6. At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. Thus ye shall be filled at my 7. Thou, even Thou, art to be feared and who may stand in thy sight when once Thou art angry? 8. Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven: the earth feared, and was still 9. When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. He shall rebuke many people -nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. Isa. ii. 4.— table with horses and chariots, with of war, saith the Lord God. Ezek. The great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? Rev. vi. 17. Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. Luke xxi. 26. Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee; hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. For behold the Lord cometh out of his place, &c. Isa. xxvi. 20, 21. He will come and save you. xxxv. 4. Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek ́ meekness, it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger. Zeph. ii. 3. 10. Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee : I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.-it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord God. Ezek. xxxviii. 16; xxxix. 13. The nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, &c-Who shall not glorify thee-for thy judgments are made manifest, &c. Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee the remainder of wrath shalt Thou restrain. 11. Vow and pay unto the Lord, your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. 12. He shall cut off the spirit of princes (he is) terrible to the kings of the earth. Except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. Matt. xxiv. 22. The kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it.-They shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it. The kings of the earth-hid themselves-and said to the mountains, Fall on us, &c. He gathered the kings of the earth. -He treadeth the wine-press of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. The 110th Psalm, verse by verse, presents accordant testimonies. 1. The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ,' &c. The time is come for thee to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe. And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse, and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True,3 &c. 2. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule Thou in the midst of thine enemies. They are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Behold, I come as a thief. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them." He shall rule them with a rod of iron; and he treadeth the wine-press of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. He hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords.6 2. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule Thou in the midst of thine enemies. 3. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power. 3. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness (marg.) more than the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. And the wine-press was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the wine-press, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs. He treadeth the wine-press, &c. The Lamb shall overcome them; for He is Lord of lords, and King of kings; and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful! I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne and before the Lamband cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters—saying, Alleluia !—for the marriage of the Lamb is come,' 10 &c. 3. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness, &c. Clothed with white robes and palms in their hands. These are they which came out of the great tribulation, and have washed their in the blood of the Lamb. And And to her was granted that clean and white: for the fine robes, and made them white his wife hath made herself ready. she should be arrayed in fine linen, linen is the righteousness of saints.2 4. The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent. Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. (For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God-first being by interpretation (translation) King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace.)3 5. The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. Thou The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.* wast slain-and hast made us unto our God kings and priests. Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.5 And the kings of the earth-hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? The kings of the earth, &c.—the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth." 6. He shall judge among the heathen. 6. He shall fill the places with the dead bodies. True and righteous are his judgments. In righteousness doth He judge.8 Blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles." All the fowls were filled with their And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel-and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude. Ezek. xxxix. 11. flesh.10 6. He shall wound the heads over many countries. And I saw the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together. He cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God, that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and of captains, and of mighty men, &c.11 7. He shall drink of the brook in the way; therefore shall he lift up the head. Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, unto the Lord our God; for true and righteous are his judgments; for He hath judged the great whore-and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hands. He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood. And He hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords. On his head were many crowns.1 The next psalm, the 111th, begins in the original with Hallelujah, ie., Praise ye the Lord. The 106th, 113th, 135th, and the last five psalms, 146th-150th, both begin and end with the same expression of praise. The place to which the kings of the earth and of the whole world are finally gathered to the battle of the great day of God Almighty, is that which is called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. And the Hebrew word Alleluia, transferred from the Old Testament to the New, first occurs in the beginning of the 19th chapter, and, though it has no other place in the Apocalypse or in the New Testament, it is there repeated again and again, in the record of the triumph of the Lord over his enemies, the coming of his kingdom, and the blessedness of his saints. It will be seen whether there be not thus, here also, more than a threefold cord combining into a common testimony things that are written in the Psalms, and also in his own Book of Revelation, concerning Christ. That in each of those psalms the inspired penman, especially in his closing testimony, continued uninterruptedly from psalm to psalm, speaks of the times of the restitution of all things, the best proof lies in reading as it is written. Thus in the commencement and in the close of the 106th psalm, in immediate connection with the adoring word Hallelujah we read: "Hallelujah (Praise ye the Lord). O give thanks unto the Lord; for his mercy endureth for ever. Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? Who can show forth all his praise? Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times. Remember me, O Lord, with the favor (that Thou bearest) unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation; that I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance. Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen, Hallelujah.” 1 Rev. xix. In the 111th Psalm is written: Hallelujah. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation. The works of the Lord are great, &c. He will ever be mindful of his covenant. He hath showed his people the power of his works, that He may give them the heritage of the heathen. He sent redemption to his people: He hath commanded his covenant for ever. 1, 2, 5–9. Hallelujah. Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, praise tho name of the Lord. Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the Lord's name is to be praised, &c. cxiii. 1-3. Thy name, O Lord, endureth for ever; thy memorial, O Lord, throughout all generations. For the Lord will judge his people, and He will repent himself concerning his servants. cxxxv. 13, 14. The Lord shall reign for ever, thy God, O Zion, unto all generations, Hallelujah. cxlvi. 10. Hallelujah: The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: He gathered together the outcasts of Israel. The Lord lifted up the meek: He casteth the wicked down to the ground, &c. cxlvii. 1, 2, 6. Hallelujah. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights. Kings of the earth, and all his people. His glory is above the earth and heaven. He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Hallelujah. cxlviii. 1, 11-14. Hallelujah. Sing unto the Lord a new song, his praise in the congregation of saints. Let the saints be joyful in glory. Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; to execute vengeance upon the heathen -to execute upon them the judgment written: this honor have all his saints, Hallelujah. cxlix. 1, 5-9. Hallelujah. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in the firmament of his power. Let every thing that has breath praise the Lord. Hallelujah. cl. 1, 6. Testimonies from these Psalms may first be compared with each verse of the beginning of the 19th chapter of the Book of Revelation; and then with other visions of the same triumph and blessedness and glory, as Alleluiah is the chorus of each accompanying vision of judgment, in which Gentile at last shall join with Jew, and earth with heaven. |