The true Democrat., 1857-02-24

! "Behold will send and take all the famiie, Of the NORTH, saith the Lord and Nebuchad. nezzer the king of Babylon, my servant. and Will bring them against this land" Jer 25, g Alter seventy years be accomplished AT BA BYLoN will visit you. and perform my good word toward you, Tn causing you TO RETURN tc this place." Jer. 29, 10. See also 28 verse and 30 l-3, z, IS, 19. Now after having thus spoken Of a restoration from Babylon, jeremiah continues, in the 3lst chapter, to al.ude to the same restoration. And as he had said (ehapter p, 9 that God would bring all the families of the north, and Nebuchadnezzer' against the land, and as by these powers, the Jews were carried to Babylon, how can it be possible that when he speaks of restoration from "the north country' it does not allude to Babylon? Are we to suppose. that Jeremiah broke off in the midst of subject, and spoke of something else. If not, when he names Babylon some four or five times; why take one text out of the connection, and make 1t refer to something flu. . ture. The advocates of future restoration of the Jews, make J Jeremiah most singular teach. CT. Amid the captives, in glowing colors he is describing restoration from those powers, that came upon them from the NORTH Ezekiel 26. :, Jer. 20, g when all at once, he leaves the subject, and speaks of a restoration more than 2,O0O YEARS OFF! What teacher he must have been, to commence telling his brethren of a restoration only seventy years off and end the same context with one more than two thou sand years of!
 We now place before the reader J CT. 3l. 31- 40 all of which, we hope he will read. "Be- hold the days come saith the Lord that will make new covenant with the house of Israel, and the house of Judah," etc. Some of all de- nominations, we believe, make this allude to some thing yet to come, Mir. Frey says Al though this prediction respecting New Cove nant, is applied by the apostle (Heb. 8 to the commencement of the New Testament dispen- sation, yet literally and more fully 1t respects our nation, with whom the other covenant had been made" Jos. Ben. Vol. l, p. 3l1 In other words, Mir. F. and all those who hold to a future restoration of Israel, might as well as- Sert, that they do not agree with Paul's applica- ton of it. Indeed, if Paul be right, then, they must be wrong. Both covenants were made with Israel (Romans 9, A and the Gentiles, were only brought in. We will give all the prominent texts relied on to prove a future res- toration, a new covenant and union of Judah and Israel and answer the arguments upon all together and then endeavor to show to what these passages do allude. We shall show the truth as we understand it, of some of the texts as we pass on, and then take general view of the whole. "For lo the days come, saith the Lord that will bring again, the captivity of my people ISRAEL AND JUDAH and I will cause them to return to the land of their father" " Jer. 30, 3.-"And it tshall come to pass IN THAT DAY the Lord shall set his hand the SECOND time to recover the remnant of his people which shall be left, from Assyrla and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush and from Elan, and from Shinar, and Klamath, and from the Islands of the sea. And the outcast of Israel and gather together the dispersed of Judah, from the corners of the earth' Isa. II, 1O-12 These are Mir. Begg's strong proof texts. "TheE will 1 sprinkle clean water upon you, and ve shall be clean, from all your filthiness and from all your idols" etc. Read Ezekiel 36, 25-27 This is relied upon by MT. Frey Ezekiel 27 is also quoted to prove future restoration, and union of Israel and Judah.
 Now reader, we have all the strong proof texts, in favor of future restoration of the Jews. The one found Jer 30, 3 declares that God would bring Israel and Judah together
 into the land. Many contend this has yet to be fulfilled, we say it has been fulfilled Let the reader look at Jeremiah 3, 12 where it is said, "Go proclaim these words towards the NORTH, and say, return thou backslding ISRAELI" and ? Kings 17, 6-3O, he will find that Israel was carried captive to the land of the north, that is the Assyrian or Baby louian Empire, and was to return as is said Ger. g. 12) from the NORTH Then examine Jer 25, g and you will fad that the NORTH, and Nebuchadnezzar were to come against the Jews. It is a fact, which cannot be disprove1, that the LAND OF THE NORTH spoken of by jeremiah, alludes to Babylon. Now with these facts before our minds let us hear Jere- miah: "In those days the house of udah shall walk with the house ol Israel and they shall come together OUT OF THE LAND OF THE NORTH. , CT. 3, IS. Now as the land of the north al- ludes to Babylon, and as J udah and Israel did come together from their land, they have not yet to be so united to fulfil this prediction. And this view of the matter agrees with the historical facts in the case, for all agree that ma ny thousands of Israel returned from Babylon with Judah
 The text in Isa II, 10,-12 needs but few remarks. It is said God would recover his people SECOND TIME. His recovering them from Egypt was ONCE, from Babylon was sE- coND time, and therefore, if the prophet meant THIRD time, yet to come, he w~uid not have said a second time, as men would make him teach.
 The texts in Ezekiel alude to the restoration from Babylon and the gospel dispensation. In Ezekiel l, l, 5 we are informed that he was among the captives at Babylon. After a full declaration of the wicked acts of Israel, and Judah, some intimation is made of their resto- ration, and reunion under one king. Then we have from the 9 to 8 chapter an account of Gods judgments against those nations that per secuted his people, together with some promises to the Jews. Now let the reader ask, why this minute description of the punishment of those nations? if not to show the deliverance from their power? And why allude to restoration? if not to show the Jews, and Israelites, (then in captivty) that they would soon be delivered The nations alluded to, are the Ammonites, Moabites, Edomites, Philstines, Egyptians and all their helpers, and the cities of Tyrus and Ziden specially pointed out, as the objects of Gods vengeance; but the Romans not once named Now 1.-the predictions of restoration of Israel and Judah, and their reunion, from 25 to 37 chapter means one yet in the future, why nothing said about the punishment of the Romans? Ezekiel is a captive at Babylon, he is predicting the downfall of Empires, that Is- rael and Judah may be restored, the Empires alluded to, were in his days, but the restoration Gas MT. r. B. and others think is yet in the future! What a teacher they make the proph ct! The plain facts are these, the nations alud ed to are those among which, the Israelites and Jews were dispersed, the restoration is from those nations and is therefore past. And as the nations alluded to, formed the Baby ylonian Empire, at the time this took place, it follows it was restoration from Babylon that the prophet alluded to, and the more perfect union under the gospel
 Jews and Gentes are one in the church One of the most important things, in perfect ing the church among Jews and Gentiles, was bringing about perfect state of union This was not only prayed for by Christ John 17th) but effected by the inspired teachers. "Bui now in Christ Jesus ye who some time were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ for he is our peace, who hath made both (Jews and Gentiles) one, and broken down the mid. dle wall of partition between us (Jews and Gentiles) that he might reconcile both unto God in ono hodv,, Eph a 12 14 and IS -