The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-25
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We have Game ia tha END AZ the staFy
Rf Judah fer the time being, for when
In captivity thelr history ceases during
that peEied. Fhus the sra FaaFs Of
Acts viii, 4T=al, from the exodus to the
hailalRg ef the temple, perfectly agrees
With the 4se of I Kings VII !, hF sub
traetias the RinstE.three years ef the
eaptivities in Ipdg i'll, ~, vi, kilt so
also the whole period Of the present
aga Of Israel's rejection pf Christ,
Whiah comes in between the sixty nine
weeks apa the SEVENTEEN week OF Dan.
Il, a5.aT. EFeFF believer Should lay to
heart that all time spent out OF fellow:
shiR with Christ is time lest.
Fhe ten tribes had been carried cap
tive IA tina ninth year of their King
Hashea, which was about the sixth
FeaF af Hazelziah, king Of Judah. The
kIard had borne with Judah about 100
years longer, sending them prophet
after prophet and giving them such
geed kings as Hezekiah and Josiah, but
they were incorrigibie. 'They Knocked
the messengers 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. Therefore He brought upon
them the king of the Chaldees y
to f9lall the word pf the Lord by the
mautE Of Jeremiah" oil Ghren. xxxVi,
IA ~, an,
rhe account of this siege Of Jerusa-
lem, with the capture Of EedelSiah and
many Of bis people, is recorded in Jer
III and II Kings ky, and mere fully
"a these TIVE chapters than In eur les
sen chapter There WeFe at least two
very strange things ia connection with
this Siege and the capture ct Eedekiah.
Ezekiel was a captive in Babylon, hum
dreds OF miles distant, and yet without
teIephene or telegraph or wireless he
was teld to note the very day the siege
began and set It forth by IN object les
son to the captiyes at Babylon (Ezek.
xiv, 1-3: Jer. iii, Al. He was told to
tell the captires that the king would be
CARRIED to Babylon and die there. yet
he would not see Babylon fFazek. xii,
a3l. This is explained by verse q of
eur lessen. The time and manner Of
the 8ight of the king and his men of
war from the city, according to verse 4
OF aHr legsop, were also seen by the
ppaRhat In Babylon and set forth be-
faFs the people by an object lessoi
Ezek. xii, l-a3l. Fhe capture OF zede-
kiah ny night helps to make more real
that the darkness and the light are
beth alike IA Him with whom we have
tn de-; that we cannot escape Him
when He wants Hs; that 1t is impossi-
BILE to hide fram Him FPS, exxxix, l-1sl.
We think of Jonah and his capture
and second commission and also Of
Rum xxi, "a, BE sure your sin viii
fad ven aHtE On the other band, con-
slider haw safe we are when Gad hides
Na. FhiHk pf Moses in q cleft of the
rock with Gaa'e hand covering him, Of
EIIjah hidden hE the brock GheFith and
at EsFRnhath and af Jeremiah and
Psr9eh hidden FROM Fehoiakiml II we
ara trHe helieFeFs we May well rejeice
chat aVF life Is bid with Christ in God
(6ql I'LL, Al: Prem the murder OF Abel
e tha present time and on to the time
when he shall be shut wa for thou.
sand gears the DEVILS motto seems to
be ''Killll, killN See his dread work In
versa 8 az qpF lessen. Fet the murder
Of Heaekiah's ssHs bears no compari
sen ~ the murder AZ the San of Sod
An the pFesepee az NARY, His neither
Whese men and All others die because
OF their qFFn sins, he died for the sins
OF the whole world.
Some we're carried captive TO Baby
hon for their gepd, like Daniel and hia
friends, Ezekiel and others, bat Eede
kiah and bis companions were carried
captiFe as q Feproach and proverh
a taurt and curse. This was shown
ta jeremiah In the vision OF the TIVE
baskets Of fgs ger xxiyl. It Is no
true concerning every one that "all 4
fer the pest,p but it is true cooperating
all who are redeemed BY precious
blood; that all things are for their gQot
that they may become In their dali,
life more ike Jesus Christ from. vim.
50 the city was taken and burned
spd the walls were broken down am
the people carried into captivity 70
seventy years, as the Lord bad prediet
ed by Jeremiah tchapter xxx, 10l. Tn
mountains remained as before. and it !
written, aAs the mountains tnot tn
wallsl are round about Jerusalem, 5
the Lord ia refund about His peopl
from hancaforth even forever"
The captain Of the guard left IN th
land some pf the poor OF the peop
who had nothing and gave them vim
yards and fields (Ferse 10l, remindip
Us as zeph. III, u. II viii also !eay
in the midst Of thee an afflicted az
poor people. and they shall trust ~ Il
hame pc the LordH One feature Of Il
egmine kingdom will be kings speci
care at and favor to the poor and Il
aleedE Cps. lxxil, IA, u, 49,.
Jeremiah was still prisoner whl
the CITY was taken fxxxvil. 28l, but II
captain Of the guard (the chief of II
executi8ne argin verse "A receive
orders from the king of Babylon
look well to him. do him no harm. b
do whatever Jeremiah might desf