The heart is shut, and barr'd by sin, The heart's impure, the thoughts not good,Ezek. xvi. 9. The Spirit purifies with blood. The heart is naked, poor, and bad, The heart is poor, lost all that's good, The heart's perplex'd by day and night, Ezek. xvi. 10. }Col. Col. i. 11. Psa. xci. 15. Isa. Ixi. 1. Isa, Ixi. 1. Isa. Ixi. 3. Matt. v. 3. Mat. v. 6. John vii. 37. }John Psa. xxv. 9. Rom. viii, 26. PARALLELS BETWEEN MOSES AND JESUS. The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet, from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me, and unto him ye shall hearken." Deut, xviji. 15. Moses was saved when Pharaoh ordered the male children to be put to death Jesus was saved when Herod ordered the children in Bethlehem to be put to death. Moses refused the treasures of Egypt Jesus refused the kingdoms of this world. Moses went up to God on Mount Sinai. Jesus went in the mount, and was transfigured. Moses abode in the mount forty days and forty nights ..... .... .... Jesus was tempted in the wilderness forty days and forty nights .... Moses's face shone when he was on the mount Acts iii. 22. References. Exod. i. 16. Matt. ii. 16. Matt. xvii. 1. Exod. xxiv. 18. Matt. iv. 2. Exod.xxxiv.35. ..... Matt. xvii. 2. Jesus's face shone on the Mount of Transfiguration Moses was the Mediator between God and the people ... Jesus is the Mediator of the new covenant Moses sent twelve spies to search the land of Canaan ..... Jesus sent twelve Apostles to preach the Gospel .... Moses was rejected by the children of Israel Exod. xxiv. 8. Numb. xiii. Matt. x. Numb. xi. 23. Luke x. 1. Numb. xii. 3. Matt. xi. 29. Deut. xxxiv. 1. Luke xxiii. 33. Deut. xxxiii. 1. Jesus blessed his disciples before he ascended into heaven Moses having finished writing the Book of the Law, died Jesus said, "It is finished," and died.. See Note in page 7. Luke xxiv. 50. Deut. xxxi. 24. JOSEPH AND JESUS. Joseph was the beloved Son of his Father Jesus is the beloved Son of God Jesus was sent to visit his brethren upon earth Joseph was sold by his brethren for 20 pieces of silver Jesus was sold for 30 pieces of silver Joseph was an innocent man in prison between two criminals Jesus on the cross between two thieves Joseph foretold deliverance to one of his companions, and death to the other from the same signs other, after the same crime .... Gen. xxxvii. 3. Gen.xxxvii. 13. Galatians iv. 4. Gen. xxxvii. 28. Matt. xxvi. 15. Genesis xl. 15. Gen. xl. 12, 19. Jesus saved one malefactor and left the Luke xxiii. 43. Genesis xli. 16. Jesus performed what he foretold Luke xxiv. 6. Joseph could only foretell .... Joseph requested the person who should be delivered, to be mindful of him in his glory Genesis xl. 14. Jesus. The man saved by Jesus, prays he will remember him in his glory ... Joseph became the Saviour of his Father and Brethren in the time of famine .... Jesus became the Saviour of a lost world Joseph was exalted in Pharoah's kingdom Jesus is exalted to the throne of His Father in Heaven .... Luke xxiii, 42. Genesis xlv. 7. Phil. ii. 9. Exalted to His Father's throne, At God's right hand he now sits down,— And rule for all his people's good. Some of THE MOUNTAINS MENTIONED IN THE SCRIPTURES. Mount. Remarkable Events. .... Ararat. Where Noah's ark rested Amalek. Where Abdon was buried; he was a Judge in Israel ...... Calvary. Where Jesus Christ was crucified by fire Ebal. Where Joshua built an altar with stones .... ..... References. Genesis viii. 4. Judges xii. 15. 1 Kings xviii.20. Joshua viii. 30. Engedi. Where David hid himselffrom Saul 1 Sam. xxiii.29. Gilead. Where Laban overtook Jacob of the trees Hermon. Where King Og reigned, who was a giant Judges ix. 7. Josh. xii. 4,5. Deut. iii. 11. Hor. ........ Moriah. Where Solomon built the temple Exod. iii. 1. Deut. iii. 25. Where Moses died, aged 120 years Deut. xxxiv. 1. ven from Paran. Where God appeared in his glory to the Israelites Pisgah. Where Balak took Balaam to curse Seir. God's people Where Esau dwelt when he left his brother Jacob This Lesson is generally given out by two or three Monitors in the same manner as the Attributes of Deity. It should always be a rule with the Teacher to question the children on every Lesson or Hymn repeated, in order that its meaning may be made clear to their understandings. SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL PROPHECIES RESPECTING JESUS CHRIST. God's Promise to Adam and Eve. "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel."Genesis iii. 15. Jacob's Prophecy. "The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be."-Gen. xlix. 10. Balaam's Prophecy. "I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not nigh; there shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Seth."- -Numbers xxiv. 17. Moses' Prophecy. "The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet, from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me, unto him shall ye hearken."-Deut. xviii. 15, David's Prophecy of Christ's Words on the Cross. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me !”. Psalm xxii. 1. my David's Prophecy of his Garments. They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon vesture." "-Psalm xxii. 18. |