The Bottineau pioneer., 1892-02-13
THE NEW COVENANT.
LESSON VI, FIRST QUARTER. INTER.
j NATIONAL SERIES, FEB. -.

!" benoIN, tho days come, 8a1th 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 two
years Of the four kings following. He was
simply Gods messenger speaking Gods
message. Chapter I, Z, 8, IL. chapters XXX
and XXI have been called ~ hook within
a book" like Rom. tx to xi. and any kind
OF careful reading shows its peculiar ref
erence to lsraels fnture. Compare this
verne with chapter XXX. l-S. and take
Israel and Judah 70 mean only Israel and
Judah the ten tribes and the two of all
Israel. The Spirits own commentary upon
thix verse IL found In Exek xxxvi, Gil.
q "And 1t shall come to pass, that like
AZ have watched over them to pluck up,
DO will ] watch over them to build 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
ering and rebuilding. Put verse ~ with
this and say how anything can be more
clearly or e,nphxtically stated with !
"phus saith the Lord, and His twill" and
shall" I.
a. In those days they shall say no
more. The fathers have eaten a sour grape
and the chiltlren'a teeth are set on edge
They considered themselves a. suffering
for their fathers sins and therefore used
this proverb. Ses Lam. '. I: Exek. xviii,
as ....
90 "But every one shall die for his own
tniquity; every man that eateth the sour
grapo. his teeth shall be set on edge"
Compare Deut. xiv, l6: Gal. vi, g
Personal rsSponsibility 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 q new covenan,
with the house OF Israel and with the house
Of Jndah." Remember that He II 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. re,
future, but now very near.
81 Mot according to tho covenant that
| made with their fathers, which my GOV
enant they brake" He refer. now to the
Horeb covenant Of Dent. Y, 3, & to make
them kingdom Of priests and peculiar
people above all people, upon condition Of
their obedience (Ex. XIX. 5. g. This wxs
different from the covenant with Abra
ham. Isaac and Jacob. which was uncou
ditionai and shall yet be fulfilled to the
letter; = covenant made with an oath, and
therefore eternal and Interchangeable mic
vii, 2OI. ~ u. %..
g. After those days, saith the Lord,
WIN put my taw III their ,uwarvl paTIs, ana
write 1t in their hearts; aud will be their
God, and they shall be my people" "Thos@
days" probably refer to the days of tribu
Iatlon which will prscede Israel's national
conversion tchapter XXX, Z: DAN Xii. /
Math. xiv, 2ll, for it is Immediately after
the tribulation Of those days that He shall
come in power and glory for lsrael's deliv
GRANGE tMath. xiv. 2y-3l: Luke xxi. ~ 38)
Observe how the work ID entirely the Lord.
from first to last: | will put, ] will write.
will be: and compare Jer. xiv. 6. T. Exek
xxxvi, A-SO ,s-::
"a. "They shall all 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 IL often quoted as il i,
referred to all people On the whole earth
AMI would be u result OF the Gospel AZ 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 IL, ",
Xvi, -, who shall make known the name Of
the Lord to all the world chat 80 the earth
may be filled with his glory tNum. xiv, u.
lsa. xi. g. Heb. Ii. III. But until the new
earth all the world shall not be righteous,
for even In millennial days many shall
yield only feigned obedience tPs Xvi
8 marginl
IS. Thus saith the Lord. which giyeth
the sun for q light By day The Lord OF
Hosts is His name" However xrea, a
promise may be, 1t il OF no weight unlc..s
the promiser IL able to fulfill 1t. The Lord
of Hosts 10 the creator OF all things and
HE In able" @9% j.
36. III those ordinances depart from he
fore one. saith the Lord. then the seed Of
Israel ALSO shall cease from being a nation
before me forever" Rsad the parallel pas
sage in chapter xxxiii. l9-2K Israel IL no,
now aud bas not been for over l,SOO years
q nation in the eyes Of other nations; bu,
Israel has never ceased TO be nation bs
fore God. for ''The Lord aeeth not as man
seoth," and soon she will be 4 nation lss
fore all nations, admired. honored and
sought unto. because Of Jehovah, her King
81. THUS saith the Lord, n heaven
above Can be measured, will
also cast Oh all the seedOf Israel, for all
that they have done, saith the Lord. - Il
= often said when we speak OF lxrasl's
future glory. "But consider all that they
have done. they have forfeited everything. ''
Yes. truly. they have forfeited all that was
conditioned upon their obsdienca, but the
unconditional promises to Abram, Isaac
and Jacob. God will keep and fulfill for
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