xxxvii. 31. _And the remnant that is escaped, &c._
When the power and splendour of the family of David were failing, the
prophets foretold that the kingdom of the saints should one time be
restored. Has this promise yet been fulfilled or no? and if
fulfilled, in what sense?
There are other prophecies parallel to the text, _e.g.,_ Jer.
xxxi. 31-33; Ezek. xxxiv. 23; Isa. xli. 14, 15, lxii. 1, 2.
_That these and a number of other prophecies are fulfilled in the
Christian dispensation is plain from the express assertions of
inspired persons_ (Acts xv. 13-17). This explains the language of
Moses, in which the perpetual obligation of the law is asserted, "Ye
shall not add unto the word which I command you," &c.; and after
punishment, return of prosperity was promised, on condition of
returning to the law (Deut. iv. 30, xi. 22-25).