_And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse_ A PROPHECY CONCERNING MESSIAH THE PRINCE I. HIS RISE OUT OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID (Isaiah 11:1). II. HIS QUALIFICATIONS FOR HIS GREAT UNDERTAKING (Isaiah 11:2). III. THE JUSTICE AND EQUITY OF HIS GOVERNMENT (Isaiah 11:3). IV. THE PEACEABL... [ Continue Reading ]
_And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him_ THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD חריס is the Divine Spirit as the bearer of the whole fulness Divine powers. Then follow in three pairs the six spirits comprehended by הרוה, the first pair of which relate to the intellectual life, the second to the practical... [ Continue Reading ]
_And shall make Him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord_ “OF QUICK UNDERSTANDING IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD” “Of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord” a word which relates to the power of smell or scent; He is to have that keen sense which the hound has when the game is not far away,... [ Continue Reading ]
_But with righteousness shall He judge the poor_ THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST’S KINGDOM As it may in many ways be shown that the Church of Christ though one Church with the Jewish, differs from it as being a kingdom, so now let me dwell on this point: that though a kingdom like empires of the earth... [ Continue Reading ]
_And righteousness shall be the girdle of His loins and faithfulness the girdle of His reins_ THE RIGHT GIRDLE I. We have the Saviour here represented in His RIGHTEOUSNESS. The Saviour was abstractedly, in and of and from Himself, righteous. But the righteousness here means the actual accomplishme... [ Continue Reading ]
_The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb_ A PORTRAIT OF HUMANITY I. THE MORAL VARIETIES OF THE RACE. Men are here represented by irrational creatures, differing immensely in their organisations, their habits, and their tempers--the “wolf,” the “lamb,” etc. The physical differences between men are... [ Continue Reading ]
_They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain_ THE GOLDEN AGE Poets have sung of a golden age, saints have prayed for one, the Bible distinctly teaches that one will come. This passage gives us the characteristics of this “good time coming.” I. THE WHOLE EARTH SHALL BE THE SPIRITUAL R... [ Continue Reading ]
_There shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people_ MESSIAH, THE ROOT OF JESSE If, through the infallible guidance of the Divinely inspired apostles and evangelists, we can find the Messiah spoken of in many passages of the Old Testament, in which we should not otherwise... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Lord shall set His hand again the second time to recover the remnant of His people_ THE RESTORATION OF THE JEWS TO THEIR OWN LAND, AND CONVERSION TO THE FAITH OF CHRIST I. THE PAST AND PRESENT STATE AND CHARACTER OF THE JEWS. The past history of the Jews has been very remarkable, more so than... [ Continue Reading ]
_The envy also of Ephraim shall depart_ JUDAH AND EPHRAIM Jacob, in his prophetic statement of the fortunes of his sons, disregards the right of primogeniture, and gives the preeminence to Judah and Joseph, and in the family of the latter to the younger son Ephraim. Hence, from the time of the exo... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea._ THE EGYPTIAN SEA AND THE RIVER The “tongue,” _i.e., _the bay (_cf. _Joshua 15:2) of the Red Sea (the Gulf of Suez) will be “banned,” _i.e., _rendered harmless to those who would cross it, by being dried up; “the river” (the Euphrate... [ Continue Reading ]