many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the
covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts. MALACHI
2:4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
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Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in
the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have
prepared. EXODUS 23: 20.
Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the
dayspring from on high hath visited us.
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the
shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of
peace.
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was
in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.
LUKE i: 78, 79, 80.
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great
light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of
death, upon them hath the light shined. . .
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:
and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and
his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The
mighty God, The everlasting Father, the Prince of
Peace.
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall
be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his
kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judg-
ment and with justice from henceforth even for
ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform
this.
The Lord sent a word unto Jacob, and it hath lighted
upon Israel. ISAIAH 9: 2, 6, 7, 8.
For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou
shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto
thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it,
he will answer thee.
And though the Lord gave you the bread of adversity,
and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers
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be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes
shall see thy teachers. ISAIAH 30: 19, 20.
Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou
goest; and how can we know the way?
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the
life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
JOHN 14: 5, 6.
We are endeavouring to get hold of those tenets
in Judaism which are so binding as to keep so many
of its followers from accepting the Messiah, Jesus
Christ, as their own Messiah, thus we continue to
quote from "Studies in Judaism" (page 151).
"Insufficient and poor as they may be in proportion
to the importance of these two fundamental documents
of Judaism, these remarks may nevertheless suggest a
connecting link between the teachings of Jewish an-
tiquity and those of Maimonides and his successors.
"I begin with the Scriptures.
"The Bible itself hardly contains a command bidding
us to believe. We are hardly ordered, e.g., to believe
in the existence of God. I say hardly, but I do not
altogether deny the existence of such a command."
Perhaps the most definite command of God to
believe in Him that He is God, we find in the bold
prophecy of Isaiah, because it is Israel to whom it
is directed.
ISRAEL A CHOSEN WITNESS
But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, Jacob,
and he that formed thee, Israel, Fear not: for I
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have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name;
thou art mine. . . .
Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant
whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe
me, and understand that I am he: bejore me there
was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no
saviour. ISAIAH 43: i, 10, n.
Here He is mentioned as God and as Redeemer
and Saviour. It was He who paid the price for
Israel's redemption, who are His by right of crea-
tion and purchase. "He that formed thee, O Israel,
for I have redeemed thee, thou art mine! Ye are
my witnesses, saith the Lord."
Will His witnesses whom He hath redeemed still
continue to deny Him by refusing to testify for
Him?
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heavi-
ness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there
was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
PSALM 69: 20.
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.
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that
they shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which
brought up the children of Israel out of the land of
Egypt;
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But, The Lord liveth, which brought up and which
led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north
country, and from all countries whither I had driven
them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
Mine heart w}thin me is broken because of the prophets;
all my bones shake; I am like a dnmken man, and
like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the
Lord, and because of the words of his holiness. JERE-
MIAH 23: 5-9.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and
a contrite heart, God, thou wilt not despise.
PSALM 51: 17.
And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and
gave unto them saying, This is my body which is
given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup
is the new testament in my blood 9 wfiich is shed for
you. LUKE 22'. 19, 20.
Could any greater Saviour and Redeemer appear
than has appeared to Israel?
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Be-
hold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall
call his name ImmanueL ISAIAH 7: 14.
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his
name JESUS; for he shall save his people from their
sins.
Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which
was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring
forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,
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which being interpreted is, God with us" MATTHEW
i: 21, 22, 23.
Are the Gentiles to have faith in the Prophets'
words from Scripture, and those to whom they were
delivered, refuse them? Shall Gentiles be saved
by the grace of Jesus Christ through faith and the
children of the promises still cling to faith and
hope, without the love Christ had for the world
that faith and hope which we have quoted from
"Studies in Judaism" as being "the two most char-
acteristics of Judaism?" a faith and a hope with-
out Jesus Christ who paid the price for their re-
demption?
INHERITANCE BY LAW, FAITH AND PROMISE
For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made
void, and the promise made of none effect:
Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is,
there is no transgression.
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to
the end the promise might be sure to all the seed;
not to that only which is of the law, but to that also
which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father
of us all. ROMANS 4: 14, 15, 16.
By whom also we have access by faith into this grace
wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of
Cod. . . .
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of
God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost
which is given unto us. . . .
For as by one man's disobedience many were made
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sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be
made righteous. ROMANS 5: 2, 5, 19,
For I determined not to know anything among you,
save Jesus Christ and him crucified.
And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in
much trembling.
And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing
words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration oj the
Spirit and oj Pow.er;
That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of
men, but in the power of God. I CORINTHIANS 2:2,
3, 4, 5-
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a
strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac
and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
For he looked for a ciiy which hatk foundations, whose
builder and maker is God. HEBREWS n: 9, 10.
A
IV
HOPE MUST BE IN CHRIST
S to hope, the Lord must be with it to be
effectual, both Faith and Hope must be di-
rected by God, and God is Love.
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels,
and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass,
or a tinkling cymbal.
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and under-
stand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though
I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains,
and have not charity, 1 am nothing. . . .
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but
the greatest of these is charity. I CORINTHIANS
13: i, 2, 13.
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he
loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for
our sins. . . .
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God,
God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
And we have known and believed the love that God
hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in
love, dwelleth in God, and God in him. I JOHN
4: 10, 15, 16.
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray
unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
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And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search
for me with all your heart.
And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will
turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from
all the nations, and from all the places whither I have
driven you, saith the Lord; and I will bring you
again into the place whence I caused you to be car-
ried away captive. JEREMIAH 29: 12, 13, 14.
Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou
hast caused me to hope. . . .
Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy
commandments. PSALM 119:49, 166.
God will plead with the house of Israel, with
His Word and Gifts, in order to bring them to
Faith and hope in Jesus Christ.
Hear ye the word of the Lord, house of Jacob, and
all the families of the house of Israel. . . .
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord,
and with your children's children will I plead.
JEREMIAH 2 : 4, 9.
Here is Hope God directed.
7 have set the Lord always before me: because he is at
my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my
flesh also shall rest in hope.
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt
thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence
is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleas-
ures for evermore. PSALM 16: 8, 9, 10, n.
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Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of
the world. . . .
/ will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark
saying upon the harp. . . .
None of them can by any means redeem his brother,
nor give to God a ransom for him. . . .
But God mil redeem my soul from the power of the
grave: for he shall receive me. PSALM 49: i, 4,
7, 15-
For I know, that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall
stand at the latter day upon the earth:
And though after my skin worms destroy this body,
yet in my flesh shall I see God:
Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall be-
hold, and not another, though my reins be consumed
within me. JOB 19: 25, 26, 27.
My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy
word. . . *
Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in
thy word. . . .
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live:
and let me not be ashamed of my hope. PSALM
119: 81, 114, 116.
We are saved, still if hope fails to be in God,
is it leading to Salvation?
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not
hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope
for?
But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with
patience wait for it.
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we
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know not what we should pray for as we ought: but
the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with
groanings which cannot be uttered. ROMANS 8: 24,
25, 26.
Let Israel hope in the Lord from henceforth and for
ever. PSALM 131: 3.
Jesus told His disciples that if He did not go
away, the Comforter would not come unto them.
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for
you that I go away: for if I do not go away, the
Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart,
I will send Him unto you. JOHN 16: 7.
Jesus ascended on high that He might give gifts
unto men.
But unto every one of us is given grace according to
the measure of the gift of Christ,
Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he
led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
EPHESIANS 4: 7, 8.
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity
captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea,
for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell
among them. PSALM 68: 18.
WE MAY NOT ADD TO GOD ? S WORDS
What greater gifts could He give men than to
give His only begotten Son and The Comforter,
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The Holy Ghost, to lead us into all truth and in-
tercede for us notice that the Son's name is asked.
Surely there is something marvellous in God's
words.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only be-
gotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should
not perish, but have everlasting life. JOHN 3: 16.
The words of Agur the son of fakeh, even the prophecy:
the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
Surely I am more brutish than any man f and have not
the understanding of a man.
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of
the holy.
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who
hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound
the waters in a garment? who hath established all
the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is
his son's name, if thou canst tell?
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them
that put their trust in him.
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and
thou be found a liar. PROVERBS 30: 1-6.
To His Son Jesus there was given the purpose
to send the Comforter to all who believe in the
Lord Jesus Christ. It is He who gave us our
Fathers and our Mothers who out of the earth we
tread on, has brought forth food for our temporal
life, who gives us the sun by day, and the moon
and the stars by night for our guidance.
Is it not reasonable that He gave his only be-
gotten Son to us for our spiritual welfare and to
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make intercession for us, that we might dwell with
Him forever, in the light of his presence?
But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his
voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judcsa, and all
ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you,
and hearken to my words, . . .
Men and brethren, let me jreely speak unto you of the
patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and
his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had
sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his
loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ
to sit on his throne.
He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ,
that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did
see corruption
This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are wit-
nesses.Ac'rs 2: 14, 29, 30, 31, 32.
No man can come to me, except the Father which hath
sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last
day.
It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all
taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard,
and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which
is of God, he hath seen the Father.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believetk on me
hath everlasting life.
I am that bread of life.
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are
dead.
This is the bread which cometh down from heaven,
that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
I am the living bread which came down from heaven:
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if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever:
and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I
will give for the life of the world. JOHN 6: 44-51.
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born
of God: and every one that loveth him that begat
loveth him also that is begotten of him.
By this we know that w,e love the children of God, when
we love God, and keep his commandments.
For this is the love of God, that we keep his command-
ments: and his commandments are not grievous.
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world:
and this is the victory that overcometh the world,
even our faith, I JOHN 5: i, 2, 3, 4.
It was by believing in the Lord that Abraham re-
ceived credit for righteousness.
And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of
God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
MARK i: 15.
And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him
for righteousness. GENESIS 15: 6.
Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father
in me; or else believe me for the very work's sake.
JOHN 14: ii.
We now quote again from Schechter's "Studies
in Judaism":
"For our purpose/' he says, "it is of no great conse-
quence to examine what future the prophets had in
view, whether an immediate future or one more remote,
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at the end of days. At any rate, they inculcated hope
and confidence that God would bring to pass a better
time. I think that even the most advanced Bible critic
provided he is not guided by some Aryan reasons
must perceive in such passages as 'The Lord shall reign
for ever and ever/ 'The Lord shall rejoice in his works/
and many others, a hope for more than the establish-
ment of the 'national Deity among his votaries in Pales-
tine.' "
PROPHECIES
From such authority we welcome the above state-
ment as favourable to our purpose for bringing to
mind the expression "J esus Christ and Him Cruci-
fied" as set forth in the Bible.
If we fail to examine the future the prophets
had in view, we would fail the commands of God
and a great part of that which has made the Bible
sacred to mankind, "believed on in the world," and
the book most majestic in language and spirit that
the world has known, or will be likely ever to have
in its possession.
The great importance of the prophets of the
Old and the New Testaments, both for the time in
which they prophesied, and the future they prophe-
sied of, makes it necessary that their present or
future time of realisation be indicated as far as
may be. It should be done in order to justify that
which is correctly stated: "They inculcated hope
and confidence that God would bring to pass a
better time."
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Moses said:
The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet
from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me;
unto him ye shall hearken;
According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord thy
God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let
me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God f
neither let me see this great fire any more, that
I die not.
And the Lord said unto me, They have well spoken
that which they have spoken.
I will raise them up a Prophet from among their breth-
ren, 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 whosever will not hearken
unto my words, which he shall speak in my name, I
will require it of him.
But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word
in my name, which I have not commanded him to
speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods,
even that prophet shall die.
And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the
word which the Lord hath not spoken?
When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if
the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the
thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the
prophet has spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not
be afraid of him. DEUTERONOMY 18: 15-22.
If the Scriptures are diligently searched as com-
manded by Christ and by Moses and the Prophets,
as to prophecies of the present when made, or of
the future, we believe many of our Jewish people
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would find their Messiah and Eternal Life through
the grace that is in Jesus Christ who said;
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am
meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto
your souls.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
MATTHEW u: 28, 29, 30.
JACOB CHANGED TO ISRAEL
Having passed from the above Scripture and
comment., the writer finds himself in deep accord
with the scholar "Schechter" in his further state-
ment, namely "must perceive in such passages
as? The Lord shall reign for ever and ever
The Lord shall rejoice in His works, and a hope
for more than the establishment of the "National
Deity among his votaries in Palestine."
The Deity of the Hebrew as understood by the
race, for the most part is a Deity without Jesus
Christ. But contrary to the understanding that
there is but one nation which may claim the
promise made to "Israel," we must show God's
declaration to the contrary.
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have
eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
JOHN 5 ^9.
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By this searching we find that God changed the
name of Jacob to that of Israel, saying to Jacob:
"Thy name shall not any more be called Jacob but
Israel shall be thy name. A nation and a company
of nations shall be of thee and kings shall come
out of thy loins. 37 And the land which was given to
Abraham and Isaac is now given to Israel, of whom
was to be a company of nations. Let us now learn
from Scripture that it was as a man, even the word
that "was God," the Christ, who wrestled with
Jacob at Beth-el when he fled from. Esau.
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man
with him until the breaking of the day. . . .
And Jacob called the name oj the place Peniel: for I
have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
GENESIS 32: 24, 30.
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and
dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that
appeared unto thee when thou fledest from the face
of Esau thy brother. GENESIS 35: i.
And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out
of Padanaram, and blessed him.
And God said unto him, Thy name is Jticob: thy name
shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall
be thy name: and he called his napne Israel.
And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruit-
ful and multiply; a nation and a company of na-
tions shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy
loins:
And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac f to thee
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I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give
the land.
And God went up from him in the place w.here he talked
with him.
And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked
with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a
drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake
with him, Beth-el. ~ GENESIS 35: 9-15.
And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him,
saying,
As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou
shalt be a father of many nations.
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but
thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many
nations have I made thee.
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make
nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee
and thy seed after thee in their generations for an
everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to
thy seed after thee.
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee,
the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of
Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be
their God. GENESIS 17:3-8.
THE PROMISE TO CHRIST
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made.
He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of
one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed
before of God in Christ, the law, which was four
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hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul,
that it should make the promise of none effect.
For if the inheritance be of the law^ it is no more of
promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
GALATIANS 3: 16, 17, 18.
In the seed of Abraham all the nations of the
earth were to be blessed.
And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of
heaven the second time.
And saidj By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for
because thou hast done this thing, and hast not with-
held thy son, thine only son:
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I
will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and
as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed
shall possess the gate of his enemies;
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be
blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
GENESIS 22: 15-18.
In the blessing of Jacob (whose name God made
to be Israel) "The Shepherd, the Stone of Israel"
is mentioned as coming from God, even by the God
of Jacob.
My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of 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. . . .
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Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness:
therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the
oil of gladness above thy fellows. . . .
Hearken, 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. . . .
The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing
is of wrought gold. PSALM 45: i, 2, 3, 7, 10, n, 13.
And after these things I heard a great voice of much
people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and
glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our
God. . . .
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for
the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife
hath made herself ready.
And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in
fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the
righteousness of saints.
And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which
are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.
And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of
God.
And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto
me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellow servant, and
of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus:
worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit
of prophecy. REVELATION 19: i, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Israel needs this Shepherd, for like all mankind,
they have failed to obey all of God's commands,
And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the
land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and
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with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm,
and with great terror:
And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear
to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk
and honey;
And they came in } and possessed it; but they obeyed
not thy voice, neither walked in thy law.; they have
done nothing of all that thou commandest them to
do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come
upon them. JEREMIAH 32: 21, 22, 23.
7 say then, Hath God cast away his people? Cod for-
bid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abra-
ham, of the tribe of Benjamin. . . .
Even so than at this present time also there is a rem-
nant according to the election of grace.
And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise
grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then
is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more
work.
What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he
seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and
the rest were blinded. . . .
7 say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall?
God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation
is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to
jealousy. . . .*
For if the first fruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and
if the root be holy, so are the branches.
And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou,
being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them,
and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the
olive tree. ROMANS n: i, 5 7 6, 7, n, 16, 17.
Thus we find by the Bible that Israel is now
with many nations of people, in need of more than
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the establishment of a "Jewish" National Deity in
the land of Israel.
ZION'S KING
When we mention or think of the word Zion,
there springs into mind much of the beauty of form
and language that Holy Scripture is made up of:
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
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 uttertnost parts of the earth for
thy possession.
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt
dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel,
Be wise now therefore, ye kings: be instructed, ye
judges of the earth.
Serve the Lord with fear f and rejoice with trembling.
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the
way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed
are all they that put their trust in him. PSALM:
2: 6-12.
And she brought forth a man child, wjto was to rule all
nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught
up unto God, and to his throne. REVELATION 12: 5.
But that which ye have already hold fast till I
come. . . .
And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto
the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels
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of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as
I received of my Father. REVELATION 2: 25, 26, 27.
Who is the King of Glory?
And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor
asked kirn, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews?
And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.
And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS
IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS, MATTHEW 27: II,
37-
Yet now hear, Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom
I have chosen:
Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee
from the u\omb, which will help thee; Fear not, O
Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurum, whom I have
chosen.
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and
floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit
upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows
by the water courses.
One shall say, I am the Lord's; and another shall call
himself by the name of Jacob ; and another shall sub-
scribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname
himself by the name of Israel,
Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his re-
deemer the Lord of hosts; 1 am the first, and I am
the last; and beside me there is no God.
And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set
it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient
people? and the things that are coming, and shall
come, let them shew unto them.
Fear ye not, neither be afraid; have not I told thee
from that time, and have declared it? ye are even
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my witnesses, Is there a God beside me, yea, there is
no God; I know, not any. ISAIAH 44: 1-8,
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift 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. . . ,
lift up your heads, 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. PSALM 24; 7, 8 3 9, 10.
The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth
King for ever.
The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord
will bless his people with peace. PSALM 29: io 7 n.
clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with
the voice of triumph.
For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King
over all the earth.
He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency
of Jacob whom he loved. . . .
The princes of the people are gathered together, even
the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of
the earth belong unto God; he is greatly exalted.
PSALM 47: i, 2, 4, 9.
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. JEREMIAH 23 : 5, 6.
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We learn from Scripture who the King is. Can
we tell when He is to come?
But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master,
even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is
your Father, which is in heaven.
Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master,
even Christ.
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
MATTHEW 23: 8, 9, 10, n.
Nathanael answered and saitk unto him, Rabbi, thou
art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto
thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou?
thou shalt see greater things than these.
And he saith unto him 9 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of
God ascending and descending upon the Son of man,
JOHN i .-49,50, 51.
When they therefore were come together, they asked of
him, saying. Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again
the kingdom to Israel?
And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the
times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his
own power.
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost
is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me
both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria,
and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
And when he had spoken these things, while they be-
held, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out
of their sight. ACTS i : 6-9.
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And there came imto me one of the seven angels wfiich
had the seven vials full of the last seven plagues, and
talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will skew
thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high
mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy
Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.
REVELATION 21: 9, 10.
And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with
me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the
first and Ifa last. REVELATION 22: 12, 13.
V
LAW AND GRACE
IT is the writer's purpose to adhere to the title
to this book for the subject matter quoted as
Biblical authority, that is, to the Bible known
as it is to the author and that portion (the Old
Testament) known as such or as the Torah (Law)
of the Hebrews.
To the Jews' Sacred Writings which they claim
to be the Oral or Spoken Law given by God to
Moses, we make reference. We quote only from:
the author Schechter, as being sufficient for the
comment we make thereon:
But Christ being come an high priest of good things
to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle,
not made with hands, that is to say, not of this
building;
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his
own blood he entered in once into the holy place,
having obtained eternal redemption for us.
For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes
of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the
purifying of the flesh:
How. much more shall the blood of Christ, who through
the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to
God, purge your conscience from dead works to
serve the living God? HEBREWS 9: n, 12, 13, 14.
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For the law having a shadow of good things to come,
and not the very image of the things, can never with
those sacrifices which they offered year by year con-
tinually make the comers thereunto perfect.
For then would they not have ceased to be offered?
because that the worshippers once purged should have
had no more conscience of sins,
But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again
made of sins every year.
For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of
goats should take away sins.
Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith,
Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body
hast thou prepared me. HEBREWS 10: i, 2, 3, 4, 5.
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices itnto
me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings
of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not
in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
ISAIAH i: n.
The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called
the earth, from the rising of the sun unto the going
down thereof.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire
shall d.evour before Mm, and it shall be very tem-
pestuous round about him.
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the
earth, that he may judge his people.
Gather my saints together unto me; those that have
made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for
God is judge himself, Selah.
Sear, my people, and I mil speak; Israel f and I
will testify against thee: I am God even thy God.
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/ will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt
offerings, to have been continually before me.
I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out
of thy folds.
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle
upon a thousand hills. PSALM 50: i-io.
Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people:
let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world,
and all things that come forth of it. . . .
And all the host of heaven, shall be dissolved, and the
heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all
their host shall jail down, as the leaf falleth off from
the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
For it is the day of the Lord's vengeance, and the
year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
ISAIAH 34: i, 4, 8.
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doc-
trine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in
the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and
the Son. II JOHN 9.
JEWISH SYNAGOGUE DOCTRINE
The following from the introduction in Schech-
ter's "Studies in Judaism" gives a summary of
Jewish Synagogue Doctrine as Schechter intro-
duces them to the readers of his book.
"It is not the mere revealed Bible that is of first im-
portance to the Jew, but the Bible as it repeats itself in
history, in other words as it is interpreted by Tradition.
The Talmud, that wonderful mine of religious ideas
from which it would be just as easy to draw up a man-
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ual for the most orthodox as to extract a vade mecum
for the most sceptical, lends some countenance to this
view by certain controversial passages not to be taken
seriously in which 'the words of the scribes' are placed
almost above the words of the Torah. Since then the
interpretation of Scripture or the Secondary Meaning
is mainly a product of changing historical influences, it
follows that the centre of authority is actually removed
from the Bible and placed in some living body, which,
by reason of its being in touch with the ideal aspirations
and the religious needs of the age, is best able to de-
termine the nature of the Secondary Meaning.
"The Synagogue with its long, continuous cry after
God for more than twenty-three centuries, with its un-
remittent activity, in teaching and developing the word
of God, with its uninterrupted succession of prophets,
Psalmists, Scribes, Assideans, Rabbis, Patriarchs, In-
terpreters, Elucidators, Eminences, and Teachers, with
its glorious record of Saints, martyrs, sages, philos-
ophers, scholars, and mystics; this Synagogue, the only
true witness to the past, and forming in all ages the
sublimest expression of Israel's religious life, must also
retain its authority as the sole true guide for the pres-
ent and the future. And being in communion with this
Synagogue, we may also look hopefully for a safe and
rational solution of our present theological troubles.
"We may, therefore, safely trust that the Synagogue
will again assert its divine right in passing judgment
upon the Bible when it feels called upon to exercise that
holy office. It is 'God who has chosen the Torah, and
Moses His servant, and Israel His people.' But indeed
God's choice invariably coincides with the wishes of
Israel; He 'performeth all things' upon which the
councils of Israel, meeting under the promise of the
Divine presence and communion, have previously agreed.
As the Talmud somewhere expresses itself with regard
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to the Book of Esther, 'They have confirmed above
what Israel has accepted below.'
"Another consequence of this conception of Tradition
is that it is neither Scripture nor primitive Judaism,
but general custom which forms the real rule of practice.
Holy Writ as well as history, Zunz tells us, teaches that
the law of Moses was never fully and absolutely put in
practice. Liberty was always given to the great teach-
ers of every generation to make modifications and in-
novations in harmony with the spirit of existing insti-
tutions. Hence a return to Mosaism would be illegal,
pernicious, and indeed impossible. The norm as well
as the sanction of Judaism is the practice actually in
vogue. Its consecration is the consecration of general
use, or, in other words, of Catholic Israel."
Should not the revealed Bible that repeats itself
in history be of first importance to the Jew or to
any people who hold it sacred as being the written
word of God?
Thy testimonies also are my delight and wty coun-
sellors.
My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me ac-
cording to thy word. . . .
Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; and I shall
keep it unto the end. PSALM 119: 24, 25, 33.
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father,
and he shall presently give me more than twelve
legions of angels?
But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus
it must be? MATTHEW 26: 53, 54-
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the
Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto
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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.
ISAIAH 61: i.
And he began to say unto them, This day is the scrip-
ture fulfilled in your ears.
And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious
words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they
said, Is not this Joseph's son? LUKE 4: 2i 7 22.
The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not
turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon
thy throne. PSALM 132: n.
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that
they shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which
brought up the children of Israel out of the land of
Egypt;
But, The Lord liveth, which brought up and which led
the seed of the house of Israel out of the north coun-
try, and from all countries whither I had driven them;
and they shall dwell in their own land. JEREMIAH
23:7,8.
But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little
among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall
he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel;
w,hose goings forth have been from of old, from ever-
lasting. MICAH 5:2.
Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall
Christ come out of Galilee?
Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the
seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem,
where David was? JOHN 7: 41, 42.
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Christ never waited until history repeated the
Bible before He considered it of first importance.
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not
live by bread alone, but by every word that pro-
ceedeth out of the mouth of God. . . .
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not
tempt the Lord thy God. . . .
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan; for
it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God,
and him only shalt thou serve. MATTHEW 4: 4, 7,
10. .
Besides these references made by the Saviour,
there are very many more made by the Prophets
and Apostles in Holy Scripture, that they made to
be of first importance without waiting for the his-
tory to follow it. All the Prophets must of neces-
sity have done so. And we have failed to find an
instance in Scripture where tradition is resorted
to in order to verify the Written Word, as being the
Word of God.
Considering that God by His Written Word is
witness with His only Begotten Son and by the
Holy Ghost that the Holy Scripture is to stand,
should we not believe it?
And the Lord said unto me, They have well spoken that
which they have spoken.
I w.Ul 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.
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And It shall come to pass, that whosoever will not
hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my
name, I will require it 0/ him. DEUTERONOMY
18: 17, 18, 19-
Shall we not then deny the assertion given in the
quotation from "Studies in Judaism" to the effect
that "the centre of authority is removed from the
Bible and placed in some living authority"? It is
the Bible that reveals and is a living witness of the
truth Christ fulfils.
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the
prophets: 1 am not come to destroy, but to fulfil*
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass,
one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the
law, till all be fulfilled. MATTHEW 5: *7, 18.
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the
elders? for they wash not their hands when they
eat bread.
But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also
trangress the commandment of God by your tradi-
tion? MATTHEW 15: 2, 3.
And Moses came and told the people all the words of
the Lord, and all the judgments: and all the people
answered with one voice, and said, All the words
which the Lord hath said will we do.
And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord, and rose %tp
early in the morning, and builded an altar under the
Mil, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes
of Israel. . .
And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the
audience of the people: and they said, All that the
Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient.
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And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the
people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant,
which the Lord hath made with you concerning all
these words. EXODUS 24: 3, 4, 7, 8.
If thus we learn that Moses wrote all the words
of the Lord, was it not that there should be left
as first authority an immovable Written Word of
the Lord that could never be changed by the tradi-
tions of men?
The Covenant was made with the children of
Israel and written. Should Israel ever give their
consent to the removal of the written Covenant of
God to the "Needs of the Age," as needs are con-
ceived by fallible man?
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not
live by bread alone, but by every word that pro-
ceedeth out of the mouth of God. MATTHEW 4: 4.
The Lord commanded the prophet Jeremiah to
write in a Book all the words He had spoken unto
him, evidently intending that Israel should read the
words when they returned to the land the Lord
had given to their fathers,
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write
thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a
book. JEREMIAH 30: i, 2.
There is no reason why the written word from
God to Jeremiah should be removed from the Bible.
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Even when Jehoiakim, the King, had burned Jere-
miah's and Baruch's writings of the Lord's words,
the Lord commanded Jeremiah to write them over
again, which he did by Baruch.
It is evident that the written word of God was
to abide, and under God's care will abide.
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by
nighty and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak
not to Jacob either good or bad.
Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched
his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren
pitched in the mount of Gilead.
And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that
thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried
aw,ay my daughters, as captives taken with the
sword?
Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away
from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have
sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with
tabret, and with harp?
And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daugh-
ters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the
God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying,
Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either
good or bad.
And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because
thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet
wherefore hast thou stolen my gods? GENESIS 31:
24-30.
So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took
it out of Elishama.the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi
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read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of
all the princes which stood beside the king.
Now. the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth
month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning
be j ore him.
And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three
or jour leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast
it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the
roll was consumed in the fire that was on the
hearth. , , .
Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, after that
the king had burned the roll, and the words which
Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the
former words that were in the first roll, which
Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned. JERE-
MIAH 36: 21, 22, 23, 27, 28.
In Nehemiah, the eighth chapter, it is the Book
of the "Law of Moses which the Lord had com-
manded to Israel" that is mentioned. No oral law
is referred to:
And all the people gathered themselves together as one
man into the street that was before the water gate;
and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book
of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded
to Israel,
And he read therein before the street that was before
the water gate from the morning until midday, be-
fore the men and the women, and those that could
understand; and the ears of all the people were
attentive unto the book of the law. NEHEMIAH
8: i, 3.
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And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of
writing the words of this law in a book, until they
were finished.
That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the
ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying,
Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the
ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it
may be there for a witness against tkee.
For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold,
while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been
rebellious against the Lord; and how much more
after my death?
Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your
officers, that I may speak these words in their ears,
and call heaven and earth to record against them.
For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt
yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have
commanded you; and evil will befall you in the
latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of
the. Lord, to provoke him to anger through the work
of your hands.
And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of
Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.
DEUTERONOMY 31: 24-30.
Words spoken by our Saviour were ordained by
Christ to become written words of the New Testa-
ment. The wonderful work of bringing the written
word about was given to the Holy Spirit, man
should not remove their authority.
Here is the authority:
These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present
with you.
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the
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Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all
things, and bring all things to your remembrance,
whatsoever, I have said unto you. JOHN 14: 25, 26.
In the quotation from "Studies in Judaism" we
note this portion:
"This living body, however, is not represented by any
section of the Nation, or any corporate Priesthood, or
Rabbihood, but by the collective conscience of Catholic
Israel, as embodied in the universal Synagogue. The
Synagogue 'with its long, continuous cry after God for
more than twenty-three centuries/ with its unremittent
activity in teaching and developing the word of God,
with its uninterrupted succession of prophets, Psalmists,
Scribes, Assideans, Rabbis, Patriarchs, Interpreters,
Elucidators, Eminences, and Teachers, with its glorious
record of Saints, martyrs, sages, philosophers, scholars,
and mystics; this Synagogue, the only true witness to
the past, and forming in all ages the sublimest expres-
sion of Israel's religious life, must also retain its author-
ity as the sole true guide for the present and the future.
And being in communion with this Synagogue, we may
also look hopefully for a safe and rational solution of
our present theological troubles."
Such plain statements from a Jewish scholar in
the name of the Synagogue to which he adheres,
should strike sympathetic chords in the breast of
all who have experienced a "continuous cry after
God." A cry that has likewise- been an experience
of every believer in Jesus Christ until He was
found of them by the grace of Him who gave Him-
self for them.
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FROM A DISTINGUISHED RABBI
This confession by the author of "Studies in
Judaism" brings to mind a somewhat similar state-
ment made by the distinguished lecturer known so
generally, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of New York, in
an address given in the Second Presbyterian Church
of Amsterdam, New York, January io ? 1925. The
similarity referred to is to the "Searching towards
God. 37 We quote from the "Amsterdam Evening
Record" of January 10, 1925:
"The beginning of the Christian Era is a milestone
about midway between the beginning of Israel and the
present. It is difficult to define a faith which began
four thousand years ago and still comprises a group of
vital believers, for within a period of four thousand
years religious views and aspirations change. We have
our Modernists and our Fundamentalists, and our
problem parallels your own.
"Speaking of the Bible, the Rabbi urged that the
tendency to regard it as a book should be overcome.
It is a literature & library comprised between two
covers. The oldest antedates by one thousand years
the latest. Everything within this literature of the
Bible is the story of a people who for two thousand
years from Abraham to the Maccabees were always
searching towards God.
"This literature is animated by a master-purpose, the
faith of Israel as a growing vital thing. This faith, con-
tinued Rabbi Wise, is not always the same. My own
faith is in some respects like that of Abraham, in others
unlike, I am moving with my people. I honour my
Father's memory, not by standing where he stood but
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by pilgriming on as he would have done had he lived,
even as he did while he lived. The Jew has builded and
will build upon his faith as a living, growing, pulsing
thing."
JEWISH SEARCHING TOWARD GOD
The main purpose of the writer in quoting from
the lecture of Rabbi Wise, is to draw attention
to a portion of his address, that portion which
coupled with the equally remarkable quotation
from the scholar Schechter, brings according to ex-
cellent Jewish authority, the Jews into some ac-
cord with Christianity, namely:
From Schechter:
"The Synagogue with its long continued cry after God
for more than twenty-three centuries."
From Rabbi Wise:
"This literature of the Bible is the story of a people
who for two thousand years from Abraham to the
Maccabees were always inflexibly searching towards
God."
There remains the great difference between the
Jewish search and the hunger and thirst of the
Christian, in that the latter believe they have found
God in Jesus Christ:
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after right-
eousness: for they shall be filled. MATTHEW 5: 6.
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Yet Christians do not wish the beginning of
their faith to remain hidden, so the writer feels
constrained to refer to it. Instead of the "Chris-
tian Era" beginning as "a mile stone about mid-
way between Israel and the present/' according to
Rabbi Wise, it began with the Christ, the Chief
Corner Stone ; which was rejected by the builders
and is laid in Zion.
Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold,
I lay in Sion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious:
and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but;
unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the
builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the
corner, . . .
For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your
faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do
well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is
acceptable with God.
For even hereunto were ye called; because Christ also,
suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should
follow his steps. I PETER 2: 6, 7, 20, 21.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in
Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious
corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth
shall not make haste. ISAIAH 28: 16.
But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his
hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty
God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the
stone of Israel:)
Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee;
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and by the Almighty ', who shall bless thee with
blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that
lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the
womb. GENESIS 49: 24, 25.
"In the beginning" is the beginning of Creation,
when the Father, The Son and The Holy Ghost
said: "Let us make man in our image."
Believers in Christ were chosen before the foun-
dation of the world,
According as he hath chosen us in him before the founda-
tion of the world, that we should be holy and without
blame before him in love:
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children
by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good
pleasure of his wilL EPHESIANS 1:4, 5.
For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither
is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circum-
cision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in
the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
ROMANS 2: 28, 29.
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is
there of circumcision?
Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were
committed the oracles of God,
For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief
make the faith of God without effect? ROMANS
3- *, 2,3-
The seed of the woman was to bruise the ser-
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pent's head. Here Christ Jesus the Lamb, the
Head of the Church, is also manifest:
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than
the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with
glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should
taste death for every man.
For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified
are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to
call them brethren.
Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in
the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
And again, I will put my trust in him. And again,
Behold, I and the children which God hath given me.
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh
and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the
same; that through death he might destroy Mm that
had power of death, that is, the devil. HEBREWS
2: 9, n, 12, 13, 14. Also PSALMS 22: 22, 25*
Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple
of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will
write upon him the name of my God, and the name
of the city of>my God, which is new Jerusalem, which
cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I wjlt
write upon him my new name.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith
unto the churches. REVELATION 3: 12, 13.
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and
between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy
head y and thou shalt bruise his heel. GENESIS 3: 15.
In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful
and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be ex-
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cellent and comely, for them that are escaped of
Israel.
And it shall come to pass, that he that is left; in Zion,
and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called
holy, even every one that is written among the living
in Jerusalem. . . .
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the
daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and
for a covert from storm and from rain. ISAIAH 4: 2,
3,6.
And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet
shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
you. Amen. ROMANS 16: 20.
The head of the Christian Church, Jesus Christ,
we believe was He whom Scripture calls "The
Angel of the Lord" when relating His commands to
Balaam.
And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto
Mm, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go
with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto
thee, that shalt thou do. . . .
And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the
angel of the Lord stood in the w.ay for an adversary
against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his
two servants were with him. . . .
And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she
said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that
thou hast smitten me these three times? . . .
And the angel of the Lord said unto Balaam, Go with
the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto
thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with
the princes of Balak. NUMBERS 22: 20, 22, 28, 35.
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And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all,
nor bless them at alL
But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I
thee, saying, All that the Lord speaketk, that I must
do? NUMBERS 23: 25, 26.
The Head of the Christian Church spoke also to
Joshua and informed him as He did Moses in the
bush that the place whereon he stood was holy
ground.
And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that
he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, there
stood a man over against him with his sword drawn
in hh hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said
unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the
Lord am I now come. And Joshua jell on his face
to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him,
What saith my Lord unto his servant,
And the captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua,
Loose thy shoe from off thy foot,- for the place
whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
JOSHUA 5: 13, 14, 15.
And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into
thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the
mighty men of valour. JOSHUA 6:2.
Immediately after man was created we have in
Scripture the name of God as The Lord, and Lord
God not before that event.
From the address of Rabbi Wise we again are
informed that: "It is difficult to define a Faith
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which began four thousand years ago and still
comprises a group of vital believers, for within a
period of four thousand years religious views and
aspirations change."
Honourable as may be the faith and personage of
changing Israel, does not the situation warrant the
question: Is Israel's present faith of the Synagogue,
the faith of Abraham that was accounted unto him
for righteousness? We do not find it to be the
faith mentioned in the Bible.
Is this the song that is now being sung in Pales-
tine?
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah;
We have a strong city: salvation will God appoint
for w.alls and bulwarks.
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which
keepeth the truth may enter in,
Thou skalt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is
stayed on thee: because he trust eth in thee.
Trust ye in the Lord forever; for in the Lord JEHOVAH
is everlasting strength. . . .
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body
shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in
dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the
earth shall cast out the dead.
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chamber s> and
shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for
a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
For, behold^ the Lord comet h out of his place to punish
the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity ; the
earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more
cover her slain. ISAIAH 26: i, 2, 3, 4, 19, 20, 21.
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Does the faith of the centurion in Jesus when
He healed at Capernaum now exist in the Syna-
gogue?
And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there
came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
And saying, Lord, my servant lietfi at home sick of
the palsy, grievously tormented.
And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not
worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof:
but speak the word only, and my servant shall be
healed.
For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under
me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to
another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant,
Do this, and he doeth it.
When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them
that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found
so great faith, no, not in Israel.
And I say unto you, That many shall come from the
east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham,
and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into
outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing
of teeth.
And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and
as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And
his servant was healed in the selfsame hour. MAT-
THEW 8: 5-13.
It is the Christian Era that gave birth to the
covenant of Faith, Before, in the Old Testament,
there existed the covenant of Works under the
law.
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For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
MATTHEW n: 13.
The word "Faith" occurs only once, I believe, in
the Old Testament, authorized version, and that in-
stance not confirming Faith as exercised by Israel.
Where it occurs in the New Testament when used
in connection as a saving power, it is always as a
trusting quality in God.
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us
together with Christy (by grace ye are saved.)
EPHESIANS 2: 5.
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the
end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to
that only which is of the law, but to that also which
is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us
all. ROMANS 4: 16.
''STUDIES IN JUDAISM"
"But when Revelation or the Written Word is re-
duced to the level of history, there is no difficulty in
elevating history in its aspect of Tradition to the rank
of Scripture, for both have then the same human or
divine origin (according to the student's predilection
for the one or the other adjective), and emanate from
the same authority. Tradition becomes thus the means
whereby the modern divine seeks to compensate him-
self for the loss of the Bible, and the theological balance
is to the satisfaction of all parties happily readjusted.
"Jewish Tradition, or, as it is commonly called, the
Oral Law, or, as we may term it (in consideration of
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its claims to represent an interpretation of the Bible),
the Secondary Meaning of the Scriptures, is mainly em-
bodied in the works of the Rabbis and their subsequent
followers during the Middle Ages. Hence the zeal and
energy with which the historical school applied itself
to the Jewish post-Biblical literature, not only eluci-
dating its texts by means of new critical editions, dic-
tionaries, and commentaries, but also trying to trace its
origins and to pursue its history through its gradual de-
velopment."
The learned author of "Studies of Judaism"
from which we quote, considers that there is no
difficulty in elevating history in its aspect of Tra-
dition to the rank of Scripture, when Revelation or
the Written Word is reduced to the level of his-
tory.
This is equivalent to saying when the authority
of Scripture given by inspiration of God is reduced
to the level of history, there is no difficulty in ele-
vating history in its aspect of Tradition to the
rank of Scripture.
But may we not state that such a comparison
could only be made when Revelation or the Written
Word was so reduced. And when did it ever
happen that the Written Word was ever so re-
duced seeing that all Scripture is by inspiration of
God ; or who, except God, could raise the Tradi-
tions or word of man to the written word of God.
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scrip-
tures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation
through jaith which is in Christ Jesus.
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All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profit-
able for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be perfect, throughly fur-
nished unto all good works. II TIMOTHY 3: 15-17.
BALAAM'S PROPHECY
By the word of God, Scripture states that
Balaam made the following prophecy. Showing
Israel should dwell alone and not be among the
nations for a time.
And the Lord put a word in Balaam 9 s mouth, and said,
Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his
burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king
of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the
mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob,
and come, defy Israel.
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how
shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?
For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the
hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone,
and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of
the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of
the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
NUMBERS 23: 5-10.
He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion;
who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blessetk
thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. . . .
And now, behold, I go unto my people: come there-
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jore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall
do to thy people in the latter days.
And he took up his parable and said, Balaam the son
of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes arc open
hath said:
He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew
the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision
of the Almighty, jailing into a trance, but having his
eyes open:
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold Mm, but not
nigh; there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a
Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the
corners of Moab and destroy all the children of Sheth.
NUMBERS 24: 9, 14, 15, 16, 17.
VI
JACOB'S PROPHECY CONCERNING
SHILOH
>jf JVD Jacob called unto Ms sons, and said, Gather
j^m yourselves together, that I may tell you that
*. JL which shall befall you in the last days.
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob;
and hearken unto Israel your father. ...
Jndah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou
art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion,
and as an old lion: who shall rouse him up?
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a law-
giver from between his feet, until Shilok come, and
unto Mm shall the gathering of the people be.
Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto
the choice vine; he washed Ms garments in wine, and
his clothes in the blood of grapes:
His eyes shall be red with wine y and his teeth white
with milk. GENESIS 49: i, 2, 9, 10, u, 12.
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying 9
Stand in the gate of the Lord's house, and proclaim
there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord,
all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship
the Lord. . . .
Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land
that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
JEREMIAH 7: i, 2, 7.
Behold, he comet h w}th the clouds; and every eye shall
see him, and they also which pierced him: and all
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kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even
so, Amen.
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending,
saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which
is to come, the Almighty. REVELATION i; 7, 8,
It is plain to the believer in Jesus Christ that
the above contains prophecies of His coming to
earth again.
We find that Jesus Christ did not recognise Jew-
ish tradition as the Scripture or Word of God by
mouth, and we do not find these traditions in the
Old Testament.
JEWISH TRADITION
Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were
of Jerusalem, saying.
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the
elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat
bread.
But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also
transgress the commandment of God by your tradi-
tion?
But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his
mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be
profited by me;
And honour not his father or Us mother, he shall be
free, Thus have ye made the commandment of God of
none effect by your tradition, MATTHEW 15: r-6.
Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doc-
trines the commandments of men.
For laying aside the commandment of God f ye hold the
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tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups; and
many other such like things ye do.
And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the com-
mandment of God, that ye may keep your own tra-
dition. . . .
Making the word of God of none effect through your
tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such
like things do ye. MARK 7: 7, 8, 9, 13.
We quote from pages 16 and 17 from the In-
troduction to Schechter's "Studies in Judaism 3 ':
Zunz, he states, was just as emphatic in asserting
the claims of Tradition, as he was advanced in his
views on Bible criticism.
"Israel," he says, "continues to consult God through
the medium of the Scriptures, and He answers His
people by the mouth of the Scribes, the Sages, the
Interpreters of the Law; whilst the liturgy of the
Synagogue, springing up at the time when Psalms were
still being composed, expands in its later stages through
the work of the Poets of the Synagogue into such a rich
luxuriance."
But considering that the answer from God is
here said to be given to His people by the mouth
of the Scribes, may we not make reference to
Scripture to find from that source the value then
given to the work of the Scribes and to what they
brought to God's chosen people by word of mouth.
It seems that in our Saviour's time, the Scribes
were honoured because of their being in Moses'
seat, and they had with them Moses' law, but what
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they bound their people with, were grievous bur-
dens which they themselves failed to bear.
Then spake Jems to the multitude, and to his disciples.
Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses*
seat:
All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that ob-
serve and do; but do not ye after their works: for
they say, and do not.
For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne,
and lay them on men's shoulders; but they them-
selves will not move them with one of their
fingers. . . .
But wpe unto you, scribes and Pftarisees, hypocrites!
for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men:
for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them
that are entering to go in. . * .
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites I for yc
pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have
omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment,
mercy and faith: these ought ye to have done, and
not to leave the other undone.
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow
a camel MATTHEW 23; i, 2, 3, 4, 13, 23, 24.
The scribes and Pharisees in our Saviour's time
were faced by Him with arguments they could not
answer regarding His Sonship.
And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the
temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of
David?
For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord
said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I
make thine enemies thy footstooL
PROPHECY CONCERNING SHILOH 14,
David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whena
is he then his son? And the common people hean
him gladly. MARK 12: 35, 36, 37.
Jesus Christ is called to-day an honoured mar
and a credit to the race by Jews, and by Gentiles
Could He have been such if what He said of Him
self when He was asked if He was the Christ, hac
been untrue.
And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people ant
the chief priests and the scribes came together, anc
led him into their council, saying,
Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto thein
If I tell you, ye will not believe;
And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let mt
go.
Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hano
of the power of God.
Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God$
And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.
And they said, What need we any further witness? fot
we ourselves have heard of his own mouth. LITKI
22: 66-71,
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, 01
the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass
one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from tht
law, till all be fulfilled. MATTHEW 5: 17, 18.
If not, no jot nor tittle was to pass from th<
law till all be fulfilled* How could the so-callec
Oral Law be justly considered on a footing witl
the written law of Moses by many Jews?
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The writer feels that it is proper that some of
the said to be Oral Law of Moses should be here
presented for consideration, as well as some asser-
tions regarding such oral law and we present it as
from Jewish authority.
Quotation is here again made from "Studies in
Judaism" by Schechter, (page 19, of the Intro-
duction).
"It was the veto of the Rabbis which excluded from
the canon the works that now pass under the name of
Apocrypha. We may, therefore, safely trust that the
Synagogue will again assert its divine right in passing
judgment upon the Bible when it feels called upon to
exercise that holy office. It is 'God who has chosen
the Torah, and Moses His servant, and Israel His
people/ But indeed God's choice invariably coincides
with the wishes of Israel."
We deem it best here to insert portions from
Moses' Law (Torah) and from Isaiah which de-
clares that atonement is needed by all men.
And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that
sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance
before the Lord, to make an atonement for him;
and it shall be forgiven him. NUMBERS 15: 28*
// Balak would give me his house full of silver and
gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the
Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind;
but w}iat the Lord saith, that will I $peak? NUM-
BERS 24; 13.
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Thau wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is
stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. ISAIAH
26: 3.
It is not to the Synagogue that the promise is
given that all their counsel will be fulfilled of God,
but it is so given to the Anointed of God, the
King, who is to be helped from the Sanctuary and
strengthened out of Zion.
The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of
the God of Jacob defend thee. . . .
Now know I that the Lord savetk his anointed: he will
hear him from his holy heaven with the saving
strength of Ms right hand. PSALM 20: i, 6.
The king shall joy in thy strength, Lord; and in thy
salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not
withholden the request of his lips. PSALM 21: i, 2.
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that
he might make his mighty power to be known.
They soon for gat his works; they waited not for his
counsel. PSALM 106: 8, 13.
THE LORD WILL GATHER ISRAEL ACCORDING
TO HIS WORD
It is the Lord, our God, who is to gather Israel,
the Psalmist prays to that end.
Save us, Lord our God, and gather us from among the
heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to
triumph in thy praise.
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to
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everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise
ye the Lord. PSALM 106: 47? 48.
Judah and Israel are cited separately; the one to
be saved, the other to dwell safely.
Behold, the days come, saUh 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 Ms name whereby he shall be called,
THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. , .
The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have
executed, and till he have performed the thoughts
of Ms heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it
perfectly. JEREMIAH 23: 5, 6, 20.
Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zionf
when the Lord bringeth back the captivity of Ms
people, Jacob shall rejoice and Israel shall be glad.
PSALM 14: 7.
And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them
that turn jrom transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord.
ISAIAH 59: 20.
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant
of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own
conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel,
until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There
shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn
away ungodliness from Jacob;
For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take
away their sins.
As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your
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sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved
for the fathers' sakes.
For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
ROMANS n: 25-29.
It is God's counsel we are to stand in for turning
to Him, His Words we should hear. When Jere-
miah prophesied, God spake from afar. He said
that the Kingdom of Heaven was at hand, by the
words of His only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ. He
still speaks to Judah and Israel by Him and by His
apostle Paul. And here is witnessing from the
Cross, from Daniel, the Psalms and Isaiah.
And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thy-
self.
And a superscription also was written over him in letters
of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS is THE KING
OF THE JEWS. LUKE 23: 37, 38.
And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing
my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and pre-
senting my supplication before the Lord my God for
the holy mountain of my God;
Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man
Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the be-
ginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about
the time of the evening oblation.
And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O
Daniel, I am now, come forth to give thee skill and
understanding. DANIEL 9: 20, 21, 22.
Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou
wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear
to hear. PSALM 10: 17.
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For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:
and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and
his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The
mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince
of Peace. ISAIAH 9: 6,
We again quote from "Studies in Judaism. 7 ' On
page 13, we have the following:
"All pursued that single study, the Torah. . . . For
under the word Torah was comprised not only the Law,
but also the contributions of later times expressing
either the thoughts or the emotions of holy and sincere
men; and even their honest scepticism was not entirely
excluded."
As God alone is the best Judge of His own law,
we must naturally exclude from the law and also
from the prophets, all that the Scripture leaves un-
authorised in comparing the Bible with Jewish
Tenets.
The "Studies" from which we have quoted, gives
on page twelve, the following witnessing to the great
value of the first tenets held by Israel as the Law,
taken from a Hebrew hymn:
Destroyed lies Zion and profaned,
Of splendour and renown bereft,
Her ancient glories wholly waned,
One deathless treasure only left;
Still ours, Lord,
Thy Holy Word.
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The deep respect here expressed for a "death-
less Word," a Word which is now living, is evidence
to the truth of our Lord's words, spoken to Jews.
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have
eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
JOHN 5: 39, 40.
And in "Hebrews" its writer referring to the
Prophets, says:
For the law having a shadow of good things to come,
and not the very image of the things, can never with
those sacrifices which they offered year by year con-
tinually make the comers thereunto perfect. . . .
For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of
goats should take away sins.
Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith,
Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body
hast thou prepared me;
In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had
no pleasure.
Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it
is written of me) to do thy willy God.
Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt
offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not,
neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by
the law,;
Then said he, Lo, I came to do thy will, God, He
taketh away the first, that he may establish the
second.
By the which will we are sanctified through the offering
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of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. HEBREWS
10: i, 4-10.
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears
hast thou opened; burnt offering and sin offering hast
thou not required.
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it
is written of we. PSALM 40: 6, 7.
I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much
as in all riches.
I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto
thy ways.
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget
thy w.ord. PSALM 119: 14-16,
THE CHRISTIAN HAS A PART IN ZION
But in Zion the Jew and the Christian both have
a part, a part in the future, if not now. For Christ
the Son is King.
Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill of Zion.
I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto tne,
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. PSALM 2:6, 7, 8.
When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in
his glory.
He will regard the prayer of the destitute^ and not
despise their prayer.
This shall be written for the generation to come: and
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the people which shall be created shall praise the
Lord.
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanc-
tuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth.
PSALM 102: 16-19.
The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh
at him.
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength;
but trusted in the abundance of Ms riches, an$
strengthened himself in his wickedness. PSALM:
52: 6, 7-
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let
u$ go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of
the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways,
and we will walk in Ms paths: for out of Zion shall
go forth the law,, and the word of the Lord from
Jerusalem. ISAIAH 2:3.
And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the
midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto
you. . . .
And they gave Mm a piece of a broiled fish, and of an
honeycomb.
And he took it, and did eat before them.
And he said unto them, These are the words which I
spake unto you, wMle I was yet with you, that all
things must be fulfilled, which were written in the
law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms,
concerning me.
Then opened he their understanding, that they might
understand the scriptures.
And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it
behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead
the third day;
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And that repentance and remission of sins should be
preached in his name among all nations, beginning
at Jerusalem. LUKE 24: 36, 42-47,
Now. therefore hearken, Israel f unto the statutes and
unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do
them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the
land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth
you. . . .
And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations,
and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen,
whither the Lord shall lead you.
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands,
wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat,
nor smell.
But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God,
thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy
heart and with all thy soul.
When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are
come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn
to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his
voice;
(For the Lord thy God is a merciful God;) he will not
forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the
covenant of thy fathers, which he sware unto them,
DEUTERONOMY 4: i, 27-31.
The Jews will believe in the latter days; who
will believe now?
Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek
the Lord their God, and David their king: and shall
fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days,
: 5,
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Behold, the days come, saith the Lord) that I will make
a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with
the house of Judah:
Not according to the covenant that I made with their
fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to
bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my
covenant they brake, although I was an husband
unto them, saith the Lord:
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with
the house of Israel: After those days, saith the Lord,
I will put my law in their inward parts, and write
it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they
shall be my people.
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour,
and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord;
for they shall all know me, from the least of them
unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will
forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin
no more. JEREMIAH 31: 31-34.
For lo, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will bring
again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah,
saith the Lord; and I will cause them to return to the
land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall
possess it. . . .
And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. . . .
The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, until he
have done it, and until he have performed the intents
of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.
JEREMIAH 30: 3, 22, 24.
Salvation is of the Jews. The hour cometh when,
the true worshipper shall worship the Father in
spirit. At the well in Samaria, Jesus, Himself, de-
clared this should be so:
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The 'woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thon
art a prophet.
Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say,
that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to
worship.
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour
cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor
yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Ye worship ye know not wJiat: we know what we wor-
ship: for salvation is of the Jews.
But the hour cometh and now is, when the true wor-
shippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in
truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
God is a Spirit: and they that worship hint must wor-
ship him in spirit and in truth.
The woman saitk unto him, I know that Messias cometh,
which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell
us all things.
Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he*
JOHN 4: 19-26.
The Lord will surely come and when He comes,
Jew and Gentile, will He find us ready?
The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and
called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the
going down thereof.
Out of Zion, the perfection of> beauty, God hath
shined.
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire
shall devour before him, and it shall be very tem~
pestuous round about him.
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the
earth, that he may judge his people.
Gather my saints together unto me; those that haw
made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
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4 nd the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for
God is judge himself. Selah.
Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I
'will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
PSALM 50: 1-7.
Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law
of commandments contained in ordinances; for to
make in himself of twain one new man, so making
peace:
And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body
by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby;
4nd came and preached peace to you which were ajar
off, and to them that were nigh.
For through him we both have access by one Spirit
unto the Father. EPHESIANS 2: 15-18.
VII
CONCLUSION
IN conclusion we again take up the longings of
Jacob and Israel as set forth by Schechter in
"Studies of Judaism," and by Rabbi Wise in
a recent lecture at Amsterdam, N. Y.
Schechter:
"The Synagogue with its long continuous cry after
God, for more than twenty-three centuries, with its un~
remittent activity in teaching and developing the word
of God."
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise:
"Speaking of the Bible, he urged that the tendency
to regard it as a book should be overcome. It is a
literature, a library comprised between two covers. The
oldest antedates by one thousand years the latest.
Everything written in this literature of the Bible is the
story of a people who for two thousand years, from
Abraham to the Maccabees, were always inflexibly
searching toward God."
We are not sure of the way by which Dr. Wise
has arrived at his conclusion regarding the Bible as
a literature. It will forever be known by the name
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CONCLUSION 159
God gave to Moses for it. "Book" "The Book 7 '
it will always be.
And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his
kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law
in a book out of that which is before the priests the
Levites:
And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all
the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the
Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and
these statutes y to do them. DEUTERONOMY 17: 18,
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the
day that God created man, in the likeness of God
made he him. GENESIS 5:1.
// thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy
God, to keep his commandments and his statutes
which are written in this book of the law, and if
thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart,
and with all thy soul. DEUTERONOMY 30: 10.
Neither in view of God's commands can we con-
ceive of any authority from God to add to His
Book (The Bible) any written work of man. The
Holy Spirit by Whom the written word of God
was dictated is One in the Triune Godhead.
Now therefore hearken, Israel, unto the statutes and
unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do
them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the
land which the Lord God of your fathers givetk you.
Ye shall not add unto the word wMch I command you,
neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may
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keep the commandments of the Lord your God which
I command you. . . .
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom
and your understanding in the sight of the nations,
which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely
this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
DEUTERONOMY 4: i, 2, 6.
For I testify unto ei)ery man that heareth the words
of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add
unto these things, God shall add unto him the
plagues that are written in this book:
And if any man shall take away from the words of the
book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part
out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and
from the things which are written in this book.
REVELATION 22: 18, 19,
But it is the longing of Israel *'her long con-
tinuous cry after God" and "her always inflexibly
searching towards God" that the writer is con-
cerned with. Surely if we accept these statements
literally, do they find agreement with the history
of God's Chosen People?
We prefer therefore, to accept these statements
as placing the Synagogue of God's chosen people as
that of other religious organizations, having a pur-
pose of worshipping and finding God.
We learn from Holy Scripture that God drove
Adam from the garden of Eden, that He did so
because man had acquired a knowledge of good
and evil and might take from the Tree of Life
and live forever.
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And the Lord God said, Bekold, the man is become as
one of us, to know good and evil: and now., lest he
put forth Ms hand, and take also of the tree of life,
and eat) and live for ever:
Therefore the Lord God sent Mm forth from the garden
of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was
taken. GENESIS 3: 22, 23.
GOD'S PLAN FOR MAN
Is it not a reasonable belief that God's plan for
man was that when he returned to Him to live for-
ever ? it might be as one with His only begotten Son,
a new man in Christ Jesus, incapable of falling
away?
And have -put on the new man, which is renewed in
knowledge after the image of him that created him.
-COLOSSIANS 3 : IO,
For we are his workmanship, created in Jesus Christ
unto good works, which God hath before ordained
that we should walk in them. EPHESIANS 2:10.
Is it unreasonable to believe that a part of His
plan in choosing from a heathen nation a chosen
people, was to help Him bring into the way of com-
ing back, those who so willed, and to open up that
way for all the world whom He so loved?
For God so loved the world, that he gave Jus only be-
gotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should
not perish, but have everlasting life, JOHN 3: 16*
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Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her,
that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is
pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord's hand
double for all her sins.
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare,
ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert
a highway for our God.
Every valley sJtall be exalted, and every mountain and
hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made
straight, and the rough places plain.
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all
flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the Lord
hath spoken it.
Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thec up in the
high mountain; Jerusalem, that bringest good /*>/<
ingSy lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not
afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your
God!
Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and
his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with
him, and his work before him. ISAIAH 40; 1-5, 9, 10*
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me: because the Lord
hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the
meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
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, 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 mourn**
ing, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
that they might be called trees of righteousness, the
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planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
ISAIAH 61: 1-3,
And there shall come jortk 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 Mm, the
spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of
counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of
the fear of the Lord. ISAIAH n: i ? 2.
And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into
Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through
all the region round about. . . .
And there was delivered unto him the book of the
prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book,
he found the place where it was written,
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath
anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he
hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach
deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to
the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. LUKE
4: 14, 17-19.
The Chosen People knew God was on Mount
Sinai May we ask why were they kept from the
mountain? Was it not for the reason that the veil
of the Temple was not yet rent.
And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about,
saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up
into the mount, or touch the border of it: whoso-
ever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death.
EXODUS 19: 12.
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Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain
from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake,
and the rocks rent. MATTHEW 27; 50, 51.
Could God have with Him forever an unre-
deemed people? Was not Israel with the world at
large afar off in Spirit and in Truth?
And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew
not; I will lead them in paths that they have not
known: I will make darkness light before them, and
crooked things straight. These things will I do
unto them, and not forsake them. ISAIAH 42: 16.
Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we wor-
ship: for salvation is of the Jews,
But the hour cometh, and' now is, when the true wor-
shippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in
truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must wor-
ship him in spirit and in truth. JOHN 4; 22, 24.
The Kingdom of Heaven was at hand.
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and
he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea,
come, buy wine and milk without money and with-
out price.
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not
bread? and your labour for that which satisfietk not?
hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is
good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul
CONCLUSION 165
shall live: and I mil make an everlasting covenant
with you, even the sure mercies of David,
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a
leader and commander to the people. ISAIAH 55: 1-4,
In Ms days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell
safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be
called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that
they shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which
brought up the children of Israel out of the land of
Egypt:
But, The Lordjiveth, which brought up and which led
the seed of the house of Israel out of the north coun-
try and from all countries w t hither I had driven them;
and they shall dwell in their own land. JEREMIAH
23:6-8.
Is there any voice crying out, "How can we find
the waters so refreshing as Isaiah describes them?"
Yes ? I believe there are many such voices.
Will the answer to them still continue to be:
"Follow the commands given on Mount Sinai"?
But the cry goes out, "We have tried it and
still we are crying after God." Is there no other
way? Scripture answers with another call like the
call of Isaiah, "Come."
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of
them shall not fall on the ground without your
Father.
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
MATTHEW 10: 29, 30,
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Is there still a cry for the way? Yes, and many
cries.
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel
had walked in my ways! PSALM 81: 13.
7 waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto
me, and heard my cry. . . .
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears
hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast
thou not required.
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book
it is written of me.
1 delight to do thy will, my God: yea, thy law is '
within my heart. PSAIM 40: i, 6, 7, 8.
The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometk,
which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell
us all things.
Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he, . . .
Jesus saith unto them. My meat is to do the will of Mm
that sent me, and to finish his work.
Say not ye, There are yet jour months, and then cometh
harvest? behold^ I say unto you, Lift up your eyes,
and look on the fields; for they are white already
to harvest. JOHN 4: 25, 26, 34, 35.
They who hunger and thirst after righteousness
are filled with the righteousness which is by grace
through faith such as Abraham had, in place of
self-righteousness, which Isaiah the prophet de-
scribes as filthy rags.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after right*
eousness: for they shall be filled* MATTHEW 5; 6.
CONCLUSION 167
And he brought Mm forth abroad, and said, Look now
toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to
number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy
seed be.
And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him
for righteousness. GENESIS 15: 5, 6,
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteous-
nesses are as filthy rags; and we all do jade as a leaf;
and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us
away. ISAIAH 64: 6.
What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he
seeketh for; but the election hatk obtained it, and
the rest were blinded. . . .
/ say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall?
God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation
is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to
jealousy. ROMANS n: 7, 11.
Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted
to him for righteousness*
Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the
same are the children of Abraham. GALATIANS
3:6,7-
And in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
GENESIS 12; 3.
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify
the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel
unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be
blessed.
So then they w.hich be of faith are blessed with faith~
ful Abraham. GALATIANS 3; 8, 9.
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But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of
God, U is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
. . . For it is written, Cursed is every one that con-
tinmth not in all things which are written in the
book of the law to do them, GALATIANS 3; xi, 10.
Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this
law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
DEUTERONOMY 27: 26.
And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doetk
them shall live in them.
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse oj the law, being
made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every
one that hangeth on a tree:
That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gen-
tiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the
promise of the Spirit through faith. GALA-HANS
3: 12, 13, 14,
For he that is hanged is accursed of God. DEUTER-
ONOMY 21 : 23.
/ am the true Dine, and my Father is the husband*
man.
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh
away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he pur get k
it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken
unto you.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cann$$ bear
fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more
can ye t except ye abide in me.
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in
me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit:
for without me ye can do nothing, JOHN 15: 1-5*
CONCLUSION 169
Salvation, not only belongs to God, but is His
alone to give. He has given it in Jesus Christ.
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not
of yourselves: it is the gift of God. EPHESIANS
2:8.
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall
feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains
of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from
their eyes. REVELATION 7: 17.
If one come in answer to our call to tell us how
to reach the summit of a high mountain and should
tell us to follow the instructions given, we may fail
if we find the way closed by obstacles we do not
overcome. But if one says, "Come with me in a
new way, I live on the summit," and also with
those of a humble spirit, we may feel sure of
reaching His home, such a one is Jesus Christ*
And no man hath ascended up to heaven f but he that
came dow.n from heaven, even the Son of man which
is in heaven. JOHN 3: 13.
Enoch was taken to heaven by God.
And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God
took him. GENESIS 5: 24.
Elijah was taken up by God.
And it came to pass, when the Lord would take up Elijah
into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with
Elisha from Gilgal. II KINGS 2: i.
170 THE BIBLE AND THE JEWS
Jesus Christ ascended into heaven.
And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as ks
went up, behold, two men stood by them in white
apparel. ACTS i: 10.
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth
eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high
and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and
humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble 9 and
to revive the heart of the contrite ones. ISAIAH
57: is-
For the Lord will not cast off Ms people, neither will
he forsake his inheritance. PSALM 94: 14.
All that the Father giveth me, shall come to me; and
him that cometk to me I will in no w$$e cast ouL
JOHN 6 .-37.
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider
the things of old.
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth;
shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the
wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
The beast of the field shall honour me f the dragons and
the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness f and
rivers in th$ desert, to give drink to my people* my
chosen.
This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew
forth my praise.
But thou hast not called upon me> Jacob; but thou
hast been weary of me, Israel ISAIAH 43: 18-22.
Having therefore, brethren^ boldness to enter into the
holiest by the blood of Jesus.
CONCLUSION 171
By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated
jor us, through the veil, that is to say, Ms flesh:
And having an high priest over the house of Cod.
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of
jaith } having our hearts sprinkled from an evil con-
science, and our bodies washed with pure water.
HEBREWS 10: 19-22.
And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy
land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
Be silent, all fiesk, before the Lord: for he is raised
up out of his holy habitation. ZECHARIAH 2: 12, 13.
By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged;
and this is all the fruit to take away his sin: when
he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones
that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall
not stand up. ISAIAH 27:9.
Then understood they how t that he bade them not be-
ware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of
the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. MATTHEW
16: 12.
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness. II TIMOTHY 3; 16.
And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these say-
ings, the people were astonished at his doctrine.
MATTHEW 7: 28.
And he taught them many things by parables, and said
unto them in his doctrine. MARK 4: 2.
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines
the commandments of men. MATTHEW 15: 9.
i?2 THE BIBLE AND THE JEWS
Even Balaam and the Nicolaitanes had a doc-
trine.
But I have a few things against thee, became ihou hast
there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who
taught Balac to cast a stumbling block before the
children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols ^
and to commit fornication.
So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the
Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate. REVELATION 2 : 14,
*5-
The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul;
the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the
simple. PSALM 19: 7.
They also that erred in spirit shall come to understand*
ing, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
ISAIAH 29: 24.
// any man will do his will, he shall know of the doc-
trine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of
myself. JOHN 7: 17.
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law*
PROVERBS 4: 2.
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them wMch cau$$
divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which
ye have learned; and avoid them. ROMANS 16: 17*
Let as many servants as are under the yoke count thdr
own masters worthy of all honour f that the name of
God and Ms doctrine be not blasphemed. I TIMOTHY
6; i.
CONCLUSION 173
Whosoever trans gresseth, and abideth not in the
doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in
the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and
the Son. II JOHN 9.
It has been written that "an undevout astronomer
is mad" presumably so when the best of human
nature in the make-up of man fails to appreciate
the grandeur of the Heavens that "are telling
the glory of God." So it seems like it when the
majesty of the words of God by the Jewish Prophet
Isaiah fail to be appreciated by the reader or the
hearer. Where in all the realm of words has the
love of Fatherhood for the erring, gone beyond this
lament of Jesus Christ over Jerusalem.
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, * . . how often would I have
gathered thy children together, even as a hen gath-
er eth her chickens under her wings, and ye w m ould not!
MATTHEW 23; 37.
The Spirit of Him that was made flesh and dwelt
among us and is interceding with "groanings that
cannot be uttered," will prevail.
Not alone are the heavens declaring the glory of
God:
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firma-
nent sheweth his kandywork. PSALM 19: i.
And the Prophets are declaring the glory of God
that now is, and which is to come. Does not the
174 THE BIBLE AND THE JEWS
prophet in the eighty-fifth Psalm, tell us both of the
present and the future of Jacob?
Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou
hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. * , *
Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness
shall look down from heaven.
Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good; and our
land shall yield her increase.
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in
the way of his steps, PSALM 85: r, 11-13.
If righteousness looks down from heaven, may
we not look up to heaven for righteousness with
success, and not to ourselves with failure?
Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies
pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let
them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness
spring up together; I the Lord have created it. . * *
Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his
Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons,
and concerning the work of my hands command ye
me.
I have made the earth, and created man upon it: f f
even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and
all their hosts have I commanded, ISAIAH 45; 8,
II, 12,
Seek ye the Lord 'while he may be found, call ye upon
him while he is near.
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous
man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord,
and he will have mercy upon Mm; and to our God,
for he will abundantly pardon. ISAIAH 55: 6, 7.
CONCLUSION 175
In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell
safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be
catted, THE LO:RD oun RIGHTEOUSNESS. JEREMIAH
23: 6.
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm
of the Lord revealed? . . .
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sor-
rows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of
Cody and afflicted.
But he was wounded for our transgressions t he was
bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our
peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are
healed. ISAIAH 53: i ? 4, 5.
Was it only a mere accident that placed the
twenty-third Psalm to follow the twenty-second
Psalm, or was it that the agony of the Redeemer
of Jacob and of the world God so loved, should be
declared in Jesus' own words by the Spirit when
telling of the price paid on the Cross in the twenty-
second Psalm?
"My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why
art thou so far from helping me, and from the words
of my roaring? . , .
But thou art holy, thou that inhabitest the praises
of Israel* PSALM: 22: i, 3.
And about the ninth houf Jesus cried with a loud voice,
saying, Eli) Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say,
My God) my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
MATTHEW 27: 46.
176 THE BIBLE AND THE JEWS
In the other, the twenty-third Psalm, the Re-
deemed should rejoice in the redemption which
followed the price paid, as they accept release from
their bonds:
The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he teadcth
me beside the still water$.~Ps&LK 23: i, 2.
Ho, every one that tkirstetk, come ye to the waters , and
he that hath no money; come ye t buy, and eat; yea f
come, buy wine end milk without money and with-
out price.
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your
soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting
covenant with you, even the sure mercies of Damd*
ISAIAH 55: i, 3.
Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest keed to fulfil
the statutes and judgments which the Lord charged
Moses with concerning Israel: be strong? and of good
courage; dread not, nor be dismayed, I CHRONICLES
22: 13*
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the
prophets: I am not come to destroy > but to fulfil.
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pa$$ f
one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the
law, till all be fulfilled. MATTHEW 5; 17, x8
GOD'S PLAN AND WtOMISE
And he brought Mm jorth abroad, and said, Look now
toward heaven, and tell the stars f if ikon be able to
number them: and he said unto him $ So $h&H thy
seed be.
CONCLUSION 177
And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him
jor righteousness, GENESIS 15: 5, 6.
As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou
shalt be a father of many nations, GENESIS 17: 4.
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world,
ivas not to Abraham , or to his seed, through the law,
but through the righteousness of faith. ROMANS
4: 13.
You only have I known of all the families of the earth:
therefore I will punish you jor all your iniquities.
Can two walk together, except they be agreed. AMOS
3- 2, 3-
Therefore thus will I do unto thee, Israel: and because
I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God,
Israel. AMOS 4: 12.
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus
is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye
might have life through his name. JOHN 20: 31.
For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto
the Father. EPHESIANS 2:18.
If man, knowing good and evil could, through
the law ? become capable in himself of choosing the
good and shunning the evil, having no need of a
Redeemer, could attain to the perfection God re-
quires, why, may we ask, was he sent forth from
title Garden of Eden when he was capable of taking
of the tree of life and living forever?
It was because he might have Christ for a Re-
178 THE BIBLE AND THE JEWS
deemer and enter into that eternal life which is
Jesus Christ alone and was not in the tree that
would make him live forever, but would not make
him one with Christ, as Christ is one with, the
Father, and thus not only live forever but through
the Son of God be brought into the family of God,
whom he could have as a Father ? becoming capable
of being through faith (a gift of God) raised from
the dead by Jesus Christ, to dwell with Him for-
ever.
And the Lord God said. Behold, the man is become
as one of MS, to know good and evil: and now, lest he
put forth Ms hand, and take also of the tree of life,
and eat, and live for ever:
Therefore the Lord God sent Mm forth from the garden
of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
GENESIS 3: 22, 23.
And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are
yet in your sins, I CORINTHIANS 15; 17.
So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful
Abraham,
For as many as are of the works of the law are under
the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that
continueth not in all things which are written in the
book of the law to do them. GA&ATXANS 3:9, 10,
Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this
law to do them. And all the people shall say f Amen.
DEUTERONOMY 27: 26,
God also bearing them witness, both with signs and won**
Sf and with divers miracles^ and gifts of the Holy
CONCLUSION 179
} according to his own will? HEBREWS 2 : 4.
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:
and the government shall be upon Ms shoulder; and
Ms name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The
mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of
Peace. ISAIAH 9: 6.
The tree of life in the garden of Eden was made
to grow out of the ground.
And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow
every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for
food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden,
and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. GENESIS
2:9.
But there is a Tree of Life which is in the midst
of the Paradise of God.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith
unto the churches; To him that over comet h mil I
give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of
the paradise of God. REVELATION 2: 7.
/ am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end,
the first and the last.
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they
may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in
through the gates into the city. REVELATION 22 : 13,
14.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the
life; no man comet h unto the Father, but by me.
JOHN 14: 6.
i8o THE BIBLE AND THE JEWS
JESUS MADE A WILL
Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God ? made
a will. It is recorded in the seventeenth chapter of
the Gospel according to John;
Father, I will that they also whom thou hast given me,
be with me where I am; that they may behold my
glory, which thou hast given me; for thou loved st me
before the foundation of the world, JOHN 17: 24.
Neither pray I jor these alone, but for them also which
shall believe on me through their word;
That they all may be one; as thou 3 Father > art in me>
and I in thee, that they also may be one in us; that
the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
And the glory which thou gavest mo I have given them ;
that they may be one, even as we are one, JOHN
17: 20, 21, 22.
All Israel is witness to this will It was finished
on the Cross of Calvary.
Ye are my witnesses, saith the lord, and my servant
w,hom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe
me and understand that I am he, before me there wa$
no God formed, neither shall there be after me*
/, even I, am the Lord; and beside me tkere is no
Saviour. ISAIAH 43: io ? n.
This ought to persuade those who believe $cr!j>
ture and yet deny that Jesus Christ and God are
One, since it proclaims that there was no God be*
fore Him and shall be none*after Him, and no other
Saviour than Him.
CONCLUSION 181
Israel is given by promise; they may inherit by
will if they believe. Shall they continue to dis-
believe?
Now cheerful to the house of prayer,
Your early footsteps bend;
The Saviour will Himself be there,
Your Advocate and Friend,
Once by the law your hopes were slain,
But now in Christ they live again.
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