In its TEMPORAL application, In its SPIRITUAL application. 1. In a generic sense, it comprehends all 2. In a specific sense, it stands opposed1 to 3. In a specific sense, coupled with Judaho, 1. In a generic sense, it denotes the people i Exod. xiv. 30. Isaiah, Ivi. 8. Rom. x. 1; xi. 7. 1 Cor. x. 18. k Numb. xxiii. 7. Psalm xiv. 7. 11 Kings, xii. 19, 24, 28; r P Isaiah, xlvi. 13. Jere. xxxi. 1. Hosea, i. 10. Rom. ix. 6. Gal. vi, 16. Jere. iii. 11. Hosea, iv. Thus Israel in its temporal application; temporal Jerusalem, or the "Jerusalem which now is;" the remnant of the temporal Judah, or the temporal Jews; stand opposed to, generic Israel, used in a spiritual sense; spiritual Judah; spiritual Jerusalem, "new Jerusalem," "Jerusalem which is above," "heavenly Jerusalem;" the spiritual Jews; the church, or kingdom of Christ. The prophecies which foretell the re-establishment of dominion in Jerusalem and Zion relate to the establishment of " the heavenly Jerusalem;" the new Jerusalem being the spiritual kingdom of Christ: "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 judgment and with justice, from henceforth even for ever"," "The Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His ancients, gloriously." "They shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord, and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem." "And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion. The kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem." Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel." 66 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 joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee. And the Lord shall inherit Judah, his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again "." "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 sighing shall flee away." "The Lord will comfort Zion, he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein; thanksgiving and the voice of melody." "They shall call thee the city of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel";"" they shall call thy walls salvation, and thy gates praise." "The y Micah, iv. 8. Isaiah, li. 3; lii. 1, 2, 9. Zech. ii. 10-12. Isaiah, xxxv. 10; li. 11. Lord shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shall shake. But the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel; so shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion my holy mountain. Then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittimf." "It shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem ; "there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David for sin, and for uncleanness h." "It shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that reigneth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem." "He will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over the people, and the vail that is spread over all nations; He will swallow up death in victory, and the Lord GOD shall wipe away tears from all faces, and the f Joel, iii. 16-18. Zech. xiv. 8. h Zech. xiii. 1. Psalm xlvi. 4; lxv. 9. Isaiah, Iv. 1. Jere. ii. 13. Ezek. xlvii. 1-12. Joel, iii. 18. John, iv. 10, 14; vii. 38. Rev. xxi. 6; xxii. 1. Isaiah, iv. 3. Rev. xx. 15. 1 rebuke of His people shall He take away from off all the earth, for the Lord hath spoken it." "Behold, I create a new heavens and a new earth, and the former shall not be remembered nor come to mind. But be ye glad and rejoice for ever, in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people, and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying!" "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away. And I John saw the holy city new Jerusalem coming down from GoD out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of GOD is with men, and He shall dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their GOD; and GOD shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain; for the former things are done awaym. "And I looked, and behold, a Lamb stood upon Mount Zion"." "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter 22. k Isaiah, xxv. 7, 8. Isaiah, lxv. 17-19; Ixvi. m Rev. xxi. 1—4. Rev. xiv. 1. |
