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128 HISTORY OF TEli: OLD TESTAMENT.
2. IIc furthennore endowed hirn with the gift of prophecy.
BC expresses in lofty and s11L1itnc langua.ge tho etcrnal rclntion
cxistitlg bet~vecn the 'tr'nther nlld the Son : (' Thou art
my son, this day have I Xlegottca thee." IIe fo~*c?~hows the
bouricllcss dolninion which was to bc tile i~zlieritnilce of the
Reiiccmcr, and the pcacef~ll charticier of his reign. I will
give Tlicc tho Gc~ltilcs fin Thy inheritance, ant1 tl~o utmost
parts of the earth for Thy possession. In His days shdl
justict? spring up, and tlthc abu~ldance of pt:ace,"'
3. Ile secs, in his proyhctic visions, thc Etbiopims falling
clown before the great Ruler, the Prince of Pence, ant1 beholtls
His eilcinies prostrate at His feet. He secs the kings of
Thersi~ anti of the Islsnds oflering I-Iim prescntn ; tllc 1ci1.1gs
of the Ai-abians and of S:tl,n bringing Him gifts. 1Ie Iorctells
tIla f~~turo crucifixion, with all the sorrowful scei~cs :md circuistxlzces
: "They have picrced my hands :tnd my feet,
thcy have numbcred all my bones ."
4. T11e gall and vinegar that were prescntecl to the Dirine
vicli~n suffering and (lying on the cross; tlre lnnce that
picrccd His most encrotl Iiunrt; tllc nails lhnt held IIi111 fastened
to the cross ; all thcscl ul+c ine~ltioned by Dnvjd in 11is
psdrn~. Death overcumc, thc gravo robber1 of its prey, the
earthquake thnt rent .the ~*oc:lis of Cillvary, ~ tthe l glory of
tlie resurrection, rnc1.e all xntl each familiar to the mind of
tl~e ropzl prophet.
5. Hc sees in the distant future the brightness of t l ascell- ~
sion. He calls upon thc eternal gates to be liftcd up, that the
trimnphsnt Conqueror of sin and death may ttnks possession
of 1Iis everlasting Bronc in henven. Dnvid, the progenitor,
or f'orcf;~ilicr of Jesus Christ,, ~vho is hinlself cal.llctl t11o Son
of Dnviil, was a figure of the Rcdeemcr by the place of his
birth, Hethlehcm, by the obscul.itj~
:t11cl lowliacss of his eady
years, by the victories ho obtained over the cllelllics of the
people of God, a11d also I)y his twofold character of king and
prophct.