"Sing unto the Lord; for he hath done excellent things. This is known in all the earth. Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee."

In chap. xxiv, the earth is reeling to and fro like a drunkard, because of the wickedness of man; till it falls, to rise no more. Then salvation covers the earth. "From the uttermost parts of the earth we have heard songs, even glory to the righteous. Then the moon shall be confounded and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously."

In chap. xxv, the blessed theme is pursued. And the Lord of hosts is making to all people a feast of fat things; of wines on the lees well refined. And the face of the covering cast over all people, and the veil that was spread over all nations, God destroys; and tears are wiped from all faces.

In chapter xxxv, this Kingdom is the only theme. The wilderness and the solitary place is glad. The desert blossoms as the rose. The glory of Lebanon is given to it; the excellency of Carmel and Sharon. They see the glory of the Lord, the excellency of our God. Weak hands and feeble knees are made strong. Fearful hearts too are comforted. Blind eyes are opened; deaf ears unstopped. The lame leap; the dumb sing. For streams of salvation break out in the desert. Habitations of dragons become grass with reeds and rushes. God's high way is opened through the wilderness of the world; where no unclean shall pass: and where no lion or ravenous beast shall enter: But where the redeemed shall walk; where the simple shall not err; and where "the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion, with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away."

In chap. xl, this Kingdom is predicted. God's people are comforted. Their warfare is accomplished. The heralds of salvation have been heard in the wilderness of pagan lands; "Prepare ye the way of the Lord. Make straight in the desert a high way for our God

Every valley shall 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."

In a considerable part of the remaining chapters of this book, the battle of the great day; and the subsequent Kingdom of Christ, are predicted. Some whole chapters are taken up upon the subject. And various of the descriptions are most brilliant. I will adduce a few passages, as a specimen. "Therefore shall they know in that day, that I am he that doth speak; behold it is I. How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings; that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good; that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth. Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: For they shall see eye to eye, when God shall bring again Zion. Break forth into joy; sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem. The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God." "A little one shall become a thousand; and a small one a strong nation. I the Lord will hasten it in its time. Thy people shall all be righteous." "The Lord shall cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all nations." "Behold the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world; Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold thy salvation cometh." "And it shall come to pass, that from oneSabbath to another-shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord."

Those things have never yet been fulfilled. But their fulfilment is certain.

Jeremiah predicts this Kingdom of Christ. I shall note but one of many passages. Chap. iii, 17; "At that time they shall call Jerusalem (or the Church) the throne of God; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem; neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their

evil heart."

In Ezekiel this Kingdom of Christ is predicted. The last nine chapters are wholly devoted to this subject: But the descriptions are highly mystical.

In the prophecy of Daniel, this Kingdom is a great subject. In chap. ii, after the description of the great image, symbolizing the four great monarchies, it is added, verse 34-, "Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon the feet, that were of iron, and clay, and break them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floor; and the wind carried them away; and no place was found for them. And the stone, that smote the image, became a great mountain, and filled the world." Here is a prediction of the destruction of the enemies of the Church, in the battle of the great day; and of the subsequent Kingdom of Christ.

In chap. vii, when the Roman Beast is slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame; Christ takes the kingdom; and all people, nations and languages, serve him. "And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a Kingdom, that all people, nations and languages, should serve him: His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away; and his Kingdom that, which shall not be destroyed."

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the Kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the Kingdom, under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him."

The prophet Joel, chap. iii, 16-18, after describing the harvest and vintage of divine wrath upon the wicked, in the valley of decision, says; "The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake; but the Lord shall be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. So shall they know that I am the Lord your God, dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. Then shall Jerusalem, (or my Church,) be holy; and there shall no stranger pass through her any more."

In Micah v, 1-4, is a repetition of the prediction of Isaiah, relative to the exaltation of the mountain of the Lord's house over the tops of the mountains, in the last days; and all nations flowing unto it:-That all wars thenceforward shall cease; and the instruments of slaughter shall be transformed into those of husbandry; and people shall sit every one under his vine and under his figtree: Or, religion, and the arts of husbandry and peace, shall fill the world."

The prophet Nahum, after noting the utter end, that God will make of the wicked, as an overflowing flood, and as stubble fully dry, says; "Behold upon the mountains the feet of him, that bringeth good tidings; that publisheth peace. O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows; for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off."

Zephaniah predicts the overthrow of the enemies of the Church on earth; and the glory that shall follow.

"The Lord will be terrible unto them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen." "Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: For my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger; for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, and serve him with one consent."

With Zechariah this is an important subject. "The battle bow shall be cut off; and he shall speak peace to the heathen; and his dominion shall be from sea to sea; and from the river unto the ends of the earth." And the Lord shall be king over all the earth. In that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.

The Old Testament closes, Mal. iv, with a striking prophecy of the ruin of Antichrist; and of the Millennial Kingdom. "Behold the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be a stubble; and the day that cometh

shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. But unto you that fear my name, shall the Sun of righteousness arise, with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and grow up, as calves of the stall. And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be as ashes under the soles of your feet, in the day, that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts."

In the New Testament, the subject is resumed. Our Lord in a parable, (Matt. xiii, 33) taught, that the Kingdom of heaven shall leaven the whole world. In John xii, 32, Christ promises, that he "will draw all men unto him." Not all the race of Adam, from first to the last. Those who are lost in hell will never be drawn to Christ. But the sense is this:-The time shall come, when all, living on earth, shall be drawn to him. All the ends of the earth shall look unto him, and be saved; as is taught in the Old Testament. "All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto the Lord;" as the psalmist predicted.

Paul to the Romans teaches, that the Jews and the "fulness of the gentiles, shall come in." And to Timothy; that at that period, God "will have all men to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of the truth."

In the Revelation, this is a great subject. Subse quent to the seventh trumpet, great voices in heaven proclaim, "The kingdoms of this world are become the Kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ; and he shall reign forever and ever." Upon the dawn of this event we read; chap. xix; "And after these things, I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia, salvation, and glory, and honor, and power unto the Lord our God: For true and righteous are his judgments; for he hath judged the great whore, who did corrupt the earth with her fornication; and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders, and the four beasts, fell down and worshipped God upon the throne, saying Amen; Alleluia. And a voice came out of the throne, saying; Praise our God, all ye his