The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-13

Some one has said that, as in the first
book of Moses. the book of the begin
nings of earth, life, man and Israel, its
types are the lives of men. so in the first
book of Psalms q TO kip we have Gods
purposes and counsels in relation to man
man in general q to viiD. the man Of
the earth @ to 10 and the man Christ
Jesus xvi to xlD. The first two psalms
seem to give a summary of the whole Of
the first book and speak of the time
when Jesus shall be king over all the
earth, the man of the earth overthrown,
but the blessed man prospecting forever.
!. why do the heather rage and the
people imagine a vain thing?" Although
there is no title to this psalm, nor au-
thor's name, the Spirit tells us in Acts
iv. 25. that the Lord spoke these words
through David. The words were the
Lords, but He used David's mouth. See
also II Sam. xiii, 2; John xii, 40. As in
the days of Noah every imagination of
the thoughts of mans heart was only
evil continually Gen. vi, 81, so it was in
David's day. and so it is still.
2. THE kings OF the earth set them
selves, and the rulers take counsel to-
gether against the Lord and against His
anointed. saying" This had a special
fulfllment when Jesus was here in hui
initiation to suffer and die acts iv, 20.
1t has had a fulfillment in every perse-
cution Of Christians by rulers; but its
greatest fulfllment Will be at the second
coming Of Christ.
3. Let us break their bands asunder
and cast away their cords from us.
This is the continual attitude of the car
nal mind toward God ever since man fell
(Rom. viii, y. Such are ever saying,
We will MT have this man TO reign
over us duke xix, IA. They make
covenant with death, and with hell are
they at agreement, but it shall not stand,
for the Lord bringeth the counsel of the
heather to naught; He maketh the de-
vices of the people of none effect lisa.
xviii, 10, Is; Ps. Xxxiii, 10)
T. He that stitch in the heavens shall
laugh: the Lord shall have them in deri-
sion" See the same thought in Ps.
xxXvii. 10; lii, s. and more fully in Prov.
/, %, PC, But We have set at naught all
my counsel and would none of my re-
proof; also will laugh at your calamity:
| will mock when your fear Cometh.'
While God is not willing that any should
perish and is long suffering and slow 10
wrath yet 1t is possible to sin away the
day Of grace and bring upon us the
wrath of God so long in mercy restrained
QI Thess. /, 7-l0).
5. Then shall He speak 10 them in His
wrath and vex them in His sore dis
pleasure" Our God shall come and shall
not keep silence: a fire shall devour De-
fore Him, and it shall be very tempestu-
Gus round about Him ops. l, 3. He has
spoken by the prophets. He has also
spoken by His own Son, but for long
centuries He has kept silence. When He
speaks again, il will be at His coming
to punish the inhabitants of the earth for
their ininTityr fr TO 70 no rnn1 10 If
His people from off all the earth, and To
cause Israel to blossom and bud and fill
the face OF the earth with fruit lisa. ky,
s; XVI, 81; xvii, 81.
s. Yet have I set My king upon My
holy hill Of Zion or, as in the margin,
upon Zion, the hill Of My holiness. There
is only one holy hill of Zion referred to
in scripture as being on this earth, and
that is in the holy city Jerusalem, in
Palestine And Notwithstanding all the
hatred of Gods enemies, all the scoffing
Of unbelievers and all the unbelief in the
church because of the false prophets who
speak out of their own hearts, Jesus shall
yet sit on David's throne and reign over
the house OF Jacob.
T. IT will declare the decree. The Lord
hath said unto Me, Thou art My Son;
this day have ! begotten Thee" The
Holy Spirits commentary upon this side
is that ii refers not 10 the birth OF Christ,
but TO His resurrection from the dead
(acts xiii, 33). This is also in perfect
agreement with Rom. I, 4, where Jesus
is declared to be the Son of God, with
power by the resurrection from the dead
This does not conflict with the testimony
Of the Father in Math. iii, II; xvii 5, for
in His sight who sees the end from the
beginning the resurrection was as good
as accomplished
s. ASK Of Me, and I shall give thee
the heather for thine inheritance and
fIa attf 1a1F tsfo - ~a~ff for Ht~
possession" This is perhaps one Of the
most misapplied and misquoted verses in
the bible-misappIied because it is given
to missionaries as an encouragement 10
look for the conversion of all the heather
In this age, whereas this is the age of
gathering out from all nations the elect
church acts XIV, IA; Rev. V, 9, 10: mis-
quoted because the next verse is always
omitted, as 1t would spoil its application
to the present preaching of the gospel OF
peace.
y Thou shalt break them with a rod
of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces
like a potter's vessel" This is not con-
sistent with the commission of the
church to suffer, and submit, and be
like lambs among wolves. and endure,
and be content to be killed for His sake.
bat it is in perfect agreement with the
stone smashing the image Oan. il, "A,
45). and with the promise to the over
conner CRev. ii, 26, 20, when we shall
come back with Him in His glory after
the first resurrection.
10. BE wise now, therefore, o We kings;
be instructed, We judges of the earth"
When God gave NebuchadneZzar a vision
of the world powers up to this very time
of breaking to pieces and warned him of
his own impending humiliation, Daniel
advised him TO break off his sins by
righteousness and his iniquities by show
ing mercy TO the poor dan. iv, 2D.
II. Serve the Lord with fear and re-
joice with trembling" We cannot serve
the Lord till we are saved, for they that
are in the flesh cannot please God Rom.
viii, 81. The order is given in l Thess. 1,
g. 10, where they turned to God from
idols, TO serve the living and true God,
and to walt for His Son from heaven.
Then in Phil. IL. II, those who are saved
are told TO work out their own salvation
with fear and trembling. Not the fear
of losing 1t, but the fear of grieving or
hindering Him who worketh i'm us both
to will and to do of His good pleasure.
II. kiss the Son, lest He be angry,
and We perish from the way when His
wrath Is kndled but a little. Blessed are
all they that put their trust i'm HIM"
So our lesson closes with an entreaty to
be recOnciled to Him who alone can save
compare III Cor. V, POI, and with a bless
ing upon all who receive Him as their
Savior. Compare the blessed of Ps /,
|, and observe how this epitome of book
l begins and ends with blessing upon the
righteous.