The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-15
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON FOR SUNDAY. JUNE is
"Messish's Kingdom" NAL III, l.32.
Golden Text NAL in. IL. Com
mentary.

| ]. "Behoid, I will send my messenger. and
he shall prepare the way before me- and the
Lord whom you seek shall suddenly come TO
His temple, even the messenger OF the cove
nant whom ye delight In. Behold He shall
come. saith the Lord OF Hosts" Some 900
years before Christ came. and more than 100
years after the restoration from Babylon,
this servant OF the Lord uttered His message.
IL is the word OF the Lord to Israel (chaptet
l., ~, and about twenty-five times we lind
saith thr Lord" or "Saith the Lord of
Hosts" IL has been called miniature OF the
times before the day Of the Lord when un
| rodlincss shall prevail and the Lord shall
| come. The last words are suggestive of Him
| VINO was mnde curse for us. John the Bap-
tist was the messenger preparing the way ~
| the Lord at His first coming U.uke f. i6).
| but Elijah will be the messenger at His sec.
ond coming (chapter w.. 81. John came I'm
the spirit and power of Elijah, but he was
not Elijah Luke L., IL John l.. ~. Hnd
John and Jesus bccn received the kingdom
\ would have come. but both having been re-
| lected the kingdom IL postponed Jesus
| Himself said that Elijah shall come CMath
| xviii, i0-i3D.
.. "Bu; who may abde the day of III.
| coining?' This IL not the birth In nethi,-
hem, but the coming In power and glory.
| lie did not come Judging and overturning.
| but IN great grace and love and humility,
calling men unto Him, and instead OF exert
| ing Ills power against His enemies He SUI
| fered Judas 10 betrny Him, His disciples Ia
| iorsake Him and the Roman soldiers. nj the
instigaton Of the Jews to take Him and
| cruelty Him. He had power t. keep His lfa
| or lay Il down, and He chose to lay It down
| IJohn X, lsl But when He comes ~ n re-
| tner He will be judge, and other lives will DO
! laid down
! - "And lie shall NJ "a u rrincr and pur'.
Her o' silver 1t will hr the timc ot lsracis
redemption. the restoration of all things ~
| which tho prophets have SPOKEN. when the
Nmlon shall b" all righteous (Lukc xxi. ~,
2s Acts ILL.,, u lisa. N., 2l). The manner
| OF It II given In lsa. l., 1877 Il will turn My
hand upon thee. and purely purge AWAY thy
| dr's1. and tax" away all thy tin alt"rward
| thou shalt be called the city of righteousness,
the faithful city See also Hcch. xiii. :, ..
| Two parts ar" 70 bc slain or perish. and It IL
| the third part that Is 20 bc refined.
Z. Then shall the Offering of Judca and
| Jerusalem ho pleasant unto the Lord. as In
| the days oi old and as in former years"
| Wh"n He came the first time. they crucined
| Him then their city was destroyed. and to
this day they are u people scattered and
peeled. hyword and IA rcprolch. But
when they shall SEQ Him coming IN power
and glory they shall be- IA n Nation converted
In day Czech. ill.,, .; xii, 10; xiii. -.
Then shall II righteous Nation glorify God.
and all that see them shall acknOwledLe e. them
as the seed which thc Lord hath blessed lisa
lN., ~ Xxi. o..
.. "And will come near to you to judc.
m'nt, and will be- n swift witness against
those that fear not Me- saith the Lord of
Hosts In connection with the forgiveness
Of the penitcnt, there must be- Judgment on
the ungodly. IL will be- ''tho day Of the
Lord vengeance and the year Of recompenses
Tor the controversy of Zion, ''thc day Of the
vengeance mud the year OF Hts redeemed"
lisa. NNNiv xiii. - when He comes u
be gloriiled in His saints, II will be- to yield
vengeance on them that know not God and
obey not the gospel (ll Thess. l.. 100.
g. "ForI am the Lord | change not there
fore ye sons Of jacob are not consumed" a"
Long suffering and abundant In goodness and
'r''" name from the beginning Of their
Il Hf 10 90. tlt.a. sa~o OF uii
Ing oil that they have done tJer. XXI. &c,
80. He being full Of compassion. iorgavs
their iniquity aud destroyed them not yea,
| many "A time turned He His anger away and
did not stir up all His wrath lPs. lxxyiiL
| 3S)
."Return unto Me. and will retuia un
| 10 you, sayeth the Lord Of Hosts. But ye,
| said. Wherein shall we returnY lie re-
| reminds them Of the iniquity Of their fathers.
| Even Moses testified In these words. 'Ye
have been rebelious against the Lord from
| the day TINT | knew YOU lDeut. iN., 2i).
Yet He is ever pleading with thcm 10 return.
bccnus" He IL love and has loved them with
an everlasting love (Jer XXI. -.
! <. "Will II man rob GodI Yet yr have
robbed Me. But yc any. Wheroin have we
| robbed Thee2 In tthcs and offerings" In
| Nchemiahs day the Lryites and singers werr
80 neglected that they had u leave their
| work In tho house of God and .;Oto the neld4
! for living. because tn" tithes were not
brought IN tNch. yiii., l0-l2l.
| 9. "ie are cursed with curse, for ye have
| robbed Me- even this whole nation" Cursed
! Il every one that continu"th not IN all things
which are written IN the ujk ~ thelaw 10 do
them (Gal. ILL., TO-. Whosoevrr shall keep
the whole law and SIT Offend In one point II
| guilty of all lJas. IT,, lO). Ananias and
| SHpphifa died becau4N they pretended -
| give all, hut kept back part Of the price.
| How mahy sudden'dcaths there would br to-
day IL all the liar and dcceiycrs and rpbhrr,
uL God in 'im" amt money werr dealt with
hac Ananias and Sapphlra
| 10. Bring Y" all the tith"s into the store
house that thrrr may be- meat in mine house,
| and prove Me now herewith, saith the Lori
| Of HOsts " Here l. u challenge from the Lord
| uf Hosts IN which lie says that II We obey
| Him in this matter Of tithes He will give such
| blessing that there will bc lack OF room to re-
| ceiye II IL II the testimony OF thousands of
| believers that since they began to give to God
| tenth OF every dollHr they have prospered
| beyond all precedent even In temporal thiags.
and much more In spiritual things
II And will .rebuke the deyoursr for
| your sakes, and he Shall not destroy the fruits
| of your ground The tithe would recognize
| all as the Lords and He would see to II be-
cause they acknowledged It ~ His. The de-
| Nourer and destroyer through the world and
| the nesh II continually getting the best Of us
| until wa present our bodies "a living sacrifice
| To Him who redeemed US then He takes CON
| troll OF us as Hhs own possession and rebukes
| the destroyer.
! II. And all nations shall call you blessed,
| Tor ye shall be- u delightsOmo land, saith the
| Lord Of Hosts" This IS lsraels restoration
In the latter day. The enemy shall MI the
| breadth OF lmmanuel's land, but shall be
| broken TO pieces lisa. viii, S-lO) and tho
| glory OF the Lord shall rise upon Israel Then
| gentiles shall come Ia her light, and kings to
the brightness OF her rising the wealth of
| the gentiles shall come unto her, and the ma
tion and kingdom that will not serve her shall
perish (Acts iv.. 80 ; v. lO)-Lesson HalDer.
| BRINGING HEAVEN NEARER.