THE HOPE OF ISRAEL - The Preterist Archive

The Hope of Israel: What Is It? 99
tered," as having their fulfilment on the eve of His
crucifixion (Matt. 26:31)". That same passage, moreover,
begins with the words, "In that day there shall
be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the
inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and uncleanness"
(13:1); which surely is, as it has been always esteemed,
a most precious gospel promise. It follows
that "the house of David" is a symbol for the royal
house, that is for Christ and those whom "He is not
ashamed to call brethren" (Heb. 2:11, 12); "Whose
house are we" (jHeb. 4:6); Christ being the true
"David."
There is a striking correspondence here with the
words of John in the Apocalypse:
"Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in
His own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God"
(Rev. 1:6, 6).
For observe that here we have the reigning house
("kings and priests," answering to "the house of
David") ; and these are "washed in His own blood,"
which answers to the promised fountain for cleansing
from sin and from uncleanness, (See also 1 Pet. 2 :9)
.
And of course "the inhabitants of Jerusalem" are those
who now "are come to Mount Sion, and to the city of
the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem" (Heb. 12:22),
"the Jerusalem which is above, which is the mother
of us all" (Gal. 4:26).
Observe too that in the immediate context we find
the prediction, "And they shall look upon me, whom
they have pierced." The sense of this passage is clearer
when we read "look unto Me," instead of "look upon
Me." For the same expression occurs in Isaiah 45 :22,