The answer of the Lord

For they died on the stone by your arts;
One was preserved, which shall be applied here:
It was my SON, who hid himself in death;
Because his body never turned to earth,
Nor did it ever perish in the dust,
But it arose to instruct the righteous.
And as he then hid his LIFE in death,
The mysteries of it shall be applied here:
For he appeared boldly afterward,
And warned his people and his followers here,
How all the arts of Satan were established;
And as they chose him, what hope did they have?
For Satan appeared like the Bramble referring to the parable in Judges 9 where the useless bramble becomes king,
And so he drew his followers into a snare,
Until the fortified cities were destroyed;
Jerusalem was no longer enjoyed,
As a fortified city as it was before;
And he destroyed their strong towers there.
For people like him came afterward, * The Turks referring to the Ottoman Empire's historical control over Jerusalem.

And so destroyed the whole as he had done.
But now, I will name Abimelech here
As a type of Satan; so he appeared;
And Satan has now come like Abimelech,
To ask the people to crown him King,
So that he may now destroy all my brothers,
And now, he may enjoy everything by murder.
And so, will you crown him King together?
Will you vote for him in silence through unbelief?
Then now, I answer here like Jotham the son of Gideon who escaped Abimelech and spoke the parable of the trees;
And I shall appear from this parable:
The Trees † Judges, chapter 9, verse 8. are now sent out to get a king;
CHRIST or the Devil must win the victory:
And I will first appeal to the OLIVE-TREE;
He is the BRANCH OF PEACE, and therefore he must fail in the context of the parable, the olive tree refuses to leave its produce to rule over others,
To leave his glory, and come down below,
To leave the heavenly joys that flow there;
For it is through me they honor GOD and Man;
And so I give the kingdom into your hands.
If you appeal to ME in your hearts,
To be your KING, I will give my Kingdom freely
To my friends, who now appear to ME:
I will give my Kingdom, and I will give it freely;
For I shall not come to reign on this Earth,
But send my PEACE to all the sons of men,

N. B. The Reader is requested to refer to the chapters mentioned.