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LESSON VII, SECOND QUARTER, M
TERNATtoNAL SERIES, MAY 10.

Text Of the Lesson, Luke TX, %S-3o-Com-
init Verses s3-35-Goiden Text. Luke tx.
Commentary BY the rev. ID. M.
stearns.
Compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by per-
mission Of H. s. Hoffman, publisher, Philadel-
phial
2S. "And It came to pass about an eight
days after these sayings These sayings evil
IDENTIFY refer to what is recorded in this chap
ter from verses s g 3, %, including the test
mony Of Peter concerning Christ, Christs
own testimony concerning His approaching
sufferings and death and resurrection, and
that those who follow Him must be content
TO suffer with Him; but that there is a future
glory awaiting all such which will more than
recompense for all the suffering, and that
some Of them would not die till they had
seen the glory OF that kingdom. He also tes-
titled that II any preferred their life in this
world they would lose the world to come, but
II willing 10 renounce this world for His sake
they would receive and forever enjoy the
glory OF the kingdom Of God.
''He took Peter and John and James, and
went up into mountain 10 pray" These
are the three whom He took with Him to see
Jairus' daughter raised to life, and the same
three He took nelrest TO Him in the garden
Of Gethsemane He saw fit to elect these to
be with Him on these occasions, He elected
twelve out OF all His followers whom He
might qualify for special service, He has an
elect nation through whom He yet purposes
TO make Himself known to the world, He Is
now gathering an elect church out OF all
nations which shall reign with Him as priest
kings when through His elect Israel He will
subdue the world unto Himself Election,
when understood, Is glorious
~ sand as He prayed, the fashion Of His
countennnce was altered, and His raiment
was white and clustering Matthew and
Mark say that He was TRANSPORTED; Matthew
says that His face did shine as the sun; Mark
says that His raiment became shining, ex-
ceeding white as snow, as no fuller on earth
can white them; Matthew says his raiment
was white as the light. Here was for brief
season the outshining Of that glory which
WIS hidden in that mortal body during His
humiliation, reminding us OF the garden of
Eden when man made in the image of God
was clothed with light as with a garment
FPS civ, 1,2; Gen. j, 21; and pointing us
forward to the resurrection and the time Of
the Kingdom, when we shall be like Him, for
we shall see Him as He is; and the righteous
30. "And, behold, there talked with Him
two men, which were Moses and Elias"
Moses, the servant of the Lord, died on Mount
Nebo / ,4S0 years before this, and the Lord
buried him in valley in the land of Moab
(Deut. xxxiv). It was about 900 years since
Elijah was translated without dying Oh XII
iD and yet here are both alive and WE'LL and
II Jude TX refers to the resurrection of Moses
IA al
bodies Blessed be God for the life eternal
and for the assurance that If we are in Christ
we shall be alive and well GOD years hence,
5000 years hence, yes, to all eternity, in in
creasing fellowship with Him. This is fore
shadowing of the coming of the Son Of Man
IN His Kingdom, and tells us that in that day
Christ, who once lived on earth in humilia-
ton, shall come in His glory and that He shall
be accompanied by all Ills risen saints and
those who shall have been translated without
dying, both represented here by Moses and
Elijah That the dead shall rise and the liv-
ing be instantly changed at His coming, see
! Thess. iy, 1918; | Cor XIV, 50-52 We
would like to know how Moses and Elijah
had spent all these hundreds of years since
they left the earth; where have they been
and what have they been doingl But we
must wait.
3l."Who appeared in glory, and spake of His
decease which He should accomplish at Jeru-
salem.n This verse and the next are peculiar
to Luke, Matthew and Mark, simply saying
that Moses and Ell jah talked with Jesus, and
emitting all reference to the disciples being
heavy with sleep.
"And when they were awake, they saw His
glory, and the two men that stood with Him"
The H. V. says, "When they were fully
awake" and in the margin "Having remained
awake" He was gracious unto them and suf-
fered them not to lose all. They saw His
glory, and they saw Moses and Elijah Peter
refers TO itas "The power and coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ. y and says "We were eye
witnesses of His Majesty I'll Pet. /, 16).
At the same time Peter tells us that we have
u more sure word of prophecy whereunto we
do well 10 take heed
30. 'And 10 canse TO pass, as they departed
from Him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it
Is good for Ills to be here; and let us make
three tabernacles; not knowing
what He said.n Had he been wide awake
and hoard the conversation between Jesus,
Moses and Elijah he would probably have
talked more wisely and have known what he
was talking about.
"a. awhile He thus spake, there came a
cloud: and overshadowed them, and they
feared as they entered into the cloud.n All
through the wilderness "the Lord went be-
fore them In pillar Of cloud" When tho
Tabernacle was erected "a cloud covered tho
tent OF the congregation, and the glory of the
Lord filed the Tabernacle;" and when the
Temple was dedicated the house was filed
with a cloud and with the glory Of the Lord
OGx. xiii, 81; xl, 81; ii Chr. V, 10, lI. In the
vision Of Isaiah wi, a the house was filled
with smoke, and Ezekiel Il, y saw a great
cloud, and a fire Unfolding itself, and o
brightness about it. At Ills ascension n cloud
received Him. and when He comes again it
will be in the clouds of Heaven tActs /, 0;
Matt XVI, 90. SO also when the risen and
translated saints meet Him in the air, it shall
be In the clouds q Tn. iv, ~. As to their
fear, so earthly are we and so little awake to
Heavenly realities, that anything unearthly
or even unusual is apt to fill us with awe.
35. "And there came voice out of the
cloud, saying, This Is My beloved Son; hear
Him." Matthew adds, "In whom am well
pleased The r. V, says, This is my Son,
my chosen hear ye Him. AT His baptism
the voice from Heaven said, "This is my be-
loved Son, In whom | am well pleased"
(Matt Iii, II; Mark |, IL; Luke iii, 22l, On
third occasion when Jesus prayed, Father,
glorify Thy name" the voice from Heaven
said, ~ have both glorified 1t and will glorify
1t again" John xii, 2Sl. SO that we have
three distinct testimonies from the Father
concerning His Son, We have also the Sons
own testimony TO this effect, "He that sent
me Is with me- the Father hath not left me
alone; for | do always those things that
please Him" John viii, 20. When we accept
Jesus and delight ourselves in Him, the
Father is well pleased with us for His dear
SONS sake. We are accepted in the Beloved