As the two covenanting parties in the typical wilderness were YAHVEH and the house of Israel, so will it be in the antitypical wilderness. As there was a mediator between the two parties in the type, so will it be in the antitype. Moses was the mediator of the old covenant; a prophet "like unto" Moses is ordained by YAHVEH to mediate now. Moses said to Israel, "YAHVEH thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; to him ye shall hearken; according to all that thou desiredst of YAHVEH thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of YAHVEH my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. And YAHVEH said to me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, LIKE UNTO THEE, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken to MY WORDS which he shall speak IN MY NAME, I will require it of him." (Deut. xviii. 15–19.)

The mediator of the new covenant is like Moses, a man from the midst of Israel. AS YAHVEH commissioned Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, so the antitypical Moses received his commission in the wilderness of America. The attention of Moses was arrested by a "great sight." "Behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burned." (Ex. iii. 2, 3.) The antitypical Moses was astonished by, and turned aside to study, the great fact which was prefigured by the burning bush,-that Israel is still unconsumed by the wrath of God. "I am YAHVEH, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed." (Mal. iii. 6.) "Thus saith YAHVEH that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned.” (Isa. xliii. 1, 2.) And as "the birthright was Joseph's," and Joseph, therefore, the main stock of Israel, upon whose preservation depended the existence of Israel, Moses blessed Joseph with "the good will of him that dwelt in the bush." (Deut. xxxiii. 16.)

"When YAHVEH saw that Moses turned aside to see, he called to him out of the midst of the bush." (Ex. iii. 4.) So, while the

one like Moses was deeply engaged in studying the evidences of the Israelitish origin of the Teutonic and Celtic races, YAHVEH spoke to him.

In the

God commissioned Moses to be the leader of Israel. spring of A.D. 1866 he gave the antitypical Moses a similar commission. Then was fulfilled the word of God by Jeremiah,— "Their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and i will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me; for who is this that will venture of his own heart to approach unto me? saith YAHVEH." (Jer. xxx. 21.)

Moses went to the children of Israel in the name of YAHVEH. "Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and shall say to them, The God of your fathers hath sent me to you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say to them? And God said to Moses, I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE: and he said, Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel, I WILL BE hath sent me unto you. And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel, HE WILL BE (YAHVEH), God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me to you: this is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations." (Ex. iii. 13-15.) Like Moses, the prophet of this day comes to Israel in the name of YAHVEH. He shows the true import of the name in the light of the Abrahamic covenant; that I wILL BE comes out of that covenant; that God meant by that expression to recall in the minds of his people the original compact, which was summed up in the words, I WILL BE THEIR GOD. He shows that this American nation contains the "many nations" of the everlasting covenant, and is the birthright heir to the land of Canaan, from the river of Egypt to the river Euphrates. He shows that YAHVEH, from the time of Moses, has been working to the fulfilment of his promise to the' fathers, and how the day has now come for Israel to appreciate the prophetic declaration in Isaiah, "Thus saith YAHVEH, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale. But when he seeth his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel." (Isa. xxix. 22, 23.)

He shows all this in the method foretold by YAHVEн through Malachi: "Then they that feared YAHVEH spake often one to another; and YAHVEH hearkened, and heard it, and a book of memorial was written before him for them that feared YAHVEH, and that thought upon his name." (Mal. iii. 16.) This book of the message of Elijah is the predicted "book of memorial."

"YAHVEн, thy name forever;

YAHVEH, thy memorial throughout all generations.'

(Ps. cxxxv. 13.) This book responds to the prophetic question,-"Who as I shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me since I appointed the ancient people?" (Isa. xliv. 7.)

Coming thus in the name of YAHVEH, and setting in order the plan of YAHVEH, the antitypical Moses is, therefore, called Elijah. (See p. 5.) Malachi echoes Moses: "I will raise them up a prophet who shall speak in my name." "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet." (Mal. iv. 5.) And, lest any should overlook the coincidence, YAHVEH said, through Malachi, “Remember ye the law of Moses my servant,' Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet."

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Said Jesus to his disciples, "Elijah shall first come and restore all things." As Moses organized Israel in the wilderness of Sinai (Ex. xviii. 19-26; Deut. i. 12-17), so Elijah will organize Israel in the wilderness of America, and thus "restore all things." "Therefore saith the Lord YAHVEH of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah! I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies: and I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, The faithful city." (Isa. i.) This work of Elijah is the necessary preparation of Israel to receive her coming King Jesus. "Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power." (Ps. cx. 3.) Because Elijah must "first come," Jesus said to the Jews, “Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord." (Matt. xxiii. 39.)

"The rod," or governor of Israel, is spoken of by Micah: "YAHVEH'S voice crieth to the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it."

(Micah vi. 9.) "Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy
heritage, which dwell alone (separated from the nations by two
oceans) in the wood, in the midst of the fruitful field.” (Micah
vii. 14.)

"When the trial cometh, then what if even the rod is despised?
It shall not be, saith the Lord YAHVEH." (Ezek. xxi. 13.) Why
should the rod be despised? Because he is the least in the
nation? But how else can be fulfilled the prediction of Jesus?
When speaking of the Elijah of the first advent, Jesus said,
"Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women
there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist." But of
Elijah, the prophet like to Moses, he added, "Notwithstanding,
he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he."
(Matt. xi. 11.) Israel is now "the kingdom of heaven" in the
wilderness; but soon she will take her ancient heritage, from the
river of Egypt to the Euphrates. As the work of Moses was
completed by Joshua, so the work of Elijah will be crowned by
the antitypical Joshua,-Jesus the Christ. Then will the asto-
nished nations say,—

"Who is she that looketh forth as the morning,

Fair as the moon,

Clear as the sun,

Terrible as an army with banners?"

But more thrilling to the ransomed seed of Israel shall be the
question,—

"Who is she that cometh up from the wilderness,
Leaning on her beloved?"

The book of the memorial of YAHVEH, begun July, 1866, is written to
this point, December, 1867.