the Son of God, or even the Son of man. He is not hailed as King of kings and Lord of

lords. His name, "The Mighty God", is not uttered. Out of weakness itself is to be born

the victor over the serpent. "The Seed of the woman" shall bruise the serpent's head.

Within the compass of these few words is found human corruption and guilt are passed

down the male line. Here also lies enfolded the glorious teaching of I Cor. 45-47, the

second man, the Lord from heaven, is here in view--He is the Seed of the woman. The

prophecy of the virgin birth, Isa. 7: 14 and Matt. 1: 23 is hereby necessitated.

THE SEED OF ABRAHAM.--"He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one,

And to thy Seed, which is Christ" (Gal. 3: 16). Here is another embracive title. All that

Isaac was as the well-beloved and only son, offered willingly upon the altar, is included

in this prophetic name. In this Seed all families of Jew and Gentile alike were to be

blessed. The great principle of faith is implied in the title, and much of the apostle's

teaching in Romans and Galatians is alone possible by reason for the fact that Christ fills

both prophecies concerning the woman's seed and the seed of Abraham.

THE SEED OF DAVID (Rom. 1: 3).--This title covers all the promises of God which

relate peculiarly to Israel and the kingdom. It is related to a set of prophecies that deal

with Israel "according to the flesh". Here is the king after God's own heart. Here is the

Prince of Peace. The rule and reign of David's greater Son exhausts his kingly prayer,

and in contemplation of His benign reign the prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended,

accomplished, consummated (Psa. 72: 20). Every sacrifice and offering ordained by

the law or the Word of God was a prophecy of Christ.

Did Israel find protection under the shed blood of the passover? "Christ our passover

hath been sacrificed for us" (I Cor. 5: 7). Did God ordain various offerings for the

various phases of ceremonial access, worship, and expiation, these were but prophecies

of Christ. "Sacrifice and offering Thou wouldest not, but a BODY hast Thou prepared

Me. . . . Lo, I come" (Heb. 10: 5-9). The time when the Messiah should come is given

in various ways by various prophets (Gen. 49: 10; Dan. 9: 24-27; Haggai 2: 6-9). The

place of His birth is indicated by Micah 5: 2. The nature and purpose of His death is

foretold with marvellous precision in Psa. 22: and Isa. 53: His glorious resurrection

is foretold by David in Psa. 16:, His investiture with universal sovereignty is foretold

by Daniel in 7: 13, 14, and by John in Rev. 11: 15. His second coming in its many

phases constitutes the brightest star of both Old and New Testament eschatology.

We have done nothing more than pick out a few of the many themes that this subject

holds out to us; Christ is ALL in prophecy. He is its beginning and its end. With His

person and work Genesis records the first prophetic word, and His personal coming is the

promise of the closing verses of inspiration, "Surely I come quickly".

May every reader be able, by grace, to reply, "Even so, Come, Lord Jesus".