The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-28
Sunday. Dec. 90, 1885.


lasting upon them that fear him,
and his righteousness unto chill
dren's chiidren.-Psalm lO3:l7..
We close today our three
months course of lessons on later
prophets and leaders of judah
from Isiah to Malachi, the quarter
dealing with the Decline. Captiv-
ity. Exile and Restoration. Since
the ministry of Isiah probably be-
gan about 735 Be, and the min
istry of Malachi is located about
four centuries before Christ, our
studies have spanned a period OF
three hundred years. .
Our lessons were taken from /
of the books of the Bible: ii Kings,
Ezra, Nehemiah, Psalms, Isaiah,
Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hag-
gai, Zechariah and Malachi. Out
standing characters in our lessons
| for the quarter have been lslah,
Jeremiah and Ezkiel the great
prophets; Daniel the adviser to
| Babylonian and Persian mon
archs Zerubbael the governor
who led the first return from the
Capticity; Haggai and Zechariah
who encouraged the builders of
the Temple: Ezra the scribe who
completed the compilation of the
Old Testament; Nehemiah who re-
built the walls of Jerusalem; and
Malachi with whose ministry the
old dispensation concluded. ,
ISlAH
We have one lesson from Isiah.
The Suffering Servant of Je-
hovah (lesson y brought before
us the greatest Messianic prophecy
ever written. Intimitable is the
prophets prediction of the re-
iected, redeeming, resigned, and
rewarded Sufferer. AS we COM
pare the life and death and eXaita-
ton of Jesus we note its exact full
filment of Isiah's prophecy. The
stunned Christ fulfilled the proph-
ecy of the rejected Sufferer. The
saving Christ fulfilled the proph-
ecy of the redeeming Sufferer.
The submissive Christ fulfilled the
prophecy of the resigned Sufferer;
And the satisfied Christ fulfilled
the prophecy of the rewarded SUI .
fel er. ..
JEREMIAH
We have had two lessons from
jeremiah.
The story of jeremiah Qesson
y brought before US the commits.
sion of the prophet, the charge OF
the priests and the court of the
princes by whom he was acquitted
of the cruel accusation made
against him. This Jeremiah had !
his call to speak the truth, obeyed
the command to speak the truth,
and had the courage to speak the
truth in the face of bitter OPPOSE
ton. /
The message of Jeremiah Qes-
son 81 was fourfold: A sanctuary
call, a civic call. an individual call, !,
and a national call. To reiterate:
God requires obedience in spiritu-
: al life; God requires obedience in
social life; God requires obedience
in individual life; and God re-
ouires obedience in national life.
DANIEL
We have had one lesson from
Daniel. -
Belshazzar's feast (lesson A. /
was made by the defender OF
! Babylon to a thousand of his war
lords perhaps in celebration of
some petty victory over the Per-
| slams led by Cyrus then beselglng
| the city. The intoxicated princes
were shocked to see the mysteri-
Gus handwriting upon the walls of
| the banquet hall. The astrologers
were aghast but Daniel was sum-
moned and he accurately inter
preted the sentence of doom which
on that very night was fulfilled In
the death of Belshazzar and the
fall of the city.
ZEDEKIAH
We have had one lesson from Ii
Kings.
Judah was taken captive (lesson
81 by the victorious armies of
Babylon at the. fall of Jerusalem
/ in $50 BIC. The price of dis
obedience was paid in the victory
of Nebuchadnezzar who was one
of the greatest generals of his
tory. The penalty of disobedience
was illustrated in The fate of Zed-
eklah whose eyes were put out and
he was carried away to Babylon.
! The end of disobedience was pic
tured in the destruction of Jerusa-
/. lem which was utterly devastated
and the country harried to bed
EZEKIEL
We have had one lesson from
Ezekiel,
r., Ezekiel teaches personal respon-
sibility (lesson g. first of himself
as prophet and then of the people
! to whom he prophesied. The word
of warning must be given by him
who is responsible for his procla-
nation. The message of mercy
must be given to those who are re-
sponsible fer its acceptance or re-
lection. ,
ZERUBBAEL
In two lessons Zerubbael was
our star figure.
/ The return from captivity Qes-
son y in $50 Be. was in fulfil
ment of prophecy. The permission
to return was given in the procla-
nation of Cyrus. The preparation
for return was made by the exiles
in response to the royal proclama-
ton. A psalm of return psalm
| 1861 was an oft-repeated pilgrims
! song. Glad were they because Of
the great things the Lord had done
for them. ... ..,
The rebuilding of the Temple OF
Jerusalem was Immediately COM
menced upon the. arrival of the ex-
lies in Jerusalem. But opposition
developed and the ENTERPRISE was