Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-09-16
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson xll.--Third Quarter, For
Sept. 20, 1914
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text Of the Lesson, Matt. ssv, 3t-46.
Memory Verses, 34-36--Goiden Text
Matt. s,sv, 45-commentary Prepared
by Rev. .. NJ. Stearns-

by Rev. q. NJ Stearns-
To understand this lesson as 10 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
Him, then shall He sit upon the
throne of His glory" That defines
clearly the time when, an6 also that
the Judgment referred to is not the
judgment Of the saints. His redeemed
ones, for when He shall come In His
glory they shall come with Him, the
Old Testament as well as the New
Testament saints, II We may make that
distinction. Let the Holy Spirit tell
you about this as you read Zech
xiv, 5; Col I'll, 4: Thess- I'll. ID: Rev.
If, 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, 10, that tn con-
nectton with the restoration and deliv-
erance Of His people, Israel, He win
gather all nations In the valley of Je-
hoshaphat and Judge them because OF
their treatment Of Israeli In Zeph. Isl.
6. 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 be glad and rejoice, for He VIII
be mighty in their midst and get them
praise and fame In every Land where
they have been put TO shame.
In Zech- xiv, 2, He says that He VIII
gather all nations against Jerusalem to
battle; In verse 4 that He viii stand
again upon the Mount OF Olives. and
In verse 8 that after that He viii 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, 81. There is no mention
Of any resurrection OF the dead, Just
or unjust, so 1t is not the Judgment Of
the saints who shall never come into
Judgment for sin John V, %, because
that was settled ON Calvary. but shall
be judged for their works after the
first resurrection at the judgment seat
Of Christ for believers only q Thess.
Nv. 1918; Cor. XIV, 81. 81: Rom. XIV.
10; II Cor. v, 1o).
1t is not the great white throne judg-
ment Of Rev. Xxx, Ills, where the IN
righteous shall appear after their res
direction a thousand years later than
the resurrection of the Just Grew. TX.
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1t is simply, as the record says,
a Judgment Of nations, as such, by
their respective armies, and the ques-
ton Is their good or III treatment Of
His people, Israel AS all individual
salvation is through Jesus Of Nazareth
Of the tribe of Judah and king of the
Jews, so the salvation of nations viii
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
deliverance. They shall then say. 10,
this is our God; we have waited for
Him. and He viii save us; this is Je-
hovah, we have waited for Him; we
win be glad and rejoice in His saliva
ton"
After that Israel shall blossom
and bud and Gil the face OF the earth
with fruit" Qsa. XIV. 8; 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 In the light of
the new Jerusalem and bring their
glory and honor into IT Grew. xi. Is;
xxi. pa.
The others shall hear Him sayS DE
part, We cursed" and shall be punish
eQ Win eNeridsLiuS ueSlrucltoH irOili
the presence Of the Lord and from
the glory Of His power Oh Thess- l.
7-9).
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 In
this passage and elsewhere. as In Mark
TX, 43, 40. Al.
In this last verse Of our lesson the
same word is applied to punishment
as to life revised version). have en-
deavored to show the teaching Of the
Bible concerning the judgments In a
tract entitled 1.-The Four Judgments"
which may be obtained from Mr.. Fred
Kelker. box 216, Harrisburg. Pa. II
you send for 1t ask also for THE Sc
cret of Missionary Interest" and see
how God honors the simple exposition
Of His word