Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-06
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
For May II, Jehodas Victory Oper Baa.
BY DR. MARION MICH. HULL

whether either CT neither, the boy
was placed by the pillar, the crown
of David put upon his head, the
testimony Ghe book of the Cove
nant) placed in his hands, the anolnt-
ing oil poured on him by Jehoiada
and his sons-amid the shouts of
the people, God save the l<ing!''
The noise reached the ears Of
tns queen in her palace, and shc
came with her attendants to the
people in the house of Jehovah. 1t
was probably the first time in six
years that she had been in the tenn
pie where her little grandson, just
now proclaimed the boy-king, had
been raised. And when she saw the
king crowned and standing by the
throne, she took in the situation and
cried Treason. TreaSon!'
But that was what Jehoiada had
anticipated, and he ordered her TAX
e nout of the walls of the temple
and slain. She was the real traitor,
the MURDER, the agent of the devil
and the enemy of God. Death by
the knife was really too good for
her.
Baal Dethroned
Joash, David's royal son, on the
throne as the conductor Of the line
Of Gods promise, all other pretend
ers must be dethroned. Baal had
been in the ascendency by reason
of Jezebel and Athaliah. But now
Jehoiada made a covenant between
himself and all the people and the
king that they should be the Lord s
people. and the result of that was
the immediate transfer of them to
the house of Baal, its destruction.
the breaking down of it's affairs and
images and the slaughter of its
priest, Mattan. They made clean
sweep.
Their next step was to put the
worship of Jehovah into effect again
just as David had planned it accord
ing to the law given by Moses. The
priests and the Levites each had
their duties assigned to them; the
king was established in Solomon's
palace, and hte land had joy and
the city quiet
This little baby was most impor-
tant God had promised Abraham
that in his seed all the families of
the earth should be blessed. He had
carried that promise farther, that in
Isaac should his seed be called. He
/ had chosen Jacob instead of Esau,
the elder of Isaac's two sons, as the
one through whom the line of prom
Use should be. OF Jacobs twelve
sons, JuAlh was the one chosen to
carry the blessing. Of Judah's de
scendants, Jesse was chosen. Of
Jesse's eight boys, David was the
choice. TO David the promise was
given Of a line Of kings until Shiloh
come, and that his greater Son
should reign forever.
And all had gone well, according
to the promise down to this hour.
but now through the murderous
cruelty of Jehu and of this daugh-
ter of Jezebel every child of this roy
al line had been destroyed except
this little baby boy Of less than one
year old The devil was doing his
best to prevent the oath of God from
being kept! If he could accomplish
the death of that little boy he could
Illustrate Gods plan of redemption
and make His promises of no effect.
Notice the if. That little word and
that little baby boy were too much
for the devil because God was be-
hind them.
So God raised up this aunt and
her husband. God gave her the
power to outwit the cruelty of the
baby's own heather grandmother.
God kept the boy hidden in the plum
der room of the temple devoted to
the worship of God and protected
him in the very shadow of the tenn
pie erected nearby for the licentious
and debasing worship of Baal. And
tIt in wi - oh No
to plan his coronation when as a
had reached the years of responsible
plan.
The Queen 0Ver-reaches
During those six years the queen
had unlimited power. There was
none to say her nay. She establish
ed and extended the worship of Baal.
She had a chief priest of the temple
of Baal, Mattan by name. She dis
outraged the worship OF Jehovah in
every way that she could, until she
finally over-reached herself. She,
therefore, antagonized the priests of
Jehovah, and all the Levites. Her
cruelty made enemies of her soldiers
and her mobiles, SO that at the stroke
Of Gods clock all Of these people
turned against her and were ready
and willing tools in the hand of Je-
hoida for the carrying out of his
plan. He took into his confidence the
five priests of her soldiery; then he
got the assistance of the LeVltes
and priests throughout the kingdom
of the mobiles and called a grea- con-
vocation in the temple on the Sab
bath. The soldiers were armed with
the shields and spears that had been
King David's and formed a guard
around the person of the royal boy,
the only survivor Of David's royal
line. One-third Of the Levites were
placed in the temple. one-third at a
certain gate, and the other third at
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