The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-26
THE ADrENr or ruE mEssI1H.
How n Jow Interprct- the Old Testament
Prophecies.


To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. IN. f.
r." In Friday'a SUN, asks what authority the
Jews have for expecting Messiah, II the pro-
phocies do not relate to the coming OF Jesus
The jew has no other authority than the
promise Of God, conveyed to linn through the
Hebrew Scriptures. common to both jew ana
Christian The Christian believes that the Nes-
sinh his come and that Jesus was lie. IhoJew
rejects Jesus as the Messiah hecausn' ,......,
that none Of the conditIo"- -, -, ,ta
wv ,iah have been fulhlled in him;
promised Messiah Is to he a descendant
Of the ROYAL house OF David Jesus Matthew ~
was only efiliated to David through Joseph,
who did not know Mary until after the birth Of
the child. The Gospel does not claim that Mary
WAS descended from David.
q The Scriptures promise that the Messiah
"shall speak peace unto the heather" Jesus
says Matthew K, 80. think not that 7 am
como to make peace on earth | came not 10
send peace but the sword and to set a man at
variance against his father and the daughter
against her mother and the daughter-in-law
against her tnother.in-law." IN Isaiah H., 1. we
re ld that the advent OF the Messiah Is TO I've the
occasion OF universal peace; that the nations
shall beat their swords into ilOuglshnres aud
their spears into pruning hooks nation sh, II
not lift up sword against nation, neither shall
they lie I'm war any more" Instead OF liis m
ing being the occasion OF family strife, the
prophet Malachi (ch. Nv, So says: "IjehOld |
will send you Elijah the prophet before the
coming ~ the great and dreadful day of the
Lord. And he shalt turn the heart OF the
fathers to the children and the heart OF the chill
B. OF the promised Messiah the prophet Danisl
viii, 20 says: And all rulers sngll serve aud
obey him - and In Palms, lxxii.. II, Ne read
" Yea, all kings shall ptostrate themselves be-
fore him; all nations shall serve MN = anu the
prophet u icharah TX. lO says: " His dominion
shall be from sea even to sea. and from liver
even to the end Of the earth Jesus says OF
himself Matthew Xxx. 2sl that he " came not to
be ministered unto, but to minister. aud To give
his lie ransom for many and We know TIA /
he has never ruled the earth either IN tenn
poral or "A spiritual sense.
4. 1t Is prophesled that with the advent Of the
Messiah. all present empires and rulers shall 10
abolished that there shall be nut one kingdom.
and that Messiah shalt be the King. See DAM el
t ~: " Aud In the days OF these kings shall the
God OF Heaven set up Kingdom which shall
never be destroyed; and the Kingdom shall not
he left to other people, but It shall bre IN
pieces and consume all these Kingdoms, and It
3. rbere is to be but one creed and one re-
gion' and that TIE religion Of Israel. Zacnpriah
(vi 23 saws: Thus saith the Lord Of Hosts.
In those days 1t SD II come to pass thar ten
men Of nations Of diverse languages shall take
hold 81 the skirt Of jew, saving, We viii 20
with you, for we have heard that Coo Is WIN
you" In Zlcharian XIV, 100 We read Aud
4 snail come To pass that every one that Is eit
OF AL the nations watch came against Jerusalem
shall oven 20 up from year to year to worship
the King. tue Lord 81 Hosts, and to Keep the
feast Il t1bernaces." There are to be universal
u Isaiah kilt 9: TIE wolf shall dwell with tle
lamb. and the leopard shhllie dOwnwith the nd.
and the calf and the young lion and the failing
togei her. ana little child snail lead them. And
the COW aud the bear shall feed together; their
young ones shall lie down together, and the lion
seal eat straw like the OK. Aud the sucking
child shall play ON the hole Of the asp, and the
w-aued Guild shall nuf hi' hand ON the cock o.
trce's den, and they shall not hurt nor dc troy
~ all my holy moaufain. for the eartn shall DO
fun of the know edge OF the Lord
According to the prupht Cies, all these things
are u be attend ut upon the anal ingath,rins Of
Israel. The Messiah Is to rcGstah,h the Tenn
pl., gather in the caItivity, abolish human
tyranny, and to bring all men into equal
Iroi 1ernood before GOD. In the twcnty-thrd
chapter Of Jeremiah we re I'd as follows Ana
/ viii gather Ia the remnunt Of NY nock from
all the countries through which Ihave dispersed
thcrl. aud VIII bring them back to their own
habitatiOns, and they shall lie fruitful, Huu they
shalt multiply. and ! viii raise up for them
shepherds. and they shall feed them, and they
sual be no more In fear or dread, neither shall
hold the days come, saith the Lord, when will
raise up unto David a righteous branch, and q
king shall fel-n and prosper, and ne shall exc
cute judgment and justice In the earth. In hi:
! time judah shall he saved, aud Israel sinai
dwell IN security and this Is the name by which
! you shall call hum Tue Lord our Righteous
ness
IN. +. r." asks what authority the jew IA,
for expecting Messiah other than Jesus. l. b,
not answered. Has not the Jew the authority
! OF the CurI,tian lBinle, which plainly says (Num
! b3rs xiii, 80 " God Is not man that lie
/ should lie. or the Son OF Man that he SHOULD re
! peut; but what lie saws lie will do, aud VIVA
| H. eaks lie will confirm"
| INV YORK, March %. MONrEZUMA.