Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-06


Strife" is the title given to this les
son by the committee. Undoubtedly
the world is at strife. A few years
back it was stated by the advocates
of peace conferences that war would
be impossible, but the great war was
the answer. Today there are those
who tell us that there can never
be another war because nations
| realize that it is too costly in men
and in money. The student of world
events, however, knows that it would
| take a very small match to set ne
world afire again, as small as the
murder of an European heir to the
throne.
| Not only that but even now strife
| exists in every part of the world
civil war in China, Egypt and India
and South Africa ready to jump at
lIngland'S throat. Ireland again at
the point of the bayonet; Russia and
all of eastern Europe at unrest. The
United States of America is not at
peace, but economic unrest is in the
| ascendancy. There have been plore
strikes in America in the last twelve
months than in all the rest of the
world put togetherrrThe world is
at strife-it is a dreadful picture at
which to look. Isaiah's picture Of
a world peace is a restful contrast.
Let us examine it carefully.
His picture as placed before us
is taken from two different parts
of the book. The first is from tne
first group of prophecies, the Sc
ond from another group of pronrc-
cieS which have primarily in view
| the AsSyrian invasion of Judah. The
| first is from a discourse that in
Cludes the second, third and fourth
| chapters, and opens and closes with
| a picture of the golden age to lie,
and in between describes the Durg-
| ing judgment which is to bring that
| golden age about. The secOn1 is
| from prophecy which begins at
| chapter 1915, and closes at the end
Of the twelfth chapter. 1t points
out the arrogant pride of Assyria, it's
| bOastful claims, its apparent sue.
| cess-but out of the devastation of
| judah which shall be seen, a branch
| shall grow up, through whom tha
| blessings of a righteous government,
a ein-free world, and a restored and
| GOd-indWelling nation shall be real
! lied.
/ In our study of the portions taken
| from these two prophecies out OF
: their settings therefore, let us NOT
| forget this fact-ISaiah has always
: in mind the nation of Israel, and
never in view the church. The
! church was revealed to Paul as "a
! truth that had been hidden from the
! foundation of the world (Eph. 3:8-10'
! Isaiah knew nothing of it, and spoke
nothing concerning it. To under
stand this will prevent many errors
! that would otherwise creep in.
What Isaiah did see was the Mes
| siah, the Amounted one, the King OF
| Israel, the offspring and root OF
! David. In that first prophecy h.
| saw the Kingdom of God supreme
/ The temple which was the visible
location of the theocracy, was sit
uated on the top of Mt. Zion, the
highest point in Palestine. Tha
Kingdom of God, which is to be
| established With that as it's capital
Will be higher than all-all nations
| shall do Obeisance to it. For out
/ OF Zion will go forth the law and
/ the word of Jehovah from literal
! Jerusalem. Isaiah sees the time
| when Jerusalem will be the capital
/ of the world, when the nations of
! the world shall recognize that the
! God of Jacob is supreme, and when
! many people shall say, Come, let
| us find out His ways and walk in
| His paths" When He shall judge
among the nations and rebuke many
| people, then universal peace shal
be realized; the instruments of war
shall be converted into agricultural
| instruments, and there will be no
| further military training in any
| school.
There were other visions which
| Isaiah had concerning Him who is
! to rule at Jerusalem that are no.
considered here. 1t might be well
to merely suggest them-in chapter
| four he saw Him as the branch
beautiful and glorious; and as a
| tabernacle for a shadow i'll the day
| time from the heat, and for a place
| of refuge, and for a convert from
| storm, and from rain. In chapter
| 5, as the Holy One of Israel; in chap
! ter 7, as Emmanuel, the child of a
! virgin; in chapter 3, as the Prince
| of Five Names, the ruler who should
sit on the throne of David, and of
whose government there should BE-
no end.
And then in chapter II we take
up the next view Isaiah had of Him
| The house of Jesse would be cat
down, apparently destroyed, out out
of the stump should spring a shoot
which shoud become an ensign OF
! tna people, to whom the heather
J should turn, and His rest shall be
| glorious.
Isaiah sees the, reason why this
shoot out of the stump of Jesse
should be the cause of all the bless
ing that he describes. 1t was be-
| cause He would be filled with the
spirit of God. The description OF
that spirit-seven fold-shows Him
to be perfection, and shows that He
deals through the realm of person
| atty He is the spirit of wisdom
| the spirit of understanding, the
spirit of counsel, the spirit of right
the spirit of knowledge and of the
fear Of Jehovah. Is any faculty
omitted? The perfect spirit of God
| perfectly fits the root out of the
| stock of David. This could be none
other than Jesus, son of Mary, legal
| son of Joseph, to whom God gave
| the spirit without measure.
| The possessor of this wonderful
| ly perfect spirit would necessarily
| bring about a condition which would
prove the solution of all of the IN
rest of the world. To see that CAPT
tai and labor both have a square
deal would solve the economic prob
! lens of the world; to see that every
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