The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1893-03-25
RESURRECTION.
LESSON o. SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, APRIL .

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bo9l. of job 70 seems % pity Oh lose one '
Them: bat if Seem, best for many reason"
tocLoa.r the Easter lesson. aS rr~Frru 'i'H'
is the contamination of tLc wor" On. r'
d.mutiOu. and for D. the enlightened r
Hry,r must most ardcutly look AND i""-
Ono word 90 to Job and his story. iir N"'
M real a person as Noah or Daniel. 'r''
EzrI.. xiv. ~. 30. and las. v. H. The orrr
lng chapters teach the personality of g.,
devil and his hatred of the righteous. and
also that be- cannot l1y 70 finger upon d..
righteous without Gods permission.
Nath. xviii. !. In the end of the Sab
bath. az it BEGAN to dawn toward the first
day of the week. cam" Mary Na@d"i'u"
and the other Mary e. Soc the Sepulch'r
The pr,at 1toncmcnt had been made; the
sacrifice had been offered which was typi-
fed i'm the burnt offerings which Job Of
C-rcd for his children Job /. -. and in ail
sacrifices from the days of Adam. God
had made Him to be sin fer u9 who knew
no sin that we might boz made the right
cou-nc.s Of God i'm Hin m Cor. y. 2D. He
had suffered the just for tine unjust made
"A curse for MS II Pet. iii. Is. Cal. III, l.-
And now. having made fun and complete
satisfactipv for the sins If the whole world
lie had. according To Ills own word, been
three days in the tomb as 10 His body
(Nath. xvi. 81; xvii, %, XX. 10 But lie
had said that He would rise again the { ird
day. and If these loving women had been
out and ont believers they would not have
gone to the tomb looking for Ills body.
Mary of Bethany who anointcd Him BE-
forchand for his burial. was the only one
who seemed to understand His words.
>. and. behold. there was a great earth
quake, for che angel 81 the Lord descended
from heaven and came and rolled back
the stone from the door and sat ur1n tt
When He died the earth did quake md the
rocks rent (XXvii, 81; when the law was
given at Sinai the whole mount quaked
greatly (Ex. xix, 49,. and when he shall
come again it is written, yet once more
shake not the earth only, but also heaven,
that those things which cannot be shaken
may remain (Heb xii, % ~ I'm Mark
xvi, 3. I, il is said that the women wondered
who would roll the stone away, but when
they got to the tomb they found the stone
rolled away.
3. His countenance was like lightning
and his raiment white as snow" When
Jesus was TRANSPORTED His face did shine
as the sun, and His raiment was white as
the light (Math. xvii, p. In our resurrec-
ton bodies we shall be like Him, for
"Then shall the righteous shine forth as
the sun i'm the kingdom of their Father
xii, 43). Then shall we understand the
glory of Adam and Eve before they fell
and what it was they lost which they tried
vainly to replace by fig leaf aprons God
is clothed with light Fps. civ, q, and man
made in the image of God must have been
clothed with light
T. And for fear Of him the keepers did
shake and became as dead men" When
the light from heaven fell upon Saul and
his companions they were afraid (Acts xxi,
81. Holy Daniel says that all his comeli-
ness was turned to corruption, and the
men who We're with him fed to hide them
selves dan. X, Z, s.. job says that the
sight of God made him to lOathe himself
and repent in dust and ashes dob xiii, 81.
When Jesus shall come in His glory there
will be n great cry on the part of all classes
of the ungOdly to the rocks and mountains
to fall on them and hide them from the
face of the Lamb whom they have rejected
Grew. vi, 10, 16).
5. "And the angel answered and said
unto the women, Fear not (ye, for know
that We seek Jesus, which was crucifed."
While unbelievers may well be afraid and
treD.jle, there is nothing but comfort for
the feeblest one who honestly seeks a once
crucilied Jesus. The one that cometh shall
l,a in, (,t,, J.,. IL
out (JOhn vi, 80. Come unto me, all We
that labor and are heavy laden, and will
give you rest" (Math. ri, 2S). Make a study
OF the fear nots' from Gen. XIV, l, to Rev.
i, II, and surely your heart will say: "The
Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom
shall fearf"
6. He is not here, for He is risen rs He
said. Come, see the place where the Lord
lay" 1t always has been and always will
be just as He has said. Why did they not
believe His word' Why do we not believe
His word9 All prophecy that has been
fulfilled has been fulfilled to the very let
ter-not in any fgurative sense but liter
ally and exactly. And so shall il be with
the yet unfulflled
Z. And go quickly and tell His disciples
that He is risen from the dead" IL Christ
be not risen we are yet in our sins, and our
faith is vain Il Cor XIV, 10, but He is risen.
and There is therefore now no condemna-
ton to them that are i'm Christ Jesus"
(Rom. viii, |, 34). The work laid upon all
such is to eco quickly and tell" to the
ends of the earth. The question from
Heaven is, Whom shall send, .and who
will go for us?" Let our answer be. "Here
am /; send me" Qsa. vi, 81.
8. And they departed quickly from the
sepulcher with fear and great joy, and did
run to bring His disciples word" There
Is fear that is not inconsistent with great
joy. We are, being saved, to work ont our
salvation with fear and trembling phil.
II, ~, evidently in no sense fear of losing
our salvation, but a fear lest we grieve
such Saviour and dishonor His holy
name. The fear of these women was prob
ably an awe at what had happened, and
they were full of joy because He whom
they sought was alive.
o. And as they went to tell His disci-
pies, behold, Jesus met them, saying. All
hail. And they came and held Him by the
feet and worshiped Him" A little earlier