The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-04-26
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON EoR
APRIL %.
Lesson Text: Destruction or tho Tem-
pie Foretold," !" Mark kill, lis
Golden Text: Matt. xii,
documentary.

VI uhSSipicS cshbu uuUO nun, NUt5g<L, 80
what manner of stones and what buildings. ="
He was leaving the temple to return no more
to that building; lovingly and patiently had
He presented Himself to the rulers OF thA
to be rejected by them; many parallels bed
He spoken to them descriptive OF their con-
duct and its consequences; and In the eight
woes OF Matt xiii, 1882 (sad contrast TO the
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 Inn
pending wrath so long in grace restrained,
and then utters His last word TO them: 81 say
unto We, ye shall not see Ne 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
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 heart that could SEQ and
stones or costly gifts. =
O. There shall not be left one stone upon
another that shall not be thrown down. The
Holy Spirit had said through Micah, the
should be plowed as field and Jerusalem be-
come heaps (Mic. ill.,, ~; but the same pro-
phet also said by the same Spirit that the
Same Zion and Jerusalem should In the last
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
greatest of all prophets, the Son of God, that
it should be as 1t had been foretold.
3. HE set upon the Mount Of Olives over
against the temple" AS we see this great
and glorious Goldman, Israels true though
rejected Messiah who shall yet be manifest as
the glory Of His people Israel and light to
tighten the nations luke H., 82), thus linger-
imgly leaving His people and the Holy City,
we are reminded of the visions Of Ezekiel In
slowly and lingeringiy leave the Holy of
Holes. and tho temple, and the city, and
stand for last farewell upon this same mount
on the east of the city, driven away by the
sins of the people: tEzek viii, 9, 4; TX, 8;
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
turn with His saints to dwell in the midst of
the children of Israel for ever. s(Ezek. xiii. !,
II; Zech. xiv, 3-5)
T., Tell us, when shall these things bei
things shall be fuifiiedY' Matthew adds:
What shall be the sign Of Thy coming, and
of the end of the world or consummation of
the ageT Matt. XIV, 8, r. v. marginl.
Whether there was any conversation by the
way as they walked from the 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 the glory of the son Of David luke
xiv, 81; Acts l., O.; and this their prophets
had taught them to expect; take Jer xiii,
SO, as a sample of what all the prophets had
al
the prophecies concerning the sufferings and
reflections of their Messiah, such as Isa. Lii. !;
Ps. xxi; Dan. ix., 26, etc.
5. "And Jesus, answering them, began to
say, Take heed lest any man deceive you"
monition: Take heed" Tvs. 8, o, %, 49,; on
other occasions He had said: 'sTake heed
what you hear and how We hear" mark. iv.,
"a; Luke viii, 1s), but now it is; "Take heed
iSss ahy decs,ye saw + wa. g N
the world Gf John WHY, it Is much more SO
to-day, and the child of God who would avoid
being deceived must DO well versed in the
Word which is the Truth.
g. MANY shall come I'm My name, saying
am Christ, and shall deceive many" Two Of
these are mentioned in Acts W, 36, 81, who
had many followers; and in I John w.. 1, it Ia
written Beloved, believe not every spirit,
because many false prophets are gone out in.
to the world" Ever since the devil deceived
Eve in the Garden of Eden Il Tim. il, 14l he
has been constantly at it and will continue
last days, has been produced, whose destruc-
zion shall be by the Lord at His coming QI
lhess. H., 6, 81; and then shall come to pass
what is written in Rev. Xxx, 3, the deceiver
shall deceive no more till the thousand years
be fulfilled
z. "When we shall hear of wars and
r,mors of wars, be ye not troubled; for such
things must needs be; but the end shall not
be yet" Though the earth be 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 to fear or be troubled
who can truly say: ''The Lord Of Host is with
me; the God of Jacob is my refuge" Us.
8. '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" s
Q. "But take heed to yourselves,
a testimony against shem." This they actu-
ally experienced many time. Acts w., ",
less degree in all times since, and shall be
fearfully true again in the last years OF
Israels history ere the Lord returns for their
national redemption.
10. "And the gospel must first be published
among all nations" Matt. xiv, IA, 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.,
23), and might have received the Messiah If
they would.
H. "Take no thought beforehand what
ye shall speak, for'it is not ye that
speak, but the Holy Ghost" Luke xxi, Is,
adds: "For l will give you a mouth and
wisdom which all your adversaries shall not
be able to gainsay nor resist" See how this
was literally fulfilled in the case of Stephen
(Acts vi, 10; and in the case Of the Apostles,
no doubt every time they were placed I'm
such circumstances, and relied upon His
promise.
12. "The brother shall betray the brother
TO death, and the father the SON" Compare
the similar statements in His instructions to
the twelve when He sent them forth Matt.
K, 4-36). This too was foretold by the
prophets Ps. Xix, 8; Mic vii, 6), and &C
tuafly 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.
13. 'sYe shall be hated of all for My Names
sake" The word of God separates us from
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