Kebra Nagast

A Prophecy concerning the Coming of Christ Thus Gideon prophesied and said, " Behold, He shall come down like dew upon the earth." 1 " Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, and from the temple of His sanctuary." 2 " Thus Moses the Prophet prophesied and said, And the children of God shall say 3 avengeth the blood of His sons." all : He is strong, for He Thus David prophesied and said, " And there will I make a horn to David to rise up, and I will prepare a lamp for Mine Anointed, and I will clothe His enemies 4 with shame, and in Him shall My holiness flourish." " Thus Hosea the Prophet prophesied and said, Fear And be not, for Thou shalt not be put to shame. And again he not dismayed because of Thy praise." 5 " Hearken unto Me, hearken unto Me, My people, said, for My j udgement (or, j ustice) is right. I will come and dwell with you, and the nations shall put their trust in light ; for the nations shall be the loved of ones Christ." Thus David the Prophet said, " A people whom I do not know shall serve Me ; at the mere hearing of the ear they shall answer Me." 6 And to the Jews he said, " The children of the stranger have been false to me, the children of the stranger have become old and have I will My God liveth, and travelled haltingly on their path. 7 he saith unto thee, When blessed [is] my God." " His and when he God liveth," he speaketh of Godhead, " and blessed [is] my God," he speaketh concerning His putting on the flesh. And again he speaketh concerning His putting on the flesh in Isaiah " the Prophet, saying, Who is this glorious One who cometh forth from Edom, Adonai, Who came down saith unto thee 1 2 3 * Judges vi, 37 ; Psalm Ixxii, 6. Psalm xxxiii, 13. Deuteronomy xxiii, 43. 6 Isaiah liv, 4. * Psalm xviii, 43. Psalm xviii, 45, 46. T Psalm cxxiii, 17. 205