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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Aug 6, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 30.

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The Sabbath-School.

LESSON FOR THE PACIFIC COAST—AUG. 29.

Inheritance of the Saints.—Continued.

THE GATHERING OF ISRAEL.

1. WHEN God made the promise to David, concerning his kingdom, what did he say of Israel?
“Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime.” 2 Sam. 7: 10.
2. Yet what happened to the people a few hundred years after this? See notes on preceding lessons.
3. What did Isaiah say concerning the gathering of Israel?
“And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek; and his rest shall be glorious. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.” Isa. 11: 10–12.
4. Who are the children of Abraham?
All who are Christ’s are the children of Abraham. Gal. 3: 29. Christ himself said: “If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.” John 8: 39. Abraham’s characteristics were faith (Rom. 4: 3), and obedience to the commandments of God. Gen. 26: 5. Therefore those who are the children of Abraham, must keep “the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.”
5. Relate a circumstance that happened to Jacob as he was returning to Canaan, from Syria.
“And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.” Gen. 32: 24–29.
6. What name was then given to him? See verse 28.
7. Why was this name given to him?
8. What is the signification of “Israel”?
The name “Israel” signifies, “a prince of God,” or “one who prevails.”
9. Then what name should be applied to all who overcome? They are Israelites.
10. Who only will have a place in Christ’s kingdom?
“To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” Rev. 3: 21.
11. When are the overcomers called to a place in the kingdom of Christ?
“When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory; and before him shall be gathered all nations; and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats; and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” Matt. 25: 31–34.
12. Why do the angels come with the Lord?
“And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” Matt. 24: 31.
13. Then is not this the gathering of Israel? It can be nothing else.
14. How extensively will God’s people be gathered?
“And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” Matt. 24: 31.
15. With what statement of Isaiah does this agree?
“And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.” Isa. 11: 12.