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REVIEW OF HEQUARTER
LESSON XII, FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, mARcH 20.

ter-The Spiritual Judah and Israel.
Commentary by the Rev. ID. NJ.
Stearns.
1t has been the custom to devote the last
Sunday In each quarter to II review of the
quarters lessons, but the plan for 1892 is
to have the review Que Sunday earlier, and
devote the last Sunday to missionary or
temperance lesson. The eleven lessons
concern Gods people QsraeD and their
glorious future. While Israel's history is,
In measure, typical Of the history of the
church, and was written for our profit
(Rom. XIV, 4; Cor. x, |, ~ yet we must be
careful to remember that in all the Bible
Israel means only Israel, the whole or a
portion of the twelve tribes, and never the
church. So Judah Jerusalem, Zion always
mean just what the words indicate, and
must not be spiritualized, else the Bible
will be meaningless and unintelligible.
LESSON LISA. XII 40. G. r., Ps. Xxi, 8.
The root and stem of Jesse, the root and
offspring Of David (Rev xxi, l6), Davids
Lord and David's Son, the God man, is
foretold as filling the whole earth with the
knowledge of the Lord and ruling the
world in righteousness, delivering even the
animal creation from the curse; and all
this in connection with Israeps restoration.
LESSON II.--Isa. XVI, Ito G. T., lisa.
XVI, A. A portion of Israel's hymn book,
written over $500 years before used. An
other song is found in lisa. xii. The close
OF the chapter speaks of resurrection and
Judgment, but also of place of refuge for
the people of God. God Himself is the sal.
walton and defense of His people, He is
our Rock of Ages, and for all who trust in
Him, and stay their minds on Him, there
Is perfect peace.
LESSON lIl.-lsa. xviii, lib G. T.,
Prov. Xxx, |. The people for whom so much
had been done turned away from their De
liverer, despised Him and His word and
gave themselves up to strong drink and
self indulgence. Priest and prophet alike
did this, needless of the judgments threat
ened. God in long suffering and love for
His sinful people pleads with them, and
speaks of day Of glory for the penitent
and obedient Let all drunkards and all
who live for pleasure consider Cor. vi, O.
IL, and see there the doom that awaits
them II they so continue.
LESSON lV,-Isa. xxxvii, 1921; 1898. G..
t., Ps. xxxiv, II, This is a notable in
stance Of pro pit and complete deliverance
in answer to the cry of distress. There
may be foreshadowing of lsrael's sore
tribulation and glorious deliverance in the
days OF the coming antichrist But there
is the greatest encouragement here, as in
all Scripture, for every troubled one to
cast their burden on the Lord and expect
and receive deliverance der. xxxii II;
xxxiii, 49,
LESSON Visa. lii, liz. G. T., lsa lii,
8. Here is the center of the whole Bible, a
perfect description Of the sufferings of the
man of sorrows, the Redeemer of Israel and
of the world The creator of all things be.
comes a man; n poor, despsed man; that
He may be a perfect Saviour Having no
sin of His own the sins of the world are
laid upon him, and He suffers and dies in
our stead. He lives again, alive from the
dead, and He shall yet see of the travail of
His soul and be satisfied, To be in Him is
life, whether for an individual or for a
nation. Apart from Him there,is no life.
LESSON Visa. ly. l-13 G. H., lisa. w.
G. Life being provided at infinite cost, here
Is the invitation to all to accept it; or
rather to accept Him, for In Him is life,
He is our life tJohn i, 4; Col. iii, ~. 1t is
the same cry throughout the Bible
"Comel" or "Come unto Me" (Math XII, o.
Luke xiv, II; Rev. xxi, ~ Let our ways
thoughts, efforts, strlvings all drop, and
come empty and helpless to the Fountain
and drink and live. Drink abundantly
and be filled Cant v, |; John Y, 10Y.
LESSON VII.-Jeremiah xxi, 27-37. G.
T., Jer xxi, 80. The last lesson was on
life and fullness of joy through an all suf.
ficient Redeemer. Here is Gods way of
bringing that Life to the whole world. AS
Christ is the central person in God s saliva
ton, so Israel is the central people and
Jerusalem the central city, salvation is
of the Jews" John iv, 22), and the receiv
ing of them back as nation shall be TO
the world as Life from the dead (Rom. XII,
~, 15). What are we doing for the people
to whom we are so indebted?
LESSON VIlI.-Jeremiah xXxvi, 1881. G.
T., Heb. Iii, ID. This is the story of the
king who cut up the word of God and
burned it in the fire. The son Of God, the
man of sorrows is the word of God (John
4. 1; Rev. xix, 49, and He is revealed to us
In the written word which is all about
Him John V, 40; Luke xiv, 81, Al Our
treatment of His word Is our treatment of
Himself and He so reckons it (John xii,
49, To receive His word is to receive Him
self, and thus comes life and joy and peace
amending John xvii, s; Rom. XIV, 13).
LESSON IX.--Jer. xXXvii, l1-2l. G. L,
Jer l. 10 In connection with several les
sons upon the future glory of Israel and of
the earth, we have had one on the perse-
cuted Saviour, one on the prosecuted word
and now one on the prosecuted prophet
The order always Is the sufferings anu
then the glory Il Pet. l, IL; iy, IS, v, y. j.
will be so until Jesus comes and the day
dawns for Christ, and His church, and His
Israel, and the earth But the sufTerings
are not worthy to be compared with til
glory that shall be revealed Rom. viii, 1S).
The world antichrist and the devil are
having their day now, but their night is
coming. "The morning cometh, and also
the night"
LESSON X.--Jer xxx, lilo G. IT,,
Math. xiii, IS. The glory of the coming
kingdom shall be preceded by the over
throw of the ungodly. There shall be
vengeance for them that know not God
and everlasting destruction from the pres
ence of the Lord; the lake of fire for the
beast and false prophet; and the bottom
less pit for the devil Ql Thess /, 10; Rev.
xix, 90; Xxx, l-3). These are the awful facts;
mans belief or unbelief will not affect the
facts. Wrat' may be restrained for
time, but 1t abideth upon all unbelievers,
and will fall il due time John iii, &c. Rev.
xiv, 10).
LESSON XI.-Ezek xxxvi, 25-3N G. T.,
Eek. xxxvi, %. The main features of
this lesson are the glorious results of the
Sayiour's work In the hearts of His people,
making them clean and holy and upright,
TO the praise and glory of God in the eyes
of all nations. This shall be fulfilled in
Israel as nation, for the Lord hath
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