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they_o where_o he_o keep_v also_o his_o servant_n or_o household_n the_o priest_n and_o levite_n receive_v their_o offering_n as_o rent_n for_o maintain_v his_o attendant_n this_o kingdom_n be_v not_o to_o cease_v until_o christ_n his_o son_n the_o messiah_n shall_v come_v into_o the_o world_n and_o then_o indeed_o he_o break_v up_o house_n and_o deliver_v up_o the_o same_o to_o he_o the_o sceptre_n shall_v not_o depart_v from_o judah_n nor_o a_o lawgiver_n from_o between_o his_o foot_n until_o shiloh_n come_v and_o to_o he_o shall_v the_o gather_n of_o the_o people_n be_v gen._n 49.10_o we_o read_v therefore_o when_o christ_n have_v finish_v the_o work_n of_o man_n redemption_n and_o rose_n from_o the_o dead_a he_o takes_z upon_o he_o the_o administration_n of_o this_o government_n all_o power_n be_v give_v i_o in_o heaven_n and_o earth_n go_v you_o into_o all_o the_o world_n and_o preach_v the_o gospel_n matth._n 28.18_o mar._n 16.15_o what_o be_v that_o but_o go_v and_o gather_v 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