Lesson 13 · March 30, 1895

The Judgment Message.—Concluded

Review Questions.

(a) Where is the sanctuary located?

(b) How may we learn about it?

(d) In what apartment does He now minister?

(e) By what providential circumstances did the Lord lead His people to study the subject of the sanctuary?

(f) What were they brought to see in regard to the law of God?

Questions.

1.What power did they find had sought to change the law and the Sabbath? ; . Note 1.
2.When they found that the Papacy was the power in question, what did they do?—They rejected the papal sabbath, and began to keep the Sabbath of the Lord and to teach it to others.
3.When they did this, what message did they proclaim? .
4.What is the rule of judgment in the court of heaven? ; .
5.To what, then, is it eminently proper to call the attention of the people at this time? Note 2.
6.Where only can we see the law in all its fullness and perfection?—In Jesus Christ. Note 3.
7.Then in order to correctly present the law of God what must we do?—Preach Jesus Christ and Him crucified. .
8.In giving the First Angel's Message, what must we preach? .
9.Of what, then, does the judgment message form a part?—The gospel.
10.What appeal is made in it concerning our worship? .
11.If we truly worship God, what worship is excluded?—All false worship.
12.What is the highest form of worship?—Obedience.
13.Against what are we warned in the Third Angel's Message? .
14.What is threatened against those who do not heed the warning? .
15.Of what does this unmingled wrath consist? .
16.By what symbol is a divided church represented in the last days? . Note 4.
17.What causes her fall? See note 4.
18.What description does Paul give of her condition? .
19.How bad does Babylon finally become? .
20.What relation will she then sustain to earthly governments? . Note 5.
21.Why are God's people called out of her? .
22.What is said of the people brought out under the last message? .
23.What great event immediately follows? .
24.To whom does He bring deliverance and salvation? .
25.Where do they reign with Christ during the thousand years? .
26.In what work will they engage? .
27.What will take place at the close of that period? .
28.Where will the saints finally reign forever? ; .
29.What must first take place? .
30.What anthem of praise and victory will then be heard? .

Notes

1. Sin is the transgression of the law (), and he who transgresses the law is a sinner. But when a man not only sins himself but by his influence and power leads millions of others to sin, how fitting that he should be called "the man of sin"! So the Papacy, under the symbol of the little horn in , is said to have "eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things" (verse 8), and he thinks to change times and the law (), and hence the Lord appropriately calls him "the man of sin." .

2. In view of the fact that the judgment is now in session, and that the law of God is the rule of judgment, it surely is the duty of those who have the light that shines from the sanctuary, to proclaim the great truth that "the hour of His judgment is come," and plead with the people to turn from all false worship and "keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus," that they may stand in the judgment and be accounted worthy of everlasting life. This is the message which is now due, and which must be given to the world, according to the prophecy. .

3. Man, in his fallen condition, is so blinded by sin that he cannot see the holiness and perfection of the divine law. Our eyes need to be anointed that we may see. Hence the Psalmist prays, "Open Thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy law." . The gospel reveals the law in all its perfection and beauty in the person of Jesus Christ. In Him all fullness dwells. . Therefore in receiving Christ and beholding Him the righteousness of the law is revealed to us and fulfilled in us. .

4. Babylon, from Babel, which signifies confusion, is a very appropriate symbol of the church of to-day with its multitudinous sects and jargon of conflicting creeds. The truth of God for these last days would have healed Babylon (), but she rejected the light from heaven, and teaches fables and false doctrines, to turn the people away from the truth and work of God. Thus she makes the nations drunken, and suffers a moral fall.

5. In her fallen condition, having separated herself from the Lord, her source of strength, she seeks the help of earthly powers, and unites with them in order to secure it. Thus she commits fornication and fills up the cup of her iniquity. Soon the plagues described in will overtake Babylon, and hence it behooves God's people to come out of her, and not partake of her sins and receive of her plagues. Verse 4. The Babylon here brought to view evidently includes the mother and the daughters of this great family, viz., the Church of Rome and all those churches that unite with the world and reject the Lord by refusing to obey His word and by teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

Bible texts in this lesson

Daniel 7:25 · 2 Thessalonians 2:3 · 2 Thessalonians 2:4 · Revelation 14:9-12 · Romans 2:12 · Romans 2:13 · Ecclesiastes 12:13 · Ecclesiastes 12:14 · 1 Corinthians 2:2 · Revelation 14:6 · Revelation 14:7 · Revelation 14:9 · Revelation 14:10 · Revelation 14:11 · Revelation 15:1 · Revelation 14:8 · 2 Timothy 3:1-5 · Revelation 18:1 · Revelation 18:2 · Revelation 18:3 · Revelation 18:4-8 · Revelation 14:12 · Revelation 14:14 · Daniel 12:1 · Revelation 4:1-5 · Revelation 7:9 · Revelation 19:1 · Revelation 20:4 · Revelation 20:6 · Revelation 20:5 · Revelation 20:7-9 · Revelation 5:9 · Revelation 5:10 · Daniel 7:27 · Psalms 37:9 · Psalms 37:10 · Psalms 37:11 · Psalms 37:34 · Revelation 5:13 · 1 John 3:4 · Daniel 7 · Revelation 14:6-12 · Psalms 119:18 · Colossians 2:9 · Romans 8:3 · Romans 8:4 · Jeremiah 51:7-9 · Revelation 18:8-24

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