TESTIMONIES AGAINST THE JEWS. 119 •withhis eyes,and saw a man standingbefore his face,and holdinga javelin1 in his hand, and said,Art thou for us or for our enemies? And he said,I am the leaderof the host of the Lord ; now draw near. And Jesus fellon hisface to theearth,and saidto him, Lord, what dostThou command unto Thy servant. And the leaderof the Lord's hostsaid, Loose thy shoe from thy feet,for the place whereon thou standestisholy ground."* Also,in Exodus, Moses isbidden toput offhisshoe,becausehe,too,was not the bridegroom: "And there appeared unto him the angelof the Lord in a flameof fireout of a bush ; and he saw thatthe bush burned withfire,but the bush was not consumed. And Moses said, I willpassoverand seethisgreatsight,why the bush isnot consumed. But when He saw that he drew near to see,the Lord God calledhim from the bush,saying,Moses, Moses. And he said,What is it? And He said,Draw not nigh hither,unless thou hast loosedthy shoe from offthy feet; forthe place on which thou standestis holy ground. Arid He saidunto him, I am the God of thy father,the God of Abraham, and theGod ofIsaac,and the God ofJacob."3 This was alsomade plainin the Gospel accordingto John : " And John answered them, I indeed baptizewith water,but there standethOne in the midst of you whom ye know not : He it isof whom I said,The man that cometh afterme is made beforeme, the latchetof whose shoe I am not worthy to un loose."4Also accordingto Luke: "Let your loinsbegirt, and your lamps burning, and ye liketo men thatwait for theirmaster when he shallcome from the wedding, that when he cometh and knocketh,they may open unto him. Blessed are those servantswhom their Lord, when He cometh,shallfind watching."* Also in the Apocalypse: "The Lord God omnipotent reigneth:letus be glad and rejoice,and letus give to Him the honour of glory; for the marriageof the Lamb iscome, and His wife hath made herselfready."6 1 Frameam. 1Josh.v.13-15.• Ex.iii.2-6. 4 Johni.26,27. 5 Lukexii.35-37. 6Rev.lix.6,7.