Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-06-15
GOD IN ISRAEL.
LESSON l. THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JULY I.

The Text Of tho Lesson IL to BE Found
in Ex. xiv. 1-12-Goiden Text, He
brews will, 1O-Commentary by Rev.
ID. NJ. stearns.
| CONDENSED from Lesson Helper Quarterly, by
permission Of H s. Hoffman, Philadelphia pub
isher.I
After spending twelve months on the
Gospel by Matthew-the Gospel Of the
King and the kingdom-we now return to
the history of the beginning of the existence
OF Israel as nation, the people whom God
| formed for Himself to show forth His praise;
a people terrible from their beginning hith-
erto; nation yet to blossom and bud
and fill the face Of the earth with fruit.
lisa. xiii, 81; xviii, 81; xvii. g. The lessons
of the next six months upon which we now
enter, will be of greatly increased interest to
us If we remember few scriptural facts and
become fully persuaded that these things
am about to mention are indeed plainly and
most emphatically asserted in the Scriptures.
In our lesson today they are three months
out of Egypt, having crossed the Red sea on
dry land and journeyed down to Mount
Sinai, where they are now encamped, having
been guided thither by the Lord, who went
before them by day in pillar of cloud to
lead them the way, and by night in a pillar
Of fire to give them light With bread from
heaven were they fed morning by morn
| ing, and water from the rock quenched
their thirst A supernatural people as to
their origin, their deliverance from their OPP
pressors, the supply Of their daily wants and
victory over their enemies-but, oh, how
natural and how sinful as to their daily lifel
for already had they more than once muir
INJURED against God and in their hearts turned
back to Egypt How strange that God,
knowing beforehand just how they would
act, chose them for His people In them we
see ourselves, and in Him the Interchangeable
Jehovah.
Moses, Aaron and two of his sons, with
seventy of the elders of Israel, are invited to
come up on the mount to meet God; the more
full account of this we have in verses to II
Of our lesson But notice here that Moses
alone shall come near" the others are to
worship afar Off, they shall not come nigh.
The Tabernacle at this time not being built
nor Aaron and his sons set apart as priests,
Moses whom the Lord knew face to face
Deut. xxxiv, TO-, stands before us as type Of
the true mediator and daysman the Lord
Jesus Christ, our prophet, priest and king
Oeut. xviii, 1910. By the finished work Of
the Lord Jesus all who receive Him are made
nigh Eph ii, 49,, and all who trust in His
merits and are washed In His blood have
access at all times to the very presence Of
God by faith In Him One of the most beauti-
full names Of Israel is that in Ps. cxlviii, IA;
"a people near unto Hint" the full meaning
of which is yet to be made manifest All true
believers in Jesus Christ are even now 30
near to Him that we are called members Of
His body, of His flesh and Of His bones"
Eph. v, 30, and II we would but believe
that we are as near to Him and as dear to
n xyf,t1ld alxy ha
constrained by His love to honor Him and
seek His glory more than we do
8. "Moses came and told the people all the
words of the Lord, and all the judgments. "
In connection with the receiving of the law
and the instructions about the Tabernacle,
Moses went up to God in the Mount Just seven
times, and on two occasions he remained with
God forty days and forty nights and neither
did eat bread or drink water Eek. xix,
3, 8, 20, XXX, 81, xiv, IL; xxi, 30, xxxiv,
T., This verse tells us of his return from his
fourth visit, at which time he repeated to the
people the words which we have in chapters
xxi-xxiii. and the people, not knowing the
sinfulness and deceitfulness of their own
hearts, replied with one voice. "All the
words which the Lord hath said will we do "
sand Moses wrote all the words of the
Lord" All the words of the Lord were very
pie and wrote them down for future use;
the people were to set their hearts upon them
as their life Deut xxi, 40. they were to
have them in their hearts, teach them unto
their children and talk of them in the house
and by the way tDeut. Vi, 40. 1t is to be
feared that many Christians think that they
can get along quite well with a very few Of
the words of the Lord and that there are
some who consider large portion of the
, Bible unnecessary for them to give any heed
, to. There may be some teachers who are
, sorry that our lessons for the next siz
, months are in the Old Testament, forgetting
that the Old Testament. as we call it, was the
book that Jesus loved. and that He was ever
quoting from. expounding, and in His life
fulfilling. and that all the Scriptures were
: concerning Himself If we have in any way
or in the least degree sighted or neglected
} any portion of Scripture let us seek forgive
ness and begin at once to appreciate more
fully "all the words of the Lord"
t s. Burnt clearinghouse offerings.
, Two different aspects of the one great and
, all sufficient sacrifice Of the Lord Jesus; the
/ first signifying His giving Himself an offer
q ing and sacrifice to God for us, and the sec
3 ond telling us of the result of that sacrifice
, AS we receive Him, rest in Him and feet
, upon Him. we have peace with God and true
fellowship being made partakers Of Chris
: and all the benefits which flow from Him.
6-S. "And Moses took the blood, ant
sprinkled it on the people" He also
: sprinkled it on the altar " o., and on tn,
e book Heb tx, l8 1t is the application o.
D the blood that in any case makes it effica
D cious. On the night on which they lef
a Egypt the blood of the passover lamb nigh
n have been shed, but unless it had beer
s sprinkled on the door posts and the Intel tn,
0 angel of death would surely have entered tn,
h house. So now, although Jesus has shed Hi
: blood, unless it is applied to us, unless W,
y truly accept Him and give ourselves to Him
. it win not avail for us, but in Him ever,
= blessing of the covenant is made sure t,
every one in Him.
: Oil. They saw God, and did eat ant
e drink" And yet Jesus said: mo man hail
seen God at any time, the only begotten Sol
who is in the bosom of the father. He hail
declared Him" John /, 49,. Now, while Their
4 are in the Scriptures this and other apparen