LECTURES ON ANCIENT ISRAEL, AND THE ISRAELITISH ORIGIN OF THE MODERN NATIONS OF EUROPE
BY J. WILSON, London, 1840
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(a) Does God keep His promises? (b) Were any promises of physical blessings made to the Biblical patriarchs? (c) Is anyone alive today (regardless of ethnicity, race, language, geographical
location, ...) the recipient of promises of physical blessings made to the patriarchs? (d) If someone is a recipient, are there special responsibilities that go along with those blessings? (e) If there are special responsibilities, then do we need to discover if we are the ones with those special responsibilities? (f) If we are the ones with those special responsibilities, should we perform them? (g) Get to it! Perform those special responsibilities! |
(a) As a nation (of all kinds of ethnicities, races, languages, ...), do we have more than our share of physical blessings? (b) Does God gives us these blessings? (c) Does God have a reason for giving us these blessings? (d) Is any part of the reason the promises of physical blessings given to the Biblical patriarchs? (e) Do God's blessings also come with special responsibilities for those blessed? (f) Do we have special responsibilities? (g) Let's get to it! Let's perform those special responsibilities! |
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In 1840, Wilson concluded that the British Empire was blessed as
a result of the promises to the patriarchs, and so had a
responsibility to set a Christian example, and evangelize, the
whole world. He warned that if the British Empire did not do this,
its future was bleak. | |
"But the birthright was Joseph's. - I Chron. 5:2.
"The gifts and calling of God are without repentance. - Rom. 11:28.
THIRD AMERICAN, FROM THE THIRD LONDON EDITION.
[First London Edition, 1840]
PHILADELPHIA: DANIELS & SMITH, 36 NORTH SIXTH STREET, 1851
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CONTENTS.
Preface to the American Edition. 1851. Page 5
Preface to the First London Edition. 1840. Page 6
Preface to the Third London Edition. 1844. Page 7
Reply to E. Bickersteth's Objections in 1840.
- Foundation for this View of our Israelitish Origin. - Importance of the Subject, 9
[The lecture titles here show the material covered, but their text is not reproduced here, because later sources provide more thorough and accurate material. See below. ]
LECTURE I.
Israel's Ancestry; and the Three Grand Races of Mankind contrasted
with the modern European Race. - 29
LECTURE II.
The Land of Israel. - Its Central and Important Position - Its
Historical and Prophetical Connections. - 40
LECTURE III.
The Promises made unto the Fathers. - Specially regarded the One
seed, to come of Judah; and the Multitudinous Seed, to come of
Ephraim. - 52
LECTURE IV.
The Training of Israel - In the Fathers - In the Nation - Under
successive Dispensations. - Giving Israel a peculiar progressive
Character, and qualifying them for future Usefulness. - 69
LECTURE V.
The Dispersion of Israel. - The circumstances of their Captivity.
- Israel's case discriminated from that of the Jews. - 85
LECTURE VI.
The Place of Israel's Hiding. - The North-west pointed out in Old
Testament Promise and Prophecy; and also by the New Testament
Ministry of the Word, whether spoken or written. - 100
LECTURE VII.
The Progress of Israel Westward. - Indications of Israel's Sojourn
in the Northeast of Europe; and of their wanderings Westward
through the Northern Wilderness. - 119
LECTURE VIII.
State of Europe subsequent to the Northern Invasion. - The Changes
which then took place, and which have since resulted, are all
correspondent to the idea that the Seed of Israel were then being
thickly and widely sown in these maritime Countries. - 138
LECTURE IX.
The English identified with Israel - Are found to have come from
the quarter where Israel were lost. - They possess the same
Character, both as to Body and Mind. - 155
LECTURE X.
Further Identification of the English with Israel. - As to their
Social Relations and Political Institutions. - This remarkable
coincidence previously observed. - 167
LECTURE XI.
French Testimony as to the Angles, and the English Constitution and
History. - God hath not dealt so with any Nation as He promised to
do with Israel, and as He hath done with the English. - 186
LECTURE XII.
The Identification concluded. - As to the Arts of War and
Peace. - As to Religious Views. - Places, Times, and Manner of
Worship. - God's wondrous Care over his cause among this People. - 199
LECTURE XIII.
Israel, the Measuring Line of the Lord's Inheritance. - The Escaped
of Israel came Westward, as well as the Remnant carried Captive. -
God has been gradually, by his People, enclosing larger and larger
Portions of the Gentile World, until now that they enclose all
Nations. - 212
LECTURE XIV.
Recapitulation and Conclusion. - On the Sources of Evidence, and a
Glance at the useful Applications of the Subject. - 225
Queries [to the reader] on the Subject of Our Israelitish Origin. - 234
the God of Israel, the Master of the harvest, is looking on, and soon will appear to the joy of those who have given themselves to his service. Let us duly regard the claims our God has upon us, for most loving and lively obedience. He hath, indeed, been unceasing in his care, and marvelous in his love, to the house of Israel. He is indeed fulfilling his word,-
"In the place where it was said unto them,
Ye are not my people;
There it shall be said unto them,
Ye are the Sons of the Living God."
THE END.
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