early period after the fall, and frequently predicted in after times. Immediately after that catastrophe, it was stated that the seed of the woman should bruise the serpent's head:[1] and He—Jehovah,—who said this, subsequently promised that He would come into the world. It is of importance to observe that this advent is predicted of Jehovah, and that that which at the time of its fulfilment is called "the Son of God" is the humanity through which it was accomplished. In respect to the first of these two facts, we read, "Thus saith Jehovah, sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for, lo, I come and will dwell in the midst of thee."[2] "Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come in strength."[3] "It shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him: this is Jehovah, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation."[4] "Jehovah whom ye seek shall suddenly come to His temple:"[5] and the temple to which He did come, He expressly declared to have been "His body."[6]
While these passages clearly teach that it was Jehovah who was to come, there are others which show us plainly the manner of His coming. Thus it is written, "Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel:"[7] "Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace."[8] Thus we learn that it was "the mighty God, the everlasting Father," who was about to render Himself manifest in the world, by means of a humanity derived from a virgin, and called "a son." And this prophecy, we are informed, was
