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The mystery of the temple and city described in the nine last chapters of Ezekiel unfolded ... by William Alleine ...
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Alleine, William, 1614-1677.
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these things to babes so at this Feast will he say Father I thank thee for my Kingdom and that these are with me in it having been brought out of great tribulation I thank thee that all mine Enemies being made my Footstool these are with me on my Throne And for a close of this particular consider how Christ shall prepare for himself as well as for the people of the Land a Sin-offering and Burnt-offering c. This doth not intimate that Christ hath sin of his own to expiate but because he shall as hath been shewn eat this Passeover with the Saints in the Kingdom of God therefore he is said to prepare for himself as well as for the people of the Land Christ prepares joy and gladness for himself when he prepares good for the Saints Thus much of the Passeover We read also of the Feast of seven days chap. 45.25 but nothing of Fasts This will be a time of joy and gladness and sorrow and sighing will flie away The Bridegroom will be with the Saints and therefore they shall not fast But as we read Zech. 8.19 The fast of the fourth moneth and the fast of the fifth moneth c. shall be joyful feasts And this shall be when many and strong nations shall seek the Lord in Ierusalem verse 22. Now it being shewn how a spiritual Passeover will be kept in the Kingdom of God it may not be judged impertinent to adde something for the opening of another Scripture which hath near affinity with this and that is Matth. 26.29 I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine till I drink it new with you in my Fathers Kingdom Of this Fruit which doth not intimate that the Fruit of the Vine taken in a proper sense shall be drunk in that Kingdom of God which shall be in the New Ierusalem but that which shall have some analogy or likeness with it For clearing this consider that 1. Christ is called a Vine and he is the true vine as he saith Iohn 15.1 2. The Church is called a Vine Psalm 80.8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt thou preparedst room for it and didst cause it to take deep root And when the Jews shall be called they shall be planted a noble Vine God shall prepare room for it and its Boughs shall spread and be as the Cedars of God The Foxes shall be taken that would spoil it and no wilde Bore out of the Wood shall waste it and the Lord will not onely look upon but come down and visit this Vine Thus we see that Christ is a Vine and the Church is a Vine and this is a Vine in a Vine a Vine planted in Christ the true Vine having its life strength and sap from him and when he shall look for Grapes from it 't will not be in vain it shall not bring forth wilde Grapes And next consider how Christ and the Saints shall drink of the Fruit of the Vine new in the Kingdom of God 1. The Saints shall drink and drink abundantly of the Fruit of the true Vine which is Christ for he appearing in glory and the Saints seeing him as he is they shall be abundantly refresh'd and satisfied in those times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord. The Saints drinking now of this Fruit of the Vine by Faith have joy unspeakable and full of glory When they shall drink in the New Jerusalem by vision full fruition and participation of the benefits of Christ how full of glory will that joy be Psalm 36.8 Thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures A River of Wine shall flow from Christ then the streams whereof shall make glad the City of God 2. As the Church is a Vine so Christ shall drink of the Fruit of it For 1. The Memory of what Saints now do and suffer for Christ will be very grateful and pleasing to him for what shall Christ say then Come ye blessed inherit the Kingdom prepared for you for I was hungry and ye fed me I was thirsty and ye gave me drink and what ye gave me then to drink is sweet Wine to me now And this is the Fruit of the true Vine Christ 2. The then holiness and happiness of the Saints and their peace and prosperity will be Christs great delight all is the Fruit of the true Vine being purchased by his Bloud and of his Fulness Saints receive as Branches from the Vine And then Christ shall rejoyce in the glorious effects of his Sufferings for the Saints and take pleasure in their prosperity procured by his being a man of sorrows And once more let Psalm 36.8 be considered Thou wilt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures There will be in the New Jerusalem a River of pleasures and these shall be not onely the Saints pleasures but Christs pleasures also for that River the streams whereof make glad the City of God shall make Christ also glad And lo here is the Wine which cheareth God and Man such an expression there is in Jothams Parable Jud. 9.13 It cheareth the heart of Christ who is God and Man and it cheareth Saints too Christ beholding the Saints shall see of the travel of his Soul and be satisfied this is the Wine which he shall drink And Saints shall delight themselves in the Lord and be satisfied in seeing him and have the desire of their hearts and this is the Wine which they shall drink And thus as a Passeover will be kept in the Kingdom of God so shall also the Lords Supper but among the glorified Saints in the New Jerusalem not in signs but in sight of Christ And as at the first Institution of the Lords Supper Christ was personally present with his Disciples so when it shall be eaten and drunk in this more excellent way in the Kingdom of God Christ shall be personally present with the Saints for he saith I will drink it new with you And this shall be done 3. In the Fathers Kingdom which is taken two ways 1. As distinct from the Kingdom of Christ as Mediator which shall then have being when Christ shall deliver up the Kingdom to God the Father 2. As the same with Christs Kingdom for Christs Kingdom is the Fathers though at last the Fathers Kingdom shall not be Christs as Mediator but as God equal with the Father I say Christs is the Fathers for 1. The Father gives it to him Christ is the Fathers King I have set my King upon my holy hill of Sion Psalm 2.6 And he hath given him power over all flesh John 17.2 And hath committed all judgment to him 2. The Father governs the World in and by Christ as Mediator 3. The Son rules to the glory of the Father for he is said to be Lord Phil. 2.11 And every tongue ought to confess it to the glory of the Father So Christs Kingdom is the Fathers which is here meant as thus appears 1. What in
be his to the year of Liberty after it shall return to the Prince But his Inheritance shall be his Sons for ever Observe 1. The Servant hath but a Gift of Christ's Inheritance the Sons have his Inheritance 2. The Sons shall have an eternal the Servants a temporal Reward even but till the year of Liberty Two things are to be taken notice of for the better understanding of this 1. During the One thousand Years Reign of Christ and of the Saints with him the Servants shall peaceably and quietly enjoy their Gifts As they shall at this time submit to Christ's Government so shall they enjoy their Reward without disturbance Which we may conceive to be hinted Chap. 46.18 The Prince shall not take of the Peoples Inheritance by oppression to thrust them out of their possession By People the Servants are meant because they are set up in opposition to the Sons Now neither the Prince nor the Sons of the Prince shall take away the Peoples Inheritance that is those Gifts of Christ's Inheritance which he shall give them As the Servants in this time shall not rise up against the Sons or disquiet them so the Sons shall not disquiet the Servants nor thrust them out of their possessions 2. When the one thousand years shall be expired Satan shall be loosed out of his Prison and shall go out to deceive the Nations in the Four Quarters of the Earth and gather them together in Battel c. So then the Servants will rebel against the Prince and rise up against the Sons and hereby shall forfeit and lose all before given them And those of them thus gathered shall be destroyed by Fire from Heaven And now will the Year of Liberty come and the Nations out of which Gog and Magog shall arise ceasing at this time to keep the Feast of Tabernacles shall be smitten with the Plagues which are mentioned Zach. 14.17 18. Consid 6. The Saints shall reign with Christ the Saints glorified and not glorified 1. The glorified Saints of the New Jerusalem Matth. 19.28 Ye shall sit upon twelve Thrones judging the twelve Tribes of Israel saith Christ to his Apostles This shall be in the Generation when he that sits upon the Throne shall make all things new Q. Shall some Saints rule over other Saints in the New Jerusalem A. We do not find any ground to judge thus But the glorified Saints shall have rule over not glorified Ones and also over the unconverted Nations 1. They shall judge the twelve Tribes of Israel If any will say that this is meant of Saints sitting with Christ in Judgment over the Dead raised to Life Let it be considered First it 's said They shall judge the twelve Tribes of Israel And if this be meant of their sitting with Christ to judge them then some Saints must be Judges of other Saints against which may be urged that of Paul Rom. 14.10 Why dost thou judge thy Brother we shall all stand before the Judgment-Seat of Christ All the raised Saints and Brethren shall stand together to be judged There seems little force in the Apostle's Argument if some Saints shall then be Judges of other Saints nay some ground would be from hence for judging now if they shall judge them then So that somewhat else must be meant hereby And for this Secondly consider some other places of Scripture as Luke 19.17 Have thou Authority over ten Cities So the Apostles shall judge that is Have Authority over the Tribes of Israel in the Land Luke 22.29 30. I appoint to you a Kingdom So by Judging is meant Reigning 2. They shall Reign upon the Earth amongst the Unconverted 1 Cor. 6.1 2. Know ye not that the Saints shall judge the World That is such as are not Saints and this not onely by approving and justifying the Sentence of Christ against them Go ye cursed c. But the Saints shall order and regulate the great Affairs of the World and therefore might well be judged fit to determine small matters of difference then among Brethren Rev. 2.26 To him that overcometh will I give power over the Nations and he shall rule them So by Saints judging is meant Ruling the Nations The Saints in John's time had this Promise which must be made good to them Q. But in what manner shall the raised Saints reign A. This is not so easie to determine I shall onely mention one place and leave it to consideration whether it may not afford some hints as to this thing Heb. 2.5 Vnto the Angels hath he not put into subjection the World to come But what is man c. By the World to come we are to understand The New Earth or the State of the Earth which is to come wherein Righteousness shall dwell For 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 being a Participle of the Feminine Gender understands 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quasi 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the inhabited Earth Matth. 24.14 The Gospel shall be preached 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the whole World And the Septuagint hath the same word for the habitable parts of the Earth Prov. 8.31 This then is not meant of a state of Glory in Heaven but of a new state of the Earth to come Q. And to whom is it to be put in subjection A. 1. Negatively 'T is not put in subjection to Angels There is now an Invisible Government which Angels have over this World There are Principalities and Powers to whom are made known by the Church the manifold wisdom of God Ephes 3.10 And they are Ministring Spirits for the good of the Heirs of salvation But it seems by this place that when the New Heavens and New Earth shall be created this their Ministration shall cease and being then Friends of the Bridegroom and Attendants on him they shall joyn in singing that Song Rev. 5.12 Worthy is the Lamb c. And as when God was perfecting the Work of the First Creation so when he shall make all things new these Morning Stars shall sing together and these Sons of God shall shout for joy Job 38.7 And we may not think the Angels will lose glory by this for their Ministry to the Saints being fulfilled they shall have a full Reward yea their glory will be the greater for their Ministry before was immediately to the Saints but then it will be immediately to the Person of Christ himself Even as some persons who are Servants to a great King are called home from negotiating abroad to wait on their Kings person in his Royal Court. So that what the Queen of Sheba said of Solomon's Servants may much more be said of the Angels then 2 Chron. 9.7 Happy are thy Men and happy are these thy Servants which stand continually before thee c. And Christ himself shall deliver the Kingdom to the Father but shall lose no glory thereby And we may conceive some reason of the ceasing of this Dispensation of Angels Government the evil Angels