The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-09-05

dawnsd. and ths day-siar arose. The duy
dawned when Chnst wss born. Luke il.
III. he Angel sid. : For unto Won i born
this day in The city of David, Saviour,
which IS Christ de Lord" This shows
= new day had dawned, he morning star
had arisen. Rev. ii. Is. II VIII give him
The morning STAR" and XII. l6. Il am the
root and offspring 81 David. and he bright
and morning star" The prophecies that
had sh0ne IN darkness were now eclipsed
By he morning star and The bright shin
ING of the gospel day. Hence Il d said.
Luke wi. l6. The law and he pro-
pheis were until John: since that time
the kingdom Of God Is preached. and eve
~ man presseih into H." Chrisi says,
Matt v. IL. /" Think not that | an come 70
destroy the law or the prophets: ] am not
come 10 destroy. but 20 fulfil" IfChrst
came and fulfilled the prophecies. they
certainly cannot be fulfilled al some future
time. That he did fulfil ihem while he was
on earth, before he entered into his glory,
see Lake xiv. Is. 20. 27. aThen he
said unto them, o fools. and slow Of heart
70 believe all that the prophets have spo-
kenl Ought not Christ 10 have suffered
these things, and 10 enter into his glory!
And beginning al Moses and al ihs Pre-.
pheis, he expounded 20 them in al The
scriptures the things concerning himself"
Now if the scriptures, Moses, the law, or
prophets, had said one word about Christ's
second coming, the end Of the world. the
general resurrection or day Of Judgment,
would not Christ here have named iti
These doctrines were taught by him, but
he never on any occasion once animated
that they could be learned from the Pro-
phets. After Christ had suffered, and
arose from the dead, he says, Luke xiv.
a. "These are the words which spake
unto you, while | was yet with you, that
all things must be fulfilled which were
written in the law Of Moses, ard in the
Prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning
me-" II this testimony be true, there re-
mains nothing concerning him TO be fulfil.
led. Christ, speaking of the destruction Of
Jerusalem, says, Luke xxi. 22. .For these
be the days OF vengeance, that all things
which are written may be fulfilled" Hence
Il is certain, there was nothing written, TO
be fulfilled after that time. Christ had
como, and set up the kingdom of God, was
crucifed by the Jews, and arose from the
dead, assembled 70 the right hand Of God,
and had shed abroad the gifts of the Holy
Ghost, which enabled the Apostles to es
tablish the gospel; the first covenant now
vanishes away, that the second may be
established; the Jewish nation is destroy.
ed, the prophecies arc all fulfilled, and all
prophetic time ended. Hence Paul, Heb
tx. 90. calls j, "the end of the world
Christ and the Apostles have made hun
dreds Of quotations from the law Of Mo
ses, the Prophets, and the Psalms, ant
not a single quotation is applied to any
event beyond the introduction of the Cos
|, pei. Prophecy does not extend to the
, immortal world; if it did, Paul could no
in truth say, Tim. j. 10. 4" Life and I'M
|. mortality were brought to light through
the gospel" In ancient times God spake
to the fathers by the Prophets, but in these
latter times he hath spoken 10 us by hi:
Son." Now to leave Christ, and go Il
the Prophets to learn future events, j:
leaving the greater for the lesser light; j
is like the living seeking unto the dead
That prophecy did not extend to the time
of the final judgment, is evident from the
circumstance of Christ not knowing the
day; if it had been in the Prophets, he
could have learn it from them. That mer
had no assurance of a judgment day until
Christ arose from the dead, is clear from
Acts xvii. 81. Because he hath appoint
ed day, in the which he will judge the
world in righteousness, by that man whom
he hath ordained, whereof he hath given
assurance unto all men, in that he hath
raised him from the dead" 1t is said by
|, the prophet Joel ii. 2s-3l. "And it shall
, come to pass afterwards, that will pour
out my spirit upon all flesh; and your
sons and your daughters shall prophecy,
your old men shall dream dreams. your
young men shall see visions. And also
upon the servants and upon the landmarks
, in those days will / pour out my spirit
And | will show wonders in the heavens
and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pill
lars of smoke. The sun shall be turned
, into darkness, and the moon into blood,
, before the great and terrible day OF the
Lord come" There is nothing in all the
prophecies that looks more like the final
r judgment at the last day than the above
language; yet we will prove by direct and
positive testimony that this was all fulfil
; led more than eighteen hundred years ago
, Peter, in speaking of what took place on
|, the day of Pentecost, is particular, and
, gives the name of this prophet, and quotes
the very language above, and says, Acts
: ii. 10. {" But this is that which was spo'
J by the prophet JOEL" In vain then may
: we look for, or expect, the fulfilment Of
prophecies in the future; we shall never
see 1t, they are all fulfilled long since. Il
, the Anostles had not have lived, and wit