Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-01-04


All the predictions and foreshadow- &C
ings Of Scripture and their fulhlimen's =,
should be of the greatest possible IN II
terest to every child of God. and be- n
fore we leave the story of Rehoooam y
we should notice that In the NTH year %
of his reign. or Just about thirty-four =
veors after the temple was completed,
Il was plundcred by Shishak. king OF
Ervpt. Compare I Kings vi. 3S, and ,
II Chron. xii. .. .. In John H. 1921, the ,
T ord Jesus spoke of Himself as the .
temnle and of His death and resurrec-
tiou and He must have been about
| thirtv-four years of age when He was
| crucified.
| In the lesson of today we are In
troduced to JerobOam, son OF Nebat.
| the first king Of the ten tribes, ana
afterward spoken of over twenty times
Ms the man who made Israel TO SIN,
and this he did deliberately, although
he had been told that the kingdom mad
been divided and part Of 1t given TO
him because of this very sin OF idoia-
try on the part of Solomon (chapter
xi. 31-3S) He had also been told mat
If he would do right in the sight or the
Lord the Lord would be with him anu |
build him a sure house
lie seems. however, to have had no
confidence I'm the assurance or tho !
| Lord. but was afraid that If the peo-
nile went to Jerusalem to offer sacrl-
fee In the house Of the Lord the king
dom would return TO the house or ia
10 vid. So he took counsel and made two
calves of gold, placing one In Bethel
l. and one in DAN for the people TO wor-
n shin and said Behold thy gods, Is
IN roel. which brought thee up out OF the
n land of Egypt" (verse 2S)- There Is an
n evil one. the devil, who hates the Nv
ot ing and true God and His word ana
Mt His people and ever seeks to nave
nm neople worship him instead OF COD
ne Whatever is not the worship OF Coo Is
in the worship OF the devil and OF de-
mons. and all idolatry is OF the devli
lily Deut. XXI. 16. Il; Cor. X, 20; is,
"a cvt. 35-30. The great deceiver anc
or enemy of God and man sought to nave
me oven the Son Of God worship him anc
yer 70 that end offered Him all the king
the doms Of the world and the glory o
Law thenn Matt. iv. $40. He will ere thi
yer age closes, but after the church ma
ter; been caught away, possess MA
not whom oil the world Will worship eN
/ is cept those whose names are IN III
God book Of life CRev. xiii. 4-S). This Jer'
sion beam and all others from Cain onwar
per TO the antichrist of the last days, WI
ain. do not believe God and therefore
rec believe the devil. are all one fam
don and on their way to the place prepare
for the devil and his angels (Ma'
XIV, Al.
In verse % we read that the xii
nat took counsel, but ii was certainly II
was of God, reminding us of lisa. xxx, /.
or wifi. 8. TO- for 1t is only the couns
was Of the Lord that stands CPs. XNXiii,
saw 1n. The whole thing was device
SIT his own heart, like the false proph'
turn of Jer. xiii. 16 &c, whom the Lord
book not send. and therefore the devil d
the Three of the places mentioned In
II on lesson were places OF the greatest
that sible interest to child Of God, and
the Jeroboam had been such he could
ne 10 but have profited greatly by the re-
terny lection of what had happened the
AS Two of them. Shechem and Bet
nice would have reminded him of an a
actu INTO the Lord and of the Lords
thing -, - Ahrohon, and TO ia
petite. q, 90 with AT Penuel
Ike Peniel the Lord wrestled with Ja'
liloso- -. -, "a cove him his !
tor. - IcuooI ord Iacoh said
have seen God face to face q
xxxiD. At Shechem Joshua deliv
10 Cd his farewell address to Israel. W
suaiiy might have done Jeroboam good !
could have read It, for he greatly 4
ed such words.
$ no" There also the body OF Joseph
~ Ike buried. which the children OF Il
hooer' brought out Of Egypt Josh. X
rst ap And there the Lord Jesus sat OF
fuash' cob's well and saved the woma
81" Samaria OOhn iv) and after
etc the - n.,,ors Nan was the nor,
up the ,.D,,.-aorz, of tho land and Bethel
lay us In the south of the ten tribes. so
ih' anu Jeroboam might be said to have
We s'"' ed the land with idolatry from
to south How fearful and hor
i"l .ne DER. v, 30. 81 The prophet A
delayed ...I. 20 49,, ,r,ra that no
of his sin the Lord would root
rael out Of the land and scatter
beyond the river Chapter xiv. l.
xonne Is If an expression can be key
IT mihu chapter, then chapter Kill Is the
Betham- ost ..n,on of Cod" chapter in the
squented FIR tho file ia found there
8 of his t,n,es though the name Of the L
acne ne God is not given.
ing. and r. 60 q marvellous record and
he story solemn warning not to believe e
se maid .nco, nor n nronbet however