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SECOND APPEHL TO THE CHRISTIAN PUBLIC. 16/
This interpretation is fully confirmed by the following
passages.—Luke, ch. iv. ver. 43 : "And he said unto
them I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities
also ;for therefore am I sent" Ch. ii. vers 47—49 : "And
all that heard him were astonished at his understanding
and answers. And when they ( his parents ) saw him,
they were amazed : and his mother said unto him, Son,
why hast thou thus dealt with us ? Behold, thy father
and I have sought thee sorrowing. And he said unto
them, How is it that ye sought me ? wist ye not that I
must he about my Father's business?" Wherein Jesus
declares, that the sole object of his mission was to
preach and impart divine instructions. Again, after
having instructed his disciples in the divine law and will,
as appears from the following text, "For I have given
unto them the words which thou gavest me ; and they
have received them, and have known surely that I came
out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst
send me," ( John, ch. xvii. ver. 8. ) Jesus in his com-
munion with God manifests that he had completed the
object of his mission by imparting divine commandments
to mankind: "I have glorified thee on the earth, I have
finished the work which thou gavest me to do." Had his
death on the cross been the work, or part of the work, for
the performance of which Jesus was sent into this world
he, as the founder of truth, wouldinot have declared him-
self to have finished that work prior to his death.
That Jesus should ride on a colt, should receive an
offer of vinegar to drink, and should, be wounded with a
spear after he had delivered up the ghost, as well as his
death on the cross, were events prophesied in the Old
»
Testament, and consequently these were fulfilled by Jesus.
This interpretation is fully confirmed by the following
passages.—Luke, ch. iv. ver. 43 : "And he said unto
them I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities
also ;for therefore am I sent" Ch. ii. vers 47—49 : "And
all that heard him were astonished at his understanding
and answers. And when they ( his parents ) saw him,
they were amazed : and his mother said unto him, Son,
why hast thou thus dealt with us ? Behold, thy father
and I have sought thee sorrowing. And he said unto
them, How is it that ye sought me ? wist ye not that I
must he about my Father's business?" Wherein Jesus
declares, that the sole object of his mission was to
preach and impart divine instructions. Again, after
having instructed his disciples in the divine law and will,
as appears from the following text, "For I have given
unto them the words which thou gavest me ; and they
have received them, and have known surely that I came
out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst
send me," ( John, ch. xvii. ver. 8. ) Jesus in his com-
munion with God manifests that he had completed the
object of his mission by imparting divine commandments
to mankind: "I have glorified thee on the earth, I have
finished the work which thou gavest me to do." Had his
death on the cross been the work, or part of the work, for
the performance of which Jesus was sent into this world
he, as the founder of truth, wouldinot have declared him-
self to have finished that work prior to his death.
That Jesus should ride on a colt, should receive an
offer of vinegar to drink, and should, be wounded with a
spear after he had delivered up the ghost, as well as his
death on the cross, were events prophesied in the Old
»
Testament, and consequently these were fulfilled by Jesus.