Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-06-22
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON XII, SECOND QUARTER. IN
TERNATioNAL SERIES. JUNE %.

~ And He said unto them. These are
the words which l spake unto you while
WAS yet with you. that all things must be
| fulfilled which were written in the law of
Moses and in the prophets and in the
Psalms concerning me-" This was on the
evening OF the resurrection day. after the
two returned from Emmaus and were tell
| ing the gathered disciples what they had
seen. Jesus Himself was suddenly Ia their
midst, showed them His hands and feet
and ate fish and honeycomb before them,
then spoke rs In this verse. After the res
surrection, as before when He was with
them in His mortal body, He insisted that
the Scriptures must be fulfilled. He In
sluded all Scripture the law. the prophets.
and the Psalms. and never even limited at
the possibility OF any portion being fallible
or unreliable. He also added that all Scrip
ture concerned Himself. He is the Alpha
and the Omega, the beginning and end OF
all the book and of every part of IL.
As. Then opened He their understand
ing. that they might understand the Scrip
lures" Without knowledge Of the Scrip
lures which He expounded (the Old Tes-
tament) we cannot understand the New
Testament. for the story of each is 1.-THE
kingdom" yet TO be set up, with Israel, all
holy, as its center, Jerusalem their capital
and Jesus of Nazareth their King, but the
beginning of the story is In the law, the
prophets and the Psalms. The Spirit who
wrote the book Is dwelling in every TRUE
believer, ready to guide the humble and
teachable into all truth and to open all eyes
that are willing 20 be opened, but mere
human wisdom can never help any one to
know or understand book which came
from heaven, and which is forever settled
in heaven Il Cor. II. l4l
46. "And said unto them, Thus It is writ
ten, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer
and to rise from the dead the third day."
See how He continues to call attention to
what is written, and to the necessity of His
fulfilling all that was written, for He came
to fulfill all righteousness. Whatever Of
Scripture has not yet been fulfilled will
surely be fulfilled. for the mouth Of the
Lord has spoken it. They did not believe
that He would die and rise again, although
the Book plainly foretold it. as in Ps. xvi,
10; Isa liii, o, 10. With q similar harden
ing of heart many of His professed follow
ers will not now believe that He Is coming
again for Israel's conversion and to estab-
lish His kingdom. But He will come lisa
XIV, 8, 8; XII. 10; Xvi, IS, 10; Zach. xiv, 8,
40.
AZ. And that repentance and remission
OF sins should be preached in His name
among all nations, beginning at Jerusa-
lem." 1t is not for us to know the times
and the seasons when this kingdom shall
be restored to Israel (Acts |, 9, y, but it IL
the privilege of every believer to do some
what to proclaim through all the world the
forgiveness of sins, through Jesus Christ
and by virtue of His finished work Acts
xiii, 8S, 3d. The glad tidings are to made
known to every creature Mark xvi, 15), so
that the elect church. the future rulers of
this world, may be gathered out of all ma
tions (Acts XIV, 14).
4S. And ye are witnesses of these things"
And so also is the Holy Spirit whom God
hath given to them that obey Him (Acts v,
32) Angels would gladly bear the tidings,
as they did at His birth duke ii. 8, 10, 13),
and as an angel will do again (Rev. xiv, g.,
but the high honor is given to weak and
unworthy mortals who have been redeemed
by precious blood to tell it out to others to
earth's utmost bound. The cry from
Father, Son and Holy Spirit still is, "Whom
shall send and who will go for usS" Let
many willing heart say, Here am 1; send
me" lisa vi, 81, and His command will
quickly come to every one who is willing
and ready to be a faithful witness. go
and tell' lisa vi, o; Math. xviii, z, 10).
49, And behold l send the promise of
my Father upon you, but tarry We In the
city of Jerusalem until We be endued with
power from on high" Or as in Acts |, 8,
Eye shall receive power after that the Holy
Ghost is come upon you. and ye shall be
witness unto me-" They had been with
the best teacher that ever lived for two or
three years, and yet were not thus qualified
for service. for In addition to knowledge
there must be power. Fuel Is not sufficient
to warm one; there must be fire. There Is
power in gunpowder and in dynamite, but
something must make it manifest. These
men were truly saved, but the Spirit must
take control of them specially for service.
So And He led them out as far as to
Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and
blessed them" The r. V. says until
over against Bethany" 1t always blessed
to follow where He leadeth. When He put
teth forth His sheep He goeth before them.
But we must not forget that at one time
He was led by the Spirit into the wilder
ness to be tempted Of the devil duke iv, I,
q, and at the end of His ministry He was
led as a lamb to the slaughter lisa. ill., y.
The disciple is not above his Master, and a
faithful witness must fear nothing, not even
death (Math. K, 2S).
81 And it came to pass, while he blessed
them, he was parted from them and carried
up into heaven" In Acts 1, 9, it Is written
that "a cloud received Him out of their
sight" So the last they saw of Him was
with hands 0utstretched In blessing. What
words He used we are not told, but it may
have been the benediction of Mum. vi. d
26 Anyway 10 was the blessing of the
Lord which maketh rich, and to which toll
addeth nothing prov. K, %, r. ", margin).
He had given them His peace, and His joy,
and all the glory which the Father had
given unto Him John xiv. 81; XIV, IL; xvii.
22), and now He adds that He will be with
them all the days until the end of the age
Cdath. xviii, 20, r. ". margin). Their
only business was to abide on earth wholly
for His pleasure.
So And they worshiped Him and re-
turned to Jerusalem with great JOY"
When they were so saddened by His death.
how could they be so happy now that they
actually saw Him ascend up tc heaven, and
the kingdom had not come, and He had not
told them when Il would come. The an
swer to this must lie found in the testimony
of the two angels whom lie sent back TO
comfort them See Acts /. II. and believe
every word Of It fer yourself just as il is
written
S. And were continually in the temple
praising and blessing God. Amen" May
our days begin and end with praising and
blessing God and our hearts keep singing,
II will bless the Lord at all times Ops.
xxxiv, ID He shall not fail nor be discour-
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