The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-28
THE SABgATH-SCHOOl lesson.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
MAY 81
Lesson Text "Dcstruction of Jeru
salem Foretold," Luke xxi., 20
30-Goldcn Text; Luke XXI,
33-Commcntar

20. aye shall SEQ Jerusalem comrassc I
with armies" Ono day as He was leaving
the temple they sought 10 call His attention
TO the great stones and gifts. but He said
that tho time would come when not ono
stone would be loft on another. They az
terward askei Him about this. and q" then
told them OF the approaching destruction ot
Jerusalem and Of this whole age till He shalt
come again.
81. "rhen lea ON which are in Judea flee
TO the mountnS...' Sometimes we nrc IL
stand ana endure and die and sometimes
we are to fee. He will tell us when TO stand
still and when TO 20 forward n we have ear,
to hear. Let us ever swatch the wav." nnd
"watch TO see what He will say" (Nah. H.. l;
Hab. H.. ~. Eek. xxii., 1922, has hal a
fulhllmont, but like many another rrcdic.
tion, the great hll-'ul-ment T. vet TO come,
~. "For these be the davs OF vengeance.
| Such passages as Deut, Nxviii.. 25. IS. Dan.
| ix., 20, wero then fulfilled, but wo read else-
| where that the days OF vengeance will ho
associated with lsracl's redemption. not
with the destruction ot Jerusalem. Whom
the Lord sIall appear In His glory, lIs
shall build up Zion Us. cii.. ICY.
%. There shall I've great distress In tho
| land. and wrath upon this people" IL ~
| written concerning their being carried 10
| Babylon that 'thcy Knocked the messengers
| OF God, aud despisei His words and mis-
used His prophets, until the wrath OF tho
i
no remedy 1l ChroE. VNNyi.. i6).
| "a. "Jcrusacm shall be- troidcn down OF
| the gentiles until tho times If tho g"utilra
| bn fulfilled" She IL still trnidcn Gown,
! Therefore we are still I'm the timc5 of the gen.
! tiles, hut She is arising from her lrsolAtious,
| Therefore the times OF the gcntilcs are near
! ly fulfilled. Read with this Rom. Vi., 2j
md consider that in some little measure tho
| blindness Is passing from israel, uni tharr.
| fore the fullness Of the centiles (thp church
or body OF Christ gathered from tho rcntilrs)
| must be approaching completion Notird
unother "until' in Acts ill.,. 81
25. 20. "Thc powers of heaven shall 10
shaken" This IA the time OF the great trlhu-
| lation Mt the end OF this aga 10 witch wo
have already referred. II is mentioned in
Hag. H., G, !, rs follows; "lct once 1t Is a
little while, and will shake tho heavens,
| and the earth, and the sea, AMI tho dry lanl
and vii! shake ali Nations, and the d"sirs
| Of all Nations shall come" In Hob. xii. %,
wo read that the aim of all this H. "that ihuss
| things which cannot be- shaken may rcmain. 3"
| Resting on the firm foundation OF the RpcS
| OF Ages we can say, therefore will not We
fear, though the earth be- removed, and
| though the mountains be carried into tho
midst Of the sea- (Ps. Xvi, ~.
~. "And then shall they SEQ tho Son II
| Man coming in n cloud with power and great
glory" In Math. xiv, %, 30. wa read that
this shnll be Immediately after the tribula-
! ton OF those days. lsa. NNNv., 1, says "Bc-
hold your God will come with vengeance,
| even uod with a rrcompense.
| %, "Iour redemption druwcth aich.
] That II, the redemption ot Israel gs a MI
ton, for while individual Jews are not now
converted as Individual ccntiles bv iooSin.;
TO Jesus by faith the NatioA vii! hn convert
| ed as a Nation only when they took upon
lin rs He shall come in HIS glory. This IL
tIlly described in 2ech. xii, 10. TO xiii, !.
20, 80. "Behold the ilg tree nnl nil tho
trees He now called their attention to ma
ture and to the way that they knew that
summer was niGh. Israel is Gods fig tree
rs well rs His vine. Hcnr joel l., 7 No
| hath laid my vine waste and bnrkrd my H.;
tree" The flg tree that Jesus cursed rs H'
entered the city ono day, which was full OF
| leaves, but had no fruit. was n symbol OF Is
ofession, bur without
less. Ino Hg leaf aprons OF Adam anu
| Eve were very suggestive OF their efforts to
regain that which they had lost, but they
| had TO lay them aside and accept the cOntI
OF skins, Gods provision by sacrifice. Tor
without shedding OF blood IL no remission
| (Heb. tx, %; Lev. xviii, ID
81. "Know ye that the kingdom oi God il
nigh at hand" Wa may not know the dav
or hour, but we may know from signs n,
plain rs the leaves upon the trurs that tho
event is approaching Our Lord ass Iciatcs
the redemption OF Israel and the Kingdom o.
Goa. why Slouln we ever separate them
and talk OF the kingdom ~ being now here,
when there cannot be- u kingdom OF God on
earth apart from Israel ~ u centrr2 So long
as the throne Of David is vacant tho Kingdom
has not come.
80. "yerily say unto YOU. This cene-a
tion shall not pass away till all be fulfilled" Z"
Generation means u race or people, and tho
continued existence ana marvellous rrrsorva.
tion OF the Jews ~ u people Is evident proof
OF the sulillment in due time of every wur
~ I.
elsewhere translated "that, SO that tAurr IL
II possibility that the saying means "thHt
generation" the generation that shall wit.
ness the beginning Of thuso things shall also
See the end of them.
30. Heaven and earth shall pass awav.
but My words shall not pass away" The
word OF our God shall stand for ever (lSt
xl., 81. "The word OF the Lord rniure,I
forever" n pss L."J. "rhe heavens. being
on fire, shall be dissolved Cor Ioosei from
bondage) and tho elements shall melt with
fervent heat Nevertheless We. according 10
Hts promise. look for new heavens and u
new earth wherein dweleth righteousness"
QI Pet. ill.,, II. 49,.
"a. Take heed 10 yourselves lest chat day
come upon you una wares" We arc ~ avoid
all entanglements OF earth lest we be over
come and taken unawares This life Is 4
warfare with the powers ol darkness. aad
we need to have on the whole arnor of God
(Eph. vi, II. l2).
35. 'For ns II snare shall it como on al
them that dwell on the fac" OF the whole
earth" The believer in Christ docs not
dwell on the earth; he Is only Il sojournGr
here day by day. He is Il citizen Of heaven.
and his thoughts and affections are there, on
things above not on things on the earth.
SO. "WRtch ye, therefore, and pray always
that ye may be accounted worthy 10 escape
all these things" Ii some may escape the
great trihuation, then surely tho church
which is His body shall escape It, "Recuuso
thou hast kept the word OF Ny patience
also will keep thee from the hour Of temp.
tation, which shall come upon all tho world
10 try them that dwell upon the earth"
(Rev. ill.,, l0). II Jesus Himself shgll pas,
Enough the tribulation, then His bo'y shall
but Otherwise not.- Lesson Helper.