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hence the promised Messiah of the Chosen People, to whom He came, but who rejected Him. This same conclusion is confirmed by the .investigation of the prophecy found in Gen. 49 TO, which says: The sceptre shall not depart from Judah nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet until Shiloh come, and unto Him shall the obedience of the people be.” Although there is some discussion as to the real meaning of the word Shiloh, it is generally agreed both among the Jews and Christians that this is a .prophecy of the .Jewish Messiah. Assuming this position -to1be true it becomes evident that the Messiah is scheduled, according to this prophecy, to come before the destruction of the State of the Kingdom of Judah, which destruction occurred in the year 70 A.D. From this conclusion there is no retreat; hence, we may plead with our Jewish friends to consider these facts in connection with the records of the life of Jesus as found in the New Testament. . Let me urge any Jewish reader who may see this article, to ask God to open his eyes that he may behold the wondrous things contained iff; the Word, and to lead him to accept his true Messiah. A fifth fact to note is that' the people of the coming Prince “shall destroy the City and the sanctuary and the end thereof shall be with a flood.” This. one^whaLis 'called “the coming Prince” is of Roman descent because he is from the nation which historically destroyed Jerusalem and the sanctuary in the year A.D. 70, the end of which destruction was with a flood. This Prince of verse 26 is to be clearlySdistinguished from the “anointed one, the Prince” of verse 25, the former being a Roman Prince whereas the latter one is the Hebrew Messiah. (To be continued)
years from the decree of Cyrus to the crucifixion of Christ. There is no secular data that can possibly and legitimately be interpreted to be in conflict with this Biblical representation of time. ■'■;' Again, passing over the hopeless confusion of secular chron ology, one sees that, according to this prediction, the Messiah of Israel has long since come and has been cut off. Whether we take the shorter chronology, which gives, 52 years to the Persian period, or the longer chronology, which allows 205 years to them, we know of a certainty that He has already come for there have been at least two thousand years since Cyrus issued the decree. F ulfilled I n J esus C hkist According to this prophecy and many others, much of the earthly career of the Messiah is very vividly set forth: He is -to be a Jew, born in Bethlehem of a virgin, His name is to be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace, to be introduced by a herald, to perform miracles, to be rejected by His generation, to be cruci fied, to be buried with the rich, to ascend to glory, and to return again in power to rule over the earth.- Since there are 483 years from the decree of Cyrus to the crucifixion of the Messiah, and on account of the hopeless condition of secular chronology, one may look over quite a margin';,fff years to find some one who filled out the prophetic picture exactly. When the pages of the history of this margin of time are searched diligently and conscientiously, it becomes at once appar ent that Jesus of Nazareth was the fulfillment of this prediction;
^1^, §&§■ Studies in the First Ep istle of John B y T . C. H orton
“God i$4 faithful by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ.” (2 Cor. 6:14) : “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers; for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that be-, lieveth with an infidel? And what agree ment hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God.” We know whom we have believed. (2 Tim. 1:12). We know that we have re ceived the spirit of adoption. (Rom. 8: 15). We know that we have passed from death unto life, (1 John 3:14). Third, —We know that-the Son of God has come into the world and into our hearts. We are sure of the incarnation of Jesus Christ. It is no matter of specula tion with us, for it is evidenced by the revelation which is given us of God the Father. (1 Tim. 1:15) : “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” (John 3 :17) : “For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.” (Continued on page 247)
his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. “Little children, keep yourselves -from idols.: Amen.” First,- —the power by which we are kept is His power,—the life of God Himself—- which has reached us through a channel— Jesus Christ. Once we are begotten of God, our lives are the channel through which the power of God reaches others; His power operates in our lives. Thefe is nothing in the new nature that the devil can lay hold of. We know that we are begotten of God. We know that; we are kept by that new life which is imparted to us by the new birth. We know that the devil, the adversary, can not touch that'new life. (1 Pet. 1:5) : “Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.” . Second, —we know that we are of God; that we possess the life of God. Here is a personal assurance of eternal life,—we draw our life from God; but “the world lieth in the Evil One.” What a contrast between the life of the believer and the life of the world! We live in God; the world lives in the Evil One. There can never be any affinity between the home of our soul and the home of the world. (1 Cor. 1 :9) :
THE F IRST EPISTLE OF JOHN Outline of the Epistle : (1) Introduction (1 :l-4), (2) God is Light: Fellowship with God in light (1 :5 to 2 :28). (3) God is Love. The sonship of the believer (2:29 to 3:24). (4) Source of Sonship: Possessed by the Spirit (4:1 to 5:12). (5) Conclusion. The , law of love (5: 13-21). Outline of Chapter Fmg^I"' (1) Truth’s Conflict and Conquest, vs, 1-5, (2) Threefold Confirmation of Deity of Jesus Christ, vs. 6-13. (3) Teaching Concerning Intercessory Prayer, vs. 14-17. (4) Three Certainties, vs. 18-21. The closing verses of this first Epistle of John , assure believers of three things which we may know, surely and certainly! (4) THREE CERTAINTIES, vs. 18-21. “We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. “And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. “And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understand ing, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in
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