Macaulay on the Coming Kingdom
MACAULAY, the talented essayist and historian, a member of the British Parliament, in 1831 thus wrote: “The Christian believes, as well as the Jew, that at some future period the present order of things will come to an end. Nay, many Christians believe that the Messiah will shortly establish a kingdom on the earth, and reign visibly over all its inhabitants. Whether this doctrine be orthodox or not, we shall not inquire. The number of people who hold it, is much greater than the number of those residing in England. Many of those who hold it are distinguished by rank, wealth, and ability; it is preached from pulpits, both of the Scottish and of the English church. Noblemen and members of parliament have written in defense of it, who expect, ‘that before that generation shall pass away, all the kingdoms of the earth will be swallowed up in one Divine Empire.’”—Essays on the Jews, p. 668.