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59781 The First Report of the General Conference of Christians Expecting the Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ, p. 60.1 (Joshua V. Himes)

… ” it naturally seems to us, that the theory of the unbelieving Jews’ return, preparatory to the coming of Christ, is only as an imaginary mighty block before the …

59782 The First Report of the General Conference of Christians Expecting the Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ, p. 61.2 (Joshua V. Himes)

… the natural Jews. Further, he tells us that “ they which are of faith ,” or are true believers, “ the same are the children of Abraham ” or “ Israel ” truly; and that they which …

59783 The First Report of the General Conference of Christians Expecting the Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ, p. 62.1 (Joshua V. Himes)

… the natural Jews to Palestine. The apostle in his commentary upon “ the law ,” and “ the testimony ,” of “ Moses ,” and “ the prophets ,” says: “ We know that the law is spiritual …

59784 The First Report of the General Conference of Christians Expecting the Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ, p. 62.2 (Joshua V. Himes)

… the natural Jews in Palestine. For certainly, there is nothing but “ wo ! wo ! wo !” to be said to the wicked Jews except they repent, while the prophets are condemned …

59785 The First Report of the General Conference of Christians Expecting the Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ, p. 63.1 (Joshua V. Himes)

… which naturally diminish the “ comfort ” of the spiritual mind, or “ make the heart of the righteous sad ,” shows that these returning promises are for the saints …

59786 The First Report of the General Conference of Christians Expecting the Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ, p. 64.3 (Joshua V. Himes)

… would naturally, repeatedly, and clearly have so explained them, instead of speaking of them so exclusively and uniformly as given rather for “ a better country …

59787 The First Report of the General Conference of Christians Expecting the Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ, p. 65.1 (Joshua V. Himes)

… the natural Jews’ return; neither did he ever give them the least kind of a promise of anything good on their remaining Jews. And yet, he personally, distinctly …

59788 The First Report of the General Conference of Christians Expecting the Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ, p. 65.2 (Joshua V. Himes)

… the natural Jews shall yet go there to inherit it as “ an everlasting possession ,” seeing that their natural father, Abraham, lived and died there without inheriting …

59789 The First Report of the General Conference of Christians Expecting the Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ, p. 65.3 (Joshua V. Himes)

… surviving natural Jews, on going to that land, any more inherit it, as the promise to Israel, than did the millions of their ancestors who lived and died there …

59790 The First Report of the General Conference of Christians Expecting the Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ, p. 66.3 (Joshua V. Himes)

… the natural Jews’ return to Palestine, this, surely, is one of the most prominent of them. But in seeing that this is a promise for a heavenly land for the saints …

59791 The First Report of the General Conference of Christians Expecting the Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ, p. 66.4 (Joshua V. Himes)

… the natural Jews should literally return to Palestine, would that literally fulfil this heavenly promise? Could they literally inherit it “ forever and …

59792 The First Report of the General Conference of Christians Expecting the Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ, p. 66.6 (Joshua V. Himes)

… the natural Jews’ literal return. But in understanding it rather as promising the final return of God’s wandering and scattered spiritual Israel (who become …

59793 The First Report of the General Conference of Christians Expecting the Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ, p. 67.2 (Joshua V. Himes)

… the natural Jews to prepare the way for Christ to come afterwards. But in seeing that this, also, is a promise for the saints’ return to their promised heavenly …

59795 The First Report of the General Conference of Christians Expecting the Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ, p. 69.1 (Joshua V. Himes)

… the natural Jews is very considerable part of the Old-Testament prophecies; while yet, as now exhibited, they only, and rousingly foretell the everlasting …

59796 The First Report of the General Conference of Christians Expecting the Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ, p. 69.3 (Joshua V. Himes)

… hearts naturally desire? And why should they not naturally desire to remain Jews, under such testimony, and where they can assure their unbelieving hearts …

59797 The First Report of the General Conference of Christians Expecting the Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ, p. 71.1 (Joshua V. Himes)

… the natural Jews’ literal return to prepare the way of the Lord, from the alleged supposed fact, that hitherto the prophecies concerning them have all been …

59798 The First Report of the General Conference of Christians Expecting the Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ, p. 71.2 (Joshua V. Himes)

… the natural Jews. The Jews, like others opposed to Christ’s holy requirements, may have felt themselves reproached and hissed by their supposed enemies …

59799 The First Report of the General Conference of Christians Expecting the Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ, p. 73.2 (Joshua V. Himes)

… the natural Jews’ literal return, at no distant period, by the late frequently alleged and popular argument, that there are of late, among the Jews themselves …

59800 The First Report of the General Conference of Christians Expecting the Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ, p. 74.2 (Joshua V. Himes)

… was naturally excited to continue my inquiries more fully of others of them from store to store in Chatham street, where many of them are located and engaged …