The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-04-12
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' Lesson
(By REV. P. B. FITZWATER. DID, Dean
Moody Bibla Institute of Chicago.)
&C. 1928. Western Newspaper Union.l
Lesson for April Is
TRANSPORTATION AND SERVICE

LESSON TEXT-Mark 1929
GOLDEN TEXT-He that abideth in
me, and 1 in him, the same beareth
much fruit; for apart from me ye can
DO nothing
PRIMARY TOPIC-Jesus Shows His
Glory.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Jesus Shows His
Glory.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC-What Faith and Prayer Can Do.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC-The Meaning of the Transfgura-
ton.
When C,.rist announced His death
which was to take place on the cross,
the disciples were unable to see how
victory could issue from death. Jesus
took with Him Peter, James and John
into the mountain.
Two men from the upper world
were sent to converse with Jesus
about His approaching death at Je"u-
salem-the very thing about which the
disciples refused to talk. The trans
figuratiOn is therefore a foregleam of
the coming kingdom.
|. Jesus Christ GIorified on the
Mountain wv. ., 81.
He took the disciples "by them
selves" and was 'transfgured before
them" This shows that the purpose
of the TRANSPORTATION terminated upon
the disciples and not on Christ.
Christ's rebuke of Peter for his I'M
willingness to hear concerning His
death apparently for time estranged
the disciples from Him. To heal this
breach an unusual transaction was re-
Quired. His shining raiment was typ
ical of that glory which shall be mani
fest when Christ comes back to the
earth. His appearance on the noun
tain typifies His visible appearance
on the Mount of Olives Czech. IA a, 81.
II. Peter, James and John Represent
Israel in the Flesh in Connection With
the Kingdom ". y.
Christ is peculiarly the King of
Israel. According to Ezekiel 81 :21-27,
the Israelites are to be the central
people in the kingdom. This people
shall be gathered from among the ma
lions and united as one in that king
dom, in their own country.
Ill. Moses and Elias Appeared in
Glory With Jesus wv. 4-13).
These men in the glorified state are
typical of the state of the saints in
glory. Moses, who was once denied an
entrance into Palestine, appears now
in glory representing the redeemed of
the Lord who shall pass through death
into the kingdom. Multitudes of the
Lords own who have fallen asleep
shall be awakened at Christ's coming
and pass into the kingdom. Elias rep
resents the redeemed who shall pass
into the kingdom through translation.
Some shall be living upon the earth
when the Lord shall come, and they,
without dying, shall be changed and
thus pass into the kingdom Il Cor. Is:
50-53; l Thess. 4 HIS.
l. Peters proposal wv. 5, g..
SO definitely was the method of the
kingdom unfclded before Peter that
he proposed to erect tabernacles for
Christ, Moses and Elijah. 1t is true
that the unwilling of the majestic per-
son Of Christ and the panoramic dis
play of the kingdom somewhat diScon-
certed Peter; yet he grasped its cen
trail meaning and proposed to cele
brate the advent of the kingdom which
had been prefigured in tangible way.
.. The divine voice out of the
cloud wv. Z, 81.
God declared Jesus to be His be-
loved Son in whom He was well
pleased. If one would know what is
pleasing to God, let him study Jesus,
who perfectly did His Fathers will.
3. Jesus charge wv. 9-13).
He charged them that they should
tell no man concerning the things
which they had seen until He had
risen from the dead.
w. A Demonstration Of the Purpose
of the Establishment of the Kingdom
wv. 1929.
When they descended from the
mountain of TRANSPORTATION they wit
messed a great multitude in a state of
perplexity. The immediate cause of this
state was the grievous condition of a
young man possessed with a demon
". 1S). The father of the young man
had appealed to the disciples to cast
the demon out, but they were unable
to do so. When they brought him
unto Jesus, the foul spirit was re-
buked and came forth. This young
mans state is representative Of the
nations who are oppressed by the
Devil. Just as this young man was
grievously oppressed, causing him to
cast himself into the fire and into the
waters, so the nations today in their
perplexity are doing the things which
will result in their own destruc-
ton. The Devil will be peculiarly ac-
tive in the oppression of men and ma
tons in the last DAYS.