The Theological and Literary Journal (Volume 10) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858. Excerpt: ... of Jehovah, in the most vivid colors, and asserted his rights and determination to maintain them; and on the other, contrasted with him the nothingness of the gods of the heathen, and predicted the overthrow of their worshippers, Egypt, Edom, Moab, Assyria, Babylon, and all the other kingdoms that were to enslave the Israelites; foreshowed the preservation of the latter, as a distinct people amidst the wreck of their enemies; proclaimed the re-establishment and perpetuity of the throne of David; revealed the birth in his line of the Messiah, his death as an expiation, and his assumption at length of the sceptre of Israel; and drew, in living forms, the righteousness and wisdom of his reign, the glory to which the chosen people are to be exalted, the conversion of the Gentiles, and the transformation of the world under his sceptre into a paradise of holiness and blisa through eternal years. He was thus employed to present such a disclosure as was needful of the great measures God was to pursue through a long train of ages towards the Israelites; and the peculiar faculties with which he was endowed were made the means of giving the revelations the form, and investing them with the hues by which they were best adapted to engage their interest, convince their reason, and sustain their faith. We shall resume the subject in our next number. Art. II.--Notes Ok Sceiftube. We interrupt our notes for the purpose of introducing a short harmony of the chapters upon which we are now to enter. There is considerable difficulty in determining with certainty the order in which the various events recorded occurred. The difficulty arises chiefly from the fact that each evangelist omits the minor circumstances of the events which he narrates, and especially to record with pa...