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able of the pounds our Lord compares Him self to "a certain nobleman (who) went into a far country to receive for himself a king dom and to return" (Luke 19 :12), and in the 15th verse He says, ''And it came to pass when he was come back again, having re ceived the kingdom.,, He says again in Matt. 25 :31, ''When the Son of man shall come in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory." We find this representation of our Lord Jesus reigning as a King over and over again in t_he Old Testament. For example, in J er. 23 :5, 6, we read, ''Behold, the days come, saith J e hovah, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and right eousness in the land. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name whereby he shall be called: Jehovah our righteousness.'' Referring to the same period, Jehovah declares in Ps. 2:6, "Yet I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.'' The Spirit of God through the prophet Zechariah sets forth the same truth in a way that emphasizes the Deity of our Lord. '' And Jehovah shall be king over all the earth, and in that day shall Jehovah be
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