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Signs of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 34.

JORDAN AND ITS LESSONS
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LESSON 9.—AUGUST 31.—THE BRAZEN SERPENT.

Lesson Scripture, Num. 21:1-9, R.V.
1 “And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of Atharim; and he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive. 2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If Thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. 3 And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities; and the name of the place was called Hormah. 4 “And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom; and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. 5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. 6 And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. 7 And the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord that He may take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. 8 And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard; and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live. 9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the standard; and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived.”
Golden Text.—“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.” John 3:14,15.
Special Helps.—“Patriarchs and Prophets,” Chap­ter 38, pp. 428–432. See article by the same title as lesson, on page 6.

SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS.

(1) What word came to the king of Arad concerning Israel? What action did he take? Verse 1. Note 1. What vow did the Israelites make? Verse 2. (3) How did the Lord regard this vow? With what result? When was this destruction accomplished? Verse 3. Note 2. (4) Which way did Israel journey from Mount Hor? With what purpose? In what state of mind were they at this time? Verse 4. Note 3. (5) How did they manifest their discouragement? What did they say? Verse 5. Note 4. (6) What chastisement did the Lord send upon them? Verse 6. Note 5. (7) What confession did the people then make to Moses? What request did they make? How did Moses regard their request? Verse 7. Note 6. (8) In answer to his prayer, what was Moses directed to do? What promise was connected with this command? Verse 8. (9) How did Moses carry out the command? What was the effect of faith in the Lord’s promise? Verse 9. Note 7.

NOTES.

1. Israel had been denied the privilege of passing through the land of Edom, and essayed to go northward into the southern part of Canaan, by the way that the spies had entered the land. But they were met by the king of Arad, who ruled a portion of the land of Canaan, and repulsed again.
2. On account of their defeat, the Israelites took a vow before the Lord to destroy that people and their cities. The vow was carried out under Joshua, after the entry of the Israelites into the promised land. See Joshua 12:7, 14; Judges 1:16, 17.
3. The opposition which Israel met on the east by the king of Edom (the country of Esau’s descendants) and on the north by the king of Arad, compelled them to journey westward and southward again, in order to pass around to the south of Edom and go up on the east of that country to the east side of the Jordan. This wearisome prospect, following the death of Aaron, was very discouraging to a faithless people.
4. Discouragement is always the fruit of unbelief; therefore discouraged persons are prone to find fault with the providence of God and with the chosen leaders in His work.
5. Without faith it is impossible to please God (Heb. 11:6); therefore the murmurings of the people were very displeasing to Him. Chastisement was essential to bringing them to a recognition of their dependence, because they failed to be won by means of love and constant care. Their own good and the promises of God were ever in the divine purpose.
6. The result of the chastisement proved the wisdom of God, and showed that while the rod of affliction was being laid upon them the Spirit of God was striving to win their hearts and save them from destruction. Their penitence was manifested in their confession of personal wrongs to Moses, whose leadership they had rejected. It is usually more of a cross to make personal confession to our fellow-men than to make confession to God.
7. The lesson of the serpent is briefly but clearly stated by Christ: “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.” John 3:14,15. There was no healing power in the brazen serpent; it was simply a test of faith in the Word of God. The serpent was kept in the sanctuary, and in after years when the people turned to idol-worship they burned incense to it. For this reason King Hezekiah had it destroyed. 2 Kings 18:4. Hezekiah expressed the true character of the thing itself, divested of any divine command or promise, when he called it nehushtan, a “piece of brass.”

LESSON 10.—SEPTEMBER 6.—THE REVEALED SECRET.

NOTES.

The secret which was revealed to Daniel in a night vision (Dan. 2:19) was not simply the then unknown facts of the world's history. It was rather the revelation of the mystery of the Gospel,—how that the Lord can take the same kind of people as were found in the kingdoms which could not stand, but fell one after the other, and establish in them and through them a kingdom which “shall stand forever.” Dan. 2:44. This is the Gospel of the kingdom, the mystery of the kingdom of God. Here we have revealed in its historical connection the working out of that divine principle which is the very foundation of the Gospel—that principle which is the basis of the first preaching of the Gospel in Eden (Gen. 3:15), and which we have followed in our study of the promises to Abraham and to David. This dream and its interpretation constitute the divine key to the panorama of the world's history, its fall, and the establishment of the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. It is worthy of careful study.
From the different parts of the image mentioned (Dan. 2:32, 33) it is evident that it was the image of a man. It was distinctly stated to Nebuchadnezzar that “this great image . . . stood before thee.” Verse 31. From the interpretation which followed (verses 32 and 33 compared with verses 38 to 43) it is evident that the different parts of this image of a man represented the different kingdoms of the world until the coming of the Lord. In other words, this man included all the men comprising the kingdoms of the world. This man “stood” for a time, but was destroyed by the stone (verse 34), and became as chaff, and was carried away by the wind (verse 35). This is the experience of the ungodly. Ps. 1:4. Of these it is declared that they “shall not stand.” It thus is made clear that this image represented the history of the world of ungodly men, the men who are “without Christ, . . . having no hope, and without God in the world.” These are the very kind of people who are made over into the subjects of the kingdom of God. 1 Cor. 6:9-11. How could a kingdom which “shall stand forever” be made from such material? This is the secret revealed in this chapter.
Of the kingdom which the God of heaven was to set up it was declared that it “shall stand forever.” The word here translated “stand” is the Chaldaic form of the Hebrew word which is used in Isa. 40:8, in the declaration that “the Word of our God shall stand forever.” These two expressions (Dan. 2:44 and Isa. 40:8) connect the Gospel of the kingdom as taught in the dream of Nebuchadnezzar with the message of the prophet Isaiah, which was the message of John the Baptist, which is the message for the present generation. The message in Isaiah, with the associated texts, reveals in express terms the secret which is revealed in its workings in the dream and its interpretation. The message which is to prepare the way of the Lord (Isa. 40:3) is given in verses 6-10. “All flesh is grass; . . . the grass withereth. . . . But the Word of our God shall stand forever. . . . Behold your God! Behold, the Lord God will come.” Compare this with John 1:1, 2, 14. The secret or mystery of the Gospel is found in that mysterious union of divinity with humanity, through which comes the power to make weak mortal flesh “stand forever.” In the religion of Babylon there was no place for such an experience as this (Dan. 2:11), but it is the fundamental truth of Christianity (1 Tim. 3:16). The kingdom which the God of heaven will set up “shall stand forever” (Dan. 2:44), because “the Word of our God shall stand forever” (Isa. 40:8), and because a vital union has been made between the subjects of that kingdom and that living and abiding Word. (1 Peter 1:24, 25).

QUESTIONS.

  1. What was the secret which was revealed to Daniel?
  2. When was this principle first taught to man?
  3. To whom was it afterwards revealed anew in the divine promises?
  4. What ground is covered in the dream of Nebuchadnezzar and its interpretation?
  5. What image did Nebuchadnezzar see?
  6. What is stated concerning the position of this image?
  7. How many men were included in this image of a man?
  8. How long did this image stand? What finally became of it? Whose experience is thus set forth?
  9. Of what class of persons is the kingdom of God composed? What made them fit subjects of the kingdom?
  10. What is expressly declared concerning the duration of the kingdom of God?
  11. In what connection is the same declaration again found?
  12. What message prepares the way of the Lord and prepares for His coming?
  13. By what experience were the weakness of the flesh and the eternity of the Word of God united?
  14. In what way did the wise men of Babylon positively deny the possibility of such an experience?
  15. What is the relation of this experience to Christianity?
  16. What, then, was the secret which was revealed to Daniel, when the dream and its interpretation were revealed to him?
  17. How do men become subjects of this eternal kingdom?

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The “Sabbath” is not the name or designation of a day of the week, but of an institution. It was kept as a weekly institution, and it was kept also at other times. Long before the days of Moses, among other peoples than the Jews, one day in seven was kept holy. Such an observance is a duty as needed by man, and as commanded of God. It is not kept on the same day by all. Clergymen and city missionaries and others often work hardest on Sunday, and have to take another day of each week for sacred rest. Yet, in order that all can have a day of rest, the same day must be the one generally observed. It is on this idea that the civil law acts to protect the laborer in his God-given rest.
Now, (1) God has so connected the “institution” with the day as to make them inseparable. The Sabbath of the Decalogue takes in only the weekly Sabbath. The whole Holy Record, from Genesis to Revelation, fixes the Sabbath to one day only, the seventh day of the seven. To endeavor to make it cover the yearly sabbath days is specious and confusing. For forty years, during the fall of the manna, God emphatically showed His people that only one day was and could be His Sabbath. See Exodus 16. Further He rested upon one day only, blessed but one day, sanctified but one day. (2) The matter of work for God on that day is not forbidden by the Sabbath law. Jesus said, “It is lawful to do good on the Sabbath days.” The priest’s work was greater on that day. (3) The paper above contends for what overthrows its own argument, when it says, “The same day must be generally observed.” Did not God know that? Did He not see the need of uniformity and order? Did the great need of the spiritual world have to wait so many centuries to find this out? Not at all. God knew it in the beginning, and fixed the day. Now, the question is, Shall we take God’s day or man’s substitute?

Our Life in God’s Keeping

The only sure protection for time and eternity is to hide in God, to have our life in His keeping.

A Message to Mothers

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The August number of the Life Boat is at hand. Its motto is “Proclaim Liberty to the Captives,” and it does it. “Can the Drunkard Have Hope?” “They Were My Brethren,” “If Any Say That I Have Sinned,” “Must the Child of the Drunkard Accept Its Legacy?” “Gospel Temperance,” “Are You Enlisted?” “The Blood Cure,” and other articles by such writers as John G. Woolley, Margaret Wintringer, Eva Marshall Shontz, Col. H. H. Hadley, J. H. Kellogg, M.D., A. T. Jones, David Paulson, and other rescue workers, are mighty helps to those who wish to be rescued from the slavery of habit. Have you friends or acquaintances who are enslaved by habit?—See that they have a copy of this Life Boat for August. Inclose the name and two cents in stamps to the publishers, 28 Thirty-third Place, Chicago, Ill. We say, Make it five cents.

Seeing Beyond Difficulties

It is not a great thing to be able to see the difficulties; yet many men pride themselves upon their ability to see the obstacles that any new good enterprise must meet. Many other men see them, too, but they see through them also; and seeing through them, seeing beyond them, the difficulties become small. Both faith and unbelief saw the difficulties in entering and conquering Canaan, but faith saw it conquered, and the difficulties overcome.

The Greatest of All

(1 Corinthians 13, American Standard Revised Version)
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, BUT HAVE NOT LOVE, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. And if I have the gift of Prophecy, And know all Mysteries and all Knowledge; And if I have all Faith, so as to remove Mountains, BUT HAVE NOT LOVE, I am nothing.
And if I bestow all my Goods to feed the poor, And if I give my Body to be Burned, BUT HAVE NOT LOVE, It profiteth me nothing.
LOVE suffereth long, and is kind; LOVE envieth not: LOVE vaunteth not itself, Is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, Seeketh not its own, Is not provoked, Taketh not account of evil: Rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, But rejoiceth with the Truth; Beareth all things, Believeth all things, Hopeth all things, Endureth all things. LOVE NEVER FAILETH:
But whether there be Prophecies, they shall be done away; Whether there be Tongues, they shall cease; Whether there be Knowledge, it shall be done away. For we know in part, And we prophesy in part; But when that which is Perfect is come, That which is in Part shall be done away.
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: Now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.
For now we see in a mirror darkly; But then face to face: Now I know in part; But then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known.
But now abideth FAITH, HOPE, LOVE, These three; And the greatest of these is LOVE.

Drink from God’s Living Waters

He who looks to men for help and strength, for warmth and zeal, will sooner or later fail. The impure waters of a broken cistern will for a little time satisfy a thirsty soul; but in the end they create fever instead of quenching thirst, and oftentimes when the poor soul returns to the fountain it is empty and dry. For all the cool, sweet, fever-quenching, life-giving waters of God are flowing. “O thirsty one, stoop down, and drink, and live.”

Where Do You Get Your Warmth?

—“One can freeze up in this church,” said a sister recently concerning a congregation that shall be nameless. Who has not heard similar remarks? But before any one settles down to freeze, it might be well to inquire as to where a Christian should get his warmth. What is the source of his life? What seems to be frozen sometimes contains much latent heat. God works in a true Christian by creative power. If we are in a church where great frigidity may be felt, would it not be well to let God through us develop some of the latent heat? One writer has beautifully said that at such times we should draw warmth from others’ coldness, courage from their cowardice, loyalty from their treason. The worse the atmosphere in which we are placed, the more need of keeping the channel open between us and the great Source of all good.
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