Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-04-08
THE KING IN ZION.
LESSON II. SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
MAI lONA- SERI- =, APkL 70.

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stearns.
l. 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, p %, 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.
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 q ye people,
and ye shall he broken in pieces. Take
counsel together and it shall come to
nought. speak the word and it shall not
stand, for God is with us" Usa viii, 8, l0)
1t is not so much to be wondered Mt 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 Him? (Math
xii, BOY
g. "l.et us break their bands asunder,
and cast away their cords from us" Read
of the pride and arrogancy of Moab. the
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phemy of the AsSyrians (.Jer. XVIII, ~,
Obad. 3, I. ii Chron xxi, 10 and see
the rebellion of the natural heart against
God Then listen to Israel replying to
jeremiah, speaking in the name of the
Lord I'VE will not hearken unto thee,
but we will certainly do whatsoever thing
goeth forth out of our own mouth" der
Xiv 49, ~ and see the enmity of re
ligious heart Surely the heart is deceitful
above all things and desperately wicked
der. xvii, ~
4. "He that stitch in the heavens shall
laugh the Lord shall have them in deri
sion They do not consider that our
God is in the heavens, He hath done what
soever He hath pleased ale doeth accord
ing to His will in the army of heaven. and
among the inhabitants of the earth. and
none can stay His hand or say unto Him
D.
To those who set at nought his counsel, he
says will laugh at your calamity. will
mock when your fear cometh prov l.
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5 "Then shall He speak unto them in His
wrath. and vex them in His sore displeas
ure. There is such thing rs the wrat h
of God, even the wrath of the Lamb and a
time called "The great day of His wrath"
lisa xiii, 6, 8, 10, Ieph. i, A. Is. Rev vi, lG,
~ 1t may he delayed through the long
suffering of God but it will come as thief
in the night Ul Pet. iii 9. lO)
6. Yet have set my king upon my
holy hill Of Zion" The Lord hath chosen
Zion. He hath desired it for his habita
ton, and He hath sworn unto David
of the fruit of thy body will | set upon
thy throne" The angel Gabriel confirmed
this to Mary concerning her son, and the
spirit through Peter testified that the
promise to David referred to Christ risen
from the dead FPS cxxxii, II, ID, Luke i,
32, 80 Acts ii, 29-32) Christ never yet sat
on Davids throne, and has not yet come to
His own throne, but still sits with the
the Father on His throne (Rev. iii, 2l).
81 will declare the decree the Lord
hath said unto me, Thou art my Son, this
day have begotten thee" On two occa-
sions the Father testified from Heaven
that Jesus Christ was His beloved Son,
but that this verse refers to the resurrec-
ton Of Christ from the dead is as clear as
MONDAY from the spirits testimony
through Paul in Acts xiii, 80 BY that
event He was with power declared to be Son
of God (Rom. /. y. and not until the resur-
rection of the saints shall the Sons of God
be manifest q John iii, %
s Ask of me and | shall give thee the
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termost parts of the earth for thy posses
SION Here is the promise of all nations
to the Son, confirmed elsewhere in these
words. "All kings shall fall down before
Him, all nations shall serve Him" "All
nations whom thou hast made shall come
and worship before Thee. o Lord, and shall
glorify Thy name" Dps. Xxi, II; Ixxxvi,
81 However things may seem to 20 in
the church or in the world, the time will
come when this earth will be filled with
the glory of God (Num xiv, 81. Rev ri, 10.
Q "Thou shalt break them with Il rod OF
iron. thou shalt dash them in pieces like a
potter's vessel" The previous verse is a
great verse for missionary meetings. but
this one never. why separate that which
God hath Joined together, and thus distort
the Scriptures Before the kingdoms of
this world become the Kingdoms of our
Lord there will he a great breaking to
pieces,
10 "Be wise now, therefore, O We kings,
he instructed ye judges of the earth" This
psalm is divided into four sections of three
verses each, the first describing the wrath
of man against Gods anointed the second,
the enthronement Of the anonted one; the
third, His complete subjugation of all
things, while this last is an earnest en-.
treaty to all rulers to submit ere it be too
late to the king who is ready to receive and
pardon.
H. Serve the Lord with fear and re-
joice with trembling" The first step is to
receive Him a. our wisdom and righteous
ness (Rom. /, Ii, | Cor. |, 30), then serve
Him with reverence and godly fear work
; ing ont our salvation with fear and trem-
bling (Heb. xii 2s. Phil. ii. IL, l3). not a
fear of losing our ct, rnal life, which is inn
possible (John X, 81 PSI, hut fear of griev
ing such love and of coming short in ouI
reward Il Cor ill., II 10. ii John y
IL. kiss the Son Test He he angry, and
ye perish from the way, when His wrath is
kindled but a little Blessed are all the,
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