The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-26
Sunday, Dec. 20, 1885.

GOltcI ICAI--- IIS iIASlIy VI A''S
Lord is from everlasting to ever
lasting upon them that fear him,
and his righteousness unto chill
dren's childrcn.-Psalm 103:17.
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 II
of the books Of the Bible: II Kings,
Ezra, Nehemiah, Psalms, Isaiah,
jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hag-
gal, Zechariah and Malachi. Out
standing characters in our lessons
for the quarter have been Isiah,
jeremiah and Ez1iel 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 Zechar!ah
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.
IS!AH
We have one lesson from lsiah.
The Suffering Servant of Je-
hovah Oesson y brought before
us the greatest Messianic prophecy
ever written. Intimitab!e is the
prophets prediction Of the re.
jected. redeeming, resigned, and
rewarded Sufferer. rs We COM
pare the life and death am eNa!ta-
ton Of Jesus we note its c.act tuI-
filment Of Isiah's propheyy. The
Stunned Christ fulfilled tn pronii-
ecy of the rejected Sufferer. The
saving Christ fulfilled the proph-
ecy of the rcdeeming Sufferer.
The submissive Christ fulfilled the
prophecy of the resigned Sufferer;
And the satisfied Christ fulfilled
the prophecy of the rewarded Sui
ferer.
JEREMIAH
We have had two lessons from
jeremiah.
The story of Jeremiah (le&son
y brought before us the commIS-
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, obey ca
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 Ties
son 81 was fourfold: A sanctuary
call, o 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-
uuires obedience in national life.
DANIEL
We have had one lesson from
Daniel. -
Belshazzar's feast Qesson A.
was made by the defender Oh
Babylon to a thousand of his war
lords perhaps in celebration OF
some petty victory over the Fer
slams led bv Cyrus then Eeseiglng
the city. The intoxicated princes
were shocked to see the myStericc
Gus handwriting upon the walls Oh
the BANQUET hall. The astrologers
were aghast but Daniel was sum
moned and he accurately inter
preted the sentence of doom when
on that very night was fulfilled IN
the death of Belshazzar and the
fall of the city.
ZEDEKIAH . T,
We have had one lesson from II
Kings. 1,..o,
"a bv the victorious armies OF
BABYLON at the fall of Jerusalem
in 5SG 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 disobedienc,e
was illustrated in the fate of Aed,
ekiah whose eyes were put out ana
he was carried away to Babylon.