Mower County transcript., 1892-02-10
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LESSON VII, FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, FEB. ~.
Text of the Lesson, Jer. xxxi, s7-37.
Memory Verses. SO. 34-Goldsn Text.
dor. xxi. 34-Comms sntary BY the Rev.
ID. NJ. estenrns.
~ Behold, the days come, saith the
Lord, that will SOW tho house Of Israel,
and the house Of Judah, with the seed OF
man, and with the seed Of beast" Jere.
mlah prophesied during the last forty years
OF Judah's history ere the two tribes were
carried captive; during the last eighteen
years OF Josiahs reign and the twenty-five
years OF the four kings following. He was
simply Gods messenger speaking Gods
message. Chapter |. I, 0. II, chapters XXX
ara XXI have been called "a book within
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
israei ana Judah to mean only Israel and
Judah the ten tribes and the two of all
Israel. The Spirits own commentary upon
Chls verse is found in Ezek. xxxvi, Oil,
-. And 1t shall come to pass, that like
as nave watched over them to pluck up
80 will watch over them to build and TO
plant, saith the Lord" No one can cues
tion the plucking up and scattering, and
no more should any one question the gath
ering and rebuilding Put verse 10 with
this and say how anything can be more
clearly or emphatically stated with
"Fhus saith the Lord. ;" and His "will" and
shall"
~. I'm 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, Z; Ezek. 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, l6; Gal. vi, 5, I
Personal responsibility is taught every
where in Scripture. every one of us
shall give account of himself to Cod
(Rom. xiv, l2)
81. "Behold the days come, saith the
Lord, that ! will make a new covenan,
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, but of literal Judah and
Israel in the days of the restoration, vet
future, but now very near.
S2. mot according to the covenant that
| made with their fathers, which nv GOV
enant they brake" He refers now to the
Horeb covenant of Deut. v, 2, 8. to make
them kingdom of priests and a peculiar
people above all people, upon condition of
their obedience (Ex. xix, s, 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; covenant made with an oath, and
therefore eternal and unchangeable (M1c.
vii, 2O).
S3. After those days, saith the Lord,
will put my law in their inward parts, and
write it in their hearts; and will be their
God, and they shall be my people," ''Those
days" probably refer to the days of tribu
lation which will precede Israel's national
conversion Chapter XXX. Z; Dan xii, |.
Math. xiv, 2I, for it is Immediately after
the tribulation of those days that He shall
come in power and glory for Israel's deliv
erance tMath- xiv, 93l; Luke xxi, 255 2S).
Observe how the work is entirely the Lords
from, first to last: will put, will write.
l will be; and compare Jer. xiv, 6. Z: Eek.
xxxvi, 2+3O "
81. ''rhey shall ali know me, from the
least of them unto the greatest of them.
saith the Lord; for will forgive their in.
iquity, and will remember their sins no
more" This verse is often quoted as if it
referred to all people on the whole earth,
and would be q 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 millennial days lisa. TX, u,
axvi, s., who shall make known the name of
Che Lord to all the world that so the earth
may be filled with his glory (Num. xiv, q.
Iss- xi, 9; Heb ii, 14>. But until the new
earth all the world shall not be righteous,
for even in millennial days many shall
yiuld only feigned obedience (Ps. Xvi
marginl
IS. THUS saith the Lord, which giveth
the sun for a light by day. The Lord of
Hosts is His name" However great u
promise may be, it is Of no weight unless
thu promiser is able to fulfill it. The Lord
OF Hosts is the creator of all things and
HE is able"
S6 "lf those ordinances depart from be-
fore me, saith the Lord, then the seea of
Israel also shall cease from being a nation
before me forever" Read the parallel pas
sage in chapter xxxiii, 1920 Israel is not
now and has not been for over 1900 years
nation in the eyes OF other nations: but
Israel has never ceased to be a nation be
fore God, for "The Lord seeth not as man
seeth," and soon she will be a nation be
fore all nations, admired, honored and
bought unto, because of Jehovah, her King.
81. "Thus saith the Lord, II heaven
above can be measured, = . will
>lso cast off all the seed of Israel, for all
lhat they have done, saith the Lord" .It
u often said when we speak of Israel's
ahture glory, "But consider all that they
Dave done, they have forfeited everything. /"
kes, truly, they have forfeited all that was
S,nditioned upon their obedience, but the
Apconditional promises to Abram, Isaac
nd Jacob, God will keep and fulfill for
,1is own great names sake lisa. xiii, IS,
E6ek. xxxvi, %, s2). Note carefully that
kpen Jerusalem shall be rebuilt in the
.Atoration it shall never be thrown down
sxain (verses ss40; Ps. eli, 16). If you
would see and enjoy those days Of Israel's
Nlry you must now be redeemed by
Atuel's King. Then, being redeemed, re-