CHAPTER I.
OF THE DEITY "WHO IS, WHO WAS, AND WHO IS TO COME, THE ALMIGHTY."
The Argument.—A knowledge of the idea which the Scriptures teach concerning the Divine Being, essential to the inquiry.—The oneness of God.—God not a Being for human discovery.—Revelation the source of all true information concerning Him.—God's communication to Adam the original revelation on this subject.—The Old Testament statements respecting it, shadowy; those of the New Testament, more clear.—Various names of the Deity.—Jehovah Elohim: Jesus Christ: their dual significance.—The love and wisdom of God not to be thought of as abstractions; they must have embodiment: this indispensable to any intelligible idea concerning God.—The idea of God as a Divine Person.—Divine appearances prior to the first Advent; what they were intended to reveal.—What is meant by the declaration that "God is a Spirit."—How the historical statement that God spoke to men and was seen by them is to be reconciled with the declaration "No man hath seen God at any time nor heard His voice."—What are meant by the angel of the Lord and the angel of His presence.—Every Divine appearance a Divine coming.—The same Divine unity on all occasions.—Jehovah, the Creator, Redeemer, and Saviour.—Predictions concerning Jehovah's coming into the world.—His assumption of humanity through the instrumentality of a virgin.—The humanity assumed called the Son of God.—The angelic nature in which Jehovah appeared before the incarnation, and the human nature in which He appeared by incarnation.—How He became a Saviour to the uttermost.—Divine humanity distinguished from the maternal humanity.—Jesus Christ the new name of the One Supreme Being: in what sense He said He had life in Himself.—The distinction between the titles "Son of God" and "Son of man:" it is as the Son of man He is to execute judgment and to come again.
When it is undertaken to inquire into the nature of the last judgment, and the second coming of the Lord, it seems
