The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-04-26
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
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Lesson Text: obstruction OF tho Tenn
pie Foretold," Mark kill, lis
Golden Text: Matt. xii,
documentary.

what manner OF stones and what buildings"
He was leaving the temple to return no more
to that building; lovingly and patiently bad
He presented Himself to the rulers OF the
people again and again as their Messiah, only
to be rejected by them; many PARALLELS had
He spoken to them descriptive OF their con-
duct and its consequences; and In the eight
woes Of Matt. xiii, 1889 (sad contrast to the
eight blessings Of Matt. w He had told them
plainly what they were in the sight OF God.
He assures them Of the doom that awaits
them because of their sins, and because they
would not let Him deliver them from the i'm
pending wrath so long i'm grace restrained,
and then utters His last word to them; II say
unto ye, ye shall not see Me henceforth, till
ye shall say, Blessed is He that cometh in the
name of the Lord" Matt xiii, $3.50 As
He leaves the building, sad at heart and deep
ly grieved for them His people, for whom He
was about to lay down His life, His disciples,
almost as blind as the rulers concerning the
true condition of things, try to call His at
tention to the building and the great stones
of the temple, but a heart that could SEQ and
feel what He saw and felt had no eyes for
stones or costly gifts.
g. There shall not be left one stone upon
another that shall not be thrown down" The
Holy Spirit had said through Micah, the
prophet, 700 years before this, that Zion
should be plowed as a field and Jerusalem be
come heaps mic. ill.,, 12; but the same pro-
phet also said by the same Spirit TINT the
samo Zion and Jerusalem should In the last
days rise from their ruins, that all nations
should flow thither, and that in those days the
nations should learn war no more. mic. iv.,
1-4). After so many centuries Of Gods long
suffering the same spirit that had testified
through Micah now testifies through the
greatest of all prophets, the Son of God, that
it should be as it had been foretold.
s. ''He sct upon the Mount Of Olives over
against the temple" AS we see this great
and glorious Goldman, Israel's true though
rejected Messiah who shall yet be manifest as
the glory of His people Israel and a light to
l...l. ,l..,
ingly leaving His people and the Holy City,
we are reminded of the visions of Ezekiel in
which he saw the glory of the God Of Israel
slowly and lingeringly leave the Holy Of
Holes. and the temple, and the city, and
stand for a last farewell upon this same mount
on the east of the city, driven away by the
sins of the people tEzck viii, Q, 4; ix., g.;
X, 4, Is; XII, %, 23. But we must also re
member the later visions Of Ezekiel in which
he saw the glory return from the way of the
east, causing the earth to shine, entering the
house of the Lord and filling it, pointing us
forward to the time when the Lord shall re-
turn with His saints to dwell in the midst of
the children Of Israel for ever. (Ezek. xiii,
IL; Zech. xiv, 3-5)
4. Tell us, when shall these things bei
And what shall be the sign when all these
things shall be fulfllledT Matthew adds:
"What shall be the sign Of Thy coming, and
of the end of the world or consummation of
the agcF Matt. xiv, 3, r. V: margin).
Whether there was any conversation by the
way as they walked from tho temple out of
the city and up to the Mount Of Olives we are
not told, but now that He is seated on the
mount over against the temple, these four
came to Him privately, or rather asked Him
! privately these questions. They were expect
ing that He would redeem Israel and restore
| To her tho glory of the son of David luke
! xiv, 2l; Acts j., O.; and this their prophets
had taught them to expect; take Jer. xiii,
| SIS. rs n sample of what all the prophets had
everywhere foretold. But they overlooked
the prophecies concerning the sufferings and
/ reflections of their Messiah, such Us 1sa. Lii. ;
| Ps. xii; Dan. ix, 2G, etc.
| >. And Jesus, answering them, began to
say, Take heed lest any man deceive you"
! Four times in this chapter we have the ad-
montion: Take heed" Tvs. 5, o, 23 33; on
other occasions He had said: Take heed
what you hear and how We hear" Mark: iv.,
"a; Luke viii, 1S), but now it is: "Take heed
lest any deceive YOU" If it was so in Johns
day that that. TY fSrevsT w Gd much fo more ,s
to-day, and the child of God who would avoid
being deceived must be well versed in the
Word which is the Truth
g. MANY shall come in Ny name, saying
am Christ, and shall deceive many" Two OF
these are mentioned in Acts W, 81, 81, who
had many followers; anf. in l John iv., 1, it is
written: "Beloved, believe not every spirit,
but try the spirits whether they are of God;
because many false prophets are gone out in.
| to the world" Ever since the devil deceived
has been constantly ut it and will continue
until his masterpiece, the Antichrist OF the
last days, has been produced, whose destruc-
ZION shall be by the Lord at His coming ui
lhcss H., s. %; and then shall come to pass
what is written in Rev. XXX, 3, the deceiver
shall deceive no moro till the thousand years
be fulfilled
Z. when we shall hear of wars and
rumors of wars, be ye not troubled; for such
| things must needs be; but the end shall not
! no Thpupb earth removed. and
the mountains be carried into the midst of
the seas; though the waters roar and be
troubled, and the mountains shake, there is
no need for any one lP,, to fear or 6e troubled
me: the God of Jacob is my refuge" u.s.
! xlvi)
g. ''These are the beginnings of sorrows or
/ travail" That is the wars earthquakes,
/ famines and troubles of this verse and the
last to which Luke adds fearful sights and
! great signs from heaven
! .. "But take heed to yourselves, y
We shall he beaten for my sake for
a testimony against shcm' TINS they actu-
ally experienced many n time. (ActS iy., ",
xii, xiv, ctc.l 1t has been true in greater or
less degree in all times since, and shall be
fearfully true again in the last years OF
Israel's history ere the Lord returns for their
national redemption.
TO- "And the gospel must first be published
among all nations" Matt Xxv., H. says:
This gospel of the kingdom shall be
preached in all the world for witness unto
| all nations, and then shall the end come "
Ere Jerusalem was destroyed, Israel scat
tered and the end of that dispensation fully
come, the gospel had been preached in all
the world and all Israel had heard Col. l.,
2N. and might have received the Messiah if
they would.
/ H. Take no thought beforehand what
! We shall speak, fori is not yc that
| speak, but the Holy Ghost" Luke xxi, Is,
adds: "For l will give you mouth and
wisdom which all your advcrsarieS shall not
he able to gainsay nor resist See how this
was literally fulfilled i'm the case of Stephen
| (Acts vi, lM; and in the case of the Apostles,
no doubt every time they were placed III
such circumstances, and relied upon His
promise
! 12. ''The brother shall bctray the brother
| 10 death, and the father the son" Compare
! the similar statements in His instructions To
! the twelve when He sent them forth Matt.
! x, 3i-36, This too was foretold 10y the
! prophets (Ps. Xix, g; Mic. vii, o., and ac-
| tually experienced by the Lord Jesus Him
self: and If we are His faithful followers we
must not expect to be better treated than
our Master.
l3 'Ye shall be hated of all for My Names
sake" The word of God separates us from
the world and causes us to be hated by the
world, when it is clearly manifest that we