Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-06-14
TIE SUNDAY scHooL.
lesson In the Internationals Series 10.
June 16, 1SO1-Jesus Appears
to John.
THE LESSON TEXT.
ReveIation 1s-2O) x

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ReveIation 1920
Q. John, who also am your brother.
and companion in tribulatton. and in tbs
kingdom and patience OF Jesus Christ, was
| in the isle that Is called PatmoS, for the
word OF God, and for the Testimony OF
| Jesus Christ.
To- I was in the Spirit on the Lords day.
and heard behind nae great voice. as Of
{ trumpet.
IL. Saying. am Alpha and Omega. the
| first andS the last; and, What thou seest,
write in book. and send 1t unto the seven
| churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus.
/ and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and
unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto
Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
II. And I turned to see the voice that
| spake with me. And being turned, saw
seven golden candlesticks;
Is. And in the midst of the seven candle
sticks one like unto the Son of Man, clothed
with a garment down to the foot, and grit
| about the paps with a golden girdle.
IA. His head and His hairs were white
like wool, as white as snow; and His eyes
were as a fame of FIRE;
Is. And His feet like unto fine brass. as
| If they burned in furnace; and His voice
rs the sound of many waters.
t. And He had in His right hand seven
stars: and out of His mouth went a sharp
| ewo edged sword: and His countenance
was as the sun shineth in his strength.
H. And when saw Him, fell at His
feet as dead. And He laid His right hand
the first and the last;
49, am He that liveth, and was dead;
and, behold, am alive for evermore.
Amen; and have the keys of hell and of
| death.
10. Write the things which thou hasa
seen, and the things which are, and the
things which shall be hereafter;
20. The mystery of the seven stars which
thou saWest in My right hand, and the
seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars
| are the angels of the seven churches; and
| the seven candlesticks which thou sawest
are the seven churches.
COLLEEN TEXT:-Jesus Christ the
same yesterday, to-day, and forever.
Heb. 1873.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The lesson can best be studied in
three parts, as follows:
John Tells the Circumstances of the
John Describes the Man of His Vi : -
The h Man of the vision Reassures :"
9. "John:'' Called the Beloved.
Author of the fourth Gospel. Broth
er of James and son of Zebedee. Hu
and James were called Boanerges--
sons of thunder. For years he lived
at Ephesus, a stalwart defender of
the Christian faith against errors
manifold. In the fourth Gospel he
does not mention his own name. It
is different in the book of Reve1a-
ton, as shown by this verse. "Com-
panion:'' He had his share in that
which belonged to Jesus Christ and
to his disciples, whether that be good
or i'll, glory or suffering, hope de-
ferred or patient endurance. He was
the brother of other disciples, and,
by the grace of the Lord, of Jesus
Christ Himself. ''Was:" Perhaps
during the Neronian persecution,
but we have not certain knowledge
on this point. ''Patmos:" In being
sent to rocky Patmos, perhaps to
labor in the marble quarries, he was
treated more leniently than many
Christians of that age, who sealed
their faith with their blood. 'For
| the word of GOd:" God is in all his
thoughts and not Jesus only. He
realizes that he has been Gods
prophet, speaking forth the Divine
word. "For the testimony of jesus"
He was true to the Saviour's COM
mission. 'Jesus Christi" He thinks
of the Lord naturally as Jesus Christ,
the Messiah. 10. GIN the Spirit"
He was in state of spiritual exalta-
ton. Lords day." Elsewhere in
the New Testament called the first
day of the week. GA great voice."
| A voice loud, clear, trumpet-like, was
heard. II. "Alpha and Omega:"
Omitted from the revised version
''Write in a book" No doubt John
was grieved because his preaching
had been siIenced. ''Seven churches:"
These churches were especially upon
his heart. "Ephesus:" (Read Acts
49, "Thyatira:" Is of special inter
est as the home of Lydia, the purple
seller, whom Paul found at Phihppi
! (Acts 1914. IL. ''Turned:" This de-
scription shows that the voice was
an objective reality, and not imagin-
airy. "Candlestick: The meaning of
the Greek word is lampstand. Comp.
Matt. 5:15)
10. ''In the midst:'' Interest in
them. "Like unto the Son of MAN.
R. ", sLike unto son of man."
Garment GRIT" The gar
ment and girdle are described be-
cause they impressed John. They
impressed him because they suggest:
| ed the dignity and eminence of thi:
Being. Ia, IS: Purity, splendor
majesty are suggested by the meta,
phors employed by John GEEK. 1879.
16. "In His right hand seven stars"
| He was sending a message to seven
churches. He was standing in thu
midst of seven candlest1cks. "Out of
| His mouth sword:" He wh,s
stood there was the Word, of whom
John writes in the first verse of HIT
| Gospel. "Countenance:" No markn
Of WEAKNESS there now
IL. "FeH as dead" Manifesto ton
of divinity terrified him. Gear not:"
Jesus Gained his fears as He had
done on the stormy Galilean sea
many years before. IS. 'AIive for
evermore:" He has the eternal life