unto the supper of the great God; that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, &c. - Rev. 19: 11-18. And to this agree the words of Ezekiel, whom the Lord told to speak unto every feathered fowl that they might eat flesh. Ezek. 39: 17. Read the chapter. See the dreadful battle that is to be fought preceding the millenium.

And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army, but he slew them; and the fowls were filled with their flesh. - Read Rev. 19: 19, 21.This is prophetic of what is yet to take place; and is written in the past tense because it was displayed in a vision.

We have as much proof that Christ will sit upon a horse when he shall again come into the world, as the Jews had when he came before. They did not rightly understand the prediction which said, Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. - Zech. 9: 9.

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The Jews, as a nation, did not expect to see this literally ac complished; to see the Lord from heaven riding upon a colt. We may with as much consistency believe that he will again sit upon a horse, as that he ever did; for he was then the Lord from heaven, and at his second coming he will be the same. He can be on the earth before he sits upon a horse, and have it accomplish the prediction as completely as he did the one that foretold of his coming to the Jews riding upon the ass; for he had been on the earth a number of years before he fulfilled that.

But if "white horse" be a figure, the representation may be literal in the main. "Wine-press" is a figure thrown into the representation of Christ's trampling on his enemies; for wine resembles blood, and it is to show how the blood will flow.

The Lord said unto my Lord sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool:- Psalm 110: 1. This seems to allude to the same battle when Christ shall tread his enemies in his anger; and to this agree the words "of Paul, viz But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, forever sat down on the right hand of God; from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. — Heb. 10 : 12, 13. This proves that his enemies have not yet been made his footstool. But according to the prophecies, they will be made his footstool at the beginning of the restitution; for when speaking of Christ, it is said, Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things. - Acts 3: 21.

When Christ was upon earth he did not perform so furious an action as to trample his enemies in his fury; his most fu rious action was when he made a scourge of small cords, and drove people from the temple with their oxen and sheep, pouring out the changers' money, he overthrew the tables; but hurt no one, neither destroyed their property; for he did not drive the drove from the temple, but told them to take them hence. Read John 2: 15, 16. These furious predictions, therefore, have not yet been accomplished; but the earth is the place for the battle to be fought, and Christ is to be on the earth when he performs it; for it is predicted that when the Jews are all gathered and brought to their own land, living in unwalled villages; having neither bars nor gates, that Gog the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal with many people, a great company, and a mighty army will come up against them as a cloud to cover the land, with a determination to take a spoil, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, and to take a great spoil. And it shall come to pass at the same time, when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord God, that my fury shall come up in my face. – Read the 38th chapter of Ezekiel.

It is predicted that when the children of Israel shall take possession of their own land, which has long lain waste, they will be at rest, thinking they dwell safely. But when all na tions are gathered against them to battle, and the city is tak en, and the houses rifled, &c. Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east. - Zech. 14: 3, 4. Its being said that his feet shall stand on the earth, proves that he will fight personally.

When the Lord fought in the day of battle, he cast down great stones from heaven upon them; and they were more which died with hail-stones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword (Josh. 10: 11) and the prophecy states that he will rain great hail-stones upon them in the battle now under consideration. Thus will he visit and redeem his people Israel, and save them from their enemies, and from the hand of all that hate them, that they may serve him without fear. See Luke 1: 68, 75. When Christ seeks to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem, he will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; then they will look upon him whom they have pierced and mourn. — Zech. 12 : 9,10. For his pierced hands, side, and feet, will convince that unbelieving race, that it is the very same person whom their forefathers, by the hand of the Romans, crucified: and when seeing him fulfill the prophecies by personally defending them from all their enemies, they will believe him to be the true Messiah. And the conviction, that they have blinded their eyes against such plain prophecies, will make them mourn so bitterly, that they will mourn alone, not seeking consolation from each other; but will mourn for him as one mourneth for his only son, and be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first born. And the land shall mourn, every

family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart, &c. All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart. See Zech. 12:9 - 14. Ezekiel, in a vision, had the form of the millenial temple displayed to him, which makes some part of the prophecy read as though it was already fulfilled. I wish people to begin at the fortieth chapter of Ezekiel and read to the end of the book, by which they may discern that no temple of the like description, has ever been built among the children of Israel, and also perceive that such an one is to be built when they shall return to their own land, and that Christ is to dwell personally among them, and be their king. When speaking of this temple, Ezekiel said, The glory of the Lord filled the house and I heard him speaking unto me out of the house. And he said unto me, Son of man the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever, and my holy name shall the house of Israel no more defile. Ezek. 43: 5 7. Mention would not have been made of the place for the soles of Christ's feet, if nothing but his spirit is to dwell with them. Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord. And many nations shall be

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joined to the Lord in that day, and will dwell in the midst of thee; and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee.- Zech. 2: 10, 11.

The Lord who said he would dwell in the midst of them, was Christ; for the Lord of hosts is to send him.

Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Behold the man, whose name is Branch: and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord: even he shall build the temple of the Lord; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne. Chap. 6: 12, 13.

"Branch" is one of Christ's titles, and unless he is to be

there personally, the prediction would not have stated that he should sit upon his throne in the temple, where people will worship when all shall know the Lord from the least to the greatest. He is to rule upon his throne; agreeable to this is the prediction in Micah 5: 2, viz.: But thou, Bethlehem Euphratah, 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; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. Christ's being a priest upon his throne agrees with the prophecy in Luke 1: 32, 33, viz: And the Lord God shall give unto him (Christ) the throne of his father David and he shall reign over the house of Jacob. David reigned over the house of Jacob, and had no throne only in this world; therefore if Christ sits upon the throne of his father David, he will be in this world.

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The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and 1 will make the place of my feet glorious. Isa. 60: 13. If Christ was not to come personally, mention would not have been made of beautifying the sanctuary with particular timber for the purpose of making the place of his feet glorious.

The Lord when showing Ezekiel the form of the temple, said, This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut, Ezek. 44: 2. Seeing this was foretold to Ezekiel by way of a vision, we can easily account for its being spoken in the past tense. Many things respecting Christ, not being done by a display, have been predicted by using the past tense in room of the future; for instance: Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. Psalm 2: 6. This, as it was not fulfilled by Christ's being set king in Zion, at his first coming, will be at his next, when he shall enter into the outward sanctuary through one