21. THE
CHURCH ENTERING INTO AND IN THE HARVEST PERIOD
No matter how great and how effective a revival and reformation
even God Himself may launch in His church, the Scriptures make it plain
that both the sinners and the saints will be in the church until the harvest.
No one need brag that the members of his church are all saints, that they
are all of one accord. If they really are of one accord, then it must be
that they are all tares, that there is no saint among them; that church
for a certainty is not the church of which Christ speaks in His Word. If
anything is plain in the Bible this one thing is. Now let us turn to the
thirteenth chapter of Matthew.
22. THE
HATED JEWS OF TODAY NOT THE ADMIRED JEWS OF TOMORROW
We are here to study Zephaniah 2, beginning with the first
verse.
Zeph. 2:1, 2---"Gather yourselves together, yea, gather
together, O nation not desired; before the decree bring forth, before the
day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you,
before the day of the Lord's anger come upon you."
23. THE
FATE OF ASSYRIA, AND THE TRIUMPH OF THE CHURCH
Let us turn to Zephaniah 3, and begin with the first verse.
Zeph. 3:1---"Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to
the oppressing city!"
24. IS
WORLD WAR II YET TO BE FINISHED SAINTS YET TO BE DELIVERED?
(By Nahum)
This afternoon we are to study the book of Nahum. The
burden of this entire book, three chapters in all, is concerning two separate
people. To ascertain who these people are, we shall begin with---
25. WHICH
NATIONS WILL DISARM, AND WHY?
To continue with the theme of our previous studies---the
kingdom of Judah---we shall turn to the book of Micah. It consists as you
know, of seven chapters, and they carry a continuous story of Judah in
both her early and her latter days. The first three chapters are concerning
Judah in her early days, and the last four contain the promises to antitypical
Judah, the Judah of the latter days, of whom our main interest now is.
26. A
WORLD WIDE STIR, AND ITS RESULTS
This afternoon we shall continue our study of the book of Micah. Let
us turn to the fifth chapter, and begin with the first verse.
Micah 5:1---"Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: He
hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the Judge of Israel with a
rod upon the cheek."
27. A
ROD THAT SPEAKS CALLS FOR REFORMATION
AND CREATES GREAT CONTROVERSY
Our subject for this afternoon begins with-
Micah 6:1, 2---"Hear ye now what the Lord saith; Arise,
contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. Hear
ye, O mountains, the Lord's controversy, and ye strong foundations of the
earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with His people, and He will plead
with Israel."
28. ON
THE THRESHOLD
OF A NEW WORLD IN THE SIGHT OF
THE OLD
This afternoon we are to study the seventh chapter of
Micah. This chapter brings to our attention three divisions of time in
which three different conditions obtain on the earth. The first condition
is recorded in the first four verses; the second, in verses 5-14; and the
third, in verse 15 down to the end of the chapter.
29. A
TRODDEN-DOWN KINGDOM
RISING TO PROMINENCE AND PEACE
We are now to study the book of Isaiah, beginning with
the first chapter, and continuing on into the second chapter. The first
part of chapter one, you well know, deals with the sins of ancient Israel,
while the latter part of the chapter, along with the second chapter, deals
with the re-establishment of the Kingdom in the latter days. Specifically,
it is this latter subject that we are to study today.
30. "SEVEN
WOMEN TAKE HOLD OF ONE MAN"
Today we are to continue our study of the book of Isaiah,
beginning with the first verse of the fourth chapter.
Isa. 4:1---"And in that day seven women shall take hold
of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel:
only let us be called by Thy name, to take away our reproach."
