THE GATHERING OF ISRAEL FROM AMONG BOTH JEW AND GENTILE
In this book we wish to introduce the first rudiments of the faith once delivered unto the saints, which was sealed till this the time of the end and day of Visitation; now unsealed, and the mysteries made known to the people of the saints - Israel, to whom the promise was made, which was given by God (who cannot lie) before the world began. And the kingdom shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High. Therefore this Message will give a clear conception of what the kingdom is, and to whom it is given - which is Israel, the seed which was to come, to whom the promise was made, which promise is, the redemption of our body; (Rom. 8-23;) when then the kingdom shall be put within them - I am with you, and shall be in you; (John 14-17;) - i.e., when mortal shall put on immortality. And remember, this mortal signifies living people - whose vile bodies shall be changed and fashioned like unto his glorious body; and therefore shall be like him. Phil. 3-21.
These mysteries having been sealed, Blindness in part happened to Israel till the fulness of the Gentiles be come in; (Rom. 11-25;) - which time has come; and the Lord has set his hand the second time to recover the remnant of his people Israel, and the mysteries are revealed to them. And so it says, Without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness, God manifest in the flesh - which is the life of the body. So Jesus said, I will shorten the time for the Elect's sake, or no flesh would be saved, but for the Elect's sake I have shortened the days. Matt. 24-22.
Israel was scattered in the days of old, after Solomon's time. And Jesus did not gather Israel; nor did he restore the kingdom to them in his first coming, or why would there be a second coming?
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