CHRIST’S GLORIOUS ASCENSION FORETOLD Lesson 9 Psalm 47:5 and Psalm 68:18 It is rather amazing that the event of the ascension of our Lord and Savior, which seems to receive so little attention in the church of the present day, is referred to so often in the Psalms. As we have seen earlier, Psalm 24 […]

THE MARRIAGE OF CHRIST AND HIS PEOPLE Lesson 7 Psalm 45 There are some commentators who do not believe that this Psalm is a Messianic Psalm, but, that it is a song singing the praises of one of the kings of Israel or Judah. However, the language of this Psalm clearly points in a different […]

JEHOVAH’S COMING TO JERUSALEM Lesson 5 Psalm 24:7–10 David and the Ark David was anointed king and reigned over the tribe of Judah for seven years. The house of Saul, though doomed to failure—he was of the tribe of Benjamin—still held on to the rest of the house of Israel. It is true that in […]

Lesson 3 Psalm 16 THE BELIEVER’S REFUGE Strictly speaking, only a small part of this Psalm may be called Messianic. However, in order to understand that part which is definitely Messianic, the Whole Psalm has to be studied and reviewed. The Psalmist is writing about his own experiences but his experiences do not exhaust the […]

THE CERTAIN VICTORY OF THE LORD’s ANOINTED Lesson 1 Psalm 2:1–6 Psalms About Christ This season we will study the Messianic Psalms. The entire Old Testament, including the Psalms, looks forward to the Christ in Whom the fulfillment is found. However, in the Psalms, as also in various parts of the prophetic writings, there is […]

THE MILITANT CHURCH Lesson 15 Ephesians 6:10–13 Glorious things have been written about the church in the epistle to the Ephesians! The church is the fulfillment of the “mystery” which had never been revealed before. Jew and gentile, rich and poor, bond and free, learned and unlearned—they all meet together in the church. Paul has […]

CHRIST AND THE CHURCH: THE PATTERN FOR THE HOME Lesson 13 Ephesians 5:22–33 Wives and Husbands This paragraph has received more unfavorable attention in our day than any other part of the Epistle to the Ephesians. Paul is dealing with a relationship which is undergoing great changes in our age. What is the proper relationship […]

IMITATORS OF GOD Lesson 11 Ephesians 5:1–14 Some believe. that the first two verses of chapter 5 belong with the material which has been treated in the previous chapter. However, it fits just as well with the thought the Apostle develops in the verses 3 to 14 of chapter 5. He will speak of the […]

THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE BELIEVER’S AND UNBELIEVER’S LIFE. Lesson 9 Ephesians 4:17–24 The church of Jesus Christ will somehow display a unity in the midst of a hostile world. We often despair of such a unity, but it is a fact despite the fact that there are all manner of branches of that one church […]

PAUL’S PRAYER FOR THE EPHESIAN CHURCH Lesson 7 Ephesians 3:14–21 The main task which the Lord has given the apos.ties to do is to teach and proclaim the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ. However, there was also a priestly work to be done to build up the church which the Lord had established. It is […]