_When Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt heard of it _. .. _ they sent and called him._ THE KINGDOM DIVIDED 1. This chapter reveals one of the turning-points in Israel’s history, for it is as true in the history of Israel as in that of any other people that there are periods comparativel... [ Continue Reading ]
_If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day _. .. _ then they will be thy servants for ever._ A ROYAL SERVANT These words are of deep-reaching import, and contain a principle of universal application. They especially apply to starts in life. When the son leaves the parental home for his n... [ Continue Reading ]
_My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins._ REHOBOAM’S FOOLISH ANSWER These were the words of an infatuated fool--a fool led on to his own destruction by the “irony of destiny.” I. Wisdom is not hereditary. The question is often asked, as this kind of phenomenon comes under notice... [ Continue Reading ]
_This thing is from me._ THIS THING IS FROM ME I. Some events are specially from God. God is in events which are produced by the sin and the stupidity of men. This breaking up of the kingdom of Solomon into two parts was the result of Solomon’s sin and Rehoboam’s folly; yet God was in it. God had... [ Continue Reading ]
_And Jeroboam said in his heart._ IDOLATRY IN ISRAEL “History is God teaching by example.” All history is that. But the annals of the Hebrew race possess a peculiar interest, because in them the divine tuition is divinely interpreted. In the historical books of the Old Testament we have the record... [ Continue Reading ]