The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-05-27
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson lx.-Second Quarter, For
May 28, 1911.
The INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

The INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text Of the Lesson, Mic. w, 1.s--Mem-
DRY Verses, 2, 3-GoIdsn Text, Mic
", 3commsntary Prepared by Rev.
D. M. stearns.
Our golden text and its context,
which tells Of time when nations
shall learn war no more, is found also
In lisa. II, IA. The same glorious as
surance is found In Ps. XVI, 8, "He
maketh wars to cease unto the end of
the EARTH" 1t is written in differ
emit form In lisa. xxxii, lit, "a king
shall reign In Righteousness,
and the work Of righteousness shall be
peace" In Ps. lxxii, II, we read
that "all kings shall fall down before
Him; all nations shall serve Him." In
Rev. xi, 10, we are told of the time
when "the kingdoms of this world
shall have become the kingdom of our
Lord and Of His Christ" 1t would be
well If teachers and scholars would
search out the many passages which
tell Of this kingdom of peace on earth
when the Lord shall come In His glory
and occupy the throne of David at
Jerusalem, ruling In the midst Of Is
rael, and also as King Of kings and
Lord Of lords-King over all the earth.
I will suggest few passages which
will lead to many more If any enc is
willing to search; lisa. tx, g, z; Luke
1, 81, 80; Zeph. LII, IA, Is; Zech. xiv. 8;
Jer. Iii, II; Dan. vii, ~; Eek. xiii, Z.
Not by the armies Of the nations, nor
by peace conferences, nor by the
church, nor by missions, shall this be
brought about; nor in this present age
of the worlds history, but only by
Him concerning whom It is written,
II will overturn, overturn, overturn it
- until He come whose right 1t is,
and will give it Him" Ezek. xxi, 20.
Not by any nation now existing as
such on the face Of the earth will He
bring peace on earth, but by Israel,
soon to be restored and recognized as
nation and to be converted as a ma
ton when they shall see Him coming
in glory and shall receive Him as their
Messiah. Isaiah's message had spe-
cial reference to judah and Jerusa-
lem, Micah's to Samaria and Jerusa-
lem Elsa. T. 1; Mic. 1, y.
The words Israel, Zion, Jerusalem,
must always be taken in their plain lit
eral sense unless there is some quail
flying phrase or adjective indicating
differently. The Zion and Jerusalem
of Mic. iii, II, are the same as the
Zion of Mic. ~, z. It has been over
thrown many times; it shall as truly
and literally become the throne Of the
Lord, which He shall build up when
He comes in His glory CPS. eli, 49,.
In those days when the glory Of the
Lord shall be seen in Israel nations
shall flow to her as literally as the
queen Of Sheba and the kings of the
earth came to Solomon, or as the wise
men from the east brought their treas
ures to the king Of the Jews when He
was but babe in Bethlehem QI Chron.
TX, 8, 22-24). According to Mic. v, 2, it
was predicted that He would be born
In Bethlehem, and He was. The same
verse says that He would rule in Is
rael, and though He has never yet
done so He will just as truly and lit
orally as He was born In Bethlehem.
From Jerusalem His word has gone
forth into all the world to gather out
from all the nations people for His
name, His body, the church, to reign
with Him when He shall come In His
glory, but that was not revealed in
Old Testament times nor until after
He had come In humiliation proclaim
ing a kingdom at hand which never
came because they killed the King,
and thus postponed the kingdom till
He shall come again, for the heavens
have received Him until the times Of
restoration Of all things which God
hath spoken by the mouth Of all His
holy prophets since the world began
(Acts Ill, 20, 21). Then shall (Mic. vii,
2O be fulfilled, '"Thou wilt perform
the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to
Abraham, which Thou hast sworn
unto our fathers from the days of old"
Some nations are against Israel to
this day, but they know not the
thoughts Of the Lord, neither under
stand they His counsel, and do not
know that time is coming when their
gain and their substance shall be con-
secrated unto the Lord Of the whole
earth, who will then be ruler In Israel.
See verses II to 13 of our lesson chap
ter and all Of lisa. TX: When this great
peace shall have come\on earth none
shall make Israel afraid any more
(verse A.; they shall notNsee evil any
more (Zeph. i'll, 49,. :" .a.-
As we consider the thousands still
being driven from their homes In Rus
STA let US pray more earnestly for the
fulfllment Of lisa. xii, II. A great
war must come before there can be
this good time Of war noN more, for 1t
IL His determination to gather the
nations to pour upon them His indig<
nation because Of their treatment Of
His people Israel.
He shall smite the earth with the
rod Of His mouth and with the breath
Of His lips shall He STAY the wicked
lisa. II, ~. At His coming in glory
with all His saints shall this be, and
then shall the last verses Of our les