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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON FOR DEG 3.
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Text of the Lesson, Rev. |, 1-8, 1920.
Memory Verses, 4-6-GOlden Text,
Rev. i, IL, documentary Pre-
pared by Rev. ID. M. Stearns-

pared Dy rev. ~. M. Otedrns.
1t Is certainly a rare privilege to have
some studies In this last and In some
respects best and most wonderful Of
sll the sixty-six books Of the Bible,
the only one that has special bless
ing pronounced upon those who read
and hear and keep its precious words
q, 81. The correct title of the book II
found In verse 1, 1.-THE Revelation Of
Jesus Christ" and 1t is the summing
up and unfolding Of all things concern
ing Him and His Kingdom. 1t tells OF
that which God gave Him to show
unto us, and He sent It by His messen-
ger unto His servant, John. 1t does
seem most unkind to and rebellious
against such God and Father to turn
away from such a book and refuse to
read It or refer to 1t, as many, even
among preachers, do. 1t was Johns
business, as II is ours, to bear record of
the Word of God and of the testimony
Of Jesus Christ, even though we should
be banished for 1t, as John was, or
even killed, as others were Il. 2, 0;
vi, 8; xii, I'D.
He is and was and will be ever the
same Jesus Christ, the Son Of God,
whose goings forth have been from of
old, from the days of eternity; who In
the fullness of time came as God man
ifest I'm the flesh, the Word made flesh,
and is coming again to set up His
kingdom on this earth (yerses a, 8;
Mic. v, 2, margin; Gal. ", A; l Tim
iii, 16; John 1, 14. The message con-
corning Him is always to every sin
ner the grace that saves and the peace
which He has purchased by His own
blood (verse A; chapter xii. 81; Eph.
H. 10; Col. 1, 20). The Spirit loves to
bear witness TO Him, and the seven
Spirits suggest the perfect fullness of
the power and testimony of the Spirit
verse a; chapters lii, /; iv, 5;v. 81.
He is the faithful witness, called
Faithful and True, and all His words
are true and faithful (yerse 8; chapter
iii, IA; xix, IL; XXI, 5; xii. O.. He is the
first begotten of the dead, Christ the
first fruits Verse 8; Col. 1, IS; / Cor.
XIV, 23). Because Of His resurrection
others have risen and others will rise
they that are Christ's at His coming
He is the Prince of the kings Of the
earth, King OF kings and Lord of lords.
and all kings shall fall down before
Him, all nations shall serve Him
Verse 8; chapter xvii, IA; xix, 16; |
Tim. vi, 10; Ps. Xxi, III. How glori-
Gus He is and will bel Does not your
heart cry out, Yea, He is altogether
lovely; this is my Beloved. and this is
my Friend?" (Song v, 16D
As John thinks upon these things he
by the Spirit breaks forth with the
ascription, Unto Him that loveth us
and washed us from our sins in His
own blood" reminding us of much we
have so recently written In the lesson
notes concerning all believers being
washed, sanctified. justified q Cor.
vi, III. In John Kill, 10, He said,
HE that is washed Is clean every
whit" 1t is our standing in Him
which is perfect because Of His come
Illness Ezek. xvi, Ia. Then, as to our
future, see the wonders of His grace
and glory In making us kings and
priests unto God to reign In His king
dom (verse @; chapters V. o, 10; Xxx, o..
Behold. He cometh with clouds"
Verse - This is His coming In glory
with His saints, as the Sun of Right
eousness, of which Enoch prophesied
before the deluge; His coming to Judge
the nations, when they shall wall and
be angry because OF Him, when Israel
shall look on Him whom they pierced
and become a penitent nation and re-
ceive Him as their Messiah Jude IA;
Zech. xiv, 8, !. c.; NAL iv, 2; Zeph. ill,
8: Zech. xii, 10; xiv, 1-3; Rev. xi, IS;
vi, IBID. He Is Alpha and Omega,
the beginning and the ending, the first
and the last oversees 8, IL; chapters
Ill, IA; xxi, 9; xxi, 10; lisa. Kill A; xiv.
9; Xviii, 12).
Not all His titles can tell OF Him as
He should be known, and it will al
ways be true of Him, at least while
we stay here, that the half has not
been told. John, being I'm the Spirit,
heard behind him a great voice as Of
Trumpet, anu IuIuiuS 10 SET lut
voice, he saw seven golden candle
sticks, which, he was told, represented
seven churches, of which we shall hear
more In our next lesson oversees 1912,
20). In the midst of the candlesticks
he saw Him on whose bosom he had
leaned when He was on earth, but he
had never seen Him like this, not even
when He was TRANSPORTED, and he was
so overcome that he fell at His feet
as dead oversees 13-1O, but the same
right hand was laid upon him, and
the same voice said so kindly, Fear
not; was dead, but am alive for
evermore.v Sa
In studying this book I have always
used the following outline: Chapter l.
Christ In the midst Of the churches.
III and Hills last messages to the
churches. Nv and v.-The church gone
from the earfh VI 70 XVIII Pc