Numidia Mennonite Bible School - Reflector Yearbook (Numidia, PA)

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TABERNACLE STUDY And let them make me a sanctuaryg tlgat I may dwell among them. Exodus L. :8. The tabernacle was only a shadow of things to come, and through this study we learned the real meaning of each part. God is a God of detail and order, therefore everything had to be made just as God had ordered, or the type would have been broken. We were challenged to live a more holy life before God. We cannot stop at the cross. In order to maintain a life in close fellowship with the Father we must move on into the presence of God. Daily we must come to the Word for cleansing, which is typified in the priest washing at the laver. A very precious truth is portrayed by the coverings for the tabernacle. Christ is un- attractive to the world but very precious to those who love and serve Him. The out- side of the tabernacle was very common to look at, but the inside was composed of the most costly and precious materials. The prayers of the saints rise as sweet perfume to God as did the incense from the Altar of Incense. Once a year the high priest entered the most holy place to make atonement for the sins of the people, by sprinkling blood on the mercy seat. This represented Christ's atonement for all our sins on Calvary. God's dealing with us is on the basis of mercy and not judgment. Our teacher, Brother Paul Ebersole, made the book of Hebrews become very meaningful to all of us. We, as young people, face life with the challenge to live close to the Lord, and to remain faithful to the end. -Janet Meck DANIEL One of the first things Brother M. S. Stoltzfus impressed on our minds was that this study is easy because God said it, we believe it and that settles it. Brother Stolzfus has a large chart and we each had a small study chart for the book of Daniel. Daniel and a host of Jews were taken captive into Babylon. Only Daniel and his three friends purposed to remain true to God. The key verse i D ' King Nebuchadnezzar nifgselpfiigg ,Where the future and had 3. dream b t erlng on No one could reveal it t ' u forgot it ien. God neve 0.him.eX9eDt Dani an unbelieverii reveals his Wm In fullto . The king saw a 1-ea ' ing four world kinggd0fI1gmfi.?1i1i?PY6S6Ht- of gold, his breast and arms of 'Tad was belly and thighs of brass and hissil Ver' he of 1ron. Thel tt k' - egs Were again. This kingdom is n 15 th Christ's kingdom will Iieotzhizldiezlygiaecatlse other kingdoms. Also, Christ refersvlih himself as a nobleman who was goin into tal far country to receive to himself aiing? k?1I1E,5e1Cr1nd.return. Daniel 2 :44 explains this We can say that we have had pleasant gbzgritgtions in our study of the book of a er mgdom will be revived -Kathryn Stauifer PARABLES 'Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables, that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not under- stand. Luke 8:10. The purpose of Jesus' teaching in parables is to bring out the meaning of His teachings in a simple and plain way, that those who Would, could understand. A parable is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning.. One of the parables we' discussed in class was that of the rich fool, found.1n Luke 12:16-21. This man was thlllklllg only of his physical welfare and not of his spiritual. His mind was filled with all his earthly treasures, but he did not thmlz about meeting God someday- We tqof muiid not get so involved with all that thi-S W01' has to offer, that we .forget to labfdllg treasures in heaven. This rlnlh man dl 'Le go to hell because he .was 1'1.Ch, but becau he left God out of his life. Our teacher, Brother ??11f11thlg7fI?g':If: h l d us understand more 11 Y , iyfgpdf these parables, which Wetglsclfifgg in class. I have appfeclated , ifessons, because these parables teach us day. - 1 ble even for our which are app ica -Esther Peiffer --17-- ellen ienltgrfs Mya! fnllld fy! pi lllthe Bmwufsp Whlc ' i if nel Nfl? 91 Jegnnll M rf' New ' nerinllf i ff A enlist' if for llfripfffpd ' nnnsneii tg nnen eff' ,1 Www lenelllltt Thema ,Q 5 1 lelwlwfic U 1 enchllh ,, eesnnenef Q15 l' rm nllllllllgll 'iff 3' ' ferent new 7 9 ' neeeh nit. The Bnfl 5 in F' wheenrlyfefsz 222 of Saul free purine' 2 usanenernpb ff 1 F neatennmgan: te nn gt? N' lhe epsl-s is me 1 ndnlcalinncia 1 generation ,Tilt Lf 5' nsion ming gn , Url' lf is gg ev1l,nndeh, 4, Hlleaungf i ' 4 0 nh llluzhm alle . 'P lrntheisgrufwi 5: WM5, Nehemiah Q Nh q Romans I Q. 3 llllnf BEN l mlllegt-ing x U. ln nn is 'N M555 llnlniigil lb '-H

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really see the Z0 out noticed of His of His He ig BS aside ly 'CO be become li in His .died the Personal instruc- ed every ins. la Yoder an out of se of the hurch. He nd to keep nrst heard s to estab- with one zllowship , teaching, ,l emphasis two fellows 1 the light, fellowship :7a. 5 God's an's ador- 4 brotherly in the 83' nany tests, we are m 3 Exhoats :S lithnv no i 11 into 'Clif Q the Cfmdl' ,Warns them: ,f und. 'Wk Jesu! Chmt 'in llwwmr V c a P ACTS The key verse of the book of Acts is Acts 1:8: But ye shall receive power, S that the Holy Ghost is come upon after , d ye shall be witnesses unto me you: an U both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. Luke, possibly the only Gentile writer for the Bible, is generally accepted as the author of Acts. This book consists of twenty-eight chapters and although it is called the Acts of the Apostles, it is mainly the Acts of Peter and Paul. Brother' Henry Weaver divided this book into three main divisions: Witness- ing at Jerusalem, chapters one through seveng Witnessing in J udaea and Samaria, chapters eight through twelve, Witnessing to the uttermost part of the earth, chap- ters thirteen through twenty-eight. The book of Acts is confined to the story of the formation and extension of the early Christian church over the area of Palestine, northward to Antioch, and from there westward, through Asia Minor and Greece to Rome, covering the land which made up the backbone of the Roman Em- pire. In this book we also have the history of the extension of the gospel to the Gentiles. Our class, though small in number, had many challenging discussions and made numerous discoveries as We searched the scriptures together. The book of Acts implies that the effec- tiveness and value of our everyday Work is measured by how much power We pray gown, not the amount of education We ave.: -Lois F. Steinhauer METHODS OF BIBLE STUDY This course was taught by Brother Aaron Shank. We came to realize the Importance of studying the Bible. Why? Because All scripture is given by inspir- M1011 Of God, and is profitable for doc- t1'1T19,.for reproof, for correction, for in- struction in righteousness. II Timothy 3 :16.. Its contents reveal Christ and makes us wise unto salvation. We get. the most out of the Bible by lfeadlng Wlth a prayerful attitude, depend- ing on the Holy Spirit to reveal God's will to. uos and by examining ourselves with a willing, obedient heart to keep His com- mandments. The Bible will not profit us much if we fit it only to others rather than to ourselves. A It is of value to note who the writer' is and what his purpose was of writing. Paul wrote letters to enlighten, to warn, to correct, or to encourage. The name of the book sometimes has a relation to the message. Genesis means Book of Beginnings and gives us the origin of many things. As we compare scriptures, the meaning becomes clearer. We found that marginal references and readings help us to quickly find other related verses and understand the meaning of a scripture. It is an inex- pensive and very profitable way to study the Bible. Study to show thyself approved unto God. - ' -Orpha Nisly j FULFILLED PRQPHECY - Is the Bible really true? If you have ever doubted, you should sit in the ful- filled prophecy class and you won't be doubting long. I was amazed at the vast amount of accurately fulfilled prophecy in the Bible. In this class, taught by Brother Menno Brunk, we first looked at various aspects of prophecy, such as its nature, source, character, form and time of fulfillment. We then looked at a few of the prophe- cies through the entire Bible. Some were lled ver soon while some others took fulii Y centuries to come to pass. One of the most interesting prophecies is concerning Christ. It is truly wonderful how exact and detailed the prophets of old spelled out the coming of the Messiah. We had a little trouble keeping off unful- filled prophecy as the line of fulfilled and f lfilled prophecies often come close to- geltliler. The greatest unfilled prophecy is ' d 'n of Christ, concerning the secon. comi g . an event we as Christians are looking forward to with great anticipation. 1 , -Amos L. Kaufman ......16...

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9 .Where S-erlng on .orgot it' ept Dan- Tl fllu to fllresent. fead Was .lver, his BSS Were :revived .because ist with efers to 91118 into ffl king- BIDS this Pleasant book of Stauffer 1oW the : but to ey might it under- if Jesus' out the lple and d, could ily story mssed in 'ound in thinking ot of his h all his at think oo, must is world lay up .n didn't because Weaver. ie 1118811- iscussed ig C1888 lessons, day- . Peiffer BIBLE SURVEY-'II In our class of twelve students with Brother Jesse Neuenschwander as teacher, We were challenged to a deep. study of the New Testament. . r AS we looked at the New Testament, we found that the books were not all written in the order in which they appear 1n the Bible. For instance, the book of James, which was one of the first books written, was recorded by James, the brother of Jesus, in 45 A. D. The gospels of Matthew and Luke were written 1H.60.A. D. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for- reproof, for correction, for instruction 1n 'right- eousnessf' II Timothy 3:16. There are four sections: the gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the epistles, and the Revelation. The gospels give an account of Christ's geneology, childhood and adolescence, His teachings, sufferings and. deathg and the assurance that we can have through Him. Although they are written by four dif- ferent persons, they are all harmonious to each other. The Book of Acts gives an account of the early Christian church. The conversion of Saul from persecutor to apostle gives us an example of the power of God and great encouragement for today. The epistles are letters written for the edification of the Christian church in every generation. The Revelation of Jesus Christ was the vision written by John, to reveal the fu- ure. It portrays the final disposition of evil, and the triumph of Jesus Christ and His cause! I -Elizabeth Baer OUTSTANDING CHAPTERS In this class we studied individual chapters throughout the whole Bible, with Brother Paul Weaver as our teacher. A diderent chapter was used for each period. Nehemiah 13, I Kings 20, Proverbs 15, Romans 8, Colossians 3, and James 1 were some of the chapters discussed. It was interesting to notice that even though these chapters were written by many different writers, yet they have a message which IS in complete harmony. This study helped us to realize more fully that even 'Ch0U8.'h there were many different writers, Cod wasnthe great master-mind in bring- lng us th1s marvelous book. I was especial- ,ly'1mpressed with I Kings 20, which con- tains many lessons for us today. We notice here that even though the Syrian army was defeated by the Israelites in their first battle, they d1dn't give up, but came back a year later with a different approach, This IS a good illustration to show us how Satan works against the .Christian Church 111 OUP day: When .Satan is defeated in one area, he will not give up, but will endeavor to defeat her purposes by another means. Through. the study of these chapters, I was again reminded how faithful God is 1n revealing His truth to us, if we will -take time to study His Word, V ' A ' -Leighton Martin L 1 AND n 'rHEssALoNlANs Grace be unto you, and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. This interesting study of the letters to the church of the Thessalonians, taught by M. S. Stoltzfus, has meant a lot to each one in the class. Unlike most of Paul's other letters, the main theme of these epistles is the return of Jesus Christ. Some of the teachings in preparation for the return of the Lord, which apply just as much to us today, are watch and be sober, obey the Gospel, stand fast, hold the traditions, and many other standards. by which we have been blessed in putting them into practice in our day. It is wonderful to note that even the small verses in this study are very helpful in the Christian's walk of life. One of these verses which we discussed is I Thes- salonians 5:22. Abstain from all appear- ance of evil. We talked about a number of things which are the appearance of evil. We were reminded that red apparel is an appearance of evil and should not be worn among Christians. Another important part of this study is the great falling away of the church and what will take place at that time. This we believe refers to our day more than any other time in history. May we not be a part of it. May we be strengthened by see- ing these scriptures fulfilled. The S1209 of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. -John L. Rohrer .-18.-