Essays on physiognomy : designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / written in the German language by John Caspar Lavater ; and translated into English by Thomas Holcroft ; to which are added, One hundred physiognomonical rules, a posthumous work by Mr. Lavater ; and memoirs of the life of the author, compiled principally from the life of Lavater, by G. Gessner.

  • Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801.
Date:
1848
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    yes, he tells the Jews the Messiah will immediately come, and his kingdom be ofiered to the nation—and had the Jews then accepted the Messiah, his kingdom would have immediately commenced. But how was it possible that the Messiah should be rejected, cru- cified, and put to death, and at the same time erect his kingdom on earth? The former of these, however, must take place to fulfil those prophecies which foretel the sufferings and death of Christ; the latter, there- fore, could not be at the same time. This seems, in- deed, to be contrary to the prophecies, which do not appear to be fulfilled by the coming and fate of Jesus of Nazareth. And, in fact, were this his first coming the only one, the greater part of the prophecies would remain unfulfilled. But let us see how the apostles explain this enigma.—They teach us there is a double coming of the Messiah; the first that which has taken place, and is the fulfilment of those prophecies which speak of the suff'erings of the Messiah; and the second, which is still future, and will fulfil the other prophecies, which speak of his kingdom.—We now have a light to guide us.—All the passages of the New Testament, which relate to the second coming of the Messiah, serve to prove that by his first coming only a part of the prophecies relative to him are fulfilled. Such was the general opinion of the primitive fathers of the church with respect to the kingdom of the Messiah, as evidently appears from their writings. When a Jew objects-the Messiah, according to the account of the Christians, is already come, and yet his kingdom