“And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed; nor shall the kingdom be left to another people; ..., but it shall stand for ever.” (Daniel ii. 44.)
“And the kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; their kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey them.” (Ibid. vii. 27.)
“... and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was seen since there was a nation even to that same time; and at that time thy people shall be delivered,...” (Ibid. xii. 1.)
These predictions undoubtedly signify that the Children of Israel shall enjoy a kingdom and dominion under the whole heaven, i.e. upon the earth, which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people.[¹]
[¹] The most notable Talmudic and Rabbinical passages referring to the future of the Jewish nation are: Talm. Bab. Berachoth 28b, 34b; Shabb. 118a; Menahoth 45a; Baba Mezia 3a; Eduyoth VIII. 7; Kiddushin 71a; Gen. Rabba LXXXV. 2; Hagigah 14a; Sanhedrin 38b; 98a, 99a, 110b, 111a; Erubin 43b; Cant. Rabba VII. 10; Sifri on Deut. 1: 1; Baba Bathra 76a. For the views of the Gaon Saadia ben Joseph (892–942) see Guttman, Religionsphilosophie des Saadia, Göttingen, 1882, p. 236; for Hai ben Sherira Gaon (939–1038) see Taam Zekenim, Frankfort on the Main, 1854, pp. 58–61; for Abraham ben Chiya Albargeloni Ha’nasi (called Abraham Judæus and Savasorda) (1065–1136) see Hegion Ha’nefesh, Leipzig, 1860, p. 40 ff.; for Judah Halevi, see his Poems and Kuzari in Cassel’s edition, Leipzig, 1869, ii. 36–44, pp. 143–7, p. iv. 23; pt. i. 115; for Maimonides, see Hilchoth Melachim in his Yad Ha’chazakah, Chs. XI. XII. and Hilchoth Teshubah, Ch. IX. 2; for Nachmanides, see his Comment. to Gen. 2: 3, and to Exodus 17: 9; for [♦]Abrabanel, his books Yeshuat Meshicho, Mashmia Yeshuah, Maeyenai Ha’yeshua, and Klausner: Die Messianischen Vorstellungen ... Berlin, 1904, and also Greenstone: The Messiah Idea in Jewish History, Philadelphia, 1906.
[♦] “Abarbanel” replaced with “Abrabanel” for consistency
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Rev. Paul Knell (1615–64), Israel and England Paralleled
Israel | And | England | [♦]Paralleled, | In a Sermon preached before | the honourable society of Grayes-|Inne, upon Sunday in the | afternoon, Aprill 16. 1648. |