The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-02-27

AES0ON IEAI-LuKe S.Z6-40a.
GOLDEN TEXT-He that abideth in
me, and I in him, the same beareth
much fruit.-John 15:5b.
PRIMARY ToPIC-on Mountain Top
With Jesus.
JUNIOR ToPIc-on a Mountain Top
With Jesus.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR
tToPIC-With Jesus in Prayer and Serv-
ice.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT
TOPIC-Worship and Work.
The subject of this lesson as chosen
by the lesson committee needs to be
most rigidly held to its place as set
forth in the Scriptures. The lesson
should not be taught in a general way
as pertaining to vision and service.
The particular vision herein set forth
is the unwilling of the majestic per-
son of the Son of God, with an epit-
ONE of the messianic kingdom.
Jesus took with him Peter, James,
and John, and went into the mount
to pray. His chief aim in retirement
was to get the disciples into a state
of receptivitiy so that he might show
them the reality and method of his
kingdom. Before going into the mount.
he declared that there were some
standing in his presence who would
not taste death until they should see
the Son of man coming in his kingdom
(Luke 9:27; CT. Matt. 1929. That
their dropping spirits might be revived
and their confidence restored, he was
&ror cfS0
from the upper world were sent
TO converse with him about his ap-
preaching death in Jerusalem ". 3D-
the very thing about which the dis
ciples refused to talk. Then, too,
Gods own voice was heard in words
of approval of Christ's course, direct
ing them to hear the Master. Surely
now they cannot doubt his ability to
carry to execution his kingdom plans.
The purpose, then, of the transfgura-
ton was to give the disciples a fore
CLEAN of the coming kingdom, to en-
able them to see the kingdom in its
embryonic form. That this is true is
not only shown by the context and
circumstances, but by the inspired in
depreciation of one who was with him
and knew all that transpired (see II
Pet. 1:16-19, r. w. Let US, there
fore, note the outstanding features of
the kingdom as displayed in the trans
figuration.
!. Jesus Christ the Glorified King
on Moent Zion wv. %, 29).
Jesus glorified on the mount to which
they went to pray was intended to
symbolic the messianic kingdom as it
will be when Christ returns literally
to the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem
Czech. II :4-1O.
u. The GIorified Saints With Christ
wv. 30, 81.
]. Moses, who was once denied en-
trance into Palestine, appears now in
glory, representing the Redeemed of
the Lord who after death shall pass
into the kingdom. Many thousands of
the redeemed have fallen asleep, and
at the coming of the Lord shall be
awakened to appear in the kingdom
with him.
2 Elijah, now glorified, represents
the redeemed who shall pass into the
kingdom through translation. Many
shall be living upon the earth when
the Lord comes, and shall, without
dying, be changed, and thus pass into
the kingdom Il Cor. Is 1888; I'Thess.
4:14-1S).
8. The topic of conversation ". 81.
It was the death of Christ, the very
thing the disciples refused to believe.
III. Israel in the Flesh in Connee.
ton With the Kingdom, Represented
by Peter, James, and John ". 2S).
Israel shall be called from their hid
ing place among the nations of the
earth and shall be gathered to Jesus
Christ, the King, as the central peo-
pie in the Kingdom Geek. 37:21-27).
Christ is the King of the Jews.
/. Peters proposal to build three
tabernacles ". 33). The Feast of the
Tabernacles looked forward to the
glorious reign of Christ. Peter caught
a glimpse of the significance Of
the TRANSPORTATION. His proposition
showed that he apprehended the
meaning of the Feast of the Taber-
nacles and, therefore, his proposition
substantially was, "The millennium is
come; let us celebrate"
2. The divine voice ". 35). At this
time God himself uttered words which
assured them that the TRANSPORTED one
was his Son, Jesus Christ.
~. The Multitude at the Foot of the
Mount wv. 37-43).
The people here were grievously OPP
pressed by the devil, as illustrated by
the demon-possessed lad. There are
times when the devil is especially ac-
tive in the affairs of men. The null
titude at the foot of the mount is rep
resentative of the nations which shall
be brought into the kingdom which
shall be established over Israel lisa.