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SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
THE FALL OF THE NORTHERN
KINGDOM
International Sunday School
Lesson for May 25, 1947.
Golden Text: "For the Lord
knoweth the way of the right
eous; but the way of the wick
ed shall perish.”—Psalm 1:6.
Lesson Text: II Kings 17: 5-
12; 22, 23; Isaiah 28: 1-4.
In this lesson we come to a
climax in our study of Israel’s
history. The Northern Kingdom,
Israel or Ephraim, founded by
revolution under Jereboam in 931
B. C., was 209 years old when it
came to a convulsive and violent
end in 722 B. C., under Hoshea.
It is significent that, even in its
beginning, Israel had no solid re
ligious foundation. The temple,
the prophets and the priests
were in Judah.
Jeroboam, realizing this, set up
two places of worship, but these
could not take the place of the
temple at Jerusalem in the
hearts and minds of the people.
The Northern Kingdom suffered
under the plague of Baalism in- j
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I traduced by Jezebel and, in the
main, the kings were lacking in |
I spiritual understanding. The,
people of Israel were also very
strongly influenced by the sur-1
rounding nations and, instead of
bringing the true religion to
their neighbors, they absorbed j
from their neighbors low, pagan i
principles.
In 745 B. C., Tiglath-Pi'.eser
began his reign in Assyria. In
1738 he came against the land of
j Palestine and exacted tribute
| from those peoples, and in 734 he
came back with a strong army
j and began the subjugation of
| the territory. The Kingdom of j
| Israel was practically ruined as :
the army swept on into Galilee
and took away captives through- j
out the land of Israel. The cap
ital city, Samaria, was alone left!
to stand through the next few,
years.
Shalmanezer followed Tiglathj
and he was followed by Sargon. i
After a long and bloody siege,!
the city of Samaria fell before,
the Assyrian invaders and the
people of Israel were taken away
into captivity. The 10 tribes were
taken away to Assyria and then
parceled out among the other
nations of the East so that theyj
were scattered all the way from!
Samaria to the regions beyond |
Assyria. We speak of them as the
"Ten Lost Tribes” because as a
people they disappeared, being
absorbed by the people with
whom they lived. The few who
were permitted to remain in Sa
maria intermarried with their
conquerors, and became the hat
ed "Samaritans,” of whom we
,hear during Jesus’ day.
That, in brief, is the story of
the rise and fall of the Northern
Kingdom. The story is a painful
one because the causes of the
fall are so apparent. Sin had its
way and did its worst. The peo
ple forgot the God to whom they
owed their very existence and
turned to paganism, worshiping
idols. When they did attempt to
worship Jehovah, it was in a
half-heated way and without
understanding of the true nature
of worship.
Despite the warnings of God,
through his prophets, the people
continued in their sinful ways,
failing to walk as a godly people.
Finally, the hand of God came J
heavily upon them to bring |
about their captivity and suf- 1
sering and ruin. “The soul that j
sinneth, it shall die,” is as true |
of a nation as it is of an indi- j
vidual.
In our own time, we have seen [
nations rise and fall and may;
have asked ourselves the ques
tion, “Why do nations perish?”
A study of the Scripture gives,
with absolute directness, the an- ;
swer, attributing the collapse of
nations to a lack of quality of
heart and conduct. The nation
that rejects the moral and spirit
ual law of God will perish. The
i fact was evident in the day of
J Israel: it is still true today. This
;is still God's world and those
j who love and obey him will sur-
I vive, while those who hate Him
and violate His basic laws will
| suffer. “Righteousness exalteth
a nation, but sin is a reproach
|to any people.” (Prov. 14:34.)
Isaiah tells of a primary wick
edness which contributed to the
j fall of Israel, when he declares,
“Woe to the crown of pride, to
the drunkards of Ephraim, whose
glorious beauty is a fading flow
er, which are on the head of the
fat valleys of them that are
lovercome with wine!” Drunken
ness was a contributing factor
to the downfall of Israel and to |
the fall of other great nations.
During the past war, it was Pe
tain, who declared, “Alcoholism
was the chief cause of the French
army’s collapse and the worst of
France’s four great problems.
Our soldiers were drunk and
could not fight.” .
Having studied the reasons for :
the fall of Israel and other na
tions, what parallels do we find
in our own nation’s life? Are we j
in danger of slipping as a na- j
tion? While we may not be build- j
ing places for pagan worship,
erecting idols to pagan dieties, !
can it not be said of us that we ,
are wearing “a crown of pride,”
worshiping at the shrine of ma- j
terial prosperity and, in the pur- j
suit of pleasure, forgetting God?
And the drunkards of Ephraim ;
have nothing on us. The drink-
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ers of America spent a total of
$8,700,000,000 for alcoholic bev
erages in 1946, or an average of
SB9 for each person over 18
years of age. The growing list
of arrests for drunkenness, car
wrecks caused by it, and rot
tenness growing out of it put
Ephraim to shame. If greed, im
morality and intemperance can
be called ungodliness, then
America is headed toward Is
rael’s doom.
THE ANSWERS
1. About one-third.
2. On Lake Geneva, Switzer
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3. The President’s personal
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4. The idea that high prices
will slow down sales to the point
of reducing production and caus
ing unemployment.
5. About $11,000,000,000.
6. No; the official name is
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7. U. S. Commission of Edu
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8. Great Britain.
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