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TO THE CHRISTIAN PUBLIC.
discover from this passage an allusion to either of these
doctrines, much less that it is a decided proof of them.
Were we to understand by the word " temple " in both
instances in the verse a material one, which, it is evident
from its context in the prophecy, was alone in the con-
templation of Haggai, we must be persuaded to believe
that the latter temple was more magnificently built by
Zerubbabel and Joshua, in the reign of Darius than
the former built by Solomon. Should the spiritual
temple be understood by the latter term in the above, it
would be regarded naturally superior to a material one
without the necessity of " Jehovah's coming into it
clothed in our nature.'
He quotes Zechariah iii. 8 and 9, and vi. 12 and
13, wherein there is not the slightest mention of the
atonement. As to his attempt to prove the deity of Jesus
from these passages, I will notice it in a subsequent
chapter. The phrase found in the verse ("I will remove
the iniquity of that land in one day ") does not attribute
the re*- ,jval of the iniquities of the land of Israel to the
sacrificial death of Jesus, so as to justify the Editor in
quoting it as a proof of the doctrine of the atonement.
Besides, the verse can by no means be applied to the
death of Jesus, whether vicarious or accidental, since,after
the day of his crucifixion, the Israelites, so far from being
freed from sins, continued more vehemently than ever to
pursue sinful conduct in their violent persecution of
Christians. So the Jews have been punished to this day,
as Christians believe, on account of their outrages upon
the body of Jesus, and their disobedience to him. The
remaining passage of Zechariah (page 543—548, ) and
verse 1st of Ch. III. of Malachi, (page 548,) quoted by
discover from this passage an allusion to either of these
doctrines, much less that it is a decided proof of them.
Were we to understand by the word " temple " in both
instances in the verse a material one, which, it is evident
from its context in the prophecy, was alone in the con-
templation of Haggai, we must be persuaded to believe
that the latter temple was more magnificently built by
Zerubbabel and Joshua, in the reign of Darius than
the former built by Solomon. Should the spiritual
temple be understood by the latter term in the above, it
would be regarded naturally superior to a material one
without the necessity of " Jehovah's coming into it
clothed in our nature.'
He quotes Zechariah iii. 8 and 9, and vi. 12 and
13, wherein there is not the slightest mention of the
atonement. As to his attempt to prove the deity of Jesus
from these passages, I will notice it in a subsequent
chapter. The phrase found in the verse ("I will remove
the iniquity of that land in one day ") does not attribute
the re*- ,jval of the iniquities of the land of Israel to the
sacrificial death of Jesus, so as to justify the Editor in
quoting it as a proof of the doctrine of the atonement.
Besides, the verse can by no means be applied to the
death of Jesus, whether vicarious or accidental, since,after
the day of his crucifixion, the Israelites, so far from being
freed from sins, continued more vehemently than ever to
pursue sinful conduct in their violent persecution of
Christians. So the Jews have been punished to this day,
as Christians believe, on account of their outrages upon
the body of Jesus, and their disobedience to him. The
remaining passage of Zechariah (page 543—548, ) and
verse 1st of Ch. III. of Malachi, (page 548,) quoted by