The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-05-25
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson lX.-Second Quarter, For
May %, 1911.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Text of the Lesson, Mic. ", 1.S-Mem'
CRY Verses, 2, 3-GoIdsn Text, Mo.
w. 3--commontary Prepared by Rev.
.. M. Stearns.
Our golden text and Its context,
which tells of time when nations
shalt leagn war no more. IL found also |
Ill Ism, Il. IL Tho same glorious as
anranee ~ found IN ra. xlvi. 0. HE
naketh wars to cease unto tho end Of |
<he earth" 1t Is written In dl1er-
ent lorm In lsa, xxxii, lii, "A king
shah reign In righteousness,
and the work of righteousness shall be
peace" In Ps. lxxii. IL. we read
that "all kings shall fall down before
Him: all nations shall serve Him." In
Rev ri, Is. we are told of the time
when the Kingdoms Of this world
shall have became 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
riel. and also rs King of kings and
Lord of lords-King over all the earth.
| will suggest a few passages which
will lead to many more if any one is
| willing to search: Isa tx, 6, I; Luke
!. 81. 30: Zeph iii, IA, Is; Zech. xiv, 9;
Ger iii. II; Dan. vii. q: Eek. xiii. Z.
Not by the armies of the nations. nor
| hy 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,
Il will everturn, overturn. overturn 1t
= 3 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.
nation and to be converted as ma
ton when they shall see Him coming
il glory and shall receive Him as their
Messiah. Is;liah's message had spe-
cial reference to Judah and Jerusa-
lem. Micah's to Samaria and Jerusa
lem lisa. i. /: Mic. /. y.
The words Israel. Zion, Jerusalem.
must always be taken in their plain lit
crai sense unless there is some quail
fying phrase or adjective indicating
differently The Zion and Jerusalem
Of Mic. iii, IL. are the same as the
Zion of Mic. iv. Z. 1t 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 FPS. eli. 10y.
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 a babe in Bethlehem III Chron.
Is, 8, 22-24 According to Mic. '. 2, 1t
: vas 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
t orally as He was born in Bethlehem.
r 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
H 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
+ tActs Iii. 20, 2D. Then shall mic. vii,
20, be fulfilled, "Thou wilt perform
6 the truth to Jacob. and the mercy to
Abraham, which Thou hast sworn
unto our fathers from the days of old
e 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
gain and their substance shall be con.
secrated unto the Lord Of the whole
o earth. who will then be ruler in Israel
: See verses IL to 10 of our lesson chap.
ter and all of lisa. TX: When this great
Il peace shall have come on earth none
shall make Israel afraid any more
verse a; they shall not see evil any
more tZeph. Iii, 15).
e AS we consider the thousands still
: being driven from their homes in Rus
STA let US pray more earnestly for the
! fulfillment of lisa. xii, II. A great
war must come before there can be
> this good time of war no more. for =
y is His determination to gather the
nations to pour upon them His indig
/ nation because of their treatment Of
e His people Israel.
IS He shall smite the earth with the
rod of His mouth and with the breath
of His lips shall He STAY the wicked
lisa. Il, A. At His coming in glory
q with all His saints shall this be. ani
/ then shall the last verses Of our les
son be fulfilled, 1.-THE Lord shall reigr
N over them in Mount Zion from hence
! forth, even forever. the king
! dom shall come to the daughter o.
Zion" This is more fully described
in Rev. xix, 11-16, and it is utterly use
lie peace, until this man shall be tn,
lie peace and be great unto the ends o
the earth, ruling in Israel as the earth