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SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
OCTOBER 12. 81
Lesson Text: "Thc Lords Supper
Luke XIII, 7-2O-Golden Text:
I. Cor. xi., 20-Com-
mentary.

Z. "Thon came the day of unleavened
bread when the passover must be killed.
Or, as in the first verse, 1.-THE feast Of un-
leavened bread drew nig gh which is called the
passover" This takes US back to Ex. xii.,
where we have the record Of tho last night
in Egyptian bondage and their deliyerance
there that the Passover lamb was slain
on the fourteenth day Of the month, at even.
ing, and then followed seven days during
which they ate unleavened bread; there was
to be no leaven found in their houses during
these days Ex. xii, G, Is, 19. Everything
about this feast is of the deepest interest, and
most practical as regards our salvation and
daily life. 1t is the beginning of life to US
when we are redeemed from worse than
Egyptian bondage by the blood Of the Lamb
Christ our passover, Cor. ", q; then We
are for the full period Of our stay here syn-
bolized by seven days. to put away all evil
leaven is always in scripture symbol OF
evil, and with 1oins girded be ever ready for
the Masters call to service or suffering, or to
rseet Him in the air.
8. "And He sent Peter and John, saying,
Go and prepare US the passover, that we may
eat" These two we have found specially
privileged on several other occasions: at the
raising Of the rulers daughter and at.the
TRANSPORTATION, and we shall find them again
in Gethsemane. They also are the prominent
two In Acts lii. and iv. in connection with
the healing Of the lame man and the conyer.
sion Of five thousand. E
Q. "And they said unto Him, Where wilt
Thou that we preparer This is as it always
should be with disciple Of Christ. Where
wilt Thou9 What wilt Thou! Not as viii,
but as Thou wilt. Thy way, not mine:
Trust In the Lord with oil thine heart, and
prov. ILL.,, s..
10. "And He said unto them, Behold,
when ye are entered into the city, there shall
a man meet you bearing pitcher Of water:
follow him into the house where he entereth
in" As when He told them by His om-
niscience Just where and how they would
find the ass and the colt; and as when Sam
uel by the same omniscient spirit told Saul
just whom he would meet and what they
would say and,do Luke xix, 80; I. Sam. +,
2-g. So now knowing all things he directs
them. as
II. "Ard ye shall say unto the good man
of the house, The Master saith unto thee,
where Is the guest chamber, where I shall
eat the passover with my disciples7' He
not only tells us when and where to 60 and
how to act but He also tells US what to
IL. "And he shall show you large upper
room furnished; there made ready" Here
isa willing owner Of q house: 1t looks as II he
must bc disciple; he will offer O large
furnished room. and do it cheerfully. Are
ters disposal, and is everything excluded
from, the hore that He would not like?
13. "And they went and found as He had
said unto them; and they made ready the
passover" Prompt and cheerful obedience
Is our part as His followers. -.
Il. "And when ths hour was come, BE sat
down, and the twelve apostles with Him."
With God there Is time for everything,
and He is never too fast nor too slow. 'When
the fullness of time had come BE sent forth
His Son." He has appointed a day in which
He will Judge the world" Gal. iy, 4; Acts
Jesus to put Him to death, but they could
not touch Him till the appointed time came
and then He gave Himself into their hands.
Is. "And he said unto them, With desire
l have desired to eat this passover with you
before I suffer- OF, as in the margin, ~
have heartily desired" We think Of Him
at the passover, at the age of twelve and at
the first passover Of His public ministry.
We look away back to tho first passover in
Egypt and think of tho one in the wilder.
ness, and at Gigal, and the great ones Of
Hezekiah and Josiah and Ezra; but this cne~
them was the greatest Of all, for 1t was the
fulfillment of all, and He who now ate it with
them was On the morrow to be Himself slain,
the great antelope OF all the passovers that
were ever kept, the true Lamb OF God in
whom alone is redemption and deliverancs
from the great oppressor.
1G. For say unto you, I will not any
more cat thereof until 1t he fulfilled in the
Kingdom of God" II He is the true Paschal
Lamb, and His death about to be accom-.
plished, the fulfllment Of oil the types, then
what is this He says about fulflment In
the Kingdom Of Gcd? II tho church Is the
Kingdom, as so many teach, and the King.
dom has already come, then let some one
who so believes please explain this verse. But
if the Kingdom is postponed till His return,
as He taught in chap. xix, Ills: and II at
His return there is to be O great gathering
of Israel, from oil the corners Of the earth.
as all the prophets teach; and il it shall be
according to the days of their coming out OF
Egypt Mic. vii, 15), then it seems to me all
plain. The first PASSOVER was in connection
with their deliverance from Egypt; but &C.
cording to Jer. xiii, 49, the coming out OF
ell countries when the passover shall have its
kingdom ful6Ilment will be so glorious that
the former shall not be mentioned.
II. And he took the cup and gave thanks,
and said, Take this end divide Is among
yourselves" According to Geikie there were
four cups Of wine at the passover feast, and
this is said to be one Of the four, part OF
the passover. Some one has suggested that
He ate the passover, symbol OF suffering, put
did not drink the passover wine, which was
a symbol Of Joy. While He was sustained by
the joy set before Him. yet the next hours
of the night and Of the day. following were to
bring such suffering as earth never saw either
before or since; and it would be no wonder II
He was filled with the immediate prospect
and somewhat overcome.
49, ''For say unto you, will not drink
OF the fruit of the vine until the Kingdom OF
God shall come" Then shall all Israers fast
days become joy and gladness and cheerful
feasts. Then the ransomed of the Lord shall
return and come to Zion with songs and
everlasting joy upon their heads. They shal!
obtain JOY and gladness and sorrow and
signing shall fee away.
i9. And he took bread and gave
thanks, and brake it and gave unto
them, saying, This is My body which Is
given for you, this do in remembrance or
Me-" Having kept the passover He now
Institutes new feast which wo call Inc
written in /. Cor. 1i., &c, Gas often as'ye eat
this bread and drink this cup Ye do shew the
Lords death till He come" This feast, like
the passover, points backward and forward
bis death-till BE come. But while the
passover was kept only once year He leaves
no rule how often this is to be kept. 1t would
seem from the book of Acts that the disciples
were in the habit Of keeping it on the first
day of each week. Whenever we DO keepit
let us as we receive the bread, symool OF bis
body, broken for us. feed upon Him IN our
hearts by faith, and yield our bodies to be
broken in His service.
20. Likewise also the cup after supper,
saying This cup is the new testament in My
blood which Is Shed for you." In the same