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actual fulfillment in Prophet Muhammad, to admit that the Jews
are vainly expecting the coming of another Shiloh, and that
the Christians are obstinately persisting in their error in
believing that it was Jesus who was intended by Shiloh.
Then there are other observations which deserve our
serious consideration. In the first place it is very plain that
the sceptre and the legislator would remain in the tribe of
Judah so long as the Shiloh does not appear on the scene.
According to the Jewish claim, Shiloh has not come yet. It
would follow, therefore, that both the Royal Sceptre and the
Prophetical Succession were still in existence and belonged
to that tribe. But both these institutions have been extinct
for over thirteen centuries.
In the second place it is to be observed that the tribe
are vainly expecting the coming of another Shiloh, and that
the Christians are obstinately persisting in their error in
believing that it was Jesus who was intended by Shiloh.
Then there are other observations which deserve our
serious consideration. In the first place it is very plain that
the sceptre and the legislator would remain in the tribe of
Judah so long as the Shiloh does not appear on the scene.
According to the Jewish claim, Shiloh has not come yet. It
would follow, therefore, that both the Royal Sceptre and the
Prophetical Succession were still in existence and belonged
to that tribe. But both these institutions have been extinct
for over thirteen centuries.
In the second place it is to be observed that the tribe