Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-06
SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON
For April 9. II Kings 11I=H
BY DIR. MARI ON NIGH. HULL

= haliah. So the ,oV was preserved.
1t was a wonderful thing for that
By to be reared among the sur
roundings of the temple. All his
after life showed the influence Of it.
What sort of chance has the child
is your here? Every child is enti-
tied to the best N education, in
roundings, the best environment,
the best example, til best for body,
nd and spirit. Are you giving
your child all the est?
The Coronation and the Covenant
Our lssson tells of the coronation
and the covenant. When the boy
the age which according to the Jews
entitled him to recognition. Jehodia
with some trusted men went about
the kingdom and planned for his
coronation. When he had gathered
the people in the temple on a certain
Sabbath day, carefully placing the
soldiers so there would be three lines
of defense in case of attack, he
showed them the boy, and said, "Be-
hold, the kings son shall reign, as
the Lord hath said of the sons of
David" They placed on his head
the crown, and upon it laid the ten
commandments and the law of Moses
which the king was pledged to sup
port and the people cried God save
the king"
Athaliah heard the shout, came at
once to see what it was about, and
then-oh, the Righteousness of it
cried Treason, treason. BY Je'
hoida's order she was taken outside
the sacred precincts to the horse
gate and there slain.
Standing by 1.-The pillar, as the
mourner was" Joash made a cove
nant with the people and with God
and Gods word of promise was
indicated; David's son was on the
throne, although the hosts of hell
had apparently conquered for a
time.
Was that pillar the stone on
which Jacob slept that night at
Bethel and dreamed? There is some
reason to think it might have been.
JecOniah, Joseph, Jesus
Later on in the history of Judah,
Jeconiah, the last lineal descendent
of David, is on the throne. jeremiah
prophesied' of him that no son of his
should sit on the throne. DER. 22:30.)
But God had promised David that
his throne should be established for
ever, only Christening his sons if
they sinned, but not removing His
grace entirely. Joseph was a lineal
descendant of Jeconiah's and there
fore his actual son could not sit on
the throne. Matthew gives us
Joseph's genealogy to prove his
legal rights to DaVid's throne. Luke
gives us the genealogy of Mary in
whose veins also ran DaVid's blood,
but not through Jeconiah. Mary $
son had Davids blood, and being
married to Joseph before her sons
birth made her son the legal but not
actual son of Joseph, and, therefore,
the only one who could sit on
David's throne. On Jesus, therefore,
the son of David, and legal son of
Joseph, the rightful heir to David s
throne having Gods word of prom
Use. Once it was dependent on the
wee baby boy Joash; then it was de-
pendent on the wee baby boy Jesus
The one was found in the store room
of the temple; the other was found
in the stable of the inn. The life
of one was in danger if discovered
by the queen; the life of the other
was sought by the king. The one
was nlQQen IN the temple 1Or sly
years while an usurper was on the
throne, a woman who had given
herself to the devil. The other is
now hidden in heaven until the times
of the restitution of all things,
while the devil reigns as the prince
of this world. The one was finally
crowned and the usurper cast out
and slain. The day is not far dis
a U-hp1O thn hafs will no rnUno1 l..
ed and crowned king of kings and
lord of lords, and the usurper cast
into the lake of fire.
In the meantime, we may wait
and trust our God to keep us who
love Him, and be assured that not
one word of His promise to us will
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