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BIBLE STUDIES
THE FALL OF SAMARlA.
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eneth his neck shall suddenly be
destroyed. and that without remedy.
29:1.
Hoshea, King of Israel, the. central
parsonage of this study, is paid the
rather doubtful compliment of being
less evil in the Lords sight than some
of his predecessors. Gradually the
Assyrian kingdom had extended its
control to Israel, and Hoshea main
tanned his throne by paying tribute.
This continued for several years
until the King of Israel thought him
self sufficiently in league with the
Egyptians on the south to refuse fur
Their tribute money. In consequence,
the Assyrian army advanced and laid
siege to the capital city, Samaria. 1t
seems astounding, indeed, to learn
that the city withstood the siege for
three years. The end came in the
ninth year of Hoshea, and signifed
the end of the ten tribe kingdom, the
people being transported by their cap
tors several hundred miles to another
portion of the Assyrian empire.
The overthrow of Israel, recounted
in this study. we are directly told,
was a judgment from the Lord.
Therefore the Lord was very angry
with Israel and removed them out of
His sight; there were none left but the
tribe of judah only"
Sin tends To national destruction in
IA very natural way-by sapping the
vitals of the people of the nation. But
in lsraeFs case there was something
more than this. God entered into
special Covenant with that nation by
which He bound Himself and they
bound themselves.
Israel agreed to be Gods people, to
serve and obey Him faithfully; and
God agreed that, if they would do so,
He would specially favor them ana
look out for their interests, their
fiocks, their herds, their health, their
prosperity; all We're to be blessed so
long as they were loyal and true. on
the contrary, God specially pledged
Himself that if they as a people prov
ed unfaithful to the Covenant, He
would specially chastise them, pun
ish them, deliver them to their enc
mics, etc. Thus Israers prosperity
or defeat indicated surely the Lord
favor or disfavor, in a manner not
applicable to other nations.
Destroyed Without Remedy.
our text, taken from Proverbs, tells
what will be the final outcome of any
conflict between God and the sinner
If reproofs are not rightly received, If
they do not have a corrective infius
ence. they will have the opposite eff
feet-the sinner Will be the more OBJ
stinate and self willed and opposed 10
God. The result of such contest
with the Almighty must mean their
overthrow, their destruction-a de-
struction from which there is no re-
'coYery-no remedy. Whoever shall
be remanded to the Second Death
there will be no hope for him.
The philosophy of this is plain:
Adamic death, which comes to all men
as a result of Adams sin and his con-
demnation as a sinner, is to be entire
ly wiped out. and Adam and all of his
race are to be fully released from it,
The right to set men free from that
sentence was secured by the great
Redeemeri Jesus, who offered up Him
self corresponding price fer all, to
be testified in due time. This great
fact has been testified to a compare
lively small number during this Cos
pei Age-to such only as have an ear
to hear and the seeing eye of faith
These only are set free from Adamic
death now-and that not actually, but
by faith. in order to permit them to
become justified followers of Jesus.
An important fact, heretofore very
generally overlooked, is that Gods
provision through the death of Jesus
embraces every member of Adams
family as we'll as himself, and is the
guarantee for each and every member.
of another chance or opportunity for
harmony with Cod aside from the one
which Adam had and lost. Those of
us who, as the Spirit begotton Church,
enjoy this favor in the present time,
must not expect any further favor
along this line in the future for Christ
dieth no more; and only one share in
His redemptive work is provided for
every member of the race
But so many as do not now hear and
see and understand the grace of God.
must be brought to a knowledge of
this great truth. This includes the
heather as Well as many residing in
civilized lands. the eyes and ears of
whose hearts have not seen nor heard
the true message of Divine grace in
Christ Jesus. and who. therefore. could
not refuse him nor be refused by him
thus far.
When in the future all the world are
brought to knowledge of the Truth
the grace of God will then be to them
"a SAVIOR OF life unto life, or of death
unto death, as it is now to the
Church
lsraePs Promised Restitution.
The israelites suffered the penalty
for their failure as nation; they
We're destroyed, but not without rem
edy. Indeed, the Bible tells us that
in the end of this Age, as soon as the
election of the Church shall have been
completed and the First Resurrection
accomplished, Gods favor will return
to Israel the twelve tribes, and their
regathering will be the first blessing
to humanity under Messiah's glorious
reign.
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