The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-24
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON ,all, FOURTH QUARTER, IN
rEaNArIonAL SERIES, DEC rs.
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commentary Prepared By the Rev. u. M.
Stenrns.

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vers manners spake IN times past unco tne
fathers by the prophets. we have In pre-
vious lessons been considering how God
by the prophets entreated the people to turn
again to Him that He might bless them,
and since tho time when In the garden OF
Eden He sought Adam with the question
"Where art thouYp He has been ever seek
ing to win man back to Himself. He does
this in different ways, as it is written in
Hos. xii, 10, II have also spoken by the
prophets, and / have multiplied visions
ard used similitudes by the ministry of the
prophets. " Job xxxiii 90, 80, in tho light
of the previous part of the chapter, tells
how in many ways He does this. The
great thing to be remembered is that what
ever or whoever may be the instrumental
ity it is God Himself that is doing it.
2. Hath in these last days spoken unto
us by His Son, whom He hath appointed
heir Of all things, by whom also He made
the worlds" The Son Himself referred
to this when in Math xxi, 81, in the para
u,
ther as last of all sending to them His son,
saying, "Ihey will reverence my Son. "
But tinstead of reyerencing Him they took
Him and slew Him. He came unto His
own, and His own received Him not. His
own people would NOS have Him and His
own possessions found no room for Him,
just as at His birth there was no room for
Him in the inn, and when they crucified
Him Hcwas numbered with transgressors,
and they made His grave with the wicked
g. ''Who, being the brightness of His
glory and the express image Of His person,
and upholding all things by the word of
His power, when He had by Himself
purged our sins, sat down on the right
hand of the Majesty on high" God was
in Christ. He WAS God manifest in the
flesh (II Cor V, 10; Tim. iii, 16), bat
the glory that was in Him was generally
concealed 1t was yelled by His mortal
body (Heb x, 20), yet on the Mount Of
TRANSPORTATION it shone forth and was
witnessed by the favored three (II Pet. i,
II; John j, 14). The phrase express
image is just the word character" in
the Greek and is think, used nowhere
else. In Jesus Christ we see the character
that amounts to anything apart from
Christ in US. He, by the sacrifice of Him
self, put away forever the sins of all who |
receive Him, He has made provision for |
the salvation of all, but those only who
come receive the benefit How can they
come unless they hear?
4. Being made so much better than
the angels as He hath by inheritance OBJ
tanned more excellent name than they. +"
The angels are ministering spirits sent
forth to minister unto the heirs of saliva
tion, but to any of them God never said,
Sit on my right hand until / make thine
enemies thy footstool" (verses 13, i4)
He made Himself for a little while inferior
to the angels, taking upon Him our ma
bure that He might in due time lift us up
10 His position (chapter ii, 5-1S).
5. For unto which of the angels said
he at any time, Thou art my Son, this
lay have begotten thee?" And again, II
will be to Him Father and He shall be
% me a Son. The first quotation here
'efers TO His resurrection from the dead
Ps. ii, Z; Acts xiii, 33) the second to His
oeing heir to the throne of David (II Sam.
iii, l4,. No angel can ever sit on Dayids
nroliei Hof CAN uu sHSGi eFer possess
Mortal body made Immortal The word
better" is one of tho key words of this
pistle, and in chapters and ii the central
hought seems to be better than angels,
while in the following chapters it is bet
er than Moses or Aaron or the tabernacle,
md we are to run with patience the race
hat is set before us, looking unto Jesus"
md waiting for Him to come back from
eaven. He was with power declared to
e the Son of God by the resurrection from
he dead. and we shall be fully manifest