The Coming of Christ
by E.A. Wallis Budge, [1932]
The belief of ABRAHAM
Thou dost not understand that they were justified by faith—ABRAHAM, and DAVID and all the Prophets, one after the other, who prophesied concerning the coming of the Son of God. And Abraham said, “Wilt Thou in my days, O Lord, cast Thy word upon the ground?” And God said unto him, “By no means. His time hath not yet come, but I will shew thee a similitude of His coming. Get thee over the JORDAN, and dip thyself in the water as thou goest over, and arrive at the city of SÂLÊM, where thou shalt meet MELCHIZEDEK, and I will command him to show thee the sign and similitude of Him.” And ABRAHAM did this and he found MELCHIZEDEK, and he gave him the mystery of the bread and wine, that same which is celebrated in our Passover for our salvation through our Lord JESUS CHRIST. This was the desire and the joy of ABRAHAM as he went round the altar which MELCHIZEDEK had made, carrying branch and palm on the day of the Sabbath. See how he rejoiced in his belief, and see how he was justified by his belief, O blind JEW, who though having eyes seest not, and having ears hearest not, even as the Prophet Isaiah saith concerning you, “Their eyes are blind, and their hearts are covered with darkness, so that they may not understand and God may not show compassion unto them.”
The Coming of CHRIST
And now hearken how each one of them hath prophesied concerning Him, [for the narrative] is pleasant to hear. Isaiah the Prophet prophesied concerning His coming and said, “A Son is born unto us. A Child is given unto us. Dominion is written upon His shoulder. He is God, strong in the rule, King, great Counsellor is His name.” Now the meaning of this is manifest: the Son of God is born, Whose sovereignty was written down before the world was, and He is wiser than anyone else: [this is what] he saith unto thee. And again Isaiah prophesied and said, “Behold My Servant Whom I have chosen, on Whom is the delight of My soul, and the nations shall put their confidence in Him.”And these words give us to understand that Christ is the Spirit of God, the Word of the Father Who put on our flesh and was born for us: and the peoples of RÔMÊ and ETHIOPIA and all other nations have believed in Him. And he spake unto the people of Israel, and again he prophesied, saying, “Many shall follow after Thee with their loins girded up, and their backs bound with fetters, and they shall pray to Thee and worship Thee, for thou art God, and we have not recognized Thee.” Now this he spake concerning the martyrs, and those who became monks in the desert and solitary monks, whose hearts were fettered with His commandment, and who prayed to Him, meaning that reward was meet for both the martyrs and the solitary monks. “And we did not recognize Thee”: ISRAEL made itself blind, and crucified Him, and refused to walk in His righteousness. And again Isaiah prophesied and said, “God shall come, and the heathen shall put their trust in Him and shall know Him” this meaneth that CHRIST shall come, and the JEWS shall reject Him, but the heathen shall believe in Him.
Again he prophesied and said, “Be strong ye weak hands and tired knees and rejoice ye hearts that are cast down, for God hath come, Who shall requite our debt, and save us. And He shall open the eyes of the blind, and He shall make the ears of the deaf to hear, and the feet that are lame shall run, and the tongues of the dumb shall speak.” These words are spoken in respect of those who err in worshipping idols, and those who are dead in sin, and those whose hearts are darkened, and of you who do not know that God created you. Rejoice ye this day: He hath come Who will redeem the sin of ADAM, and make ADAM’S debt His own. He was crucified being sinless. He hath killed Death by means of His own death, and the blind see, and the lame walk, and the deaf hear, and the dumb speak unhaltingly, and besides all these things the dead are raised. This is the meaning of this prophecy.
Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, “God shall come in visible form, and our God will not keep silence.”
Thus Jeremiah prophesied and said, “God shall come down upon the earth, and shall walk about with men like us.”
Thus Ezekiel the Prophet prophesied and said, “I, your God will come, and I will walk about among them, and they shall know Me that I am their God.”
Thus David prophesied and said, “Blessed is He Who cometh in the name of God: we have blessed you in the Name of the Lord.”
Thus HABAKKUK prophesied and said, “God shall come from the South and the Holy One from Mount FÂRÂN and from the cities of JUDAH.”
Thus Elijah the Prophet prophesied and said, “With a new covenant shall God come unto us.”
Thus JOEL the Prophet prophesied and said, “The heavenly EMMANUEL shall come and shall deliver the work which He hath fashioned with His own hand from the hand of the Devil, the deceiver, and his devils which lead astray.”
Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, “The God of gods shall show Himself in ZION.
The people say out of ZION, A man is born therein, and He the Highest hath founded it.”
Thus, Solomon, his son prophesied and said, “Verily God shall be with men, and He shall walk about upon the earth.”
Thus his father David prophesied and said, “He shall come down like the dew upon wool, and like the drop which droppeth upon the earth, and righteousness shall spring into being in his days.”
Thus, Solomon, his son prophesied and said, “A Saviour shall be born out of ZION, and He shall remove sin from JACOB.”
Thus HOSEA the Prophet prophesied and said, “I will come to thee, O ZION, and I will walk about in thee, JERUSALEM, saith God, the Holy One of Israel.”
Thus MICAH the Prophet prophesied and said, “The Word of God shall appear in JERUSALEM, and the Law shall go forth from ZION.”
Thus HOSEA the Prophet prophesied and said, “God shall appear upon the earth, and shall dwell with men like us.”
Thus Jeremiah the Prophet prophesied and said, “A savior shall be sent from ZION, and He shall remove sin from the people of Israel.”
Thus MICAH the Prophet prophesied and said, “God shall come from the heavens and dwell in His temple (or, citadel).”
Thus ZECHARIAH the Prophet prophesied and said, “Rejoice, O daughter of ZION! Behold, I am alive, and I will dwell in thee, saith God, the Holy One of Israel.”
Thus MICAH the Prophet prophesied and said, “Behold, God shall come, and shall shine upon those who fear Him; Sun of righteousness is His Name.”
Thus HOSEA the Prophet prophesied and said, “God shall come upon thee, JERUSALEM, and shall appear in the midst of thee.”
Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, “And He shall live, and they shall give Him of the gold of Arabia, and they shall pray for Him continually, and He shall be the stay of all the earth upon the tops of the mountains.”
Thus JOB the just prophesied and said, “God shall walk about upon the earth, and He shall travel over the sea as upon the dry land.”
Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, “He bowed the heavens and came down.”
Thus Isaiah the Prophet prophesied and said, “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and shall bring forth a Son, and she shall call His name EMMANUEL.”
Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, “I brought Thee forth from the womb before the start of the morning.” And again he said, “God said unto me: Thou art my Son, and I have this day brought Thee forth.”
Thus GIDEON prophesied and said, “Behold, He shall come down like dew upon the earth.”
Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, “God looked down from heaven upon the children of men and from the temple of His sanctuary.”
Thus Moses the Prophet prophesied and said, “And all the children of God shall say: He is strong, for He avengeth the blood of His sons.”
Thus David prophesied and said, “And there will I make a horn to DAVID to rise up, and I will prepare a lamp for Mine Anointed, and I will clothe His enemies with shame, and in Him shall My holiness flourish.”
Thus HOSEA the Prophet prophesied and said, “Fear not, for Thou shalt not be put to shame. And be not dismayed because of Thy praise.” And again he said, “Hearken unto Me, hearken unto Me, My people, for My judgment (or, justice) is right. I will come and I will dwell with you, and the nations shall put their trust in My light; for the nations shall be the loved ones of CHRIST.”
Thus DAVID the Prophet said, “A people whom I do not know shall serve Me; at the mere hearing of the ear they shall answer Me.” And to the JEWS he said, “The children of the stranger have been false to me, the children of the stranger have become old and have traveled haltingly on their path. God liveth, and blessed [is] my God.” When he saith unto thee, “God liveth,” he speaketh of His Godhead, and when he saith unto thee “and blessed [is] my God,” he speaketh concerning His putting on the flesh. And again he speaketh concerning His putting on the flesh in ISAIAH the Prophet, saying, “Who is this glorious One who cometh forth from EDOM, ADÔNÂI, Who came down from heaven, and put on the things of BASÔR, glorious in majesty?” When he saith “glorious” he referreth to His sweet odour; and when he saith “ADÔNÂI,” he meaneth the Word of the Father Who was before the world, the Son of God; when he saith “He put on the things of BASÔR, the glorious in majesty,” he indicateth clearly the body of ADAM.
Thus David the Prophet prophesied saying concerning Christian folk, “Declare ye to the nations that God is King, and that He hath made fast the world so that it shall never be moved.” And he also prophesied concerning His coming to the nations, and said, “Before the face of God shall He come, He shall come and shall judge the earth, and He shall judge the world in righteousness, and the nations with justice.”Thus Isaiah/ the Prophet prophesied and said, “The Lord of hosts hath planned to destroy the contumely of the nations, and He shall bring to nothing the nobles and the mighty ones of the earth.” And continuing his prophecy he said, “He shall come and shall build His house, and He shall deliver His people.
He added other words, saying, “And at that time there shall spring from the root of JESSE One Who shall be set over the nations, and the nations shall put their trust in Him, and the place where He shall abide shall be glorious forever.”Thus David prophesied, and said, “Sing ye unto God Who dwelleth in ZION, and declare ye to the nation His work.” Thus Solomon his son prophesied and spake concerning our Saviour EMMANUEL, the Sun of righteousness, “He brought Me forth before the hills, and before He made the lands and set them in order, and founded Me before the world; before He made the earth, and before He made the abysses, and before the waterfloods came forth, and the beauty of the flowers appeared, and before the winds blew, God created His work before His face, and I existed conjointly with My Father.”
Thus his father David prophesied and said, “His name was before the sun, and before the moon, generation to generation.”
Thus his son SOLOMON prophesied and said, “When He made strong the firmament above the clouds, and when He set in position the walls of the boundaries of the heavens, and when He set the sea in its appointed place, and before He founded His throne above the winds, and when He made strong the foundations of the earth, I existed conjointly with Him. I was that wherein He rejoiced continually, and day by day, and I exulted with Him at all times before His face.”
Thus JOB the Prophet prophesied and said, “The face of my God is in the East, and His light is before [that of] the sun, and the nations put their trust in His Name.”
Thus Isaiah the Prophet prophesied and said, “Remember ye not the things of the past, and think not about the things of olden time; behold, I will make a new thing, which shall now spring up, so that ye may know that I make a road through the desert and water floods in the wilderness; and the beasts of the field shall follow after Me, and the young birds, and the ostriches. For I have given water in the desert and made streams of water to flow in the wilderness, so that I may give drink to My people and to My chosen ones whom I have gotten, so that they may declare My glory, and perform My commandment.”
Thus SOLOMON prophesied and said, “Who hath gone up into heaven and come down? And who hath gathered together the winds in his bosom? And who hath collected the waters in his garment? And who hath measured the waters of the sea in his hand and the heavens on the palm of his hand? And what is his name and what is the name of his son?”
Thus MICAH the Prophet prophesied and said unto the JEWS, “I have no pleasure in you, saith God Who ruleth all things. And I have no pleasure in your offerings, and I will accept no gift from your hands. For from the rising of the sun to the setting thereof shall My Name be praised among all peoples, and in all countries incense shall be offered up to my great Name among all peoples, saith Almighty God.”
Again MICAH the Prophet said, “A new covenant shall appear upon the mountain of God, and it shall be prepared upon the tops of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills, and people shall say, ‘Come ye, let us go up into the mountain of God.’ And many nations shall go thereto and shall say, ‘Come ye, let us go up into the mountain of God, and they shall declare unto us His way, and we will walk therein.'”
Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, “Hearken unto Me, O My people, and I will speak unto thee, ISRAEL, and will bring testimony to thee; I am God, thy God.”
Thus Moses the Prophet prophesied and said concerning the Trinity, “Hear, O Israel, the Lord thy God is One.” And this is to be explained thus: Father, and Son, and Holy Spirit are One God, Whose kingdom is one, Whose dominion is one, and as One man shall worship Them in the heavens and in the earth, in the sea and in the abysses. And to Him be praise forever and ever! Amen.
His entrance into JERUSALEM in Glory
The Prophets have prophesied concerning His glorious entry into Jerusalem the Prophet said, “Shine thou, shine thou, JERUSALEM, thy light hath come and the glory of God hath risen upon thee.”
Thus the Prophet ZECHARIAH prophesied and said, “Rejoice, rejoice, daughter of ZION, and let JERUSALEM shout for joy.”
Thus David prophesied and said, “Out of the mouth of children and babes Thou hast prepared praise because of the enemy, so that Thou mightest overthrow the enemy and the avenger.”
Thus SOLOMON prophesied and said, “The children are taught by God, and the peoples rejoice within thee.”
Thus DAVID his father prophesied and said, “Blow ye the horn in ZION, on the day of the new moon, on the appointed day of our festival, for it is an ordinance for Israel.”
Thus EZRA Israelribe prophesied and said, “Get ye out, make ye a festival in gladness, and say unto the daughter of ZION, Rejoice thou, behold thy King hath come.”
Thus Isaiah the Prophet prophesied and said, “Rejoice thou, JERUSALEM, rejoice thou. Behold, thy King hath come riding upon an ass. His reward is with Him, and His work is before His face.”
Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, “Blessed is He who cometh in the name of the Lord.”
JACOB the son of ISAAC prophesied and said, “JUDAH, thy brethren have praised thee. Thine hand is upon the back of thine enemy, and the children of thy mother shall worship thee. And the dominion shall not diminish from JUDAH, and the government shall not depart from his kin until he shall find Him Who hath been waited for, and Who is the Hope of the nations.” And he also prophesied and said, “His teeth are white as with snow, and His eyes are glad as with wine, and He shall wash His apparel in wine and His tunic in the blood of clusters of grapes.” And again he prophesied, saying, “Judah is a lion’s whelp; thou hast lain down, and thou hast slept; no one shall wake him up except him that hunteth until he findeth him; rise up from thy strong place.” And again Jacob blessed his son Judah, and said unto him, “There is a King who shall go forth from thee and shall wash His apparel in wine, and glorious is the place of rest of the Beloved”; now, by “Beloved” CHRIST is meant, and by “Messiah” CHRIST is meant, and JESUS meaneth “Saviour of the people”. Now the Prophets mention CHRIST under a secret name and they call Him “the Beloved”.
ISAIAH spake concerning His Ascension in his prophecy, saying, “On that day the Beloved shall come down from heaven, and shall choose for Himself twelve Apostles.” And again he said, “I have seen the ascension of the beloved Son to the seventh heaven, and the Angels and the Archangels receiving Him, He being very much higher than they.”
DAVID said, “The beloved is like the son of the unicorn”; and again he said, “And thine only one from the horns of the unicorn.” And again he said, “Let my horn be exalted like that of the unicorn.” “Horns” meaneth the kingdoms of the world; and “unicorn” meaneth He Who is over His kingdom Whom no one can resist, for He is the governor of kings; He destroyeth whom He will and He setteth up him whom He will. Even as David saith, “I will make thee rejoice more than those who are mighty through their horns, ” which meaneth, “Thou art nobler than the noble kings, and thou dost rejoice.”
HABAKKUK prophesied, saying, “Horns are in his hands, and he hath placed the beloved in the strength of his power,” which meaneth, “The palms of the hand, wherein the life of all is held, of the holder of the dominion of kings, are pierced with nails, which CHRIST, the beloved, hath endured in the strength of His might.”
The wickedness of the iniquitous JEWS
The Prophets prophesied concerning the wickedness of the JEWS. And DAVID said concerning it, “The man of violence hunteth iniquity to destroy himself.” And again he saith, “His sorrow shall return upon his head, and his iniquity upon his forehead” (or, skull).
Solomon his son prophesied and said, “The foolish man and the man of iniquity travel by paths that are not straight. He winketh with the eye, and tappeth with the foot, and he giveth a sign by movements of the fingers and motion of the lips, and his perverted heart meditateth evil at all times; a man who is like this will make to come tumult and murder, and the shedding of blood through double-dealing and he shall not escape the judgment.”
DAVID his father prophesied and said, “They brought forth against me the word of error; he who sleepeth shall he not awake? Shall then the man of my peace (i.e., my friend), whom I trusted, who ate my food, lift up his foot against me?”
Thus Isaiah the Prophet prophesied and said, “Woe be unto the man of iniquity who bringeth wrath.” And again he said, “Let them remove the sinner so that he may not see the glory of God.”
Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, “The sinner speaketh what will condemn him, and there is no fear of God before his eyes.”Thus, Solomon, his son prophesied and said, “The man of iniquity bringeth tumult to the city, and he willingly maketh to come destruction and beating, and calamity which cannot be healed, for he rejoiceth in everything which God hateth.”
Prophesied MOSES the Prophet and said, “God wisheth not to forgive him but rather to increase vengeance upon him; and He will make punishments to rest upon him, and the curse which is written in this book shall come upon him, and his name shall be blotted out from under heaven.”
David the Prophet prophesied and said, “His heart is ready for slaughter; he preferreth cursing and it shall come to him; he refuseth blessing and it shall be far from him.”
JEREMIAH the Prophet prophesied concerning him and said, “The man of iniquity shall be destroyed because of the love of money, and he looketh upon darkness because of his fraud.”
JOB prophesied and said concerning him, “His Creator will destroy his fair work, and his root shall dry up under him, and his flower shall be beaten down upon him, and his memorial shall be blotted out from the earth, and his name shall be cast far away, and men shall remove him into the darkness so that he may not see the light, and the house of the man of iniquity shall be blotted out.”
Hosea prophesied and said concerning him, “Hearken unto me, O children of Israel, for there is no righteousness, and no mercy, and no fear of God in his heart, but falsehood, and theft, and murder, and fornication.”
David the Prophet prophesied and said, “SATAN standeth at his right hand”; and again he said, “Let another take his office.”
Moses cursed in the Law and said, “Cursed be every one who taketh bribes to slay innocent blood; and all the people said, Amen. And Amen.”
HABAKKUK the Prophet prophesied and said, “The governor maketh [men] wise concerning this perversion of the Law, and no right judgment cometh forth; for the sinner corrupteth the righteous man, and therefore a perverted judgment cometh forth.”
Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, “The sinner seeth and becometh wrathful, and he gnasheth with his teeth and is dissolved.”
Thus, Solomon, his son prophesied and said, “A false balance is a hateful thing to God.”
Thus Jeremiah prophesied and said concerning JUDAH, “My hire is ready (or, weighed) for me—thirty [pieces of] silver.”
His Crucifixion
The Prophets also prophesied concerning the Crucifixion of Christ.
Thus MOSMoseshe servant of God prophesied and said, “Ye shall see your salvation crucified upon the wood, and shall not believe.”
Thus David prophesied and said, “Many dogs have seized Me; and they drove nails through My hands and My feet; and they counted all My bones; though they knew Me they despised Me, and they divided My garments among themselves, and they cast lots for My apparel.”
Thus Isaiah prophesied concerning the Incarnation and Crucifixion of Christ, and said, “Who believeth our word, and to who is the arm of the Lord revealed? And we spake like a child before Him: and He is like a root in the parched ground, He hath no beauty and no form, and His form is more rejected and abused than [that of] any man. He is a broken man and a man of suffering; for He hath turned away His face, and they treat Him with contempt and esteem Him as nothing.”
Thus SOLOMON prophesied and said, “Let us kill the righteous man, for he is a burden unto us; he setteth himself up against our works, he resisteth our intentions continually, and we are an abomination unto him because of our sins.” And he continued, saying, “My son, let not wicked men lead thee astray; if they say unto thee, ‘Come with us, be a partner with us, let us hide innocent blood and take plunder from him; and let there be one purse common to us all’: withdraw thyself from their footsteps, for let it was not through thee that the birds find the net.
Thus DAVDavidophesied and said, “They cast gall into My meat, and they gave Me vinegar to drink to [quench] My thirst.”
Thus prophesied ISAIAH the Prophet and said, “He hath taken our disease and carried our sickness, and by His wound we are healed, and we saw Him suffering, and wounded in his pain, and He opened not His mouth in His pain, and He came to be slaughtered; like a lamb before his shearer He opened not His mouth in His suffering until they took away His life; and they knew not His birth; through the sin of My people have I come even unto death.”
Thus Jeremiah the Prophet prophesied and said, “And they took the price of the honorable one thirty [pieces of] silver, whom they had honored among the children of Israel. And God said unto me, Cast it into the melting pot, and test it [and see] if it is pure; and they gave it for the field of the potter; as God hath commanded me I will speak.”
Thus Isaiah the Prophet prophesied and said, “They counted Him with the sinners, and brought Him to death.”
Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, “Those who hate Me wrongfully are many, and they have rewarded Me with evil for good.”
Thus ZECHARIAH the Prophet prophesied and said, “And they shall look upon Him Whom they have crucified and pierced.”
There are still very many passages which have been written and many prophecies which might be mentioned concerning His coming, and His Crucifixion, and His death, and His Resurrection, and His second coming in glory. But we have only mentioned a few of the prophecies of the prophets—we have mentioned one of each kind—so that ye may hear, and believe, and understand, even as it is said in the Acts of the Apostles, “By the Gospel Thou hast guided us, and by the Prophets Thou hast comforted us; for the words of the Prophets make right the faith of those who doubt.”
by E.A. Wallis Budge, [1932]
The belief of ABRAHAM
Thou dost not understand that they were justified by faith—ABRAHAM, and DAVID and all the Prophets, one after the other, who prophesied concerning the coming of the Son of God. And Abraham said, “Wilt Thou in my days, O Lord, cast Thy word upon the ground?” And God said unto him, “By no means. His time hath not yet come, but I will shew thee a similitude of His coming. Get thee over the JORDAN, and dip thyself in the water as thou goest over, and arrive at the city of SÂLÊM, where thou shalt meet MELCHIZEDEK, and I will command him to show thee the sign and similitude of Him.” And ABRAHAM did this and he found MELCHIZEDEK, and he gave him the mystery of the bread and wine, that same which is celebrated in our Passover for our salvation through our Lord JESUS CHRIST. This was the desire and the joy of ABRAHAM as he went round the altar which MELCHIZEDEK had made, carrying branch and palm on the day of the Sabbath. See how he rejoiced in his belief, and see how he was justified by his belief, O blind JEW, who though having eyes seest not, and having ears hearest not, even as the Prophet Isaiah saith concerning you, “Their eyes are blind, and their hearts are covered with darkness, so that they may not understand and God may not show compassion unto them.”
The Coming of CHRIST
And now hearken how each one of them hath prophesied concerning Him, [for the narrative] is pleasant to hear. Isaiah the Prophet prophesied concerning His coming and said, “A Son is born unto us. A Child is given unto us. Dominion is written upon His shoulder. He is God, strong in the rule, King, great Counsellor is His name.” Now the meaning of this is manifest: the Son of God is born, Whose sovereignty was written down before the world was, and He is wiser than anyone else: [this is what] he saith unto thee. And again Isaiah prophesied and said, “Behold My Servant Whom I have chosen, on Whom is the delight of My soul, and the nations shall put their confidence in Him.”And these words give us to understand that Christ is the Spirit of God, the Word of the Father Who put on our flesh and was born for us: and the peoples of RÔMÊ and ETHIOPIA and all other nations have believed in Him. And he spake unto the people of Israel, and again he prophesied, saying, “Many shall follow after Thee with their loins girded up, and their backs bound with fetters, and they shall pray to Thee and worship Thee, for thou art God, and we have not recognized Thee.” Now this he spake concerning the martyrs, and those who became monks in the desert and solitary monks, whose hearts were fettered with His commandment, and who prayed to Him, meaning that reward was meet for both the martyrs and the solitary monks. “And we did not recognize Thee”: ISRAEL made itself blind, and crucified Him, and refused to walk in His righteousness. And again Isaiah prophesied and said, “God shall come, and the heathen shall put their trust in Him and shall know Him” this meaneth that CHRIST shall come, and the JEWS shall reject Him, but the heathen shall believe in Him.
Again he prophesied and said, “Be strong ye weak hands and tired knees and rejoice ye hearts that are cast down, for God hath come, Who shall requite our debt, and save us. And He shall open the eyes of the blind, and He shall make the ears of the deaf to hear, and the feet that are lame shall run, and the tongues of the dumb shall speak.” These words are spoken in respect of those who err in worshipping idols, and those who are dead in sin, and those whose hearts are darkened, and of you who do not know that God created you. Rejoice ye this day: He hath come Who will redeem the sin of ADAM, and make ADAM’S debt His own. He was crucified being sinless. He hath killed Death by means of His own death, and the blind see, and the lame walk, and the deaf hear, and the dumb speak unhaltingly, and besides all these things the dead are raised. This is the meaning of this prophecy.
Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, “God shall come in visible form, and our God will not keep silence.”
Thus Jeremiah prophesied and said, “God shall come down upon the earth, and shall walk about with men like us.”
Thus Ezekiel the Prophet prophesied and said, “I, your God will come, and I will walk about among them, and they shall know Me that I am their God.”
Thus David prophesied and said, “Blessed is He Who cometh in the name of God: we have blessed you in the Name of the Lord.”
Thus HABAKKUK prophesied and said, “God shall come from the South and the Holy One from Mount FÂRÂN and from the cities of JUDAH.”
Thus Elijah the Prophet prophesied and said, “With a new covenant shall God come unto us.”
Thus JOEL the Prophet prophesied and said, “The heavenly EMMANUEL shall come and shall deliver the work which He hath fashioned with His own hand from the hand of the Devil, the deceiver, and his devils which lead astray.”
Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, “The God of gods shall show Himself in ZION.
The people say out of ZION, A man is born therein, and He the Highest hath founded it.”
Thus, Solomon, his son prophesied and said, “Verily God shall be with men, and He shall walk about upon the earth.”
Thus his father David prophesied and said, “He shall come down like the dew upon wool, and like the drop which droppeth upon the earth, and righteousness shall spring into being in his days.”
Thus, Solomon, his son prophesied and said, “A Saviour shall be born out of ZION, and He shall remove sin from JACOB.”
Thus HOSEA the Prophet prophesied and said, “I will come to thee, O ZION, and I will walk about in thee, JERUSALEM, saith God, the Holy One of Israel.”
Thus MICAH the Prophet prophesied and said, “The Word of God shall appear in JERUSALEM, and the Law shall go forth from ZION.”
Thus HOSEA the Prophet prophesied and said, “God shall appear upon the earth, and shall dwell with men like us.”
Thus Jeremiah the Prophet prophesied and said, “A savior shall be sent from ZION, and He shall remove sin from the people of Israel.”
Thus MICAH the Prophet prophesied and said, “God shall come from the heavens and dwell in His temple (or, citadel).”
Thus ZECHARIAH the Prophet prophesied and said, “Rejoice, O daughter of ZION! Behold, I am alive, and I will dwell in thee, saith God, the Holy One of Israel.”
Thus MICAH the Prophet prophesied and said, “Behold, God shall come, and shall shine upon those who fear Him; Sun of righteousness is His Name.”
Thus HOSEA the Prophet prophesied and said, “God shall come upon thee, JERUSALEM, and shall appear in the midst of thee.”
Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, “And He shall live, and they shall give Him of the gold of Arabia, and they shall pray for Him continually, and He shall be the stay of all the earth upon the tops of the mountains.”
Thus JOB the just prophesied and said, “God shall walk about upon the earth, and He shall travel over the sea as upon the dry land.”
Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, “He bowed the heavens and came down.”
Thus Isaiah the Prophet prophesied and said, “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and shall bring forth a Son, and she shall call His name EMMANUEL.”
Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, “I brought Thee forth from the womb before the start of the morning.” And again he said, “God said unto me: Thou art my Son, and I have this day brought Thee forth.”
Thus GIDEON prophesied and said, “Behold, He shall come down like dew upon the earth.”
Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, “God looked down from heaven upon the children of men and from the temple of His sanctuary.”
Thus Moses the Prophet prophesied and said, “And all the children of God shall say: He is strong, for He avengeth the blood of His sons.”
Thus David prophesied and said, “And there will I make a horn to DAVID to rise up, and I will prepare a lamp for Mine Anointed, and I will clothe His enemies with shame, and in Him shall My holiness flourish.”
Thus HOSEA the Prophet prophesied and said, “Fear not, for Thou shalt not be put to shame. And be not dismayed because of Thy praise.” And again he said, “Hearken unto Me, hearken unto Me, My people, for My judgment (or, justice) is right. I will come and I will dwell with you, and the nations shall put their trust in My light; for the nations shall be the loved ones of CHRIST.”
Thus DAVID the Prophet said, “A people whom I do not know shall serve Me; at the mere hearing of the ear they shall answer Me.” And to the JEWS he said, “The children of the stranger have been false to me, the children of the stranger have become old and have traveled haltingly on their path. God liveth, and blessed [is] my God.” When he saith unto thee, “God liveth,” he speaketh of His Godhead, and when he saith unto thee “and blessed [is] my God,” he speaketh concerning His putting on the flesh. And again he speaketh concerning His putting on the flesh in ISAIAH the Prophet, saying, “Who is this glorious One who cometh forth from EDOM, ADÔNÂI, Who came down from heaven, and put on the things of BASÔR, glorious in majesty?” When he saith “glorious” he referreth to His sweet odour; and when he saith “ADÔNÂI,” he meaneth the Word of the Father Who was before the world, the Son of God; when he saith “He put on the things of BASÔR, the glorious in majesty,” he indicateth clearly the body of ADAM.
Thus David the Prophet prophesied saying concerning Christian folk, “Declare ye to the nations that God is King, and that He hath made fast the world so that it shall never be moved.” And he also prophesied concerning His coming to the nations, and said, “Before the face of God shall He come, He shall come and shall judge the earth, and He shall judge the world in righteousness, and the nations with justice.”Thus Isaiah/ the Prophet prophesied and said, “The Lord of hosts hath planned to destroy the contumely of the nations, and He shall bring to nothing the nobles and the mighty ones of the earth.” And continuing his prophecy he said, “He shall come and shall build His house, and He shall deliver His people.
He added other words, saying, “And at that time there shall spring from the root of JESSE One Who shall be set over the nations, and the nations shall put their trust in Him, and the place where He shall abide shall be glorious forever.”Thus David prophesied, and said, “Sing ye unto God Who dwelleth in ZION, and declare ye to the nation His work.” Thus Solomon his son prophesied and spake concerning our Saviour EMMANUEL, the Sun of righteousness, “He brought Me forth before the hills, and before He made the lands and set them in order, and founded Me before the world; before He made the earth, and before He made the abysses, and before the waterfloods came forth, and the beauty of the flowers appeared, and before the winds blew, God created His work before His face, and I existed conjointly with My Father.”
Thus his father David prophesied and said, “His name was before the sun, and before the moon, generation to generation.”
Thus his son SOLOMON prophesied and said, “When He made strong the firmament above the clouds, and when He set in position the walls of the boundaries of the heavens, and when He set the sea in its appointed place, and before He founded His throne above the winds, and when He made strong the foundations of the earth, I existed conjointly with Him. I was that wherein He rejoiced continually, and day by day, and I exulted with Him at all times before His face.”
Thus JOB the Prophet prophesied and said, “The face of my God is in the East, and His light is before [that of] the sun, and the nations put their trust in His Name.”
Thus Isaiah the Prophet prophesied and said, “Remember ye not the things of the past, and think not about the things of olden time; behold, I will make a new thing, which shall now spring up, so that ye may know that I make a road through the desert and water floods in the wilderness; and the beasts of the field shall follow after Me, and the young birds, and the ostriches. For I have given water in the desert and made streams of water to flow in the wilderness, so that I may give drink to My people and to My chosen ones whom I have gotten, so that they may declare My glory, and perform My commandment.”
Thus SOLOMON prophesied and said, “Who hath gone up into heaven and come down? And who hath gathered together the winds in his bosom? And who hath collected the waters in his garment? And who hath measured the waters of the sea in his hand and the heavens on the palm of his hand? And what is his name and what is the name of his son?”
Thus MICAH the Prophet prophesied and said unto the JEWS, “I have no pleasure in you, saith God Who ruleth all things. And I have no pleasure in your offerings, and I will accept no gift from your hands. For from the rising of the sun to the setting thereof shall My Name be praised among all peoples, and in all countries incense shall be offered up to my great Name among all peoples, saith Almighty God.”
Again MICAH the Prophet said, “A new covenant shall appear upon the mountain of God, and it shall be prepared upon the tops of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills, and people shall say, ‘Come ye, let us go up into the mountain of God.’ And many nations shall go thereto and shall say, ‘Come ye, let us go up into the mountain of God, and they shall declare unto us His way, and we will walk therein.'”
Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, “Hearken unto Me, O My people, and I will speak unto thee, ISRAEL, and will bring testimony to thee; I am God, thy God.”
Thus Moses the Prophet prophesied and said concerning the Trinity, “Hear, O Israel, the Lord thy God is One.” And this is to be explained thus: Father, and Son, and Holy Spirit are One God, Whose kingdom is one, Whose dominion is one, and as One man shall worship Them in the heavens and in the earth, in the sea and in the abysses. And to Him be praise forever and ever! Amen.
His entrance into JERUSALEM in Glory
The Prophets have prophesied concerning His glorious entry into Jerusalem the Prophet said, “Shine thou, shine thou, JERUSALEM, thy light hath come and the glory of God hath risen upon thee.”
Thus the Prophet ZECHARIAH prophesied and said, “Rejoice, rejoice, daughter of ZION, and let JERUSALEM shout for joy.”
Thus David prophesied and said, “Out of the mouth of children and babes Thou hast prepared praise because of the enemy, so that Thou mightest overthrow the enemy and the avenger.”
Thus SOLOMON prophesied and said, “The children are taught by God, and the peoples rejoice within thee.”
Thus DAVID his father prophesied and said, “Blow ye the horn in ZION, on the day of the new moon, on the appointed day of our festival, for it is an ordinance for Israel.”
Thus EZRA Israelribe prophesied and said, “Get ye out, make ye a festival in gladness, and say unto the daughter of ZION, Rejoice thou, behold thy King hath come.”
Thus Isaiah the Prophet prophesied and said, “Rejoice thou, JERUSALEM, rejoice thou. Behold, thy King hath come riding upon an ass. His reward is with Him, and His work is before His face.”
Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, “Blessed is He who cometh in the name of the Lord.”
JACOB the son of ISAAC prophesied and said, “JUDAH, thy brethren have praised thee. Thine hand is upon the back of thine enemy, and the children of thy mother shall worship thee. And the dominion shall not diminish from JUDAH, and the government shall not depart from his kin until he shall find Him Who hath been waited for, and Who is the Hope of the nations.” And he also prophesied and said, “His teeth are white as with snow, and His eyes are glad as with wine, and He shall wash His apparel in wine and His tunic in the blood of clusters of grapes.” And again he prophesied, saying, “Judah is a lion’s whelp; thou hast lain down, and thou hast slept; no one shall wake him up except him that hunteth until he findeth him; rise up from thy strong place.” And again Jacob blessed his son Judah, and said unto him, “There is a King who shall go forth from thee and shall wash His apparel in wine, and glorious is the place of rest of the Beloved”; now, by “Beloved” CHRIST is meant, and by “Messiah” CHRIST is meant, and JESUS meaneth “Saviour of the people”. Now the Prophets mention CHRIST under a secret name and they call Him “the Beloved”.
ISAIAH spake concerning His Ascension in his prophecy, saying, “On that day the Beloved shall come down from heaven, and shall choose for Himself twelve Apostles.” And again he said, “I have seen the ascension of the beloved Son to the seventh heaven, and the Angels and the Archangels receiving Him, He being very much higher than they.”
DAVID said, “The beloved is like the son of the unicorn”; and again he said, “And thine only one from the horns of the unicorn.” And again he said, “Let my horn be exalted like that of the unicorn.” “Horns” meaneth the kingdoms of the world; and “unicorn” meaneth He Who is over His kingdom Whom no one can resist, for He is the governor of kings; He destroyeth whom He will and He setteth up him whom He will. Even as David saith, “I will make thee rejoice more than those who are mighty through their horns, ” which meaneth, “Thou art nobler than the noble kings, and thou dost rejoice.”
HABAKKUK prophesied, saying, “Horns are in his hands, and he hath placed the beloved in the strength of his power,” which meaneth, “The palms of the hand, wherein the life of all is held, of the holder of the dominion of kings, are pierced with nails, which CHRIST, the beloved, hath endured in the strength of His might.”
The wickedness of the iniquitous JEWS
The Prophets prophesied concerning the wickedness of the JEWS. And DAVID said concerning it, “The man of violence hunteth iniquity to destroy himself.” And again he saith, “His sorrow shall return upon his head, and his iniquity upon his forehead” (or, skull).
Solomon his son prophesied and said, “The foolish man and the man of iniquity travel by paths that are not straight. He winketh with the eye, and tappeth with the foot, and he giveth a sign by movements of the fingers and motion of the lips, and his perverted heart meditateth evil at all times; a man who is like this will make to come tumult and murder, and the shedding of blood through double-dealing and he shall not escape the judgment.”
DAVID his father prophesied and said, “They brought forth against me the word of error; he who sleepeth shall he not awake? Shall then the man of my peace (i.e., my friend), whom I trusted, who ate my food, lift up his foot against me?”
Thus Isaiah the Prophet prophesied and said, “Woe be unto the man of iniquity who bringeth wrath.” And again he said, “Let them remove the sinner so that he may not see the glory of God.”
Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, “The sinner speaketh what will condemn him, and there is no fear of God before his eyes.”Thus, Solomon, his son prophesied and said, “The man of iniquity bringeth tumult to the city, and he willingly maketh to come destruction and beating, and calamity which cannot be healed, for he rejoiceth in everything which God hateth.”
Prophesied MOSES the Prophet and said, “God wisheth not to forgive him but rather to increase vengeance upon him; and He will make punishments to rest upon him, and the curse which is written in this book shall come upon him, and his name shall be blotted out from under heaven.”
David the Prophet prophesied and said, “His heart is ready for slaughter; he preferreth cursing and it shall come to him; he refuseth blessing and it shall be far from him.”
JEREMIAH the Prophet prophesied concerning him and said, “The man of iniquity shall be destroyed because of the love of money, and he looketh upon darkness because of his fraud.”
JOB prophesied and said concerning him, “His Creator will destroy his fair work, and his root shall dry up under him, and his flower shall be beaten down upon him, and his memorial shall be blotted out from the earth, and his name shall be cast far away, and men shall remove him into the darkness so that he may not see the light, and the house of the man of iniquity shall be blotted out.”
Hosea prophesied and said concerning him, “Hearken unto me, O children of Israel, for there is no righteousness, and no mercy, and no fear of God in his heart, but falsehood, and theft, and murder, and fornication.”
David the Prophet prophesied and said, “SATAN standeth at his right hand”; and again he said, “Let another take his office.”
Moses cursed in the Law and said, “Cursed be every one who taketh bribes to slay innocent blood; and all the people said, Amen. And Amen.”
HABAKKUK the Prophet prophesied and said, “The governor maketh [men] wise concerning this perversion of the Law, and no right judgment cometh forth; for the sinner corrupteth the righteous man, and therefore a perverted judgment cometh forth.”
Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, “The sinner seeth and becometh wrathful, and he gnasheth with his teeth and is dissolved.”
Thus, Solomon, his son prophesied and said, “A false balance is a hateful thing to God.”
Thus Jeremiah prophesied and said concerning JUDAH, “My hire is ready (or, weighed) for me—thirty [pieces of] silver.”
His Crucifixion
The Prophets also prophesied concerning the Crucifixion of Christ.
Thus MOSMoseshe servant of God prophesied and said, “Ye shall see your salvation crucified upon the wood, and shall not believe.”
Thus David prophesied and said, “Many dogs have seized Me; and they drove nails through My hands and My feet; and they counted all My bones; though they knew Me they despised Me, and they divided My garments among themselves, and they cast lots for My apparel.”
Thus Isaiah prophesied concerning the Incarnation and Crucifixion of Christ, and said, “Who believeth our word, and to who is the arm of the Lord revealed? And we spake like a child before Him: and He is like a root in the parched ground, He hath no beauty and no form, and His form is more rejected and abused than [that of] any man. He is a broken man and a man of suffering; for He hath turned away His face, and they treat Him with contempt and esteem Him as nothing.”
Thus SOLOMON prophesied and said, “Let us kill the righteous man, for he is a burden unto us; he setteth himself up against our works, he resisteth our intentions continually, and we are an abomination unto him because of our sins.” And he continued, saying, “My son, let not wicked men lead thee astray; if they say unto thee, ‘Come with us, be a partner with us, let us hide innocent blood and take plunder from him; and let there be one purse common to us all’: withdraw thyself from their footsteps, for let it was not through thee that the birds find the net.
Thus DAVDavidophesied and said, “They cast gall into My meat, and they gave Me vinegar to drink to [quench] My thirst.”
Thus prophesied ISAIAH the Prophet and said, “He hath taken our disease and carried our sickness, and by His wound we are healed, and we saw Him suffering, and wounded in his pain, and He opened not His mouth in His pain, and He came to be slaughtered; like a lamb before his shearer He opened not His mouth in His suffering until they took away His life; and they knew not His birth; through the sin of My people have I come even unto death.”
Thus Jeremiah the Prophet prophesied and said, “And they took the price of the honorable one thirty [pieces of] silver, whom they had honored among the children of Israel. And God said unto me, Cast it into the melting pot, and test it [and see] if it is pure; and they gave it for the field of the potter; as God hath commanded me I will speak.”
Thus Isaiah the Prophet prophesied and said, “They counted Him with the sinners, and brought Him to death.”
Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, “Those who hate Me wrongfully are many, and they have rewarded Me with evil for good.”
Thus ZECHARIAH the Prophet prophesied and said, “And they shall look upon Him Whom they have crucified and pierced.”
There are still very many passages which have been written and many prophecies which might be mentioned concerning His coming, and His Crucifixion, and His death, and His Resurrection, and His second coming in glory. But we have only mentioned a few of the prophecies of the prophets—we have mentioned one of each kind—so that ye may hear, and believe, and understand, even as it is said in the Acts of the Apostles, “By the Gospel Thou hast guided us, and by the Prophets Thou hast comforted us; for the words of the Prophets make right the faith of those who doubt.”
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