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not diminish from Judah, and the government not depart from his kin, until he shall find Him Who hath been waited for, and Who is the Hope of the shall shall And he also prophesied and said, "His teeth are white as with snow, and His eyes are glad as nations." 1 with wine, and He shall wash His apparel in wine and His tunic in the blood of clusters of grapes." 2 And " again he prophesied, saying, Judah is a lion's whelp thou hast lain down, and thou hast slept no one shall wake him up except him that hunteth until he findeth ; ; And again Jacob " There is blessed his son Judah, and said unto him, a King who shall go forth from thee and shall wash him rise up from thy strong place." 3 ; His apparel in wine, and glorious is the place of rest of the Beloved"; now, by "Beloved" Christ is meant, and by "Messiah" Christ is meant, and Jesus meaneth "Saviour of the people." Now the Prophets mention " the Christ under a secret name and they call Him Beloved." And Isaiah spake concerning His Ascension in his pro" On that day the Beloved shall come phecy, saying, down from heaven, and shall choose for Himself twelve " 4 And again he said, I have seen the asApostles." cension of the beloved Son to the seventh heaven, and the Angels and the Archangels receiving Him, He being very much higher than they." And David said, " The beloved is like the son of the " " And thine only one unicorn 5 and again he said, 6 And again he said, from the horns of the unicorn." " Let my horn be exalted like that of the unicorn." " Horns " meaneth the kingdoms of the world and " " unicorn meaneth He Who is over His kingdom Whom no one can resist, for He is the governor of ; ; 1 Genesis xlix, 8-10. 2 Genesis xlix, n, 12. 3 Genesis xlix, 9. 4 210 Misquotation (?). 5 Psalm xxii, 20 (?). Psalm xxii, 20, 21. 7 Psalm xcii, 10. -