The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-08-24
SUNDAY SCHOOL.

lesson Ix.-Third Quarter. For
Aug. n, 1911.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text Of tho Lesson. Jer. xxx, J. ~.
Memory Verses. 9. >1o-GoIden Text,
Mum. xxxii, 23-Commentary Pre-
pared by Rev. o. M. Stearns.
We have come to the end of the story
of Judah for the time being for when
in captivity their history ceases during
that period. Thus the 573 years OF
Acts xiii. 1921. from the exodus to the
building of the temple. perfectly agrees
with the 4SO of l Kings vi, l. by sub
tracing the ninety-three years OF the
captivities in Judg. iii. iv. vi. xiii; so
also the whole period of the present
age of Israel's rejection OF Christ.
which comes in between the sixty mine
weeks and the SEVENTEEN week Of Dan
tx. 1921. Every believer should lay to
heart that all time spent ont OF fellow
ship with Christ is time ;.,':
| The ten tribes had been carried cap
tive in the ninth year of their King
Hoshea. which was about the sixth
year Of Hezekiah, king of Judah The
Lord had borne with Judah about $50
years longer. sending them prophet
after prophet and giving them such
good kings as Hezekiah and Josiah. but
they were incorrigible. "rhey 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
to fulfill the word of the Lord by the
mouth Of jeremiah" III Chron. xxxvi.
Is. II. 21.
The account of this siege of Jerusa-
lem. with the capture of Zedekiah and
many of his people. is recorded in Jer
Iii and II Kings XIV. and more fully
in those two chapters than in our les
son chapter There were at least two
very strange things in connection with
this siege and the capture of Zedekiah
Ezekiel was captive in Babylon. hun
dreds of miles distant. and yet without
telephone or telegraph or wireless he
was told to note the very day the siege
began and set 1t forth by an object les
son to the captives at Babylon (Ezpk
xiv. 1-3; Jer Iii. a.. He was told TO
tell the captives that the king would be
carried to Babylon and die there, yet
he would not see Babylon (Ezek xii.
49, This is explained by verse of
our lesson. The time and manner Of
the fight of the king and his men of
war from the city. according to verse 4
of our lesson. were also seen by the
prophet in Babylon and set forth be-
fore the people by an object lesson
(Ezek xii, lib, The capture of Zede-
J kiah by night helps to make more real
that the darkness and the light are
both alike to Him with whom we have
to do: that we cannot escape Him
when He wants us: that it is impossi
BILE to hide from Him FPS. cxxxix. 1-l2'.
J We think of Jonah and his capture
and second commission and also of
} Mum. xxi. o. BE sure your sin will
} find You OUT. On the other hand. con
: slider how safe we are when God hides
! us Think of Moses in a cleft of the
! rock with Gods hand covering him. VI
81 Elijah hidden by the brook Cherith and
]l ut Zarephath and Of jeremiah and
D Baruch hidden from Jehoakim. II we
are true believers we may well rejoice
n that our life is hid with Christ in God
. Col iii. g, From the murder of Abe
! to the present time and on to the time
when he shall be shut up for thou
!. sand years the devils motto seems Il
j. be xiii. KILL" See his dread work ir
verse 6 of our lesson. Yet the murder
OF Zedekiah's sons bears no colnpari
in the presence of Mary. His mother
!. These men and all others die because
Of their own sins. He died for the sin!
t of the whole world
Some were carried captive TO Baby
Q lon for their good. like Daniel and hi:
y friends. Ezekiel and others. but Zode
: kiah and his compa Mons were carried
= captive as reproach and :; proverh
a taunt and a curse This was shown
/, to Jeremiah in the vision OF the 1--WE
: baskets of figs der xiv, 1t is no
& true concerning every one that ''all l.
81 t,.A - to-
all who are redeemed by precion
blood; that all things are for their Coos
r that they may become in their dali
5, life more like Jesus Christ (Rom viii
3 So the city was taken and burned
Is and the walls were broken down an,
the people carried into captivity TO
seventy years, as the Lord had predic.
ed by jeremiah chapter XXX 10, TIL
mountains remained as before. and it
written. "As the mountains mot tn
{ walls, are round about Jerusalem. S
the Lord is round about His peopl
III from henceforth even forever"
:, The captain of the guard left in tn
~ land some of the poor OF the peopl
: who had nothing and gave them vine
st, yards and fields Verse 10). remindin
h, us of Zeph. iii. II. II will also leav
IS In the midst Of thee an afflicted an
al poor people. and they shall trust in tn
- name of the Lord" One feature of tn
- coming kingdom will be kings specia
care of and favor to the poor and tn
l. needy FPS. lxxii. IA. ~. 13,
" Jeremiah was still a prisoner whe