Midnight Cry - Volume 01, Number 12

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MIDNIGHT CRY!
NEW- YORK, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1842. NUMBER 12.
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I though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry."
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Written for the Midnight Cry.
BMTOB ATI ON of the KINGDOM to ISRAEL—
A ; X* 6/ icr6 , delivered by Josiah Litch, at the Second Advent
Camp- meeting' at Salem, Massachusetts, and repeated at
N. J. ,
J, di I: 6, f ** Wliea they, therefore, were oome together, they
of Mm, myiag, Lord, % nlt iliou at thii time restore dfain the
to Israel 1 And he said unto them, It is act for you to know
and seasons which the Father hath pat m his own power."
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PAIT in. Concluded.
Bat Is to be a tithe who will return, after this
isolation ends. That lithe is the " HOLY SEED."
f All lirael shall be saved." But « ' they are not all Is-rti!
» * f - do not constitute " AL& UKAXL, who are of Israel:
because they are the% eed of Abraham, are they
all children : but in Isaac, shall thy seed be called." The
of Abraham's family, not all his descendants, are
tlf ' Zrra* I , f Gai.. " We, brethren," says Paul, " as
the children of promise." The salvation
spoken of, is not the conversion of the
the fathering of the holy seed into the heavenly
by the resurrection of the just. ETIRNAL
At* ATioif.- " As it is written," in Isa. 59: 20 " And
to Zion, and unto them that turn
Jacob." Let the reader keep in
the - elect of Abraham's family, according
election, is CHRIST and his CHILDREN. '* Behold
' ipii, iie ; ehildren which thou hast given me," is his lan-
The Jew has now no more right to the premise,
Mmael, after Isaac's birth ; or Esau, after Jacob
of God. The subject of the latest election be-ing
come, it is in his family alone, hhmacl and Esau
right in Mm, as Isaac and JacoS, provided
** Heneeloith,". then, " know
the HestiY yea, though we haire known
. after the flesh, yet now ( since his death} know we
JUB|* O no more." He was a Jew, but is not so now.
henceforth the Son of God, because he lives by the
Spirit of God, He laid down his blood or life,
SACRIFICE, and is now a new creature.
i, . if any man be in him, he is a new creature, a
of Abraham.
whftt the kinfd m is restored, it will not be re-
^ lfWi,| i clear from Christ's parable, Matt.
irfiii .. where, by the parable of the householder, he
for their rejection and murder,
jof OdA'jjir^ flhets, mi then of his Son, the heir of
Mfitenee, ke shall come, he will take THE
< W 00B^ rtott!*| iii » and give it unto ." a na-forth
the Wl| ttitreof." That nation, Dan.
4* T. H1 SAINTS OP THE.' MOST HIGH." The elect
i, fli ,' ftetV* and subjects of tfo- future " kingdom of 1s-
' ifjf^ flkf Aotttf of Jacob," through Christ the saints
of the kingdom, is in David's house, and
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| lifI ' throne has already been shown to
i$, farther illustrates the^ same point,
knowing that God had sworn with
, of his loins according
VV CHRIST TO SIT ON HIS
' tUt spake of the resurrection
David knew that a mortal man couk
- foretei; j'<; hffttct he predicted the resur-n,
also, in his dedicatory prayer, understooc
of Ovid's throne . Re
I* ' ttt : toi; fkther " CaMcl, that there
hould not fail him a man to sit on his throne, he prays |
hat God might remember, and fulfil his promise. " But," |
e exclaims, " will God in very deed dwell with men on j
he earth 1" Thus he evidently believed the king- j
om of God and the kingdom of David or Israel to be i
ne ; and that Christ, the son of David, would reign |
ersonally on the earth. Christ, likewise, claims to have |
he key of the house ofl) avid, and to be able to shut, and
o man open, and open, and no man shut. See Revela- |
ions 3: 7.
When God subverted the kingdom of Israel by Nebu- |
hadnezzar, as shown under our second head, he de- i
lared, Ezekiel 21, that " IT SHALL BE NO MORE UNTIL HE |
ES WHOSE RIGHT IT IS, AND I WILL GIVE IT HIM." ChHst
ifts come once, but that he did not at that time restore
he kingdom is clear from our text, which was uttered
ust as he was about to leave the world " Wilt thou at
his time restore," & e. " It is not for you to know,"& e.
lad the kingdom been then restored, it would have been
aerfectly easy to have corrected the impression of the dis
ciples, that it had not been restored. Had he only told
hem, ** My disciples, you are mistaken on this point, the
dngdom is restored, only it is a spiritual kingdom ; the
eign of David's spiritual seed on David's spiritual
hrone;" it would have settled the question forever,
he could not have taken a course more directly cal
culated to establish them and the church, forever, in the
pinion that the restoration is yet future, and will be at
is second appearing. Indeed, all our opponents admit
hat the times referred to are the times of Christ's second
advent by quoting this very text to prove that w « can
mow nothing of that time. But when he comes again
whose right it is, God will give the kingdom to him, and
ic will restore it to his people. " Como, ye blessed of
my father," he will say, " and inherit the kingdom pre-
> ared for you from the foundation of the world." Matthew
25. Its royalty unit then be in David1 & hou^ e forever.
The Government will be of Divine origin. Thus, the
> rophet Isaiah " The Lord is our Lawgiver, the Lord is
our Judge, ths Lord is our King, and ht will rule us."
Ezekiel 36: 24 28, God has promised to put his Spirit in
them, and cause them to walk in his statutes, & c.
Hebrews, 8th chapter, presents the fact that a new
covenant will be given the church, differing from the old
Mosaic covenant or law.
4. The capital of the kingdom is Jerusalem. The elec
tion of Jerusalem was made when David was chosen
king. " I HAVE CHOSEN JERUSALEM, THAT MY NAME MIGHT
BE THERE." 2 Chron. 6: 0 " TheLord hath chosen Zion,
he hath desired it for his habitation. This is my rest for
ever, here will I dwell, for I have desired it," Ps. 132;
13, 14, " The time to favor Zion, yea the set time is
come, for thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and
favor the dust thereof." " When the Lord shall build up
Zion, he shall appear in his glory." Ps. 102; Also, Isa
24: 23, " Then the moon shall be confounded and the sun
ashamed, when the Lord of hosts SHALL RBIGN in Mount
ZIOM, and in JERUSALEM, and before his ancients GLORIOUS
LY." " Nor by Jerusalem, for it js the city of the great
king," said the Saviour.
Again, Matthew, 23d chapter, addressing Jerusalem as
distinguished from her children, the inhabitants, he says,
" Ye shall not see me henceforth, until ye shall say,
blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord."
Then he will return to Jerusalem, and find a race of chil
dren who shall say, " BLESSED ;" not the children of the
old " Jerusalem, which Is in bondage, with her children;"
but the children of the " Jerusalem which is abqye and
is free:" the children of promise the glorified saints.
Ezekiel, 37th chapter, where under the symbol of the
valley of dry bones, the resurrection of the just is pre
dicted, God promises to set his sanctuary among them
forever more. " My tabernacle also shall be with them ;
yea, I will be their God, and they- shall be my people."
John, in vision, witnessed the fulfilment of the scene,
when he said, " BEHOLD THE TABERNACLE OF GOD is WITH
MEN, and HE WILL DWELL WITH THEM, and they shall be
his people, and GOD HIMSELF shall be with them, and
be their God." This TABERNACLE is the NEW JE
RUSALEM. There Jesus Christ will dwell in the midst
of them forevermore. There " THE LORD OF HOSTS
will reign in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before^ his
ancients gloriously." Then Jerusalem shall enlarge the
place of ^/ tent, Jnd stretch forth the curtains of her
habita^* ti She shall break forth on every side, as fore*
told in Isaiah, 54th chapter. The city, according to Rev.
21st chapter, will be 12,000 furlongs, i. e. 1500 miles
square.
PART iv.
IV. THE TIMES AND SEASONS CONSIDERED,
" It is not for you to know the times and seasons, which
the Father hath put in his own power." Thus said the
Saviour, when about to leave the disciples and ascend in
to heaven. It is a clear intimation that there were ap
pointed times for the event, but they were then future,
ana* not to be understood by the apostles. Those times
are referred to by the Saviour, Luke 21 : 25, " Jerusalem
shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until THE TIMES
OF THE GENTILES BE FULFILLED." Until then it
cannot become the capitol or kingdom ot Israel. Until
then, also, the people of God are to be carried captive in
to all nations. The Psalmist also speaks of the times, in
Ps. 102; 13, " The time to favor her, ( Zion) yea, the
set time, is come." " This shall be written for the
generation to come." " When the Lord shall build up
Zion he shall appear in his glory/'
The first times appointed for the Gentiles to REIGN
OVER THE CHURCH for her sins, and in BREAK-ING
OF THE PRIDE OF HER POWER, is Levit. 26 :
18. ' I will punish you seven times more for your sins."
This punishment is four times repeated m the § ajrte
chapter. First, They were to be afflicted in various
ways, for their disobedience, as they were under the
judges and early kings. If ye will not for all this be re
formed, " I will punish you seven times MORE for your
sins." " I will break the pride of your power." The first
CAPTIVITY of the house of Judah in Babylon, was in
the reign of Manasseh, king of Judah, by the king of As
syria, B. C. 677. 2 Chron. 33. He repented, was re
prieved and restored aa a tributary to the Assyrians.
But still, ihe Lord continues, if ye will not for all tfcis be
reformed by me, " I will bring seven time* more plagues
on you." They were sent again into Jwidage or bereaved
of ehildren in the Babylonish captivity in the ffeffd year of
Jehorakim king of Judah, 2 Chron. 36. Jeliorakim was
reprieved and restored to his throne, but the people did
not reform, and Ihe denunciation of seven limes punish
ment was still on them, Lev. 26 : 24. And accordingly
in the llth year of Zedekiah, the kingdom of Judah was
finally subverted. 2 Chron. 36.
The people ' again repented in the days of Oynts, and
were reprieved, as in L They 4o-- ta¥ e * « * -