Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-06-21
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON XII, SECOND QUARTER, IN
TERNATlONAL SERIES, JUNE 20.

A. And He said unto them, These are
the words which spake unto you while
was yet with you, that all things must be
tulhlled 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 in their
midst, showed them His hands and feet
and ate fish and honeycomb before them,
then spoke as in this verse. After the res
suwection, as before when He was with
them in His mortal body, He insisted that
the Scriptures must be fulfilled He in
eluded all Scripture, the law, the prophets,
and the Psalms, and never even limited at
the possibility of any portion being fallble
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 it.
49, Then opened He their understand
ing that they might understand the Scrip
lures" Without a knowledge of the Scrip
lures which He expouGded (the Old les
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
teaehable into all truth and to open all eyes
that are willing to be opened, but mere
human wisdom can never help any one to
knew or understand a book which came
from heaven, and which is forever settled
in heaven (I Cor. ii, l4).
~. And said unto them, Thus it is writ
ten and thus it behooved Christ to suffer
ami 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
sturdy be fulfilled, for the mouth of the
Lord has spoken it. They did not believe
thai He would die and rise again, although
the Book plainly foretold it, as in Ps. xvi,
To-; sa. lii, 9, TO- With a 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-
fish His kingdom. But He will come lisa
XIV s, 8; XII 10; Xvi, 10, 16; Zach xiv, 3,
40
AZ And that repentance and remission
of sins should be preached in His name
amng all nations, beginning at .ieruSa-
lem" 1t is not for us to know the times
andthe seasons when this kingdo.a shall
be restored to Israel acts i, g. y, but it is
the privilege of every believer to do some
what to proclaim through all the world the
forgiveness of sins, through Jesus Christ
ard by virtue of His finished work Acts
xii, 3S, 39). The glad tidings are t. made
known to every creature Mark xvi l5), so
tlat the elect church, the future ri ers of
this world, may be gathered out of all ma
tons acts XIV, ~.
! IS. And ye are witnesses of these things"
AID so also is the Holy Spirit whom God
hath given to them that obey Him Vets V,
80, Angels would gladly bear the dings,
as hey did at His birth duke ii. 9 10, 13),
AMI as an angel will do again (Rev. xiv, 6),
but the high honor is given to week and
Unworthy moYtals who have been redeemed
/ by precious blood to tell it out to q lers to
egth's utmost bound The cry from
Fhther, Son and Holy Spirit still is, Whom
shall | send and who will 20 for u.s. Let
many willing heart say, Here am |; send
ne" lisa. vi, s., and His comma Il will
quickly come to every one who is willing
aid ready to be a faithful witnes~. go
and tell" lisa. vi, 0; Math. xviii, 100.
80. And behold | send the promise of
ny Father upon you, but tarry y IN the
city of Jerusalem until We be endued with
plwer from on high" Or as in Acts i, S,
''Ye shall receive power after that the Holy
Ghost is come upon you, and We shall be
witness unto me-" They had been with
tie 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
tc 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
b essed them" The r. v says until
over against Bethany" tits always blessed
tc follow where He leadeth. When He put
tGh 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
MSS to be tempted of the devil duke iv, /,
q and Mt the end of His ministry He was
lei as a lamb to the slaughter Qsa lii. y.
Tie disciple is not above his Master, and a
faithful witness must fear nothing, not even
death (Math. Y, PSI.
item, he was parted from them and carried
W into heaven" In Acts i, 0, it is written
that "a cloud received Him out of their
| sight" SO the last they saw of Him was
with hands outstretched in blessing What
words He used we are not told. but it may
have been the benedicton of Mum. vi, 24
q Anyway IL was the blessing of the
Lord which maketh rich, and to which toll
atdeth nothing prov X, %, r. ", margin)
He had given them His peace, and His joy,
and all the glory which the Father had
gwen unto Him John xiv, 81; XIV, IL; xvii,
90, and now He adds that He will be with
item all the days until the end of the age
Nlath. xviii, 20, r. ", margin). Their
only business was to abide on earth wholly
for His pleasure.
80. 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 to heaven, and
the kingdom had not come, and He had not
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