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THE

FIRST AND SECOND ADVENT:

OR,

The Past and the Future

WITH REFERENCE TO

THE JEW, THE GENTILE, AND THE CHURCH OF GOD.

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CONTENTS.

THE TIME OF THE FIRST ADVENT.-General expectation of the

Messiah's Advent according to the admission of the heathen

writers-Testimony of Scripture-Of Philo-Judæus—Josephus—

Suetonius — Tacitus — Celsus —The Sybilline oracles—Jacob's

prophecy, Gen. xlix. 9, 10-Daniel's prophecy of "the seventy

weeks"-The decree given in the twentieth year of the reign of

Artaxerxes for rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem, the only one

which explains satisfactorily "the seven weeks and sixty-two

THE TIME OF THE FIRST ADVENT.-The common opinion for the

date of the crucifixion, A.D. 33, considered-The fall of Sejanus

decisive against its being so late as A.D. 33-The true date of

Artaxerxes' accession to the throne of Persia according to

Thucydides, Charon of Lampsacus, Eusebius, Usher, and an

Egyptian inscription, a guide for fixing the commencement of the

'seventy weeks".

-Whiston's mode of reconciling the discre-

pancy between the Canon of Ptolemy and contemporary authori-

ties concerning the date of Artaxerxes' accession-Ptolemy's

Canon proved erroneous with regard to that event by the Arun-

delian marbles-The Passover always observed on the fourteenth

day of the month, another guide-The testimony of Phlegon

respecting the supernatural darkness at the crucifixion con-

THE TIME OF THE FIRST ADVENT.-Inference from Scripture

respecting the date of the crucifixion-Time of Herod the

Great's death determined by the lunar eclipse, March 23rd, B.C.

5, and not as commonly supposed by the eclipse, March 13th, of

the succeeding year-Josephus' testimony on the subject, Matt.

ii. 15-The taxing of Cyrenius-The star of Bethlehem ex-

plained by astronomical science-Justin Martyr's apology-The

Temple of Janus shut for the third time by Augustus-Guides

for fixing the date of Christ's birth

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THE TIME OF THE FIRST ADVENT.-"Jesus about thirty years of

age" "The fifteenth year of Tiberius Cæsar "-Two different

modes of computing his reign-Tiberius' Proconsular Empire-

Pontius Pilate, Governor of Judea-The High Priesthood of

Annas and Caiaphas-The number of Passovers during Christ's

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THE TIME OF THE FIRST ADVENT.-The destruction of the Temple

a guide for fixing the time of the crucifixion-The Hall of Judg-

ment-"The Pavement "-The room Gazith-The date of the

fall of Jerusalem according to the opinions of Leightfoot, Clinton,

and Playfair-Reasons for preferring the date of A.D. 69, accor-

ding to the last of these three authorities, supported by the Canon

of Ptolemy, Josephus, Tacitus, the lunar eclipse at the battle

of Cremona, ancient coins, and a tradition concerning the Jewish

Sabbatical year

THE TIME OF THE FIRST ADVENT.-Historic evidence for the

date of the crucifixion from Tertullian, Julius Africanus, Lac-

tantius, St. Augustine-The opinion of Clemens Alexandrinus-

The era of the consuls-The "fifteenth year" of Tiberius fixed

according to Tacitus-Note on Dr. Jervis' Chronological Intro-

duction to the History of the Church

THE TIME OF THE FIRST ADVENT.-Astronomical evidence for

fixing the date of the crucifixion-The Jewish mode of regulating

their months-The Passovers, from A.D. 28-34-The Passover,

A.D. 22, the only one that fills the necessary conditions for fixing

the year of the crucifixion-The exact time of the new moon at

Jerusalem for that year

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THE TIME OF THE FIRST ADVENT.-The Easter controversy a

help for determining the date of the crucifixion-Testimony of

Irenæus-Polycrates-Epiphanius-The Council of Nice-The

Jewish Cycle of eighty-four years-The Acta Pilati confirmatory

of A.D. 29 being the date of the crucifixion

THE TIME OF THE FIRST ADVENT.-The week-day of the cruci-

fixion-Was it on Thursday or Friday ?-Reasons for preferring

the former-Christ in the grave "three days and three nights".

Christ our Passover" sacrificed on the fourteenth day of Nisan-

The "high day" of the crucifixion explained by the martrydom

of Polycarp "The preparation of the Passover"-Order of

events during Passion week-The crucifixion, according to

Polycrates, on the day in which the Jews put away leaven-

Summary-Conclusion that the Messiah was "cut off" according

to the prophecy of Daniel on Thursday, the fourteenth of Nisan,

the sixteenth of the calends of April, A.D. c. 781, in the fifteenth

year of the sole reign of Tiberius, during the Consulship of

the Gemini, answering to March 17th, A.D. 29-Note on Canon

Browne's Ordo Sæclorum

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PROBABLE TIME OF THE SECOND ADVENT.-The fulfilment of

prophecy respecting the Past a guide with regard to the Future

-Our duty to study the Signs of the Times-Testimony of St.

Peter respecting the duration of the world-Of the Jewish

Rabbies Of St. Barnabas-That of the latter very decisive and

valuable as “a man full of the Holy Ghost"-St. Barnabas the

probable author of the Epistle to the Hebrews-Testimony of

Lactantius, and of St. Augustine

CHRONOLOGY.-Different systems of Hales, Clinton and Usher-

Differences between the Hebrew text, the Samaritan Pentateuch,

and the LXX-St. Augustine's reasons for preferring the former

-Chronology of the Hebrew text to the time of the Babylonish

captivity-Assyrian sculptures with reference to the Scriptural

date of the deluge-M.

Oppert's discovery on a Babylonian

cylinder of records of the deluge and confusion of tongues-The

Canon of Ptolemy-Chronology of Josephus-Of Mantheo-Of

Diodorus Siculus-Of Velleius Paterculus and Æmilius Sura-

Of the Talmud-Of the Monumental History of Egypt

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