upon Me; because Jehovah hath anointed Me to preach good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent Me to bind up the broken-hearted," etc. none other than " Jehovah Tzidkenu " the " Wonderful Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace," whose goings forth are from of old, even " from the days of eternity " who as the Malakh Yehovah, the Divine Messenger of the Covenant, appeared of old to patriarchs and prophets, and in the fulness of time became incarnate, and was " sent " of God with the message of peace and salvation to man, and to be the Apostle and High Priest of our profession.
But it is no wonder that to modern Jews, who have lost the knowledge of the living, personal God of their fathers, and substituted for the scriptural faith of the unity of God the dogma of an abstract unicity, such a scripture is an enigma and insoluble mystery.
Secondly, the mission which He is to accomplish is described in the words, Achar kabhod shelahani, " After glory hatk He sent Me " a sentence which has been very variously interpreted by different writers, but which most probably means to vindicate and to display the glory of God, first in the judgments which He is to inflict on the nations who have oppressed Israel, and then in the exhibition of His grace in the deliverance and salvation of His own people, and also in the blessing which is to come to the Gentile nations after Israel is restored, and Mount Zion becomes not only the seat of Messiah's governmental rule over the nations, but the centre of the true worship of God on the earth. This is further explained by the words which follow: " For, behold, I will shake Mine hand over them " even as in Isa. xi. i 5 and xix. 1 6, where the same Hebrew word is used, God promised of old to do against Israel's enemies.[1] " And they shall become a spoil to those that served them" which is also an inspired echo of Isa. xiv., where we
- ↑ The figure also includes the almighty power of this Divine champion of His people's cause. lie has only to shake (literally "wave") His hand, and the enemies of God and of His people, however formidable they may seem, become as women (Isa. xix. 16).
