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same events , and mutually explain each other ; as will appear from the folio wing particulars . The law that shall go forth out of Zion , and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem , m chap , ii ., may be considered as identical with the knowledge of the Lord that shall cover the earth , in chap . xi . The mountain of the Lord ' s house , chap , ii ., tnay be identified with the holy mountain , chap . xi . : and the judgments in both chapters correspond . The happy re- * suits , likewise , though so very differently expressed , may be considered as descrip- * tive of the same events . These striking coincidences , and others might be adduced , render it highly probable that , though placed asunder , and delivered in language very dissimilar , these prophecies are identical , and mutually explain and illustrate each other . Whether , when taken in connexion with other
prophecies concerning the Messiah ' s kingdom , they will bear the free paraphrase I am about to offer , I submit , with diffidence and deference , to the judgment of you and your intelligent readers . Isa . xi . 1—9 : In the last days , the Messiah shall come forth as a rod out of the stem of Je&se , and a branch shall grow from his roots , and the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him , the spirit of wisdom and understanding , tfie spirit of counsel and might , the spirit of knowledge , and
the fear of the Lord . These shall guide him , and make him of qvick understanding in the fear of the Lord . He shall no * judge according to the fallible judgment of men ; but with righteousness shall he judge the poor , and reprove with equity the meek of the earth ; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth , and
with the breath of Ms lips shall he slay the wicked . He shall judge among the uations , and shall rebuke many people ; and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares , and cease to learn war . For the law shall go forth out of Zion , and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem .
Living waters shall go forth out of Jerusalem , and at evening time it shall be light . The old sanguinary aud belligerent systems of government and of morahs , founded on Pagan principles , will be dissolved and succeeded by others more conformable to the will of God ; for in
that day Jehovah shall be king over all the earth . All the ' kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ , and he shall reign for ever and ever . And a voice of many waters shall be heard , . saying , The Lord God omnipotent reigneth . Old and er-
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roneous systems of religion shall « tfso be abolished ; uot only the worshippf idols , but the faise worship of Jehovah , uncle * different names ; a . species of worship which shall take place during ages of gross darkness—these aud all religious errors shall vanish in the evening time when it shall be light ; for in that day there shall be one Jehovah , and hi&nanae one .
Wonderful as it may appear , this , kuovvledge of the Lord will not only put a stop to national wars , but , striking at the root of all evil , will subdue those malevolent passions and lusts which predispose rneu to engage in war . Imbued with this knowledge of the Lord , and under the divine instruction of the Prince of Peace , nations and individuals , hitherto as . savage as the \ vo \ f , will lay aside their ferocity , and cease to devour those who are as harmless as the lumb .
To impress this upou you more strongly , I tell you , by another figure , that , at this happy period , those who liave hitherto , like the lordly leopard , delighted in shedding innocent blood , and in oppressing others , who , like the sportive kid , possess not the power either of offence or defence , will not only cease to oppress aud devour , but will become domesticated with those below them in rank , iu power , and in wealtli . The
proud and the humble , ttie strong and the feeble , the rich and the poor , the priest and the layuiau , the warrior and the peasant , will lay aside their mutual antipathies , and will form one united and happy society ; they will mingle , and live , and lie down together . A most perfect philanthropy and friendship will be established ; and , like the knowledge of the Lord , from whence it proceeds , it will cover the whole earth . Nation * and
individuals , though of habits as dissimilar as the cow and the bear , instead of plundering or making slaves of each other , will lay aside all eumity , and dwell together as one large family of brothers , having one common parent , even Jehovah .
Still more incredible as it may appear , in those last days , kings , or men who have ruled as despotically as lions among animals , will not only lay a' + ide their ferocious habits , but also those habits of luxury in which ( bey liave been accustomed to indulge , lunuenced by this divine knowledge of the Lord , M ^ utiunnt ^ of universal benevolence will baui » li the
love of sensual gratifications ; and not only subjects , but kings and nripew , will become ** temperate in all thiugH , " aud be satisfied with the bin ) pic food that ,
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Miscellaneous Correspondence . 271
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1830, page 271, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2583/page/55/
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