by John Thomas
The kingdom promised to them that love God, and are "the called according to his purpose," is a Hebrew Kingdom. Its territory is the land of Israel turned into Paradise; the nation to inhabit it, the twelve tribes of Israel cleansed from their iniquities, as the result of an intelligent and affectionate recognition of the Anointed Jesus; and obedience to him as their King; its princes, priests, and nobles of all ranks and degrees, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, the prophets and apostles; and those Jews under the law, "who walked in the steps of that faith of the father Abraham, which he had, being yet uncircumcised," or a Gentile; and those Jews after the Day of Pentecost, who continued in Abraham's faith, affectionately recognizing Jesus as the Seed promised to him and Israel, and were "immersed for his name" (Luke 13:28; Matt. 19:27-29; Rom. 4:12).
— Eureka — An Exposition of the Apocalypse, Vol. 1, Ch. 2 — Epistles To The Four Angel-Stars Of The Ecclesias In Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, And Thyatira., Section II — Jews of the Satan's Synagogue, p. 223
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