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These
Promises will be fulfilled in the establishment of the Kingdom
of David under Christ (that is, in the setting up of the Kingdom
of God on earth) as the centre of universal empire.
First
- As to the blessing of all nations:
The
earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters
cover the sea. (Isaiah 11:9).
And
he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people:
and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their
spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against
nation, neither shall they learn war any more. (Isaiah 2:4).
He
shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children
of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor...His
name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as
long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations
shall call him blessed.(Psalm 72:4,17).
The
nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they
glory. (Jeremiah 4:2).
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall
stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles
seek: and his rest shall be glorious. (Isaiah 11:9-10).
Behold,
a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule
in judgment. And a man shall be as an hiding place from the
wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in
a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears
of them that hear shall hearken. The heart also of the rash
shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers
shall be ready to speak plainly. (Isaiah 32:1-6; Jeremiah
3:17).
The
battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto
the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea,
and from the river even to the ends of the earth. (Zechariah
9:10).
The
LORD is exalted...and wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability
of thy times, and strength of salvation (Isaiah 33:5-6).
O
let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge
the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth.
(Psalm 67:4).
Second
- As to the inheritance of the Land of Promise:
Then
will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant
with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember;
and I will remember the land. (Leviticus 26:42).
Then
will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people...
Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do
great things. (Joel 2:18,21).
A
land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD
thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year
even unto the end of the year. (Deuteronomy 11:12).
And
the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate
in the sight of all that passed by. And they shall say, This
land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden;
and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced,
and are inhabited. Then the heathen that are left round about
you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and
plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and
I will do it. (Ezekiel 36:34-36).
For
the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste
places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her
desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall
be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. (Isaiah
51:3).
Thou
shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any
more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah,
and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and
thy land shall be married. (Isaiah 62:4).
Whereas
thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through
thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many
generations. (Isaiah 60:15).
Ye
shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets,
in the kingdom of God (Luke 13:28).
And
I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west,
and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in
the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 8:11).
Thou
wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham,
which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
(Micah 7:20).
But
as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the
glory of the LORD. (Numbers 14:21).
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