Kebra Nagast

A Prophecy concerning the Coming of Christ Thus Elijah the Prophet prophesied and said, " With a new covenant shall God come unto us." 1 Thus Joel the Prophet prophesied and said, " The heavenly Emmanuel shall come and shall deliver the work which He hath fashioned with His own hand from the hand of the Devil, the deceiver, and his devils which lead astray." 2 Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, " The God of gods shall show Himself in Zion. 3 The people say out of Zion, A man born therein, and He the is Most High hath founded it." 4 Thus Solomon his son prophesied and said, " Verily God shall be with men, and He shall walk about upon the earth." 5 Thus his father David prophesied and said, " He shall come down like the dew upon wool, and like the drop which droppeth upon the earth, and righteousness shall spring into being in his days." 6 " son prophesied and said, A Saviour shall be born out of Zion, and He shall remove Thus Solomon his sin from Jacob." 7 Thus Hosea the Prophet prophesied and said, " I will come to thee, O Zion, and I will walk about in thee, 8 Jerusalem, saith God, the Holy One of Israel." Thus Micah the Prophet prophesied and said, " The Word of God shall appear in Jerusalem, and the Law shall go forth from Zion." 9 Thus Hosea theProphet prophesied and said, "God shall 10 appear upon the earth, and shall dwell with men like us." " Thus Jeremiah the Prophet prophesied and said, A saviour shall be sent from Zion, and He shall remove sin from the people of Israel." n 1 2 3 4 6 c Compare Jeremiah xxxi, 31. Compare I John iii, 5, 8. Psalms xlviii, 2, 3 ; 1, 2. Psalm Ixxxvii, 5, 6. Compare 2 Corinthians vi, 1 6. 7 8 9 10 n Isaiah lix, 20. Compare Zechariah ii, IO. Micah iv, 2. Compare Zechariah viii, 3. Compare Jeremiah xxxi, u, 12. Psalm Ixxii, 6, 7. 203