Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-12
THE NEW COVENANT.
LESSON VA sIPST QUARTER. INTER.
NJ, oh SEh s., rsD IT,

der. xxi. Commentary ~ the Rev.
ID. NJ. stearns.
% Behold, the days come, saith the
Lord, that will SOW the house of Israel
and the house of Judah, with the seed of
man, and with the seed of beast Jere
miah prophesied during the last forty years
of Judah's history ere the two tribes were
carried captive; during the last eighteen
years OF .Josiah's reign and the twenty-five
years of the four kings following. He was
simply Gods messenger speaking Gods
message. Chapter i, I, 9, Il, chapters xxx
and XXI have been called "a book within
a book like Rom. tx to XII and any kind
of a careful reading shows its peculiar ref
erence to lsrael's future Compare this
verse with chapter XXX, l-3, and take
Israel and Judah to mean only Israel and
Judah the ten tribes and the two of all
Israel The Spirits own commentary upon
this verse is found in Ezek XXXvi, oil.
2S And it shall come to pass, that like
as have watched over them to pluck up.
so will watch over them to huild and to
plant, saith the Lord No one can ques
ton the plucking up and scattering, and
no more should any one question the gath
eriug and rebuilding Put verse ~ with
this and say how anything can be more
clearly or emphatically stated with a
"Thus saith the Lord, J." and His twill" and
SHALL
30 AIN those days they shall say no
more. The fathers have eaten sour grape
and the children's teeth are set on edge.
They considered themselves as suffering
for their fathers sins and therefore used
this proverb. See Lam. V, I; Eek. xviii
2,3
30 "But every one shall die for his own
iniquity, every man that eateth the sour
grape, his teeth shall be set on edge
Compare Deut xiv, lG; Gal. vi, 5, I
Personal responsibility is taught every
where in Scripture Every one of us
shall give account of himself to God"
Rom. xiv, ~
81. behold the days come, saith the
Lord, that | will make new covenant
with the house of Israel and with the house
of Judah" Remember that He is speak
ing not of the church, nor of the days in
which we live, bui of literal Judah and
Israel in the days of the restoration, yet
future, but now very near
80. Not according to the covenant that
| made with their fathers, which my GOV
enant they brake" He refers now to the
Horeb covenant of Deut. V, =, 3, to make
them "A kingdom of priests and a peculiar
people above all people, upon condition of
their obedience zen. XIX, ). g. This was
different from the covenant with Abra-
ham, Isaac and Jacob, which was uncon
ditional and shall yet be fulfilled to the
letter; "A covenant made with an oath, and
therefore eternal and Interchangeable Mic
vii, POI.
49, After those days, saith the Lord, |
will put my law in their inward parts, and
ita i'm bai ,-il I.,t b.i
God, and they shall he my people" "Those
days" probably refer to the days of tribu
lation which will precede lsrael's national
conversion (chapter xxx, Z; Dan. xii, l.
Math. XIV, 2D, for it is Immediately after
the tribulation of those days that He shall
come in power and glory for lsrae's deiv
erance tNlath. xiv, 29-3l; Luke xxi. 25-2S).
Observe how the work is entirely the Lord $
from first to last i will put, will write.
| will be, and compare Jer. xiv. g. Z. EZek
XXXvi, 2+-3O
81. "rhey shall all know me, from the
least of them unto the greatest of them.
saith the Lord, for will forgive their in
EQUITY, and will remember their sins nc
more This verse is often quoted as if II
referred to all people on the whole earth
ana would be a result of the Gospel as now
preached, whereas it refers clearly to Israel
and Judah, the twelve tribes which shall
be all righteous, and the central nation
upon earth in millennal days Qsa H. q,
Xvi, 81, who shall make known the name OF
the Lord to all the world that so the cart
may be filled with his glory (Num xiv, 81
lsa. X, 8, Heb. ii, l4l. But until the new
earth all the world shall not be righteous
for even in millennial days many shall
yield only a feigned obedience ops Xvi.
3 margin)
So Thus saith the Lord, which giveth
the sun for a light by day The Lord Of
Hosts is His name" However great 4
promise may be, it is of no weight uules.
the promiser is able to fulfill it. The LORD
of Hosts is the creator of all things anc
"He is able"
&c. "If those ordinances depart from be
fore me, saith the Lord, then the seed OF
Israel also shall cease from being nation
before me forever" Read the parallel pas
sage in chapter xxXiii, 1926 Israel is moi
I now and has not been for over 500 year.
a nation in the eyes Of other nations. bu
Israel has never ceased to be a nation he
fore God, for The Lord seeth not rs MAJ
seeth, and soon she will he nation be
fore all nations, admired, honored ant
sought unto, because of Jehovah, her King
81 Thus saith the Lord If HEAVIER
above can be measured | viii
also cast off all tne seed Of Israel, for al
. that they have done, saith the Lord" Il
is often said when we speak of Israel,
future glory, But consider all that the,
have done, they have forfeited everything
Yes, truly, they have forfeited all that wal
conditioned upon their obedience, but tn,
unconditional promises to Abram, Isaa,
,, and Jacob, God will keep and fulfill fo
- His own great names sake lisa xiii rs
II Eek. xxXvi, %, 30 Note carefully tina
when Jerusalem shall he rebuilt in tn,
restoration it shall never be thrown dowr
-. again oversees 1910, Ps. eli, l6) II vol
}, would see and enjoy those days of Israeli
glory you must now he redeemed b,
lsraels King. Then, being redeemed, re
/, member that you are redeemed no
= simply to go to heaven when you die
), but to live here rs long rs the Lore
e sees fit, to do your part in maxim!
- Christ known in all the world that 5,
e the church, His body. may be gathere,
out of the nations. Being ignorant O
the mystery that Blindness in part i