Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-06-24
MESSIAH'S REIGN.
LESSON XIII, SECCND QUARTER. IN
TERNATlONoL SELLS, JLNE 20.

H-Commentary by the Rev. ID. NJ.
stearns
|. GIVE the king Thy judgments, o God,
and Thy righteousness unto the kings
SON." psalm penned by a king dedi-
Gated to king and concerning the king
of kings. Solomon was a type of Christ in
wisdom and in the peace and prosperity of
his kingdom. No man can be type of
Christ as to His character, but only as to
office. Christ is king and kings son. di.
vine and human, and all judgment is given
to Him John v, 22).
:. HE shall judge thy people with
righteousness, and thy poor with iudg-
ment." Compare Isa. xi, 1, 5; xxi, |, H.
When Jesus shall be king over all the
earth, the righteous branch of David reign
ing and prospering, executing judgment
and justice in the earth in the days of
lsrael's restoration, then shall all without
exception enjoy the full benefits of equit-
able judgment and righteousness Zach
xiv, 8; Jer xiii, 5, g.
5. 1.-THE mountains shall bring peace to
the people and the little hills by right
eousness." Compare Isa. xl, 1, 5; ", ~
Peace and righteousness shall abound,
and things that formerly brought terror
and dismay shall be subdued and be en-
ployed in the service of the king.
4. He shall judge the poor of the peo-
pie. He shall save the children of the
needy, and shall break in pieces the OPP
pressor." Contrast the oppression of the
poor in Amos ii, 6; viii, 6; V, II, and the
time of the kingdom when the meek shall
inherit the earth, and shall delight them
selves in the abundance of peace CPs.
xxxvii, II; Math V, 81.
5. They shall fear Thee as long as the
sun and moon endure, throughout all gen
erations." In Jer. XXI, 80, SO; xxxiii 90,
21, the references are very plain to the res
toration of Israel and her continuance as
nation while sun and moon endure.
8. He shall come down like rain upon
the mown gross, as showers that water the
EARTH" Compare ii Sam. xiii, a. Hos. vi,
3, and notice in each passage the reference
to the morning-the morning without
clouds, the morning when He will help
Israel Fps. XVI, 5, margin). All Gospel bless
ing now is but foretaste of the fullness of
blessing when Jesus shall come to the
church as the Morning Star and to Israel
as the Sun of Righteousness (Rev. xxi, lG;
Nal iv, o.
7. in His days shall the righteous
flourish, and abundance of peace so long
as the moon endureth." He will be the
true Melchizedek, who will be both King
of Righteousness and King of Peace The
Saviour teaches us that in this present
world, instead of flourishing, we must ex-
poet hatred and persecution and trial; and
so also teach the apostles by the Spirit
John XIV, 1920; xvi, |, 2; Jas. i, l2 Rev.
ii, TO- II Tim. iii, l2).
S. "He shall have dominion also from sea
I ba nj nt. b. 4 80
the earth" Solomon's kingdom EN- braced
all the land of promise q Kings iv, 81, 24);
the true Son of David shall have dominion
over all the earth dan. vii, ID, IA; Rev xi,
10; Mum. xiv, 2l; lisa. ri, 0; Hab ii, ~.
His body, the church, shall reign with
Him Q}ev. iii, 81; V, o, 10y.
o. They that dwell in the wilderness
shall bow before Him, and His enemies
shall lick the dust" 1t is only at His
second coming in power and glory that He
shall smite His enemies, when He shall re-
turn bringing His saints with Him
q Thess. iii, ID; Col iii, I; Zech xiv, 3, 4;
Rev xix, II, l5). There can be no king
dom till the King returns luke xix, II,
15)
10. THE kings of Tarshish and of the
isles shall bring presents; the kings of
Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts" The
luOSl QlSldllU anu lue ulOSJ OpulGnU seem TO
be represented here, while the previous
verse suggests the most uncivilized The
visit of the queen of Sheba to Solomon and
of the wise men of the east to the child
Jesus are suggestive of the time when the
glory of the Lord having risen upon Israel
the Gentiles shall come to her light and
kings TO the brightness of her rising Qsa
lx l-3).
II. Yea, all kings shall fall down before
Him: all nations shall serve Him" Com
pare Ps. lXXXvi, 0. That this shall be when
He is king of the Jews is evident from
lisa. TX, II, where it is written that the ma
ton and kingdom that will not serve thee
Israel, see context) shall perish 1t is the
literal Israel, truly converted, that is to
blossom and bud and fill the face of the
earth with fruit lisa. XVI, g.
- For He shall deliver the needy when
he crieth; the poor also and him that hath
no helper" Compare Isa. xii, II, is. All
His relief, both physical and spiritual,
which he brought to the poor and needy
when He was here in humiliation, was but
a sample of the fullness of blessing that
shall be when the kingdom comes
10. He shall spare the poor and needy,
and shall save the souls of the needy"
See Jer. xxxix, TO- Zeph. iii, ~ as a fore
control things now, but it shall not be so
in the days of His kingdom.
H. "He shall redeem their soul from de-
ceit and violence, and precious shall their
blood be in His sight" They may lay
down their lives for His sake, but He will
receive their souls and in due time redeem
b cir bodies Deceit and violence shall end
when He comes.
l5 And He shall live, and to Him shall
be given of the gold of Sheba; prayer also
shall be made for Him continually, and
daily shall He be praised" He was dead,
but is alive forever more (Rey. i, lS). The
church seems to have hard work to raise
money to carry on her work but in king
dom days wealth shall pour in from all
quarters lisa. TX, 5, II, r. v.
16. There shall be an handful of corn in
the earth upon the top of the mountains;
the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon,
and they of the city shall flourish like
grass of the earth" There shall be great
results from apparently small causes. "a
little one shall become a thousand, and a
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