The Yale expositor., 1905-09-01
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON X, THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, SEPT. 3.

tary Prepared by Rev. ID. NJ. Stenrns.
copyright. 1905, by American Press Association.l
After the death of Josiah, the last
good king OF Judah, the twenty-five
years that remained SO them ere the
long threatened judgment fell were fill
ed by the following kings Jehoahaz or.
Stadium, three months; Eliakim or Je-
hoiakim, eleven years; Jeconiah or Je-
hoiachim, three months, and Mattaniah
or Zedekiah, eleven years Oversees Ill
and IL Kings XIII, XIV, but all, with
out exception, did evil in the sight of
the Lord ana humbled not themselves
when the Lord sent messengers TO re-
prove them and win them back TO Him
self.
How pitiful are the words of the
Lord by His servants to His erring
and deceived people, II have nourished
and brought up children, and they
have rebelled against me-" "My people
have forsaken me-" Turn. o backslid-
ing children. for l am married unto
youw 80 Israel. thou hast destroyed
myself but in me is thine help lisa.
/, 3; Jer. ii, 10; iii, Il; Hos, xiii, %.
Then listen to our Lord Jesus thrist.
God manifest in the flesh, 90 erusa-
lem, Jerusalem, how often would
have gathered thy children and
We would not" See him with tears,
saying, IF thou hadst known the
things which belong unto thy peace"
Hear Him say even to His apostles,
"Will We also go away and "lIave
been so long time with you, and yet
hast thou not known meT (Matt. XIII,
81; Luke Nix. II. -; John vi, 81; xiv, o.
Ask your own heart, Am l rebellious
and self willed or am l willing ana
obedient before the word Of the Lord?
The expression lin the sight of the
Lord" recalls the word 20 Abraham,
walk before Me, and be thou per-
feet or sincere" Gen. xvii. y, and the
promise in Elk. XIV, 26. that If they thus
walked in His sight He would put
none of the diseases Of the Egyptians
upon them. What record of the de-
velopment Of iniquity and Of the Wick
edness Of the human heart this lesson
is, the contamination being described
in verse 1G, They Knocked the messen-
gers of God and despised His words
and misused His prophets until the
wrath Of the Lord arose against His
people till there was no remedy"
4 fuller consummation yet TO be
made manifest is found in ii Thess.
II, 8, 4, where we read of one who
oppOseth and eXalteth himself above
all that is called God or that is wor-
SHIPPED so that he, as God, stitch in
the temple Of Cod showing himself
that he is God. Yet we rejoice that
the Lamb shall overcome, for He is
King Of kings and Lord Of lords (Rev.
xvii, III. 1t does not seem as II there
could be any hope for Il nation which
would treat God rs Israel did, and yet
because of His unconditional covenant
with Abraham and David lie viii for
His own names sake yet restore them
10 their own land and do all that He
has said for them because the gifts
and calling of God are without re-
pentance" Rom. xi, %; Lev. XVI, II,
45).
They had been duly warned that II
they fOrSook the Lord severe chasten-
ing would be dealt ont TO them CDcv.
XVI; Deut. xxviiD, and jeremiah, who
was still the Lords messenger at the
time Of our lesson, had repeatedly told
them that if they did not repent they
would be given into the hands OF the
king Of Babylon, who would carry
them away into captivity for seventy
years der. XIV, SID. False prophets
who preached peace and spoke out OF
their own hearts said that Jeremiah
lied and ought to be put to death, so
they had him imprisoned, and Jehoi-
akin cut and burned the words OF the
Lord, and they went from bad to worse
until, as our lesson says, there was no
remedy. They proved to be an illus
tration Of Prov. xxx, 1, HE that, be-
ing often reproved, hardeneth his neck
shall suddenly be destroyed, and that
without remedy"
AS il was in the days OF Noah and of
Lot so shall it be in the end of this age
duke xvii, 26-3W, and as truly as the
food and the fire from heaven came
ly shall all that God has said come
upon the earth ut the end OF this age
Ups. cxlix; lisa. Xi, 4; III Thess. !, 40.
The word Of the Lord by the mouth Of
Jeremiah was literally fulfilled, and so
shall every word of the Lord be full
filed in His time (verse 81; lisa. xiv,
%.
It was Jehovah Himself who gave
Judah and her rulers into the hands Of
the king OF Babylon and said concern
ing it. II have given the dearly beloved
Of my soul into the hands Of her enc
mics" lyon only have ! known of all
the families of the earth; therefore
will punish you for all your iniquities"
(Dan. /. .; Jer. xii. Z: Amos fiji. -. The
dearest thing 10 God on earth today
Is His church, and the last seven let
tiers to the church are those in Rev. II
and iii, I'm which the ascendedi Christ
sends His last messages TO His beloved
church, lovingly but very searchingly
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