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... CHRIST AND THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION . The Coming of the Messiah Time of Christ's Advent , & c . The Place of his Birth Page 166944 12 15 17 24 The Manner of his Life His Character , & c . 27 28 The Manner of his Death 29 Nature of the ...
... CHRIST AND THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION . The Coming of the Messiah Time of Christ's Advent , & c . The Place of his Birth Page 166944 12 15 17 24 The Manner of his Life His Character , & c . 27 28 The Manner of his Death 29 Nature of the ...
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... Christ could not be de- ceived respecting them ; for they were themselves en- dowed with the gift of tongues , and of prophesying , and with the power of working miracles ; they de- voted their lives to the propagation of the gospel ...
... Christ could not be de- ceived respecting them ; for they were themselves en- dowed with the gift of tongues , and of prophesying , and with the power of working miracles ; they de- voted their lives to the propagation of the gospel ...
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... Christ . No stronger evidence of their antiquity could be alleged , than what is indisputa- bly true ; and if it were to be questioned , every other truth of ancient history must first be set aside . That the prediction was prior to the ...
... Christ . No stronger evidence of their antiquity could be alleged , than what is indisputa- bly true ; and if it were to be questioned , every other truth of ancient history must first be set aside . That the prediction was prior to the ...
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... , -if one atom be added to the mass of evidence , the author of this little work will neither have lost his reward , nor spent his labour in vain . 15 CHAPTER II . PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST AND THE CHRISTIAN 14 INTRODUCTION .
... , -if one atom be added to the mass of evidence , the author of this little work will neither have lost his reward , nor spent his labour in vain . 15 CHAPTER II . PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST AND THE CHRISTIAN 14 INTRODUCTION .
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Alexander Keith. 15 CHAPTER II . PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST AND THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION . It is one of the remarkable peculiarities of the Jewish religion , that while it claimed superiority over every other , and was distinguished from ...
Alexander Keith. 15 CHAPTER II . PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST AND THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION . It is one of the remarkable peculiarities of the Jewish religion , that while it claimed superiority over every other , and was distinguished from ...
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Page 38 - Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Page 33 - Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Page 46 - And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Page 93 - Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers. And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
Page 382 - Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
Page 189 - And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
Page 326 - And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write ; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars ; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
Page 247 - Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him ; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the twoleaved gates ; and the gates shall not be shut...
Page 70 - And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Page 388 - Let no man deceive you by any means : for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition ; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped ; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.