The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-13
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LEsSONxlI, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, DEC. II.

Nal. III, documentary Prepared
by Rev. D. n. Steazns.
Copyright, 1905, by American Press Association.
We should be very grateful that the
Is led to give US an occa-
sional opportunity to study prophecy,
but some teachers would be more
grateful for larger opportunity in this
inasmuch as prophecy Is a
light in a dark place, to which we do
we'll to take heed in our hearts lest
our Lord count US foolish for neglect
ing so important part Of His word
II Pet. i, 10; Luke xiv, 25).
The greatest Of all names in Scrip
ture is Jehovah, which IS used about
700 times and reveals to US God, the
Creator, in relation to man In right
eousness and redemption. God In
Christ, Jehovah-Jesus, who was and is
and IS to come. The name may be rec
ognhed In the words LORD and
GOD whenever so printed. e., all in
capitals. In our authorized version it
is only translated JEHOVAH in four
places-Ex. vi, 3; Ps. lxxxiii, 13; Isa.
XII. 2: XVI, land the Revised Yer
sion does not improve upon this, but
the American Revised, which all schol-
ars admit gives the meaning Of the
original better than any other trans
lation Of the Holy Scriptures, has
given the name Jehovah its place IN
the Scriptures to which It has an un-
questionable claim. See it used forty
eight times in this one prophecy. When
we remember that God IS love-" see
how, even in this name, love overtops
all other topics In the Bible, and see
in chapter /, l, 2, that the burden Of
the word Of the LORD to Israel Is, 81
have loved you" Compare Deut. VII,
e-S, and see in John iii, 16; John ",
s, 16, and similar sayings new light
constraining you to praise God for
such amazing love.
Israel neither knew nor believed the
love which God had to them, and so
they turned away from Him to wor-
ship idols, the works Of their own
hands, yet He sent them messenger
after messenger to convince them Of
His lo@e and, Il possible, win them
back to Him, that He might bless
them In the eyes Of all nations and
bless all nations through them. In
this last prophecy BE tells them OF
their sin, warns them Of coming
Judgment and yet assures them Of
His unchanging love Gu, q and sets
before them 9 glorious future Il they
will repent. The prophets all pointed
to q greater prophet who should come,
who would be also a priest and q king
Deut. xviii, IS; Ps. lxxii, II; lisa. Il,
s, 7; xxxii, i, II; Jer. xiii, 5, 6; Zech.
vi, 13; Ps. cx, a, but he was to have
herald tc prepare the way before him.
See Isa. xl, 3-5, as we'll as our lesson.
we know from Matt. iii and Luke III
that John the Baptist was this herald,
and everything in the life Of Jesus
proved that He was the promised Mes
siah Of Israel, the Lamb slain from the
Of the world.
On earth, Ia humiliation, He was
prophet. Now at the right hand Of God
he is our great High Priest, and at
His coming aS@in !. will be seen that
He is a great King and His name
dreadful among the nations q, lg.
John the Baptist was rejected, and
Israel rejected and ,crud6ed her Mes
stab and shall not see Him again I'LL
they shall say, Blessed is he that com
eth in the name Of the Lord (Matt.
xvii, u; xiii, 3S, 39). Then, acknoWl-
edging Him and receiving Him, verses
8, i, j, etc., Of our lesson shall have
4 literal fulfllment. Compare lisa. ky,
8; xxxy, 10; lxt, 6, 9, and the prophets
everywhere. It will be time Of juds-
ment upon Israeps >enemies and OF
upon Israel and upon all ma
tons, but just before the great deliv-
erance it will be time Of trouble for
Israel such as they never passed
through before (7erses 2, 8; Jer. Xxx, q;
Dan. XII, 1-3; Matt xiv, Fl, %, 2o-8l).
Then shall Nal. Iii, is, be understood,
and it shall be seen that Nal. tv, 8,
refers to the real Elijah, as our Lord
Jesus said In Matt. xvii, II.
But all Scripture, including all proph-
ecy, is intensely practical and to be
received il our hearts and made mani l.! p
fest in our lives. The redeemed Of the
Lord are now to prepare the way for
His return by offering themselves unto
Him to be purified and made meet for
His use, ready for any manner Of serv-
Ice, that through them BE may DE
made known, His body completed and
His return FASTENED. When for time
we are in the furnace Of trial we must
remember that He IS the refner and
Is dealing with US that He Himself
may be more fully revealed in US, that
lIe MOE1u . C1AOQSA 10 AA1S N4S" AA>1
(Rom. viii, %, 20; John xvii, 21, 23).
We are apt to wander from him into
our own ways, forsaking Him, the
fountain, and seeking cisterns Of our
own; then He is grieyed and seeks
patiently and lovingly to win us back
to Himself Ger. ii, IS; Ill, 1919.
He gives US the privilege Of return
Ing to Him somewhat Of that which
He so freely gives to US, asking US to
yield to Him cheerfully q seventh OF
our time. and a tenth Of all our in
crease, that thus He may bless us still
more and show Himself to others
through us as the one whose blessing
maketh rich without sorrow OF toll
(Proy. <, %, and Rev. Ver). But we,
ike Israel, selfshly rob Him and hold
fast for ourselves only all BE gra-
ciously gives US and thus prevent Him
from showing Himself strong on our
behalf QI Chron. XVI, %. Blessing
more than we can find room for would
be ours If we were only grateful to our
God with common gratitude, and In