Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-09-03
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lessen I'm the International serie,
Tor september :, 1902 - The
Prophet Like Moses
THE LESSON TEXT.
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which the LORD thy Goo, giveth thee. thou
shalt not learn u Go after the abomlnat.o-s
Of those nations
~. There shall not be found among you
any one that maketh his son or his daugh-
Ter to pass through the fire. or that useth
1iviLa.iOI, or an Obse rver Of times, or an
enchdnter. or a witch,
II. Or a charmer or a consUlter with IA
mlIlar spirits. or a wizard, or a necroman-
GER.
u. For all that do these things are an
aoomination unto the Lord: and because OF
these abominations the Lord thy God doth
CrlNe them out from before thee
thy God.
IL For these nations. which thou shalt
possess. hearkeneCi unto observers of times
ana unto OWNERS: but as for thee. the Lord
my GOO hath not suffered thee so to do
10 Inc Lord thy God will raise UP unto
thee Prophet from the midst of thee. of
thy brethren. like unto me; unto him ye
shall hearken:
10. According TO all that thou desiredst
OF the Lord thy God in Horeb in the cay Of
the assembly. saying, Let me not hear
again the voice OF the Lord my God neither
let me see this great fire any more, that
die not.
II. And the Lord said unto me. They have
wei spoken that which they have spoken.
10 VIII raise them up a Prophet from
among their brethren, like unto thee and
VIII put my words in his mouth; and he
shaH speak unto them all that 1 shall com
mand him
49, And It shall come to pass that who
soever Will not hearken unto my words
which he shall speak in my name / Will
require II OF him.
GOLDEN TENT.-This is of n truth
that prophet that should come Into
the world.-JOhn 6:14.
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION
RI ne PIoHtOllons ...............D eut., 1894.
The prophet like Moses.......Deut. lS:l5-Is
False prophets ...............Deut.l S:9O-22
TlME.-B c. 1852
PLACE.-LanG of Moab
NOTES AND COMMENTS
Uplifting Legislation.-Th legisla-
ton of the wilderness looked forward
to the time when the Israelites should
be settled in their promised home.
When thou art come into the land
which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
thou shalt" etc, is a phrase which is
connected with more than one Mosaic
ordinance (Num. 15:1S; Lev. 10: 90. etc.l.
a nigh ideal was continually held be-
fore them, which had a powerful in
huence in lifting them up above the
peoples Of their time
The ohibitions.-"Those nations"
are the ones to be dispossessed before
Israel, and their denominations. as
suggested by what follows, are not so
much idolatries as superstitious prac.
tees. Passing through the fire to a
god called Molech was a sort of ordeal
10 which children were subjected, their
success or failure in passing through
unharmed being taken as an answer
from the god TO the important ques-
ton on which light was desired. Div
nation was some process of getting
hight on the future by drawing lots:
augury was a form, now obscure. bv
which person professed to learn the
truth regarding future events; an en-
chanter was one who used a cup. noting
how the light fell on the surface of
the water or other liquid il contained:
sorcerer one who used drugs and
NERDS; a charmer, one who construct
ed spells and used incantations. A
WIZARD was, strictly speaking. one sup
posed to be possessed by a spirit who
enters the human body. A necroman-
Ger was one who consulted the spirits
of the dead according to certain formu-
las. Such practices as these were very
common among all ancient nations,
and, indeed, have some vogue even low.
but they are demoralizing whenever
and wherever practiced.
The Prophet Like Notes.-The prom
Use Of verse Is is of a substitute for the
divinations and superstitions of the
heather which had Just been forbid
den. Moses idea was that the tbeo-
cratic government should be kent nm
after he was gone. The reference Is
not TO any single individual. Yet the
prophet like unto Moses was an ideal
never fully realized save in Jesus The
description of Moses, given in Num-
bers II, should be taken into account
mere According to that passage
Moses was tD meek in his personal
character, that is, not self-seekinp and
anxious for place and reputation
CNum 1919; (2) faithful in all duties
(Num. 12:D; (3) especially intimate
with God (Num. 12:s). The Idea1
prophet stands thus as a mediator he.
tween God and man. noble and useful
IN personal character, and so intimate
with God that it. was as though he
spoke face TO face with Him.
False Prophets Since the propbets
were 10 bo permanent institution II
would naturally follow that NAM
would pretend TO be prophets who had
no right TO the name. Despite the
death penalty prescribed i'm verse 90
false prophecy was always very com.
mon in Israel The distinction he
tween the true prophet and the false
was 20 be made by the outcome of III.
predictions. Such distinction was
not Away practically possible. and
prophets who were prctcuders had
much influence i'm Israel No true
prophet was mere prcdictor Of future
events They all spoke for God
preaching righteousness. The proph-
cts whose writings have come downto
us IN the Bible had a wider and greater
work than belonged 20 most Of the
prophetic lite. The truth thcv
preached was OF worldwide imu,r-