Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1899-08-16
THE RIVER OF SALVATION.
international sunday Schcoi Lessos
for August 30. IS9.p-Text. Ere kiei,
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Especially Adapted from Peloubet's Notes.
| GOLDEN TE%T.-Whosoever will. lie;
| 22:l7
LIGHT FROM OTHER SCRIPTURES
| The Temple Symbol.-Rev p: Cor 3:l6
| II; el9: Cor. GIG: Eph. 2:2l: Thes. "a:
| heV 3l2 The River OF Life-Zech 1881;
| l4;s. y; John 4:l0-l5: I: 1873: Rev. 22l. 2;
Cen 2:lO: Psa. 3
| TIME.-This prophecy was written in b
| y. oi2 GEEK i0I). the twenty-tfth year OF
| EzekieIs captivity. so. and fourteenth aft
| er the destruction or Jerusalem in 5S6 II
was about the middle OF the seventy years
| captivity.
PLACE.-It was written in Babylonia. al
| ie'-aOio on the river Chebar. near Babylon.
EXPLANATORY.
L. The Source of the River of life
VS.. /, 2. V. l. "Afterward:" After the
angel had shown him the temple and
all It's details. Waters issued out from
| under the threshold of the house east
ward: The natural fact on which this
| conception rests is this, that there was
IA fountain connected with the temple
hill, the waters of which fell into the
valley east of the city, and made their
way towards the sea."-Prof. Davidson.
At the south side of the altar" The.
| stream fowed not only from the tenn
pie, but apparently from the Holy of
| Holes, and flowed close by the ALTA. of
sacrifice. The truth represented is
that the presence Of God is the source
from which the influences flow forth
that renew and purify human exist
ence" Q'rof. Skinner).
| III. 1t Broadens as 1t Flows.-Vs. 3-5.
| V. }. ~ thousand cubits:" There is no
special Significance TO this exact dis
tance. V. 5. Waters 10 swim in, a river
that could not be passed over" broad
| and deep. The word rendered river is
| the usual one for brook or wady, viz,
II stream with its valley or gorge" The
| picture of broadening stream symbol
| lied that while the renewal of the king
dom OF Israel. on the return from exile
would have Il small and insignificant
beginning, both in numbers and in
prosperity, the spirit that wonld make
ii Il great Kingdom would increase on
md on 10 the end. the outward bless
| ings would become more abundant, the
true life of the nation would deepen as
well as broaden. This picture has been
realized in history.
Ill. The Trees upon Its Banks.-Vs
8, 7. V. &. Son OF man. hast thou seen
| thiS?" DO you understand what you
have seen so far? Then let US go
farther. Y. :. AT the bank of the river
were very many trees on the one side
and on the other" Compare Rev -:
>. There was always vision of better
things possible. and in the last DAYS the
| prophets cherished the expectation that
| that vision would be realized. When all
causes OF OilcnSe are removed from Is
rael and Jehovah smiles ON His people.
the land will blossom into supernatural
| fertility, the plowman overr;llling the
reaper, the treaGcr OF grapes him tnat
soweth seed, the mountains. dropping
new wine and the hills melting" (Amos
3).-l'rof. Skinner. Compare Psa.
1:3.
~. 1t Causes the Desert TO Blossom
as the Rosc.-Ns. SIP. V. s. And 90
down into the DESERT" The Arabah.
the valley of the Jordan and the Dead
/ sea extending south to the Red sea.
The country between Jerusalem and
the Dead sea is the most desolate and
inhospitablc tract in the whole coun-
! try. Go into the sea-" The Dead
sea, the waters of which are so i'm
| prcgnatCd with various salts that no
fish or animal can live in them. The
| waters shall be healed" Restored tc.
their proper condition. made healthful.
Y. 0. "Eycrything that liveth:" All
forms of animal life. "Whithersoever
| the rivers shall come. shall live:" The
river OF life shall bring life in album
dance wherever it flows. V. 10. The
fishers shall stand upon it from En-
gcdi:" "Fountain of the kid" stu
atcd about the middle Of the west shore
| of the Dead sea. Even unto En-
| cglaim:" "Fountain OF the two calves"
not Identified, but probably near the
mouth Of the Jordan. The meaning is
that there shall bc fishing all around
| the lake, because the fish are so album
| dant, las the fish of the great sea-
! the Mediterranean V. II. But the miry
| places:" The marshes around the sea
| shall not be swectencd. but left as beds
| for digging salt. Probably the cXcep-
| ton, which reserves for stcrility places
to which the living water does not
| reach. indicates that the life and health
| nre solely due TO the stream which
proceeds from beneath the throne of
! God. Compare lsa. $3.50. 21.)-Bible
| Com. Y. IL. This verse enlarges on the
marvellous fertility and richness of the
redeemed desert. which shall rejoice
and blossom as the rose. IT shall bios
som abundantly, and rejoice even with
| JOY and singing: the glory OF Lebanon
shall be given unto it, the eNccllcncy
Of Carmel and Sharon; they shall see
the glory OF the Lord. and the excel
lcncy OF our God" Elsa. 35:1, y. This
vision OF the transformed desert and
Dead sea pictured the change which
God would work for the land then des-
plated as the wilderness OF .Judca. and
for the circumstances ard hopes Of the
Jews, whose only symbol was the dcs-