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The coming of Christ to usher in the reign of righteousness has
inspired the most sublime and impassioned utterances of the sacred
writers. The poets and prophets of the Bible have dwelt upon it in words
glowing with celestial fire. The psalmist sang of the power and majesty
of Israel’s King: “Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence.... He shall call to the
heavens from above, and to the earth, that He may judge His people.”
Psalm 50:2-4. “Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad ...
before the Lord: for He cometh, for He cometh to judge the earth: He
shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with His truth.”
Psalm 96:11-13.
Said the prophet Isaiah: “Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for
thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.”
“Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise.”
“He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away
tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of His people shall He take away
from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it. And it shall be said in
that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save
us: this is the Lord; we have waited for Him, we will be glad and rejoice
in His salvation.” Isaiah 26:19; 25:8, 9.
And Habakkuk, rapt in holy vision, beheld His appearing. “God
came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. His glory
covered the heavens, and the earth was full of His praise. And His
brightness was as the light.” “He stood, and measured the earth: He
beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains
were scattered, the perpetual hill did bow: His ways are everlasting.”
“Thou didst ride upon Thine horses and Thy chariots of salvation.” “The
mountains saw Thee, and they trembled: ... the deep uttered his voice,
and lifted up his hands on high. The sun and moon stood still in their

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