Notes and Jottings

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A Gleaning From A Friend’s Letter. —
The contrast between the man of the world and the man of God shown out in the following verses about Ishmael and Isaac seemed to me very striking. Ishmael living and dying in the presence of all his brethren, and between Egypt and Assyria, the two lands of Israel’s captivity, and Isaac dwelling in the presence of “Him that lived and saw him” “Lahai-roi” and dying at Mamre, the place where Abraham had held communion with God.
Ishmael.
Isaac.
“And it came to pass after the death of Abraham that God blessed his son Isaac, and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi.” Genesis 25:1111And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi. (Genesis 25:11).
A Contrast—
The Son of man shall be: —
1. Delivered to chief priests and scribes.
2. Condemned to death.
3. Delivered to Gentiles.
4. Mocked.
5. Scourged.
6. Spit upon.
7. Killed.
But yet He shall rise again.
Sol. 1:1212While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. (Song of Solomon 1:12). “While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.”
John 7:53; 8:153And every man went unto his own house. (John 7:53)
1Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. (John 8:1). “And every man went unto his own house. Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives.”
John 12:33Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment. (John 12:3). “Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.”
WHO ARE BLESSED?
Those who are:—
1. poor,
2. hungry,
3. weeping,
4. hated,
5. avoided
6. reproached,
7. cast out as evil. Luke 6:20-2220And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. 21Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. 22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. (Luke 6:20‑22).
Phinehas.
1. Of an everlasting priesthood.
2. Zealous for his God.
3. Made an atonement.
Jesus Christ.
1. A priest forever, Hebrews 7:1717For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. (Hebrews 7:17).
2. The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up, Psalms 69:99For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. (Psalm 69:9), John 2:1717And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up. (John 2:17).
3. Made reconciliation, Hebrews 2:1717Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. (Hebrews 2:17).
STEPS OF GRACE, John 9
The man whose eyes were opened speaks of Jesus as:-
v. 11, a man,
v. 17, a prophet,
v. 38, the Son of God.