The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-12-22
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
-EsSoNxlll, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, DEC. "a.

Aration For the Messiah" and this Is
1t might be more appropriate to call it
the nature or manner OF His kingdom.
The great topic OF the Scriptures Is
the kingdom OF God, which will have
Israel for its center, Jerusalem for its
capital, the Lord Jesus Christ for it's
king and the whole earth as it's terri
tory. When He came In His humiliation
as the Son OF Mary He fulfilled many
prophecies and brought the kingdom
nigh. so that He said, THE kingdom OF
heaven Is at hand" as said also john
the Baptist and the twelve and the
seventy. But because they rejected
and crucifed Him the kingdom was
postponed till He shall come again, and
then He will fulfill all the prophecies
which are as yet unfulfilled, or. accord
ing to Acts iii, 81, the heaven must
receive Him until the times OF restora-
ton of all things whereof God spake
| by the mouth of His holy prophe,S
which have been since the world be-
gan. During the present interval OF
! His rejection as Israers Messial He
is at the Fathers right hand a. our
great High Priest, the great heal OF
the church, His body, which Is now,
by the preaching OF the gospel, being
| gathered out of all nations and beng
| trained TO reign with Him when His
Kingdom comes. In such lesson rs
this we must note its primary refer
ence to Israel and her Messiah ana
then gather the heart lessons for our.
selves. The first of the command
ments spoken out of the fire and after
ward written twice upon tables OF
stone forbade the worship of any other
god but the one only living and true
God who brought Israel out Of Egypt.
| Israel's great sin was the PERSISTENT
| turning away from their God to wor-
ship idols like the other nations about
them. And the wonderful thing about
| it all Is that God should continue to
love such a people. bear with them.
plead with them and continually set
before them a glorious future when
they shall have truly repented or their
sins.
The last four verses OF chapter viii
with the first verse OF our lesson. II
read from the Revised Version. warn
the people of coming Judgment and yet
OF future glory when they should truly
turn TO the Lord, but how awfully
solemn the word in verse 20 that there
is no morning for those who turn away
| from the word of God. Apart from
a..
righteousness to every one that be-
lieveth (Rom. X, ~ there IL naught but
darkness. 18th here and hereafter: but
He is the light of the world, the only
true light, and in Him is no darkness
at ALL The ungodly. who are abiding
in darkness and in the shadow of
dea h. should easily zee in all believers
some h.-g Of the Light. for lie has said
tous: I've are the light OF the world. -
let your light shine before men"
| Matt. V, ii, 49, Where the Lord Jesus
is truly received sorrow and signing
and unrest give place TO rest anu Joy
and glaGness lisa. XXXv, 10; Matt. II,
| %, 20l, foretastes of the kingdom when
there shall be neither adversary MOI
learn war no more q Kings V. 4; lisa
ii. a.
The expression las in tie day OF
indian" suggests the supernatural
way in which God wrought by Gideon
and his 300 Judg. wiz. and among
the enemy. set every mans sword
against his fellow. The birth Of n soul.
the gathering of the church, the con-
version OF Israel, the coming Of the
Kingdom, are each and all the work of
God alone. and so also is the life that
the redeemed are expected TO live hero
on the earth In this time OF our humili-
alton. The zeal OF the Lord must do it
all or else 1t will not count (verse a.
The whole Bible story centers around
Him who is called the seed of the
woman. the seed OF Abraham, the Son
of David Gen. i'll, 10; xii, IS; Matt.
|, 1; Gal. ill, 1G. Concerning Him as
''the child born" of verse & of our les
son. II was foretold that He should be
! born in Bethlehem and also that He
should come out OF Egypt Alic. V.
2; Hos. ii, ~. and so ii came to pass
duke II. GA: Matt. ii. i5l. He said
| to Manoah in Jug. Kill. Is, margin.
that fIls namc was ~ )nderful" See
also .Ier. xxi. IL, 81. where the word
/ ''hard" Is Just the same word trane-
lated wonderful" In Ier. xxi. D.
arl Isa. xviii. 90. IIc Is said to re
gre II and wonderful In yIIlsc'. c.,
pare rs. xxxii 6. raara D. ara XXI
IL. In John /. /. we reed that the
word was GOD" AMI In John xiv. .. VIC
hcc. Him say. he that haui seen me
hat seen TIE Father" When lis
kingdom comes il shall Ee seen that
the work OF righteousness is peace and
the service Of righteousness quietness
and assurance forever lisa. Xxxii, 10.
Then II shall be seen that the throne
Of DAVID means Just what the prophet
said ana what Gabriel said TO Mary,
the literal throne OF the literal David
nt the literal Jerusalem. for the Scrip
turc cannot be broken. and as truly
As He was born ut Bethlehem and came
out OF Egypt and all the Scriptures