The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-09

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children Of Israel which came into
Egypt. Every man and his household
came with Jacob" The more detailed
account Of this is found in Gen. XVI. S-27.
and in verses 3, 4, the comforting and as
surfing WORDS Of God to Jacob concerning
his going into Egypt-the promise Of His
presence and blessing and Of their sure
return to the land of promise. 1t is
always safe to go where we are sure of
the presence and blessing Of God. These
children Of Israel are first mentioned by
name, with the meaning of their names,
in Gen. xxx and xxx. The last refer
ence TO them is in Rev. xxi, u, where
their names seem to be written on the
twelve gates Of pearl of the New Jeru-
salem, the Bride, the Lambs wife. which
is TO come down from God out of heaven.
?, 8, 4. Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Ju-
dab, Issachar, Zebulum and Benjamin,
Dan and Naphtal, Cad and Asher.
These eleven came with Jacob, Joseph
being already in Egypt, as in the next
verse. The names here are not in the
order of birth, but in the same order
as in Gen. Xxxv, 1926 which is there eX-
planned, the wives coming first and then
the landmarks. The many various
orders Of arrangement in which the
out the scriptures cannot be void Of
significance.
5. And all the souls that come out Of
the lOinS Of Jacob were seventy souls,
for Joseph was in Egypt already" This
agrees with Gen. XVI. 26, p, and Deut
X, y. Stephens statement that Joseph
called seventy-five to him in Egypt (Acts
vii, 14 is no discrepancy, for he in
cludes all his kindred, which would take
in Jacobs sons wives, who were not in
cluded in the seventy. See Gen. XVI, 26.
The word Of God is infallible.
6. And Joseph died. and all his breth-
rem, and all that generation" We are re-
minded of the eight times repeated And
he died" Of Cen V, and Of Heb. tx, %.
1t is appointed unto men once to die"
But we remember that two men have
been excused from keeping this appoint
ment, Enoch and Elijah, and all believ-
ers alive on the earth at the coming of
Christ will not sleep. but be changed in
a moment and caught up to meet Him
in the air q Cor. Ky, 81, 50; 1 Thess. w,
1919.
Z. And the children of Israel were
multiplied and waXed exceedingly
mighty, and the land was filled with
them" God had said to Jacob. Fear
not 70 go down into Egypt, for l will
there make of thee a great nation" Gen.
XVI, 81. And He had done it according
to His word, for Hath He said, and
shall He not do it? or hath He spoken,
and shall He not make it good Mum.
xiii. 49,? When such increase is seen
in all the earth. then shall Gen. /. IS.
be obeyed and the blessing of the Lord
be made manifest. Confidence in God
and obedience to His word will always
bring showers OF blessing.
8. Now there arose a new king over
Egypt, which knew not Joseph" That
was not the worst of it, for his own
testimony was, Il know rot Jehovah
(IX. V, p. In this he was surely guilty,
for he could not help knowing about
Joseph, and the God of Joseph, and the
great deliverance wrought by God
through Joseph for his land and people.
The presence of these children Of Israel
in his land was a witness on behalf of
Joseph and his God.
g. And he said unto his people, Be
hold, the people of the children Of Israel
are more and mightier than We" This
is equal 10 a confession that he knew
Joseph in the sense of knowing all about
him and his people. but he was deter
mined not 70 acknowledge any obligation
to Joseph or these his people This is the
sense in which those who have heard the
gospel know not God They will not re-
gard Him nor acknowledge their obliga-
ton TO Him.
10 Come on. let us deal wisely with
them, lest they multiply and it come to
pass that when there falleth out any war
they join also unto our enemies and fight
against us and so get them up out Of the
land" He in his wisdom would fight
against the very thing, God had said He
would do Il will surely bring thee up
again Gen. XVI, A.. Satans way is to
go directly against Cod. as in the begin
ming, when God said. Thou shalt surely
die" the serpent said, "Ye shall not
surely die"
IL. Therefore they did set over them
taskmasters to affiict them with their
burdens. And they built for Pharaoh
treasure cities. Pithom and Raamses-"
This also had been foreseen and fOretOld,
for God had said to Abram that in the
strange land his seed should be afflicted,
but that afterward he would bring them
out with great substance Gen. XIV 10,
1D. 1t seems strange TO US that God
should allow satan 10 affiict His people,
but so it is. Consider Job and the cap
tives taken TO Babylon for their good
Oer. xiv, % and the church at Smyrna
(Rev. ii, 100 and see 1 Pet. iv, II, 49,
p But the more they afflicted them
the more they multiplied and grew. And
they were grieved because Of the chill
dren of Israel" Thus the Lord laughed
at mans efforts to Illustrate His pur-
pose 1t is so with the word Of Cod and
with the church, and with the individual
Christian. The more persecution the
more ii grows; the more we die the more
we live. Except a grain of wheat fall
into the ground and die IL abideth alone,
but IL 1t die 1t bringeth forth much
fruit" John xii, pa. Their grief be-
cause of Israel makes us think Of those
who We're exceedingly grieved because a
man had come TO seek the welfare OF
the children of Israel (Neh. H. 10) and
Of the time when Jerusalem shall be a
burdensome stone for all people-all that
burden themselves with it shall be cut
in pieces Czech vii, -.
13. H. "And the Egyptians made the
children Of Israel to serve with rigor
and they made their lives bitter with
hard bondage in mortar and in brick
and in all manner Of service in the field
all their service wherein they made them
serve was with rigor." In at least three
places this is called the iron furnace OF
Egypt Deut. iv. 20; I Kings viii, 81; Jer
XII, a, and in lisa. Xviii, 10, the Lord
saws: "Behold, I have refined thee. but
not with silver. L have chosen thee in
the furnace Of affection" From Eek
xxi, 1922, and Zech xiii, 9, and else
where it looks as If there would be more
furnace work than ever for Israel ere
they all know the Lord from the least
to the greatest. As to our individual
lives, when we are in the furnace we
may be sure that the Lord has His eye
upon us, looking lovingly 10 see His own
image more clearly reflected in us (Mal
iii. 81. The remainder of this chapter
tells how in spite of the orders to kill all
the male children as soon as born the
people multiplied and waXed very