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22 FINAL APPEAL
Lord," and " his brethren" be consistently used for one
who is the everlasting God ? If so, how can we reconcile
to our understanding the idea of the everlasting God's
reigning in the strength of another, having the Jews as
his brethren, and looking up to another superior, ' who is
designated by " his God ?" If a body of men, distinguish-
ed for their talents, learning, and situation in life, from
time to time, be determined to support their long-esta-
blished inventions, in defiance of scripture, reason, and
common sense ; how can truth make its appearance
when so violently resisted ? In fact, verse 2 of Micah
thus correctly stands : " Out of thee (Bethlehem) shall
he (the last expected Messiah) come forth unto me that
is to be ruler in Israel, whose sources* of springing forth
have been from of ancient, from the days of old."
The Editor advances, that " even son implies an
equality of nature with the Father : certainly it does so,
when referred to one carnally begotten, but otherwise,
it signifies a distinguished creature, i Chron. xxviii.
6 : " And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall
build my house and my courts : for I have chosen
him to be my son, and I will be his father." Job
* These are the seed of Abraham and that of David, through
which God declares, by the mouths of the ancient prophets, that
he will raise the Messiah to save the world.—Vide Parkhurst's
Hebrew Lexicon, " 3, The place whence any thing comes. Job.
xxviii. 1, Isaiah lviii. 11, Psalm lxv. 9, lxxv. 7 ; in which last
passage, is used for that part of the heavens whence the
solar light }$ cometh forth, i. e. the east. Comp. Psalm
xix. 6, 7." Parkhurst also rejects the popular meaning, saying.
" Not his (Messiah's) eternal generation from the Father, as this
word has been tortured to signify." <-
Lord," and " his brethren" be consistently used for one
who is the everlasting God ? If so, how can we reconcile
to our understanding the idea of the everlasting God's
reigning in the strength of another, having the Jews as
his brethren, and looking up to another superior, ' who is
designated by " his God ?" If a body of men, distinguish-
ed for their talents, learning, and situation in life, from
time to time, be determined to support their long-esta-
blished inventions, in defiance of scripture, reason, and
common sense ; how can truth make its appearance
when so violently resisted ? In fact, verse 2 of Micah
thus correctly stands : " Out of thee (Bethlehem) shall
he (the last expected Messiah) come forth unto me that
is to be ruler in Israel, whose sources* of springing forth
have been from of ancient, from the days of old."
The Editor advances, that " even son implies an
equality of nature with the Father : certainly it does so,
when referred to one carnally begotten, but otherwise,
it signifies a distinguished creature, i Chron. xxviii.
6 : " And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall
build my house and my courts : for I have chosen
him to be my son, and I will be his father." Job
* These are the seed of Abraham and that of David, through
which God declares, by the mouths of the ancient prophets, that
he will raise the Messiah to save the world.—Vide Parkhurst's
Hebrew Lexicon, " 3, The place whence any thing comes. Job.
xxviii. 1, Isaiah lviii. 11, Psalm lxv. 9, lxxv. 7 ; in which last
passage, is used for that part of the heavens whence the
solar light }$ cometh forth, i. e. the east. Comp. Psalm
xix. 6, 7." Parkhurst also rejects the popular meaning, saying.
" Not his (Messiah's) eternal generation from the Father, as this
word has been tortured to signify." <-