L6.除了这些经文外，再补充更公开论及主降临的一些经文，以赛亚书：
主自己要给你们一个兆头；看哪，必有童女怀孕生子，给祂起名叫神与我们同在。（以赛亚书7:14；马太福音1:22，23）
同一先知书：
因有一婴孩为我们而生，有一子赐给我们，政权必担在祂的肩头上；祂名称为奇妙、策士、神、勇士、永在的父、和平的君！祂的政权与平安必加增无穷。祂必在大卫的宝座上治理祂的国，以公平公义使国坚立稳固，从今直到永远。（以赛亚书9:6，7）
又：
从耶西的茎必发出一根枝条来，从祂的根所抽的嫩枝子必结果实。耶和华的灵必住在祂身上，就是智慧和聪明的灵、谋略和能力的灵。公义必当祂的腰带，真理必当祂胁下的带子。到那日，耶西的根立作万民的大旗，外邦人必寻求祂，祂安息之所大有荣耀。（以赛亚书11:1，2，5，10）
又：
你们当将羊羔送给那地掌权的，从磐石往旷野，送到锡安女子的山。必有宝座因怜悯坚立，必有一位以真理坐在其上，在大卫帐幕中施行审判，寻求公平，速行公义。（以赛亚书16:1，5）
又：
到那日，人必说，看哪，这是我们的神，我们素来等候祂，祂必拯救我们。这是耶和华，我们素来等候祂，我们必因祂的救恩欢喜快乐。（以赛亚书25:9）
又：
有人声在旷野呼喊，预备耶和华的路，在沙漠为我们的神修平一条大路。耶和华的荣耀必然显现，凡有血气的必一同看见。看哪，主耶和华必以大能来到，祂的膀臂必为祂掌权；看哪，祂的赏赐在祂那里。祂必像牧人牧养自己的羊群。（以赛亚书40:3，5，10，11）
又：
我所扶持、灵魂所喜悦的。我耶和华凭公义召你，使你作人民的约，作外邦人的光。瞎子的眼，领被囚的出监牢，领坐黑暗的出牢房。我是耶和华，这是我的名，我必不将我的荣耀给别人。（以赛亚书42:1，6-8）
又：
谁会相信我们的话，耶和华的膀臂向谁显露呢？祂无形；我们见过祂，但祂却无仪表。祂担当我们的病患，背负我们的痛苦。（以赛亚书53:1，2，4）
又：
那从以东而来，从波斯拉而出，穿红衣服、能力广大、大步行走的是谁呢？就是我，是凭公义说话，以大能施行拯救。因为报仇之日在我心中，我的救赎之年已经来到。这样，祂就作了他们的救主。（以赛亚书63:1，4，8）
耶利米书：
看哪，日子将到，我要为大卫兴起公义的苗裔；祂必掌王权，兴旺发达，在地上施行公平和公义。这是祂的名，人必称祂为耶和华我们的义。（耶利米书23:5，6；33:15，16）
撒迦利亚书：
锡安的女子哪，应当大大喜乐！耶路撒冷的女子哪，应当欢呼！你的王来到你这里！祂是公义的，并且施行拯救。祂必向列族讲和平，祂的权柄必从这海管到那海，从大河管到地极。（撒迦利亚书9:9，10）
同一先知书：
锡安女子啊，欢呼喜乐吧！看哪，因为我来要住在你中间，到那日，许多民族要归附耶和华，作我的人民。（撒迦利亚书2:10，11）
弥迦书：
伯利恒、以法他啊，你在犹大千城中为小，将来必有一位从你那里出来，在以色列中为我作掌权的；祂的根源从亘古、从往古之日就有。祂必站立起来，靠着耶和华的能力牧养。（弥迦书5:2，4）
玛拉基书：
看哪，我要差遣我的使者在我前面预备道路。你们所寻求的主，必忽然进入祂的殿；立约的使者，就是你们所仰慕的，看哪，快要来到。祂来的日子，谁能当得起呢？看哪！耶和华大而可畏之日未到以前，我必差遣先知以利亚到你们那里去！（玛拉基书3:1，2；4:5）
但以理书：
我观看，看哪，有一位像人子的，驾着天上的云而来，得了权柄、荣耀、国度，所有人民、民族和语言都敬拜祂。祂的权柄是永远的权柄，不能废去，祂的国必不败坏；一切权柄都必敬拜祂、顺从祂。（但以理书7:13，14，27）
同一先知书：
为你的人民和你的圣城，已经定了七十个七，要完结过犯，封住异象和预言，并膏至圣所。你当知道、当明白，从发出话重新建造耶路撒冷，直到有弥赛亚君的时候，必有七个七。（但以理书9:24，25）
诗篇：
我要使他的左手伸到海上，右手伸到河上。祂必向我呼叫，你是我的父，是我的神，是拯救我的磐石。我也要立祂为长子，高过世上的君王。我也要使祂的种存到永远，使祂的宝座如诸天的日子。（诗篇89:25-27，29）
又：
耶和华对我主说，你坐在我的右手边，等我使你仇敌作你的脚凳。耶和华必使你从锡安伸出能力的杖来，你要在你仇敌中间掌权。你是照着麦基洗德的等次永远为祭司。（诗篇110:1，2，4；马太福音22:44；路加福音20:42）
又：
我已经在锡安我的圣山膏立了我的君王。我要传圣旨：耶和华曾对我说，你是我的儿子，我今日生你。我将列族赐你为产业，将地极赐你为田产。当亲吻子，恐怕祂发怒，你们便在道中灭亡；凡投靠祂的，都是有福的。（诗篇2:6-8，12）
又：
你叫他比天使微小一点，并赐他荣耀尊贵为冠冕。你派他管理你手所造的，把万物都放在他的脚下。（诗篇8:5，6）
又：
耶和华啊，求你记念大卫，他怎样向耶和华起誓，向雅各的大能者许愿，我必不进我家的帐棚，也不上我的床榻。我不容我的眼睛睡觉，直等我为耶和华觅得地方，为雅各的大能者找到居所。看哪，我们听说祂在以法他，我们在森林的田野上找到祂。我们要进祂的居所，在祂脚凳前下拜。愿你的祭司披上公义，愿你的圣民欢呼。（诗篇132:1，7，9）
然而，此处引用的这些经文只是少数。
6. Here I may add some passages that speak openly of the Lord’s Coming, as follows:
The Lord himself is giving you a sign. Behold, a virgin will conceive and bear a son, and she will call his name “God with us.” (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:22-23)
A Child has been born to us; a Son has been given to us. Leadership will be upon his shoulder; and his name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, God, Hero, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace. There will be no end of the increase of his leadership and peace, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it in judgment and in justice from now on, even to eternity. (Isaiah 9:6-7)
A shoot will go forth from the trunk of Jesse, and a sprout from its roots will bear fruit. The spirit of Jehovah will rest upon him, a spirit of wisdom and intelligence, a spirit of counsel and strength. Justice will be a belt around his waist and truth a belt around his hips. Therefore it will happen on that day that the nations will seek the root of Jesse, the one who stands as a sign for the peoples, and glory will be his rest. (Isaiah 11:1-2, 5, 10)
Send the Lamb of the ruler of the earth from the rock by the wilderness to the mountain of the daughter of Zion. The throne has been established through mercy; he sits upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging and seeking a judgment, and hastening justice. (Isaiah 16:1, 5)
It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him to set us free. This is Jehovah; we have waited for him. Let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.” (Isaiah 25:9)
A voice of someone in the wilderness crying out, “Prepare a pathway for Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God. The glory of Jehovah will be revealed, and all flesh will see it together.” Behold, the Lord Jehovih is coming in strength, and his arm will rule for him. Behold, his reward is with him. Like a shepherd he will feed his flock. (Isaiah 40:3, 5, 10-11)
My chosen one, in whom my soul has pleasure: I, Jehovah, have called you in righteousness. I will make you a covenant for the people, a light for the nations, to open blind eyes, and to lead the captives out of prison and those who are sitting in darkness out of the house of confinement. I am Jehovah. This is my name; I will not give my glory to another. (Isaiah 42:1, 6-8)
Who has believed our word and to whom has the arm of Jehovah been revealed? He has no form: we have seen him, but he has no beauty. He bore our diseases and carried our sorrows. (Isaiah 53:1-12)
“Who is this who is coming from Edom, with spattered garments from Bozrah, approaching in the immensity of his strength?” “I who speak justice and have the power to save, because the day of vengeance is in my heart and the year of my redeemed has arrived.” Therefore he became their Savior. (Isaiah 63:1, 4, 8)
Behold, the days are coming in which I will raise up for David a righteous branch who will rule as king, and prosper, and bring about judgment and justice on earth. And this is his name: they will call him “Jehovah our Righteousness.” (Jeremiah 23:5-6; 33:15-16)
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Sound the trumpet, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you. He is righteous and having salvation. He will speak peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea and from the river even to the ends of the earth. (Zechariah 9:9-10)
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Zion! Behold, I am coming to dwell in your midst. Then many nations will be joined to Jehovah on that day and will become my people. (Zechariah 2:10-11)
As for you, Bethlehem Ephrata, as little as you are among the thousands of Judah, one will come forth from you for me who will become the ruler in Israel; his coming forth is from ancient times, from the days of eternity. He will stand firm and feed [his flock] in the strength of Jehovah. (Micah 5:2, 4)
Behold, I am sending my angel, who will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his Temple, the angel of the covenant whom you desire. Behold, he is coming. But who can bear the day of his coming? Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrifying day of Jehovah comes. (Malachi 3:1-2; 4:5)
I was watching, and behold, someone like the Son of Humanity was coming with the clouds of the heavens. To him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom; and all peoples, nations, and tongues will worship him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, one that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will not perish. All dominions will worship and obey him. (Daniel 7:13-14, 27)
Seventy weeks have been allotted for your people and your holy city to put an end to sinning, to seal the vision and the prophet, and to anoint the Most Holy. Know then and understand: from [the time] the word goes forth that Jerusalem must be restored and built until [the time of] Messiah the Leader will be seven weeks. (Daniel 9:24-25)
I will place his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers. He will cry out to me, “You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.” I will also make him the firstborn, high above the monarchs of the earth. I will make his seed endure to eternity and his throne as the days of the heavens. (Psalms 89:25-27, 29)
Jehovah said to my Lord: “Sit at my right until I make your enemies a stool for your feet. Jehovah will send the scepter of your strength from Zion, to rule in the midst of your enemies. You are a priest forever after the manner of Melchizedek.” (Psalms 110:1-2, 4; Matthew 22:44; Luke 20:42-43)
“I have anointed [him as] my king over Zion, which is my holy mountain.” “I will proclaim concerning the statute, ‘Jehovah has said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you. I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.”’” Kiss the Son or he will become angry and you will perish on the way. Blessed are all who trust in him. (Psalms 2:6-8, 12)
You have indeed made him lack little in comparison with angels, and have crowned him with glory and honor. You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have placed all things under his feet. (Psalms 8:5-6)
O Jehovah, be mindful of David, who swore to Jehovah, who vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob, “[God forbid] that I enter the tent of my home, go up to my bed, and grant sleep to my eyes, until I have found a place for Jehovah, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob. Behold, we have heard of him in Ephrata; we have found him in the fields of the forest. We will enter his dwelling and bow down at the stool for his feet. Let your priests be clothed with justice, and let your saints rejoice.” (Psalms 132:1-9)
But the passages cited here are only a few.
6. To the above let me add here some passages that speak more openly of the Lord’s advent:
...the Lord Himself gives you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name “God-with-us.” (Isaiah 7:14, cf. Matthew 1:22-23)
...unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; the government will be upon His shoulder. And He will call His name Wonderful, Counselor, God, Hero, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to...establish it with judgment and righteousness, from now on and even to eternity. (Isaiah 9:6-7)
There shall come forth a rod from the stem of Jesse, and a shoot from his roots shall bear fruit. The spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon Him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might.... Righteousness shall be the girdle of His loins, and truth the girdle of His thighs.... It shall come to pass in that day that the gentiles shall seek the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a banner to the people; and His resting place shall be glorious. (Isaiah 11:1-2, 5, 10)
Send the lamb to the ruler of the land, from Petra toward the wilderness, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.... By mercy the throne has been made secure; and One sits upon it in truth, in the tabernacle of David, judging and seeking justice and hastening righteousness. (Isaiah 16:1, 5)
It will be said in that day: “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for Him to save us. This is Jehovah, whom we have waited for; we will rejoice and be glad in His salvation.” (Isaiah 25:9)
The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of Jehovah; make plain in the solitude a highway for our God.... The glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.... Behold, the Lord Jehovih shall come in strength, and His arm shall rule for Him; behold, His reward is with Him.... He will feed His flock like a shepherd. (Isaiah 40:3, 5, 10-11)
My elect one, in whom My soul has good pleasure.... I, Jehovah, have called You in righteousness, and...I will...give You as a covenant to the people, as a light to the gentiles, to open blind eyes, to bring out the bound from prison, those who sit in darkness from the prison house. I am Jehovah, that is My name; My glory I do not give to another.... (Isaiah 42:1, 6-8)
Who has believed our word? and on whom has the arm of Jehovah been revealed? ...He has no form...; we have seen Him, but there is no beauty.... ...He bore our infirmities and carried our sorrows. (Isaiah 53:1-2, 4-12)
Who is this who comes from Edom, with red dyed garments from Bozrah..., traveling in the greatness of His strength? “I who speak in righteousness, great to save.... For the day of vengeance is in My heart, and the year of My redeemed has come....” ...So He became their Savior. (Isaiah 63:1-8)
[2] Behold, the days are coming...when I will raise up to David an offshoot of righteousness, who shall reign as king and prosper, and bring about judgment and righteousness on the earth.... And this is His name that people will call Him, Jehovah Our Righteousness. (Jeremiah 23:5-6, cf. 33:15-16)
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Sound the trumpet, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and saved.... He shall speak peace to the nations; His dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. (Zechariah 9:9-10)
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Zion! ...behold, I am coming, to dwell in your midst.... Many nations shall cleave to Jehovah in that day, and they shall become My people. (Zechariah 2:10-11)
You, Bethlehem Ephratah, little it is that you are among the thousands of Judah; out of you shall come forth to Me the One who will be ruler in Israel, and whose goings forth are from of old, from days of eternity.... He shall stand and feed His flock in the strength of Jehovah.... (Micah 5:2, 4)
Behold, I am sending My angel, who will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple, and the angel of the covenant, whom you have longed for, behold he is coming.... Who can endure the day of His coming? ...Behold, I am sending you Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of Jehovah. (Malachi 3:1-2, 4:5)
I was watching...and behold, coming with the clouds of heaven was one like the Son of man.... To Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, and all peoples, nations, and languages will worship Him. His dominion is the dominion of an age, which will not pass away, and His kingdom one that will not perish.... And all dominions will worship Him and obey Him. (Daniel 7:13-14, 27)
Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and for your holy city, to finish the transgression..., and to seal up vision and prophet, and to anoint the holy of holies. Know therefore and perceive, that from the going forth of the word to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince, there shall be seven weeks.... (Daniel 9:24-25)
[3] I will set His hand upon the sea, and His right hand upon the rivers. He will cry to Me, “You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.” Also I will make him My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.... His seed I will make to endure to eternity, and his throne as the days of heaven. (Psalms 89:25-27, 29)
Jehovah said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, till I have made Your enemies Your footstool.” Jehovah shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of Your enemies! ...“You are a priest to eternity, according to the order of Melchizedek.” (Psalms 110:1-2, 4, cf. Matthew 22:44, Luke 20:41-43)
I have anointed My King on Zion, My holy mountain. I will declare the decree: Jehovah has said to Me, “You are My Son, today I have begotten You. ...I will give You the nations as Your inheritance, and the ends of the earth as Your possession.... Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, lest you perish in the way.... Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him. (Psalms 2:6-8, 12)
You have made Him indeed a little less than the angels, but You have crowned Him with glory and honor. You have made Him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under His feet. (Psalms 8:5-6)
Remember, O Jehovah, David..., who swore to Jehovah and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: “If I enter into the shelter of my house, if I go up to the couch of my pallet, if I give sleep to my eyes...until I find a place for Jehovah, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.” Behold, we heard of Him in Ephrathah; we found Him in the fields of the forest. We will enter into His dwelling place, we will bow ourselves at His footstool.... Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and let Your saints rejoice. (Psalms 132:1-9)
The passages cited here are but a few of them.
6. To these passages may be added some others which speak more openly of the Coming of the Lord, as the following:
The Lord Himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son, and shall call His name "God with us" (A.V. Immanuel). Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:22-23.
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 God, Hero (A.V. 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 establish it with judgment and with justice, from henceforth even for ever. Isaiah 9:6-7.
There shall come forth a Rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
And the spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon Him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might.
Righteousness shall be the girdle of His loins, and truth the girdle of His reins.
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand as an ensign of the peoples; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and His rest shall be glorious. Isaiah 11:1-2, 5, 10.
Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from the rock to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
And in mercy is the throne established: and He shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness. Isaiah 16:1, 5.
It shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us: this is Jehovah; we have waited for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation. Isaiah 25:9.
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
For the glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.
Behold, the Lord Jehovih will come with strong hand, and His arm shall rule for Him ... behold, His reward is with Him.
He shall feed His flock like a shepherd. Isaiah 40:3, 5, 10-11.
... Mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth.
I Jehovah have called thee in righteousness ... and will give thee for a covenant to the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoner from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
I am Jehovah; that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another. Isaiah 42:1, 6-8.
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of Jehovah revealed?
He hath no form ... and when we shall see Him, there is no beauty.
Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. Isaiah 53:1-2, 4, and to the end.
Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozra? ... travelling in the greatness of His strength? I that speak in righteousness mighty to save.
For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
So He was their Saviour. Isaiah 63:1, 4, 8.
Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, who shall reign a King and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth ...
And this is His name whereby He shall be called, Jehovah our Righteousness. Jeremiah 23:5-6; 33:15-16.
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy King cometh unto thee: He is just, and having salvation ...
He shall speak peace unto the nations; and His dominion shall be from sea unto sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth. Zechariah 9:9-10.
Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee ...
Then many nations shall be joined to Jehovah in that day, and shall be my people. Zechariah 2:10-11.
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, 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 old, from the days of eternity.
And He shall stand and feed in the strength of Jehovah. Micah 5:2, 4.
Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he cometh ...
Who may abide the day of His Coming? Malachi 3:1-2.
Behold, I send you Elijah the prophet before the Coming of the great and dreadful day of Jehovah. Malachi 4:5.
I saw...and behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven.
And there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all peoples, and nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is the dominion of an age (saeculi), which shall not pass away, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
And all dominions shall serve and obey Him. Daniel 7:13-14, 27.
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, to consummate the transgression, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Holy of Holies.
Know, therefore, and perceive, that from the going forth of the word to restore and to build Jerusalem unto Messiah the Prince, shall be seven weeks. Daniel 9:24-25.
I will set His hand also in the sea, and His right hand in the rivers.
He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.
Also I will make Him my First-born, higher than the kings of the earth.
His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and His throne as the days of the heavens. Psalm 89:25-27, 29.
Jehovah said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Jehovah shall send the sceptre of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
... Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. Psalm 110:1-2, 4; Matthew 22:44; Luke 20:42.
I have anointed my King upon Zion, the hill of my holiness.
I will declare the decree: Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
... I shall give thee the nations for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and ye perish in the way...
Blessed are all they that put their trust in Him. Psalm 2:6-8, 12.
Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet. Psalm 8:5-6.
Jehovah, remember David ... how he sware unto Jehovah, and vowed unto the mighty One of Jacob; Surely I will not come into the tent of my house, nor go up upon the couch of my bed;
I will not give sleep to mine eyes ... until I find out a place for Jehovah, habitations for the mighty One of Jacob.
Lo, we heard of Him in Ephratah, we found Him in the fields of the wood.
We will go into His habitations; we will worship at His footstool ...
Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy. Psalm 132:1-9.
These passages, however, are but few compared with what might be adduced.
6. To these passages may be added some which speak of the Lord's advent more openly:
The Lord Himself shall give you a sign: Behold a virgin shall conceive and hear a Son, and shall call His name GOD-WITH-US (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:22, 23).
Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall he upon His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, God, Hero, Father of eternity, 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 establish it in judgment and justice, from henceforth and even to eternity (Isaiah 9:6-7).
There shall come forth a Rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Shoot shall bear fruit out of his roots: and the spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon Him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might. Righteousness shall be the girdle of His loins, and truth the girdle of His reins. Therefore it shall come to pass in that day, that the Root of Jesse, which standeth for an ensign of the peoples, shall the nations seek, and His rest shall be glory (Isaiah 11:1-2, 5, 10).
Send ye the lamb of the ruler of the land, from the rock to the wilderness, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion. By mercy has the throne been established, and one shall sit upon it in truth, in the tabernacle of David, judging and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness (Isaiah 16:1, 5).
It shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him that He may save us: THIS IS JEHOVAH we have waited for Him, we will rejoice and be glad in His salvation (Isaiah 25:9).
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of JEHOVAH, make plain in the solitude a pathway for our God. For the glory of JEHOVAH shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. Behold, the LORD JEHOVIH will come in strength, and His arm shall rule for Him; behold, His reward is with Him. He shall feed His flock like a shepherd (Isaiah 40:3, 5, 10-11).
Mine elect, in whom My soul delighteth. I JEHOVAH have called Thee in righteousness, and I will give Thee for a covenant to the people, for a light to the nations, to open the blind eyes, to bring out the bound from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. I am JEHOVAH, this is My name, and My glory will I not give to another (Isaiah 42:1, 6-8).
Who hath believed our word, and to whom is the arm of Jehovah revealed? He hath no form; we have seen Him, but He hath no appearance. He hath borne our diseases, and carried our griefs (Isaiah 53:1, 2, 4, to end).
Who is this that cometh from Edom, with sprinkled garments from Bozrah, marching in the greatness [mulitudine] of His strength? I that speak in righteousness, great to save: for the day of vengeance is in Mine heart, and the year of My redeemed is come. So He became their Savior (Isaiah 63:1, 4, 8).
Behold, the days come that I will raise up to David a righteous offshoot, who shall reign a king, and shall prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth: and this is His name whereby they shall call Him, JEHOVAH OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS (Jeremiah 23:5, 6; 33:15, 16).
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion shout, O daughter of Jerusalem behold, thy King cometh unto thee, He is just and saved. 1He shall speak peace to the nations and His dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth (Zechariah 9:9, 10).
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Zion; lo, I come, that I may dwell in the midst of thee and many nations shall cleave to Jehovah in that day, and shall be My people (Zechariah 2:10, 11).
Thou Bethlehem Ephratah, little as thou art to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto Me that is to be Ruler in Israel, and whose goings forth are from of old, from the days of eternity. He shall stand and feed in the strength of JEHOVAH (Micah 5:2, 4).
Behold, I send Mine Angel, who shall prepare the way before Me, and the LORD whom ye seek shall suddenly come to His temple, even the Angel of the covenant, whom ye have desired; behold, He cometh but who shall abide the day of His coming? Behold, I send you Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and terrible day of Jehovah (Malachi 3:1, 2; 4:5).
I saw, and behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven; and there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages may worship Him: His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed; and all dominions shall worship Him, and obey Him (Daniel 7:13, 14, 27).
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, to consummate the transgression, and to seal up the vision and the prophecy, and to anoint the holy of holies. Know, therefore, and perceive, that from the going forth of the word to restore and build Jerusalem, unto Messiah the Prince, shall be seven weeks (Daniel 9:24, 25).
I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers: He shall cry unto Me, Thou art my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. I also will make him My firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. His seed also will I make to endure to eternity, and his throne as the days of the heavens (Psalm 89:2, 5-27, 29).
Jehovah said unto my Lord, Sit Thou at My right hand, until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool. Jehovah shall send the scepter of Thy strength out of Zion; rule Thou in the midst of Thine enemies. Thou art a priest to eternity after the manner of Melchizedek (Psalm 110:1-2, 4; Matthew 22:44; Luke 20:42).
I have anointed My king upon Zion, the mountain of My holiness; I will declare for a statute, Jehovah hath said unto Me, Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten Thee; I will give the nations for Thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for Thy possession. Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and ye perish from the way; blessed are all they that put their trust in Him (Psalm 2:6-8, 12).
Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, but hast crowned him with glory and honor; Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet (Psalm 8:5-6).
Jehovah, remember David, who sware unto Jehovah, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob, If I shall enter within the tent of my house, if I shall go up upon my couch, if I shall give sleep to mine eyes, until I find out a place for Jehovah, a habitation for the Mighty One of Jacob. Lo, we heard of Him at Ephratah, we found Him in the fields of the forest. We will enter into His tabernacles, we will bow at His footstool. Let Thy priests be clothed with righteousness, and let Thy saints shout for joy (Psalm 132:1, 7, 9).
The passages here adduced, however, are but few.
Footnotes:
1. In the Apocalypse Revealed 612, it is "Savior;" in the Apocalypse Explained 31-37, it is "just and saving;" but the Hebrew is "saved," as given here by Swedenborg. [Tr.]
6. His adjicere licet aliqua loca quae apertius de Adventu Domini loquuntur, quae sunt:-
"Dat Dominus Ipse vobis signum: Ecce virgo concipiet et pariet Filium, et vocabit nomen Ipsius Deus nobiscum" (Esaiam 7:14; Matthaeum 1:22-23).
"Puer natus est nobis, Filius datus est nobis, super cujus humero principatus: et vocabit nomen Ipsius, Mirabilis, Consiliarius, Deus, Heros, Pater aeternitatis, Princeps pacis. Multiplicanti principatum et pacem non erit finis, super throno Davidis, et super regno ejus, ad stabiliendum illud... in judicio et justitia, a nunc et usque in aeternum" (Esaiam 9:5-6 [NCBSP: 6-7]).
"Exibit virga de trunco Jischaji, et surculus e radicibus ejus fructum feret:.. quiescet super Eo spiritus Jehovae, spiritus sapientiae et intelligentiae, spiritus consilii et virtutis. ...Erit justitia cingulum lumborum Ejus, et veritas cingulum feminum Ejus. ...Fiet ergo in die illo, Radicem Jischaji, quae stans in signum populorum,... gentes quaerent: et erit quies Ejus gloria" (Esaiam 11:1-2, 5, 10).
"Mittite Agnum Dominatoris terrae de petra versus desertum, ad montem filiae Zionis. ...Firmatus est per misericordiam thronus, et sedit super eo in veritate in tabernaculo Davidis, judicans et quaerens judicium, et festinans justitiam" (Esaiam 16:1, 5).
"Dicetur in die illo, Ecce Deus noster Hic, quem exspectavimus ut liberet nos: Hic Jehovah, quem exspectavimus; exsultemus et laetemur in salute Ipsius" (Esaiam 25:9).
"Vox clamantis in deserto, Parate viam Jehovae, complanate in solitudine semitam Deo nostro. ...Revelabitur enim gloria Jehovae, et videbunt omnis caro simul. ...Ecce Dominus Jehovih in forti venit, et brachium Ipsius dominabitur Ipsi: ecce merces Ipsius cum Ipso. ...Sicut pastor gregem suum pascet" (Esaiam 40:3, 5, 10-11).
"Electus meus, in quo beneplacitum habet anima mea. ...Ego Jehovah vocavi Te in justitia,... et dabo Te in foedus populo, in lucem gentium; ad aperiendum oculos caecos, ad educendum e carcere vinctum, e domo claustri sedentes in tenebris Ego: Jehovah, hoc nomen meum, gloriam meam non alteri dabo" (Esaiam 42:1, 6-8).
"Quis credidit verbo nostro, et brachium Jehovae super quo revelatum est?... Non forma Ipsi,... vidimus Ipsum, sed non aspectus:... morbos nostros Ille tulit, et dolores nostros portavit" Esaiam 53 ad fin. (vers. 1-2, 4).
"Quis Hic qui venit ex Edom, conspersus vestes ex Bozra,... incedens in multitudine roboris sui?... Qui loquor in justitia, magnus ad salvandum:... nam dies vindictae in corde meo, et annus redemptorum meorum venit. ...Ideo factus est illis in Salvatorem" (Esaiam 63:1-8 (vers. 1, 4, 8)).
"Ecce dies venientes,... cum suscitabo Davidi germen justum, qui regnet Rex, et prosperetur, faciatque judicium et justitiam in terra:... et hoc nomen Ipsius quod vocabunt Ipsum, Jehovah Justitia nostra" (Jeremiam 23:5-6, 33:15-16).
"Exulta valde, filia Zionis; clange, filia Hierosolymae; ecce Rex tuus venit tibi, justus et servatus Ille:... loquetur pacem gentibus; dominari Ipsius a mari ad mare, et a flumine usque ad fines terrae" (Sachariam 9:9-10).
"Jubila et laetare, filia Zionis; ecce... Ego venio, ut habitem in medio tui...; tunc adhaerebunt gentes multae Jehovae in die illo, et erunt Mihi in populum" (Sachariam 2:14-15 [NCBSP: Sachariam 2:10-11]).
"Tu Bethlechem Ephrataea, parum est ut sis inter millenas Jehudae; ex te Mihi exibit, qui erit Dominator in Israele, et cujus exitus ab antiquo a diebus aeternitatis. ...Stabit et pascet in robore Jehovae" (Micham 5:1, 3).
"Ecce Ego mitto angelum meum, qui parabit viam ante Me, et subito veniet ad Templum suum Dominus, quem vos quaeritis, et Angelus foederis, quem vos desideratis, ecce venit:... quis sustinet diem adventus Ipsius?... Ecce Ego mitto vobis Eliam Prophetam, antequam venit dies Jehovae magnus et terribilis" (Malachiam 3:1-2, ).
"Vidi..., et ecce cum nubibus caelorum sicut Filius hominis veniens fuit Huic datum est dominium, et gloria, et regnum, et omnes populi, gentes et linguae Ipsum colent: dominium Ipsius dominium saeculi, quod non transibit, et regnum Ipsius, quod non peribit:... et omnia dominia colent Ipsum, et obedient Ipsi" (Danielem 7:13-14, 27).
"Septimanae septuaginta decisae sunt super populum tuum, et super urbem sanctitatis tuam, ad consummandum praevaricationem et ad obsignandum visionem et prophetam, et ad ungendum sanctum sanctorum. Scito ergo et percipito, ab exitu Verbi usque ad restituendum et ad aedificandum Hierosolymam, usque ad Messiam Principem, septimanae septem" (Danielem 9:24-25).
"Ponam in mari manum Ipsius, et in fluviis dextram Ipsius: Ille vocabit Me, Pater meus Tu, Deus meus, et Petra salutis meae. Etiam Ego primogenitum dabo Ipsum, altum regibus terrae. ...Ponam in aeternum semen Ipsius, et Thronum Ipsius sicut dies caelorum" (, 30).
"Dictum Jehovae ad Dominum meum, Sede ad dextram meam usque dum posuero inimicos tuos scabellum pedum tuorum. Sceptrum roboris Tui mittet Jehovah e Zione, dominare in medio inimicorum tuorum. ...Tu Sacerdos in aeternum juxta modum Malchizedechi" (Psalm 110:1-2, 4; Matthaeum 22:44; Lucam 20:42 1).
"Ego inunxi Regem meum super Zionem, montem sanctitatis meae: annuntiabo de statuto, Jehovah dixit ad Me, Filius meus Tu, Ego hodie genui Te... dabo gentes hereditatem tuam, et possessionem tuam fines terrae. ...Osculamini Filium ne irascatur, et 2pereatis in via;... beati omnes confidentes in Ipso" (Psalm 2:6-8, 12).
Carere quidem Ipsum fecisti paululum prae angelis; sed gloria et honore coronasti Ipsum; dominari fecisti Ipsum super opera manuum tuarum; omnia posuisti sub pedes Ipsius" (Psalm 8:6-7 3).
"Memento Jehovah Davidis, qui juravit Jehovae, vovit forti Jacobi; Si intravero intra tentorium domus meae, si ascendero super spondam strati mei, si dedero somnum oculis meis,... usque dum invenero locum Jehovae, habitacula forti Jacobi. Ecce audivimus de Eo in Ephrata, invenimus Eum in agris silvae: intrabimus in habitacula Ejus, incurvabimus nos scabello pedum Ejus:... sacerdotes tui induantur justitia; et sancti tui jubilent" (Psalm 132:1-9).
Sed haec pauca sunt quae allata.
Footnotes:
1. 42 pro "41"
2. et pro "ne;" vide Apocalypsis Explicata 684[b].
3. viii. pro "vii."