Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-07
THE KING In ZION.
LESSON II, SECOND QUARTER, INTER
NATIONAL SERIES, APRIL 10.

1. "Why do the heather rage, and the
people imagine vain thing" This has
been called the psalm of Messiah the
Prince 1t describes the tumult of the
people against the Lords anointed; the
determinate purpose Of God to eXalt His
own Son, and the ultimate reign of that
Son over all His enemies. AS we read of
the heather, or nations, raging, we may
think Of Pharaoh and his hosts, Sennache-
rib and his army. and all others who vainly
sought to overthrow Israel But in Acts
iv, 25, %, these words are used in reference
to the rage of Herod, plate, the Gentiles
and Israel against Christ and truly that
was the contamination Of all the wrath of
of man, and the height of all vain imagin,
ings.
q 1.-THE kings of the earth set themselves
and the rulers take counsel together
against the Lord and against His anoint-
ed" But hear the Lord in reference to all
such; Associate yourselves, o ye people,
and We shall be broken in pieces. Take
counsel together, aid it shall come to
nought; speak the word and it shall not
stand, for God is with us" Qsa. viii, O. lW.
1t is not so much to be wondered at that
nations which knew not God should think
to withstand Him: but to see his own peo-
pie rs we have seen them in some of the
lessons of last quarter thinking to resist
His will, is strange indeed Yet in con
demning them we may condemn ourselves
Are we for Him or against Him2 (Math.
xii, 30)
3. 'Let us break their bands asunder
and cast away their cords from u.s." Read
of the pride and arrogancy of Moab, the
pride and haughtiness of Edom, the BIAS
phemy of the Assyrians DER. Xviii, 20;
Obad. 3, 4 II Chron. xxi, ~, and see
the rebellion of the natural heart against
God. Then listen to Israel replying to
jeremiah, speaking in the name OF the
Lord, 1--WE will not hearken unto thee,
but we will certainly do whatsoever thing
goeth forth ont of our own mouth" DER.
xiv, l6, ~, and see the enmity of re
ligious heart. Surely the heart is deceitful
above all things and desperately wicked
DER xvii, 81.
L. "He that sitteth in The heavens shall
laugh; the Lord shall have them in deri
sion" They do not consider that ''oul
God is in the heavens; He hath done what
soever He hath pleased" "He doeth accord
ing to His will in the army of heaven, and
among the inhabitants of the earth, anC
mono can stay His hand or say unto Him
What doest thou?" Ops. CIV, 3; Dan iv, 35)
To those who set at nought his counsel, HI
says will laugh at your calamity; | vii
mock when your fear cometh prov.
25-2O,
5. "Then shall Hespeak unto them in Hi
wrath, and veX them in His sore displeas
ure." There is such thing as the wratl
of God, even the wrath of the Lamb, and ,
time called 1.-The great day of His wrath
lisa. xiii, 6, 0, 10; Xeph. /, IA, Is; Rev. vi, lG
ae\ T. L., Il al m
suffering of God but it will come Us THE
in the night I'll Pet. iii, 0, 10y.
g. "Yet have | set my king upon m.
holy hill of Zion" The Lord hath chosel
Zion. He hath desired it for his habita
ton; and lie hath sworn unto Davit
'of the fruit of thy body will ! set upo
thy throne" The angel Gabriel confirms
this to Mary concerning her son; and tn
spirit through Peter testified that tn
promise to David referred to Christ rise
from the dead ops. cXxXii, IL, l3; Luke
r. 49, Acts ii, 29-32). Christ never yet sd
on David's throne, and has not yet come t
His own throne, but still sits with tn
the Father on His throne Grew. iii, 2D
7. 81 will declare the decree; the Lor
hath said unto me, Thou art my Son, tn
day have begotten thee" On two occ'
sions the Father testified from Heave
that Jesus Christ was His beloved Sol
but that this verse refers to the resurre
ton of Christ from the dead Is us clear {
MONDAY from the spirits testimon
through Paul in Acts xiii, 49, BY th'
event He was with power declared to be Sc
of God (Rom /, y; and not until the resu
rection of the saints shall the Sons of &c
be manifest q John iii, ..
8. ASK of me and | shall give thee Il
heather for thine inheritance, and the u
termost parts of the earth for thy posse
sion" Here is the promise of all natio
to the Son, confirmed elsewhere in the
words, "All kings shall fall down beto
Him, all nations shall serve Him" "A
nations whom thou hast made shall cor
and worship before Thee, 0 Lord, and sh'
rlorify Thy name" ops Xxi, II; XXX
o., However things may seem TO go
the church or in the world, the time W
come when this earth will be filed wi
the glory of God (Num. xiv, 81; Rev. Vi, l
O. "Thou shalt break them with rod
iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces lik,
notter's vessel" The previous verse is
great verse for missionary meetings, b
this one never, why separate that viii
God hath Joined together, and thus dist
the Scriptures? Before the kingdoms
this world become the kingdoms of
Lord there will be n great breaking
pieces
10 "Be wiso now, therefore, o We kin
he instructed We judges of the earth. " I
nsalm Is divided into four sections OF tn
verses each, the first describing the wr'
of man AGAINST God s anointed; the seco
tho enthronement Of the anonted one;
third. His complete subjugation of
things while this last IL an earnest
treaty to all rulers TO submit ere it he
late to the king who is ready to receives
pardon,
II. Serve the Lord with fear, and
ioice with trembling" The first step is
receive Him rs our wisdom and righteo
ness (Rom l. 10, Cor. /, 800, then sc
Him with reverence and godly fear, wo
ING out our salvation with fear and tr'
bling QIeb. xii, 2S, Phil. II, II, ~, ne
foar of losing our eternal life, which is
possible (Iohn y, ~ 2S), but fear OF gr
ing such love and of coming short IN
reward q Cor, iii, Ills, II John y,
u. kiss the Son, lest He be angry,
We perish from the way, when His Wrat
kindlcd but little, Blessed are an I
that put their trust in Him" The
implies reconciliation ana loNe L-uNI
given to the Son tJohn V, 22); lie IL fu
s2race and truth, and so loved that lie 6
TIimsplf for us (Iohn /, II; Gal IL,
How blinded by the devil any one mus
to resist such love and forfeit such 81
ing al Cor. ", 3, y. Rather may II
ours to be among the Blessed a1u ~,
Of Rev TX, 6, and the Blessed of !
Wi IA "Behod, God is my salvation
will trust and not be afraid" lsa Xl
TLo vey,.r sDcaks of "the way" The