Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-20
Sunday School Lesson

Lord. in buildings. where the soul can
worship the everything God in spirit
and in truth. The old testimony wor.
ship was ceremonial. This prohibi-
ton was a warming against allowing
the worship Of Jehovah ever falling
into the stereotyped Journalism Of the
pagan faiths.
Gods Covenant With David.
The divine decree must have filled
the Kings heart with keen disappoint-
ment. He had worked out the plans
with the greatest care and thought.
Davids experience had taught him to
accept Gods will as the best. The re-
calling to the King Of how God had
brought him from the fields as a shep-
herd boy and filled him with power
assured him that the Lord would be
with him during all his coming days.
His promise to build for David house
has clear reference to Solomon.
whose privilege it would be to build
the temple that the King wished to
build in accordance with Gods plans.
David was assigned the privilege Of
preparing the materials for it's erec-
ton and the organization of its wOr.
ship by the collection of it's hymn
book Of spiritual songs that would be
used not only in Solomons temple but
throughout the centuries and in all
countries. Every one has a God-given
task, just as much as David. We can
not do our work unless we always
seek to do the divine will and work
While the prime reference Is to Solo
mon, yet upon the face of the promise
there Is the evidence that 1t must refer
to greater than David's immediate
successor The posterity of the King
a OF Ia l,n
coming of the Messiah. who lives
forever, and Of whom there is no end"
The promised deliverer was first
spoken of as 1.-The Seed of the woman"
then as 1.-The seed Of Abraham" and
then he Is referred to as the son Of
Isaac, then Of Jacob. and then of the
Tribe of Judah. In this promise the
family Of David is selected as the one
from whom the Messiah will come to
establish a kingdom that is to be uni.
versal in extent and eternal in it's du.
ration. In view Of the thrice. made
emphasis placed by Nathan upon the
eternal character Of the kingdom, we
are forced to the conclusion that no
mere man could possibly fulfill this
prophecy Of the coming King. The
making Of this everlasting covenant
with David filled him with humility,
SO that he sought to commune with
Jehovah with a heart overlooking with
gratitude in recognition of His divine
grace extended to the King.
David's Gratitude for Gods Promises.
Alone with the Lord, David revealed
his unselfishness and large-hearted-
ness. He does not look upon this new
definite promise concerning the Mes.
siah as anything personal, but because
he represented Israel. Looking back,
the King recognizes that in a peculiar
sense the nation was the chosen peo.
pie OF the Lord. While small numeri-
cally among the nations, the Jews
have given to the world the three
greatest religions. In spite Of their
untold persecution. they have been
preserved as a distinct people. even
when scattered among all the nations
or the earth. God redeemed them mi.
raculously by the plaques, hammering
on the shackles. of bondage from them.
driving back the waves at the Red Sea
until they walked across upon dry
land, feeding them in the desert, until
through association with the Lord
they became fitted to inherit the prom.
Used land. Although the nations Of
the earth have not been able to absorb
the Jewish people, they will some day