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ext Of the Lesson. II Kings xix. eo-2e.
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Text. Ps. XVI, documentary Prepared
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20. "Thus saith the Lord God of Israel.
hat which thou hast prayed TO me against
enDacheri5, king Of Assyria, ] have
card" In tho fourteenth year OF Heze-
iah the king of Assyria came against
udah and greatly blasphemed the Lord
9th by word and by letter. Hezekiah,
hen be had read the lette., spread it be-
pre- the Lord and prayed (yerses l4-le).
Many times have / followed Eezekiahs
Ian and always found rest. If we ask
nything according to His will He hear
th us Il John V, 14), and it is His will
nat we tell Him everything and have
sreful anxiety about nothing. See in
erse 19 that the great desire of the king
n asking for the overthrow of Sernacherib
vas that all the earth might know that
he God Of Israel was the only true God.
81. "This is the word that the Lord
bath spoken concerning him, Tho virgin,
Ehe daughter of Zion, hath despised thee
Ind laughed thee to scorn. The people
bf God in Judah, called the daughter OF
Zion, the daughter of Jerusalem compare
Lam. ii, 1s), having God as their defender
Ind avcnger, need fear no enemy. In such
strength Moses and Joshua lived; Gideon
hiso, and David when he won't fearlessly
against Goliath When we seek only the
honor and glory of God, He viii not fail us.
% "whom hast thou reproached and
blasphemed, the Holy One of Israeli"
AS in the next verse, BY thy messengers
than hast reproached the Lord. They
spaks against the God of Jerusalem as
against the gods Of the people Of the earth,
the works of the hands of man, and for
this cause Hezekiah, the King, and the
prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz, prayed
and cried TO heaven (II Chron. xxi, 19,
22)- God heard their prayer, and now we
viii see how He answered it.
2s. "I viii turn thee back by the way
which thou camest." This is part of the
word Of the Lord concerning Sennacherib.
See also verse 2s, 81 know thy abode and
4 thy going out and thy coming in and thy
| rage against me-" He who created all
Y things can set bounds that none can pass.
4 We can only go here and there or do this
or that il the Lord win (Jas- iv, l5). Man
| does not stop to consider that all his words
and even his thoughts are known to the
Lord fPs. cxxxix, 1-4e, and that it is i'm
possible to hide anything from Him. Even
Adam, blinded by satan, thought be could
hide from God among the trees (Gen. i'll,
81. Happy are those who live as in the
sight Of the Lord.
29. "And this shall be sign unto thee. "
D. fe r--ffh
81, 22, the sign seems &c have been the
special blessing Of God upon the Sabbath
year, or, in other words, the blessing OF
= God on His obedient people. What but the
hand Of God could cause land to produce
Q three years crop in one. years In the
R. V. margin Of Prov x, %, we read that
the blessing Of the Lord maketh rich and
soil sddeth nothing thereto.
80. "Tbe remnant that is escaped of the
house of Judah shall yet again take root
downward and bear fruit upward" The
doctrine that it is ever the few out Of the
many who are really the Lords and who
Rlorify Him is found in all Scripture. The
stories Of Noah, of Lot in Sodom, of Elijah
ind such statements as "Few there bo
that find it, "An afflicted and poor peo-
pie who shall trust in the Lord, indicate
that which God sees to be ever true. See
Plath. yii, IA; Zeph- iii, 12.
81 "Out of Jerusalem shall 90 forth a
emnant; the zeal OF the Lord Of Hosts shall
10 this. The zeal of the Lord of Hcsts shall
lso bring the kingdom of peace On earth
which shall have no end lisa. *, y. All
hall be accomplished in and through the
Bon of David, our Lord Jesus Christ, OF
whom it is written, "The zeal of thine
Iouse hath eaten me up FPS. Xix, o; John
III. 1t is nothing with the Lord to
rork with many or with few; nothing is
90 hard for Him (II Chron. xiv, IL; Jer.
xxi, 10.
s2. Therefore thus saith the Lord con-
erning the king of Assyria." Our Lord
oeth according TO His viii in the army Of
heaven and among the inhabitants of tho
arth (Dan. iy, S5). His thoughts and
purposes are as good as accomplished lisa.
kiv, "a. Jer. Ii, 29).
&c. "By the way that he came, by the
Bame shall be return and shall not come
nto this city, saith the Lord" This was
he decision of Him who had all the hosts
bf heaven under His control and all power
% carry out His purposes he could sly,
Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther"
Job. xxxyiii, ID. Even the great ad-
ersary mast stop when God shall say SO,
md he shall go TO the pit for thousand
ears, and 70 the lake Of fire forever.
"a. "For / will defend this city TO save
for mine own sake and for my servant
David sake" See also chapter xx, 6,
nd compare lisa. xxi, 5; Zech. xii, s.
The Il virs'' Of Jehovah are a study Of
reatest possible benefit. They often oc-
ur in sevens and in connection with the
tatement - am Jehovah" See Ex. vi,
IS; Gen. xvii, is; Ps. xci, 1916. Be
ause He is what He is He will do what He
Jays, not for Israel's sake, but for His own
bake See Eek. xxxvi, %; Ps. cyi, s.
We must not look for worthiness or merit
10 ourselves, but in Him who alone is
worthy (fs cxv, /; Rev. V, 4, 81. Take
III the comfort you can find in such pas
bsges as lisa. xiii, 25; John ii, u.
S. tAnd it came to pass that night
that the angel Of the Lord went out and
Emote in the camp of the Assyrians an
hundred fcEs-oore and five thousand
rhe wo-4 OF this angel is also mentioned
b 1ss- xxxvii, sc, and in II Chron. xxi,
|21. When the devil is to be bound and
least into the bottonlless pit, it is written
that one angel viii do it (Rey. xx, 1-3).
Consider in each Of these cases the power
Of an engel and then think of the millions
1FJl lull-iDAc VI bLcAA III
doing His commandments, hearkening
unto the voice of His word (Rev. ', II;
Ps. CHI, 20). Think of the angels disre-
gard Of and power over soldiers and fast
barred gates in the story of Peters release
IN Acts xii Think of the one who carried |
good tidings to Paul in the storm at sea
facts xviii, remember that they are all !
ministering spirits sent forth to minister
r.r-, @ha hofrz Of SaIxafion fIIab 7l I
and let your heart say, Though an host |
should encamp against me, my heart shall
aot fear (Ps- xvii, 81. II God be for me,
who can be against me? will trust and |
not be afraid.
SO, 81. "His sons smote him with the |
sword" Thus he died in his own land |
Iccording TO the word Of the Lord Verse |
y, and while in the act Of worshiping |
tlols So shall perish all the enemies Of |
&c Lord.