The Extent of Christ's Kingdom on Earth.

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"He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
WE have in this passage a twofold exhibition of the universality of the kingdom of Christ; He is to have "dominion from sea to sea"—dominion also "from the river unto the ends of the earth." If we wish to understand the first of these thoughts, we may do so, by taking a map of the world, and fixing on any given spot on whatever shore we may choose, and from thence drawing a straight line across the land to any neighboring sea, from the Mediterranean to the Euxine for instance, and in this way we may realize what is meant by the expression "from sea to sea." Then again, if we seek for an illustration of the extent of Christ's kingdom, we may by repeating the above process, till the whole map is covered, till thousands of lines are drawn in every direction, apprehend what it is to have dominion from sea to sea throughout the whole earth.
Then again,, as to the river, let us in imagination follow its course from where it springs up in the temple, as far as the Holy City, into which it first flows, and from thence, eastward and westward, into the sea, namely, the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean, and we perceive how from the river, that is its source, unto the ends, of the earth, His dominion will reach, as the author has shown in his chart on the living waters of Ezek. 47 (Joel 3:1818And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim. (Joel 3:18); Zech. 14:88And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. (Zechariah 14:8); Psa. 46:4; 55:94There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. (Psalm 46:4)
9Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city. (Psalm 55:9); Isa. 35:6, 76Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. 7And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. (Isaiah 35:6‑7).)