Evidence of the truth of the Christian religion, derived from the literal fulfilment of prophecy; particularly as illustrated by the history of the Jews, and by the discoveries of recent travellers / [Alexander Keith].

  • Keith, Alexander, 1791-1880
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1838
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Credit: Evidence of the truth of the Christian religion, derived from the literal fulfilment of prophecy; particularly as illustrated by the history of the Jews, and by the discoveries of recent travellers / [Alexander Keith]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    25 descriptive of the kingdom of the Messiah, of the calling of the Gentiles, and of the restoration of Israel. 1 he same fact is predicted in many passages of the prophecies Thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee.—I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, I hy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Behold the days come saith the Lord, that I will raise ’unto David a righteous branch, and a king shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth—I his is his name whereby he shall be called, the Lord our righteousness.” 1 The place of the birth of the Messiah is thus clearlv fore- tol(J.:~‘' ihou Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth, unto me,” or, as the He- brew word implies,’2 shall he be born, “ that is to be rider in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” 3—That all these pre- dictions were fulfilled in Jesus Christ; that he was of that country tribe and family, of the house and lineage of David, and born in Bethlehem,—we have the fullest evidence in the testimony of all the evan- gelists ; in two distinct accounts of the genealogies, (by natural and legal succession,) which, accord- ing to the custom of the Jews, were carefully pre- • served ; in the acquiescence of the enemies of Christ to the truth of the fact, against which there is not a single surmise in history ; and in the appeal made by some of the earliest of the Christian writers to the records of the census, taken at the very time of our Saviour’s birth by order of Ctesar.* Here, 1 2 Sam. vii. 16. Psal. lxxxix. 3, 4. Jer. xxiii. 5, 6. Gren. x. 14; xvn. C. 2 Sam. vii. 12, &c. 3 Micah v. 2. ; Justin Mart. Ap i. p. 55, ed. Thirl. Tort, in Mar. iv. 19, p. i cd. Pans. Barrow. 9 c