p. 135 | The Jews

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 9, 1858

The Jews.

THE JEWS have no peculiar blessings in reserve for them, for the following reasons:

1. The middle wall of partition between them and the Gentiles was broken down more than 1800 years ago. Eph. ii, 14, 15; Gal. iii, 28.

2. John and our Saviour denied the Jews had any further claim upon Abraham for religious favors. Matt. iii, 7-9; xxiii; John viii, 39; Rev. ii, 9.

3. The Apostle Paul makes it plain in Rom. ii, 28, 29; ix, 6, 7; x, 12, 13; Acts x, 34, 35; xv, 9, 10; Gal. iii, 28, &c., &c.

4. Jews or Gentiles are favorites of God only through faith in Christ. Gal. iii, 7, 26-29; Eph. i, 5; Heb. ii, 14.

5. "Jerusalem is to be trodden down of the Gentiles until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in"—then the immortal state will be introduced, leaving no chance for the literal return of the Jews. Luke xxi, 24; Rom. xi, 25; Eph. i, 9, 10.

6. Several of the parables of our Saviour are against them. See the relapsing demoniac. Matt. xii; Luke ix. Of the fig-tree. Luke xiii, 6, 9. Of the great Supper. Luke xiv. The husbandman and bidden guests. Matt. xxi; xxii. B.