The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-01-24

s. And God spoke unto Noah and to
his sons with him, saying" We have
passed over probably 1900 years since
the last lesson, during which time the
views of Cain and Abel had full time
to develop and bear fruit. In the line
Of Seth, who took the place of Abel. his
brother, the most notable of those re-
corded in chapter was Enoch, the
seventh from Adam dude I'D, who
walked with God at least 800 years and
was then translated without tasting
death. The descendants Of Cain, who
turned away from God, gave their at
tention to building cities, inventing
musical instruments. working in brass
and iron and trying to make this world
a happy place without God. The result
of Gains way was seen in chapter vi, 5.
and the only remedy was the deluge.
which came after long warning, destroy
ing all except Noah and those with him
in the ark
9. And 1, behold, / establish my COW
enant with you and with your seed after
YOU" This is the first covenant, so
called, in the scriptures and is first men
toned in chapter vi, Is. 1t concerns the
whole earth. Then we have some 400
years later the covenant with Abram,
Isaac and Jacob concerning the land of
| Canaan and the people who should in
herit it as center OF blessing to the
| whole earth. These two are uncondi-
| tional. About 400 years later we have
the conditional covenant at Horeb.
| Compare Deut. " 2, g. and Gal. iii, II.
Then some 400 years after that we have
| the unconditional covenant with David
J concerning the throne and the kingdom.
! Happy are all who can make the last
words of David their own and rest
| quietly in the faithfulness of God-"Al-
! though my house be not so with God
yet He hath made with me an everlast-
! ing covenant, ordered in all things and
sure" Oil Sam. xiii, 81.
10. And with every living creature
that is with you, of the fowl, of the
cattle and Of every beast Of the earth
with you: from all that go out of the
/ ark to every beast of the earth" The
/ Lord is good to all, and His tender mer-
/ cies are over all His works Cps. cXlv, -.
! Even the sparrows of which five are
sold for two frathings are cared for by
! Him duke xii, 60. And the whole crea-
ton which still groaneth and travaileth
in pain because of sin shall yet be de
! livered from the bondage of corruption
! into the glorious liberty of the children
Of God Rom. vii, p. 22).
II. And 1 will establish my covenant
| with you Neither shall all flesh be cut
off any more by the waters of a flood
| neither shall there any more be a flood
! 10 destroy the earth" The next purifi-
! cation of the earth shall be by fire, after
| which there shall be a, new earth filled
/ with righteousness to abide forever III
] Pet. Iii, s, Z, 10, l3). The earth will not
I be destroyed-that is. annihilated-but
purified from all defilement, loOsed las
the word dissolved signifes) from it's
! bondage of sin. And as it was in the
, days of Noah so shall it be in the days
preceding that publication duke xvii,
&c. 20.
u. And Gcd said. This is the token
of the covenant which l make between
| Me and you, and every living creature
that is with you, for perpetual genera
| tons" In great mercy and loving kind
| ness God condescends to give to man
| outward and visible signs of His faith
fulness. The token to Abraham was cir
cumcision; in the passover it was the
| blood upon the door; to Rahab il was
| the scarlet cord: to Gideon the fire from
the rock; to Ahaz it was the virgin s
son Gen. xvii, II; Elk. xii, 10; Joshua ii,
| 10, IS; Judg. vi, II. u; lisa. vii, I'd. The
last, even Jesus Himself. is to use the
sign that He will do all that He has
| said.
13. ct do set Ny bow in the cloud, and
It shall be for a token of covenant be-
tween Me and the earth" This is the
| first time that we read of the rainbow,
and it is only spoken of in four places.
here and in Eek. 1, %; Rev. iv, 3; X. 1.
/ Four in scripture is the perfect number
! concerning the earth, and in each of
these four places the bow speaks Of a
redeemed earth. In the other three
places as we'll as in this it is seen in
| Redeemer.
a. And it shall come to pass. when
I bring a cloud over the earth, that the
bow shall be seen in the clouds" The
clouds would be more interesting TO us if
| we remembered that He brings them and
that they are the dust of His feet CNah.
| l. 3d. He led Israel by a pillar which
was a cloud by day and fire by night
and which He also spread over the whole
| encampment as a covering (ESX. xiii, 81
| %; Ps. CIV, 39). At The TRANSPORTATION a
cloud overshadowed Him. when He as
| cended a cloud received Him, and when
| He shall come again in His glory bring
ing His saints with Him it will be in
the clouds of heaven CMath. xvii, o; XVI,
| 81; Acts l. 81. Clouds sometimes teach
| that though His way be not clear to us,
yet we are to trust Him implicitly.
10 "And / will remember my coVen-
ant, which is between Me and you,
and every living creature of all flesh,
| and the waters shall no more become a
flood to destroy all flesh" See also
what He will remember in Lev XVI,
| AZ, 40, and Eek. xvi. so. Consider
| what we are to remember in Deut. vii,
IS; viii, 2; Chron. xvi. u; Eccl. xii,
/; I Cor. ri, "a, %. Take comfort also
i'm what He will not remember lisa.
| xiii, 25 Heb. viii, IL; X, ID. Notice that
in the margin of Isa- xii, 6, 7, we are
called 1.-THE Lords remembrance" and
observe carefully what we are to remind
them of. The r. V. says we are to take
no rest and give Him no rest till He
does this. He does not need to be re-
minded, but He condescends to let us
do this, and loves to have us plead His
promises.
16. "And the bow shall be in the cloud
and 1 will look upon it, that 1 may re-
member the everlasting covenant be
tween God and every living creature OF
all flesh that is upon the earth" How
many of us ever think when we see a
rainbow in the clouds that God is look
ing specially upon 1t and is interested
in it; that the cloud is His, and the
bow is His, and the covenant is His, and
when we are interested in that which
interests Him then we have fellowship
with Him? When the clouds come in
our lives, may we by faith see also the
bow and rejoice that however things
may seem to go we are in the bonds OF
an everlasting covenant ordered in all
things and sure.
II. And God said unto Noah, this is
the token of the covenant which L have
established between Me and all flesh