ascend on high, to receive gifts for men; yea, even for the rebellious Jews, that the Lord God might dwell among them. But how is the Lord God to dwell amongst them, if I do not create a Son, by the same power I came amongst them? And to prove my power, that it is of God, and not of man, it must be made known unto all men whomsoever that read this book of thine, that no man hath been in thy presence, or put a foot in the room where I have confined thee, since the time I ordered thy confinement, which time was October 11, 1813. And thou must let it be known to the world, that thou canst say with Agur:-Proverbs, xxx 18, 19. "There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not.”

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And this I can take my solemn oath to, that I never had knowledge of man in my life. So that, if the words of the Spirit are fulfilled in me, this year, to have a Son, it is by the power of the Lord, and not of man: and this sign is set, to prove the truth of the Gospel; or to prove that the Gospel is not true. For this I am answered, if the visitation of the Lord to me now does not produce a Son, this year; then Jesus Christ was not the Son of God, born in the manner spoken by the Virgin Mary; but if I have a Son, this year; then, in like manner our Saviour was born. And now they must look on him whom they have pierced, and believe in the THREE-ONE-GOD, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

"Now I tell thee, it is for their sakes, and to restore them to their kingdom, that I shall give power to the SON to destroy the heathen, to bring in mine inheritance, to call my sons from afar, and my daughters from the ends of the earth. For now shall I say to the south, give up; and to the north, keep not back: for now

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I will say, as I said in my Gospel, he that honoureth the Son, honoureth the Father also.

John x. 30, 35, 36, 37, 38.-"I and my Father are one. If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scriptures cannot be broken; say ye of him whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God. If I do not the works of my Father, believe ME not. But if I do, though ye believe not ME, believe the works: that ye may know and believe that the Father is in ME, and I in him."

John xviii. 33, 34, 35, 36, 37.—" Then Pilate entered into the judgment-hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews? Jesus answered him, sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of ME? Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: What hast thou done? Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. Pilate, therefore, said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into thee world."

"Now come to the Prophet: Micah v. 1, 2, 3, 4.-"Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge, of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. But thou Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall HE come forth unto ME, that is to be ruler in Israel: whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

Therefore will he give them up until the time that she. which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God, and they shall abide: for now shall HE be great unto the ends of the earth."

"Now open your eyes, ye blind, and unstop your ears, ye deaf, that in hearing ye may hear, and in seeing ye may perceive in what manner the Prophet spoke of my first coming-"They shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek." Here let them compare this with my Gospel, how I came, and what I came for→→→ to be the ruler of Israel-and be rejected. Therefore I said in my Gospel, I had power to lay down my life, and power to take it up again: but, as they rejected ME, I rejected them; I gave them up without a king; gave them up without a prince; I gave them up without power as a nation, but scattered them in all nations, as I told them. But now is the time that she that travaileth shall bring forth a Son, that I said should be revealed. Let them not say, she that travaileth to bring forth, alludes to my birth, in the second verse:-no; from my birth came my death; then I gave them up: I was not great to the ends of the earth; neither did I execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathens :. No; I gave up them that gave up ME, to the fury of the heathens, and to them that called not upon my name. But now is the time that I shall fulfil the words I said to Pilate, and the words. that Pilate wrote upon my cross" Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews." But, as they rejected ME as being King, when I came as a Son; then let them receive the SON that now comes in the

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name of the FATHER; then let them own the truth of my words, that they have seen the SoN and the FATHER also; because the Son is in the Father, and the Father in the Son; then if they worship the Son they must worship the Father also. And let them look to their Prophets, then they will see that they prophesied of ME two ways; to come as a sufferer, and to come as a conqueror first to die for men, to redeem them from the fall; and next to come as a prince and saviour, to reign in the kingdom I died to redeem. And now I tell them, it is not all the power in the world, nor all the nations upon earth, shall ever establish the Jews upon the throne of Jerusalem, to be a peaceable and happy nation, if they will not receive the Son, that I have told thee shall be born this year, to be the KING over them. Therefore, let them not look to the great men amongst them, or to their rabbies, their priests, or their rulers, to think that their King shall come from them, when their great men amongst them sought my life, and the meanness of my birth was then despised.

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know what I said in my Gospel: Before honour cometh humility; therefore let them not despise the day of small things; if they wish to come to great things, they must not despise the meanness of the Child's birth, to say, thou art not grand enough for them; but let them look to the marvellous manner the way I have placed the Sign, before them; let them look to thy age, and the manner I have confined thee from any man coming into thy presence; and to prevent men's saying, a man might come in women's apparel, I have also forbidden all thy female friends to come into thy presence likewise. Therefore, I have ordered it in such manner as it is impossible for deceit to be practised..

Now come to the Prophet: Isaiah Ixvi. 6,7,8. "A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the Lord that rendereth recompense to his enemies. Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man-child. Who hath heard such a thing? Who hath seen such a thing? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day, or shall a nation be born at once ?"

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Yes; I tell thee, this is the NATION of the JEWS; and the CHILD that is to lead them they will find is born in a day they little think of, and in an hour unaware, before this year hath got an end. For now shall I create all things new: the new heavens, and new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness for now I shall come to the professors of my Gospel, whom I have told thee are as blind as the Jews: can they say that this chapter was fulfilled in the days of my flesh? When I was born, will they say, that I was the MANCHILD, that then brought in the great deliverance? Did I not say through my Gospel, that I should come again as a Bridegroom? Did I not tell my disciples I had many things to say unto them, that they could not bear, but what was hidden should be made known, what was concealed should be revealed, and that the Son of Man should be revealed in a day they little thought of? But I was revealed to them then, and was in person with them; but I told them I should come again, and should scarce find faith on the earth, because my Gospel was not understood, in what manner I should visit by the Spirit.

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"And now come to the words of the Prophet: Isaiah lii. 14, 15.-" As many were astonished at thee; (his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men)