Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-09-16
SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON FOR SEPT. 20
BANNER FOR MS MANY
READERS
ACCORDING TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SERIES
Commentary Prepared In An Inter-
esting Way by Rev. ID. NJ.
Stearns

To understand this lesson as to the
Interpretation OF it. the time when and
the parties concerned, we must notice
carefully the first verse and the words,
when the Son OF Man shall come In
His glory and all the holy angels with
throne Of His glory" That defines
clearly the time when, and also that
the Judgment referred to Is not the
judgment Of the saints. His redeemed
ones. for when He shall come I'm His
glory they shall come with Him, the
Old Testament as we'll as the New
Testament saints. If we may make that
distinction. Let the Holy Spirit tell
you about this as you read Zech.
xiv. .; Col. Iii. 4; Thess. Ill. 13; Rev.
ill., 81.
Then. as to the people to be judged.
note the second verse OF the lesson.
Before Him shall be gathered all ma.
tons" Could anything be more clear
and plain In this connection than the
statements In Joel iii, - that in con.
erance OF His people, Israel, He will
gather all nations in the valley OF Je-
hoshaphat and judge them because OF
their treatment of Israel? In Zeph. iii,
8, He says that 1t is His determine
ton TO gather the nations and pour
upon them His Indignation. and in the
rest of that chapter He calls upon Is
rael to he glad and rejoice. for He will
be mighty in their midst and get them
praise and fame in every land where
they have been put TO shame.
In Zech. xiv. .. He says that He will
gather all nations against Jerusalem TO
battle: I'm verse that He will stand
again upon the Mount OF Olives, and
IN verse o that after that He will be
king over all the earth. Let us then
be clear about this that in this judg
ment among those to be judged will
not be found His body. the church. for
she shall be with Him, nor Israel, for
she is not reckoned among the nations
(Num xiii -. There is no mention
of any resurrection Of the dead. Just
or unjust. 50 it is not the Judgment Of
the saints who shall never come into
judgment for sin (John V. 2D, because
that was settled on Calvary. but shall
be- Judged for their works after the
f.,.I,
OF Christ for believers only Il TheSs.
iv. 1918: | Cor. XIV. 81. %: Rom. xiv.
10: ii Cor. V. 10).
1t Is not the great white throne iudg
ment Of Rev. XXX, Ills, where the I'M
righteous shall appear after their res
direction thousand years later than
the resurrection OF the just tRev Xxx.
5-6).
IT Is simply. as the record says,
Judgment OF nations. as such. by
their respective armies. and the Ques-
ton is their good or i'll Ueatment Of
His people, Israel As all individual
salvation Is through Jesus OF Nazareth
OF the tribe OF Judah and king OF the
Jews. 30 the salvation OF nations will
be through Him also, but in connec-
ton with a righteous Israel. who will
receive Him as their Messiah when
they shall see Him coming in His
glory to the Mount Of Olives for their
dellverance. They shall then say. 40.
this Is our God: we have waited for
Him. and He will save us: this is Je-
hovah. we have waited for Him: we
will be glad and rejoice in His saliva
ton"
After that Israel shall blossom
and bud and fill the face OF the earth
with fruit" Qsa. XIV, 0: xvii, 81. Then
shall the saved nations who shall hear
Him say, Come, We blessed inherit
the kingdom when the Kingdoms under
the whole heaven shall have become
the kingdom Of our Lord and of His
Christ and shall walk I'm the light OF
the new Jerusalem and bring their
glory and honor into It (Rev XII, 10;
XXI 24.
The others shall hear Him say, DE
part, We cursed" and shall be punish
ed with everlasting destruction from
the presence OF the Lord and from
the glory OF His power Oh Thess. /,
7-0).
Any one who denies the truth of ever
lasting punishment, according TO the
last verse OF our lesson. must reject
the plain words of the Lord Jesus I'm
this passage and elsewhere, as In Mark
tx, AZ, 40. AZ.
In this last verse or our lesson the
same word is applied TO punishment
as TO life revised version. l have en-
deavored to show the teaching OF the
Bible concerning the judgments in
tract entitled THE Four Judgments"
which may be obtained from Mr.. Fred
Keller, box PIG, Harrisburg, Pa. IL
you send for Il ask also for "The Sc
cret OF Missionary Interest" and see
how God bonors the simple exposition
OF His word.
IL this lesson does not refer to the
church except as seen with the Lord
on His throne, where IS the heart les