Excerpt from The Kingdom of Heaven: Its Significance and Scope Qwere to be followed by a fifth, as we read in verse xliv: And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. This Kingdom is the Messianic Kingdom which shall be set up on the earth at the return of God's Son to it. Proof of our last assertion is furnished by Dan. Vii:13, 14, I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of Man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the ancient of days, and they brought Him near before Him. And there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a Kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages, should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and Hi; Kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. It was to this same Kingdom that the angel referred when he said to Mary, And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, shalt call His Name jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His father David. And He shall reign over the House of Jacob forever; and of Hir. Kingdom there shall be no end (luke i:31 This Kingdom will have the Lord Jesus Christ for its sovereign (isa. Ix:6, Jerusa lem will be its earthly center (is. Ii:3), the House of Jacob will be its immediate subjects (luke i233), though the whole earth and its inhabi tants will be subject to its rule (zech. Xiv:16). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.