THE FAITHFUL RECHABITES (35:12-19) GOLDEN TEXT. --_ Unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment._ -- Jeremiah 35:14. TIME. --About B. C. 606. PLACE. --Jerusalem HELPFUL READINGS. -- 2 Kings 10:15-27; Jeremiah 35:1-11; 2 Chronicles 36:15-21. LESSON ANALYSIS. 1.. Pledge Taken;... [ Continue Reading ]
GO TELL THE MEN OF JUDAH. God leaves the wicked without excuse. They are not left in ignorance or without warning. Noah preached for one hundred and twenty years to the antediluvians. For more than. generation Jeremiah called Judah to repentance. Now while the Assyrian armies are thundering around... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WORDS OF JONADAB THE SON OF RECHAB. Jonadab, or Jehonadab, for thus the name is elsewhere written, was. contemporary of the prophet Elijah and. most remarkable character. Though not of Hebrew stock, he belonged to. branch of the Kenites who had followed the fortunes of Israel, and were faithful... [ Continue Reading ]
RISING UP EARLY AND SENDING THEM. These verses point out the wonderful patience and long suffering of God and the continued effort to turn Israel away from its sins. They had from the time of Moses been assured that he would preserve them and keep them in the promised land, if they continued to ser... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE WILL. BRING UPON JUDAH..... ALL THE EVIL THAT. HAVE PRONOUNCED AGAINST THEM. The threatenings of God, pronounced in Deut. chap. 28, by Isaiah, Jeremiah and other prophets, were all conditional. Blessings were promised for obedience; woes for disobedience. Now the national cup of iniquity... [ Continue Reading ]
JONADAB THE SON OF RECHAB SHALL NOT WANT. MAN TO STAND BEFORE ME FOREVER. The Jews are condemned for their unfaithfulness to God; but the Rechabites are commended for their fidelity to the pledge made by all their house to keep the command of Jonadab. Though mighty enemies were crushing the land un... [ Continue Reading ]