Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-01-30
ELIJAH GOES TO HOREB.
LESSON V, FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, FEB. 1.

Text of the Lesson, l Kings xix, l-Is'
Commit Verses, o, 1O-Goiden Text.
Gen. XVI, 2i-Commentary by Rev. ID.
Nj. Stearns.
compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by per
mission of II. S. Hoffman, publisher Philadel-
phia
/. "And Ahab told Jezebel all that Eli
iah had done"
The whole story of the vain efforts of the
prophets of Baal, the calmness of Elijah,
the fire from Heaven, and the shouts of
the people that "The Lord He is the Cod"
the slaughter of the prophets and the great
storm of wind and rain were all rehearsed
to this wicked woman, who had doubtless
waited eagerly to know the result. Fail
not to observe Elijah's importunate and
expectant prayer as he waited before God
and again sent his servant to see if the an
swer had come xviii, 42-44).
9. "Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto
Elijah"
Whether she was in the least affected by
the record of the manifest power of the
true God in sending fire and rain we are
not told, but the death of her 400 prophets
did nightly move her, and she promises
Elijah that by tomorrow he shall be as
one of them.
D.
went for his life, and came to Beers he ba. !"
4. at is enough. Now, o Lord, take
away my life, for am not better than my
| fathers"
Having left his servant at Beersheba he
himself went days journey into the
wilderness, and sat down under a juniper
tree and made this request of God. The
Juniper was the broom tree common in the
deserts, and the roots of which, though
bitter were used as food by the poorest of
the people dob XXX, A.. 1t is suggestive
of the poverty and bitterness of his soul
just at this time. But consider his re-
quest and the glorious translation that
awaited him, and see how foolish he was
not to have confidence in God and wait pa
tiently for Him.
5. "An angel touched him and said unto
him, Arise and at"
6. "Behold IA cake baken on the Goals,
and a cruise of water at his head"
Can God furnish table in the wilder
ness Ops. xviii, 49,? Yes, He who fed mill
ions for forty years can surely take care of
one poor disconsolate. But was ever NOR
tai man mnistered unto as this man?
Z. "And the angel of the Lord came
again the second time"
After having eaten he laid him down
again. God knew his need. and rested him
with sufficient sleep. He also knew his
need in the way of food, and would have
him eat again.
s. "He went in the strength of that meat
forty days and forty nights unto Horeb,
the mount of God "
Obedient to the angels touch he again
arose, and again did eat and drink and
went forty days and nights in the strength
of that food. We are reminded of one
who, 500 years before, on the same Horeb
on two different occasions went forty days
and nights without eating and drinking
(Deut tx, O. 49,. And also of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who tasted forty days and forty
nights Matt. iv, q.
8. "What doest thou here Elijah?"
In due time he arrived at Horeb and
lodged in a cave, and there the word of the
Lord came unto him with this question.
10. and he said, l have been very jeal
Gus for the Lord God of Hosts
That was all right, and what follows
was too sadly true but 81 only am left
and they seek my life," lets us into the
mans heart.
H. go forth and stand upon the mount
before the Lord
Go forth from the GOODNESS and darkness
of doubt and despair, and from consider
ing the preciousness of your own life, youl
zeal for God and the necessity of your con
tinuance, and be persuaded that God lives
and that He, and He only, is the necessity
: and that it matters not whether you live
or die.
|, "And behold the Lord passed by"
= His power is seen in His messengers
wind, earthquake and fire, rending tn,
mountains and breaking in pieces the rock
/ before the Lord, but He was not in wind
0 earthquake or fire. Such was not His wa,
D at this time.
J.; IL. after the fire still small voice"
= Judgment is His strange work Qsa xviii
e 81. Ordinarily He speaks and it is dom
= ops. XXXiii, 6, 81. Jesus did not come as
/ mighty fire or tempest, but as a helples
:; babe. John said He was the voice of on
= a crying in the wilderness. Paul was not
!, mighty man physically but in bodily pres
0 ence weak, and in speech contemplate q
+ Cor. X, l0) What was David, and how
a much noise did he make when com
V pared with Goliath? What was Israe
It before her enemies? God is everything, w
are nothing. mo flesh shall glory in Hi
presence" q Cor. j. 29)
l3. "What doest thou here, Eliahy"
Again the searching question comes a
in the case of Peter John xxi, l5-lO. |
= would seem from this verse that Elijal
mad not gone forth as commanded Verse III
q until he heard this voice. but now h
/. stands at the entrance to the cave with hi
face wrapped in his MANTLE and once NOR
- has TO reply to this question.
t, IA. IL only am left, and they seek m
2, life to take it away"
(; Just the same answer as before ". l0). II
# is Gods only witness and his life is yer
n precious We are told in Rev. xii, II, o
e those who loved not their lives unto tn
II death Jesus told the twelve as He sen
e, them forth not to fear the death of tn
d body Matt X, PSI. Paul's aim was t
d glorify God either by life or death.
?, 10 And the Lord said unto him, Gt
!. return ON thy way to the wilderness {
d Damascus"
). The Lord graciously has yet somethin
o for His servant to do. He did not tell hiI
d to flee into the wilderness from Jezebe
but He does now tell him to return.
10. elisha, the son of Shaphat, of Abe
Meholah, shalt thou anoint to be prophe
in thy room"
He is to anoint king of Syria and
king of Israel, And another man to be