, 1877-10-28

! Mohammedan.
THE MESSIAH.
THE TRADITIONAL JEWISH CONCEPTION OF III
PERSON AND NATURE.
| The Jeicish TorId.
Midrash Mislc, TaImud Bah, Bathra. an'
other trcatises teach that ''the Messiah j
amongst those things created before the Uni
verse; that the name Messiah is the incffabl
Tctragramma, and that the Spirit OF God
spoken Of in Genesis as sbroodine on th
waters is the spirit of the King Messiah
This evidently not only supposes the pre-exist
enee from all eternity Of the "Son Of God" a
does the Christian scheme, but identifies thu
Messiah with God Himself. "Thou spirit, tina
from the first vast present, aud with might,
| wings outsprcad, doye-liise sat'st brooling OF
the vast abyss mad'st 1t pregnant" Thi:
Esprit" Of God, which was not only to incar.
| nate itself in bodily form on earth, but as thu
Holy Ihost,'' from, the third person OF the
Christian Trinity. Whence can it be but from,
these Talnludic imaginln.s that the Church
/ draws her creeass
Castelli holds that sshowcver much it may
have been tue desire Of Rabbinic conception to
| exalt this lloped-for dcliyerer through the
miraculous TO the regions Of the divine, Judging
from parallel passages referring to the divinity
| Of the name rather than the person, VIC can only
coueatMe atli4t tucsc u ufes VI speccu iuuulSe4
enhance the glory OF the coming Messiah"
| As we have before shown in this work, s'call-
ing person BY the name OF God does not pro-
claim such to be divine; the title Son OF God
was attributed to both David and Solomon aud
other Kings; and Tho just One' and the City
oi Jerusalem hare been spoken Of rs Sons Of
| God,' The City OF God.' And if,'' SAYS our
autnoI ing uisnt} Vas ~ .ut na'lse a ws,
~" eouu ~ pe. m th;,,.e ~ 80 ,a t;r,a ~ n a1r
cIher pels'1s VI LILIES ~ w. aa9 uI,9 ~ w ans
other sense .am aaa1 snt9 "StV i. ~
over u was common custom ' Win s LIE ane,e1.s ar.
70 uens Al !eass ~ a., +s So;;,.;,,5
tuey "tst'en W a ,osooo 'ns ~
psoess ~ .t'c, 80 u e.,od th =,
~ ar.s T.s|a M.s,i%,os,,,a. ~ y, es' -
AZ nayihoioscs assse % ~ fepsesentlhs tL tneat pen
eiacIos as en 10 mnon h tme ane - ~ Soa 'a Ms
5n,u1;6sd NJ fear or vsneration aided The sunsr
nai"rai to the power which thcy attributed to
1hen
pccordne, this snfrit of God. ,, ,vt,ch is ..tbe
en;rit 1T The ,irssiah. !, Costcll; savs lin The
.,rn.t cnmmentary in The Pen1afc,rh II is cy-
ntanrd aIierorical1y nv ono Talnudic doctor as
tIe liberation Of Israel from slayerv.,n The
frst f.,ur ycrscs Of Genesis. Chan. j.. are ia be
rem, symhn;callv that as rio t1iyinc snjri. drr,y
the ,,njyrrsc tron, the darkness Of chaos IN
Font so thc Nrssja}, sho;hi drau the ,,eor}r
ri Israel frnn, the tlarkness oi slavery to The
1iolt If liberty.
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If Hohr1nn. ,c,t1n,t I:'r,, t,,n+ ~ ,,ad;o |;G.
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1'e obuss that NJ France W. ncoa nerhnns
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r,nn no 1y,tta Ea1Eo VaI Rohlan
E,,nn.n C,,ensn rax;sson 'o and III.
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M nn, w an,,h th, i.nrnd rohhe
far ancal of ..nx Chrjstia,, Commentators boIb
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