The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1959-06-27
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
June %, 1859
By Rev. Geo. A. Harper

PRIEST AND KING IN JOR-
DAN: 2 Kings 11-12.
MEMORY SELECTION: The
priests lips should keep knowl-
edge, and they should seek the
law at his mouth: for he is the
messenger of the Lord of host.
Malachi 2:0. The Nations
need religious leaders; The
priests were Gods messengers
of the covenant of life and
peace; If God grant us life
and peace, he expects we
should fear before him The
priests were Gods mouth to
the people, from whom they
must receive instructions &C
cording to the lively oracles.
The priests lips should keep
knowledge for the people. The
Ministers must be men of
knowledge; Thus we read of
the wisdom in the lips of him
that has understanding, with
which they feed many; Lord
what wilt thou have me to do?
JEHOIADA'S Plan to Safe
guard Joash: "And the seventh
year Jehoida sent and fetched
the rulers over hundreds, with
the captains and the guard,
and brought them to him into
the house of the Lord, and
made a covenant with them,
and took an oath of them in
the house of the Lord. and
Showed them the kings son."
In the seventh year Jehoia-
da, the priests, began to make
plans to present the crown
prince to the people and to
have him coronated. Before
exposing the fact that the
kings son was alive and be-
fore telling where he was be-
ing kept, the priest caused the
rulers and guards and cap
tains to swear to him that they
would keep the matter con-
corning the young king a Sc
cret until it was safe to make
such information public.
JOASH Is Crowned King of
Judah: "And the captains over
the hundreds did according to
all things that Jehoiada the
priest commanded: and they
took every man his men that
were to come in on the sab
bath, with them that should
go out on the sabbath, and
came to Jehoida the priest"
1t was to the credit of the
priest as well as to the protec-
ton of the prince that he had
such influence among the peo-
pie who had the responsibility
of providing protection and Sc
curity for the people of the
city. "And to the captains over
hundreds did the priest give
King David's spears and
shields, that were in the tenn
pie of the Lord"
This reserve equipment was
to be utilized whenever nee
essary, particularly by the
guards of the palace and of the
temple. "And the guards stood
every man with his weapons
in his hand, round about the
king, from the right corner of
the temple to the left corner
OF the temple, along by the al
tar and the temple" The arm
ed guard was to form a ring
around the king and anyone
who entered the ring or ap-
preached the restricted area
was to be put to death. In 9TH
er words, the entire altar area
IN the temple was restricted
zone and under heavy guard,
for that was where Jehoiada
planned to crown Joseph king.
And he brought forth the
kings son, and put the crown
upon him, and gave him the
testimony; and they made him
king, and anointed him; and
they clapped their hands, and
said, God save the king"
The newly crowned king was
to commit himself to keeping
and carrying out the testimony
which was given to him as
Gods servant on earth to up
hold and to administer the
way of the Lord for his peo-
pie.
THE NEW ANT
MADE: "And Jehoiada made a
covenant between the Lord
and the king and the people,
that they should be the Lords
people; between the king also
and the people,"
JehOiada was an unusual
priest in that he took the mi
tiative to function as both
priest and prophet. The peo-