FINAL APPEAL

It is not Jesus alone that was empowered by God-
to know and to judge all secret events, but on particular-
occasions others were intrusted with the same power,,
as has already been noticed in page and will also be
found in Daniel ii. 23 : "I thank thee and praise thee,.
O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom
and might, and hast made known unto me now what we
desired of thee ; for thou hast now made known unto us
the king's matter1' and in 2 Sam. xiv. 19 and 20 : "And
the king (David) said, Is not the hand of Joab with
thee in all this ? and the woman answered and said,—
My Lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of
God, to know all things that are in the earth." 1. Cor.
vi. 2 and 3. " Do you not know that the saints shall
judge the world ? and if the world shall be judged by
you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters ?
Know ye not that we shall judge angels ? &c.M Here
Christian saints are declared to be judges of the deeds
of* the whole world, and of course to be possessors of a
knowledge of all events, both public and private, so as
to enable them to perform so delicate a judgment.
Besides a knowledge of future events is by no means
less wonderful than that of past things or present secrets
of hearts ; yet we find all the prophets of God were
endued with the former. 1 Kings xx. 22 : " And the
prophet came to the king of Israel and said unto him,
go strengthen thyself and mark and see what thou dost;
for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come
up against thee." So we find the same gift of future
knowledge granted to righteous men in numerous
instances.

He then cites Dan. i. and vii. and found? upon