6 THE REMNANT OF ISRAEL.
ple try to learn by beginning at the back part to study.
‘Lhe religionist of this age says, “the New Testament
1s their guide.” Such 1oolishness and ignorance is
deplorable. ‘Lhe facts are, they know nothing of what
the New 'l'estament teaches. ‘The New 'lestament is
made up wholly from the teaching oi the old. Neither
shrist nor the Apostles had any New Testiment to
preach 1rom. The discussion between Christ and the
Apostles with the Jews was on points of doctrine
taught mn the Old testament. ‘Lhe ignorant Jews know
nothing of its true teaching. Hence neither Christ
nor the Apostles had any New Testament to teach.
they iaught Moses. ‘today the exaet condition
18 repeated. ‘the teachers who take the New 'l'esta-
uent as their guide only know about as much about
God s will and truth as did the ignorant Jew. That
was practically nothing. But as stated by the pro-
phet when the truth on the writings olf Moses 1s taught
tnese bund guides will not hearken to God's word nor
wo his law buv reject it. ‘1hey are entirely unable to
counect the Bible into one story and one truth and
always teaching the same thing. But like a drowning
mal graps at straws here and there until they and
herr tock both fall into the ditch. We are safe in
saying the majority of the people who have gone to
cnurch all their lives have never read the Bible through
much less to become acquainted with its true teaching.
‘this class 18 ever ready to condemn but they know not
what. But like the claim 1s made against a certain
poutical party, “they are against it” it the teaching
m any way pertains to the teaching of Moses and the
rrrophews. ‘rhis class trusts thew bodies to the doctor
ang their souls to their preacher as the saying is, and
they look after the things pertaining to the world and
. go to meeting on Sunday.
''he old story begins with the creation in the first
part of the Bible. It relates the temptation and fall
and the descendants of’ Adam and live. The story
divides with the two boys oi Adam—Seth and Cain.
Lhe descendants ol Seth were the righteous class. ‘Lhe
wicked ‘class irom Camm. Separation of these classes
both 1n social and marriage relation was advised from
that day to this. We note more particularly the des-
cendants of Seth. Krom him there were ten gener-
ations from Adam to Noah. The flood was 1656 years
irom creation. As a result of not keeping these classes
separate, the whole world became wicked and was des-
troyed. Again the earth was populated by the three
sons ol Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The lineage
and location ot these three boys are given in Gen. 10.
wspecially that of Shem. From him descended ten
generations move till Abraham. The total time to the
pith of Abraham from the creation is given as two
thousand and eight years. At this point God accepted
Apraham as a righteous man because he believed God
and obeyed Him by keeping all His commandments,
ris statutes, and His laws. Therefore God made a
covenant with him that in him all nations of the earth
should be blessed, and that Christ should be born as a
redeemer of the world, trom his seed. His promised
seed was Isaac. His grandson was Jacob. His great
grand children were twelve boys of Jacob’s. From
which the twelve tribes of Israel sprang. Their so-
journed in Egypt as bondmen of Pharaoh was two hun-
dred and fifteen years.
The story of Joseph, one of the twelve boys comes
in the story at this time. The time finally came when
they were delivered by Moses as a servant of God from
Kgyptian bondage. They were delivered just 2513
years from creation and on the very day God had told
Abraham they would come out. This is all told thus
far in the book of Genesis, never was there a book con-
taining so much truth on history, the plan of salvation,
the dealings of God with his people which were intend-
ed to give hope to the people of God as does this book
of Genesis. Kvery promise of the Gospel i is in it. The
principles of every law ever given is in it. The ever-
lasting covenant by which men are saved is in it. The
story of our fathers is in it. The story of the flood
from which ihe lesson is drawn of the next destruction
of the world is in it. In short every truth and plan
God ever had is couched in it. Yet how little read and
known by his professed children of today. No wonder
“darkness covers the earth and gross darkness the
people.” Leaving the book of Genesis the story is
continued in Exodus. They left Egypt. These twelve
tribes wondered as a result of their unbelief forty
years in the wilderness. Moses and Aaron die and
Joshua leads Israel over Jordan's dry channel, through
icy walls of water on either side, which was a symbol
to Israel of death and the grave before they could en-
ter the final inheritance promised to their father Abra-
ham, of which Canaan was a type. Rahab the harlot
hung out the scarlet cord from her window on the wall
of Jericho, showing to Israel her faith in the same
Christ they believed in as the sin bearer of the world.
"thus saving her house. The surrounding of Jericho
for seven days and on the Seventh day seven times
showing their faith in the seven thousand years the
world would stand from creation before they entered
their final inheritance in the earth made new of which
the entrance to Canaan was a type. The trouble with
Achan who stole the golden wedge and the Babylonish
garment, and the lot being cast to search out the wrong
‘person who had caused the trouble in the camp, and
the burning of Achan and his house and all his stuff—
all teaching them a lesson of the final valley of Achor
which means the valley of trouble through which the
people of God must pass before their entrance into
their inheritance after the close of probation. The
casting of lot to find out the wrong doer was a symbol
ol’ the judgment in the end of the work of the Gospel,
to find out who would be saved and who would be lost—
who would enter the land and who would be burned in
the lake of fire. Also prior to their crossing Jordan
all were to be circumcised which was the token of the
covenant made with Abraham that he and his seed
should enter the final inheritance but before they could
be saved and enter they must all be converted at heart.
we say that every step of the story from Creation to
the end is full of the most interesting thoughts ever
penned by man. All of which is lost to the man who
begins at the wrong end of the Bible to study eternal
things. Moses as he viewed the promised land from
Pisgah saw the new earth in its beauty of which the
land of Canaan was but the type.
Next, Joshua divides the land among the twelve
tribes, a type of the division of the new earth. Each
tribe having their own standard or ensign. Each color
reminding them of the lesson taught Noah by the
colors of “the bow in the cloud and the lessons taught
by each color. Four hundred and fifty years were
covered in the story from Moses to the anointing of a
king. The first of which was Saul. He reigned forty
years, David forty, Solomon forty, Samuel the last
judge also ruled forty years. Three years before the
death of Solonion the tribes were divided into two
houses, the house of Judah and the house of Israel.
Judah consisted of Judah, Benjamin, and the half tribe
of Manasseh, the son of Joseph. The house of Israel
was composed of nine tribes and the other half tribe
of Joseph which was Ephraim, Joseph having had two
sons while in Egypt. The tribe of Levi being taken
for the service of the Lord in spiritual things had no
inheritance. Solomon appointed before his death
Jeroboam the son of Nebat ruler over the house of
Israel. Rehoboam the son of Solomon was king over
the house of Judah. The house of Israel was wicked