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LESSON XII, INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY |
SCHOOL SERIES, MARCH 18. j J
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TeXfc of the Lesson, Matt, xxi, 33-40.
Oolilen Text, John 1, 11—-Memorize
Verses 33-38—Comment by Rev. Wli¬
liam Newton, I>. I).
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Notes.—A parable, spiritual truth com e\ ed
under material forms or images. A wine
press, rather “a place for the wine fat.” This
is usually formed in a ledge of rock, it is
rectangular in form and communicates with
a lower vat into which the juice runs as the i
pressed , m . th nr , a u l..„ A
grapes are ’ j
tower, sometimes called ‘ a lodge, or io i
keeper of the vineyard. Let it out, or hired ;
it out for a part of the crop. Husbandmen,
those who w orked the vineyard. Stoned, not
killed, but drove him off with stones. Like¬
wise, in the same way. Reverence, pay
respect to. Heir, one who receives property I
from another by descent. Inheritance, tho |
property that w r as to go to the heir. Here it
is the vineyard. Render, return, pay or i
yield. Marvelous, wonderful. Perceived,
saw or understood. Lay. hands on him, or j
do violence to him Powder, fine dust.
Prophet,, ***■,**« — -*•
God s messenger to them. |
V. 33. There is no question that the parable (
here spoken by our Lord is the reproduction
of Isaiah v, 1-7. For the statement is alto
gether unqualified, “The vineyard of the
Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the
men of Judah his pleasant plant, Isaiah v, I
7. And again we read, “Yet I had planted
thee a poble vine,” Jeremiah ii, 21. And wo
can trace each event described in this verse.
Doubtless the planting took place at Horeb.
Read Exodus xix, 4-0, Israel was chosen
before this, But their visible taking out
from the nations took place then and there.
There the planting took place. And the set¬
ting of the hedge about them, what was this
but the enactment of the statutes and ordi
nances shutting them in from the nations
about them. And the wine press and I he
tower, what are tli^se but completed
mentslor their ... efhciency ‘ and safety f . J as tho ..
vineyard , ot , the , Lord. . . Now, there was a
purpose m all this. And that purpose was
the receiving; of the fruits of the vineyard,
And here come* in the Jetting out to bus
bandmen and tlcp'OTure of tho owner
i ito another country as perfectly natural in
cideuts of the parable* And so Israel stands
before us, let out to or put into the hands of
the rulers, who were appointed of God to con
duct its affairs as really as husbandmen do
.
c x 0 nl>t that these servants represent the seers
and the prophets sent in the Lord’s name to
hold the rulers to tho faithful discharge of
the great trust put into their hands. From
Acts iii, 24, it seems that Samuel was tho
first of tho 11 » e * And from him the lino
sweeps onward unto John, who was the last
before the son. And from the verses before
us we leaj-ix:
j God exacts fruit from spiritual privi
leges,
2. That he holds men to account for them,
3. There is enmity in man’s heart against
God.
V, 37,38. The ruling spirit of enmity
within comes to a climax here. The Son of
the Lord of tho vineyard is sent last of all,
and him they cast out and kill. Of course
the doubt as to how he would be received up
plies only to the earthly side of the parable.
The owner of this vineyard did not know.
But we cannot carry this over to its spiritual
edge as to the treatment ho would receive.
j n ^he councils of the Godhead he was “The
l a m,lj slain from the foundation of the
world.” Rev. xii, 8. And as the shadows of
the cross darkened about him, he said: “Now
is my soul troubled. And what shall I say /
Father, save me from this hour. But for
this cause came I to this hour.” John xii,
27. And yet this certainty of the fact of his
rejection and death at their hands did not
affect to ihe shadow of a hair the voluntari
ness Q f their action in rejecting and cruciiy
j U g him. “By wicked hands ye have cruci
fied and si S3 in” him, was the n of the
■
a
ing of the Spirit. And the essence of their
wickedness was, “They hated me without a
cause,” John xv, 25. And there was no
cloak for that sin.
V. 39-41. N*»w, in view of the facts of this
treatment. :»ttr Lord's question here L nrp'St
50 Bureaus with 12 20 German Glass, only $6.
500 Chairs all styles, from 50 cents up.
50 Imitation marble top French Dressers, 17 30 glass only $9.
50 marble-top French Dressers 17-30 glass only $14.
250 well made Cotton Top mattresses only $2 50.
300 Bed Springs (12 styles), from $1 25 up.
Full size No. 7 cooking Move, complete, only $10.
natural uinl i»ointed» And t<> it tlioic c-oukl
bo but ‘ one answer, ’ and this the chief * priests
and Pharisees • gave at . once. And , , in . it . there ,
b
nr0 tw „ (mlhs vor v dearly stated:
. p A just retribution, and
j jj. A new disposition of the vineyard.
; y. 42. Now comes the application of this
by tho Lord to themselves. And he did so iu
tho words of t heir own scripture. There Is
no shadow of doubt that tho reference is to
the Messiah, and has always been held to bo
so. “The stone” is the Messiah. The builders,
tho rulers of the Jews. The refusing or ro
tSSZSSS.'&SSSti— f tho
r j s j„<r from tho dead. All 1 his is clear as
light without a cloud. And just as clear,
too, is the truth that under this Hiango of
figure, God’s everlasting purpose of tho ex
altation of the Son whom the husbandmen
were about to cast out and kill was thus mi
nouuced to them. In tho one figure they
were tho “builders.” Iu tho other tho “law
bandmen.” And in each destruction was the
inevitable doom,
V. 42. How full of solemn majesty aro
these words: '-Therefore I soy v .‘oy« »•.».” etc.
They are the words of one had i.i ins
hands all power in heaven and in carih, Lilt
who for a purpose am 1 a time liaJ : , oo u-d to
become the servant of all.
“The kingdom of God," no doubt, v.v.n i hat
given to the Jews when the Lord call 'd t arm
to himself to bo “a peculiar treasure, "a
kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” L::o»
dus x ix, 5-0. And it was given to the a at
that time, as wo have seen the viny anl waa
tSSJSSJ^ * "* ....... ‘
y. 44. Tho Jewish people fell on thi ..one
and were broken. And or 1820 ye;r.; they
have been broken. But a wound i; not#
death. They have been sorely wounded.
.Thank Cod there is a “balm in (dl-.ub
There is a physician there.” The day of
Israel’s healing draws near. Dai when the
stone smites the confederate naiiou.. Dan.
b, 34, 33—that is not a wound, lint dost mo*
tion V.'
45, 40. The truth cut home. They r* It
Vi -f'-'V ~ o«
its thrust. , „„ The X aw tlic nsclve, in llu j T
arc. , ir(J uui; Hiit their meir onlv oui> n ronl pi V; wo ; a h it cm. 6 /■ re
intense and a determinat ju to pur-ne lum
even to the death. They could lest dot y ihw
truth of his words. But they coni ! put lorn
out of the way. They could 1 t
their wrongs. They could :\ lum
who told them of tlevo
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