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

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Kings. I and II Chronicles cover nearly lhe same period as lhe Kings. These books slarl wilh lhe end ol lhe iudges and conlinue on lhrough lhe lime of Samuel, who was lhe con- necling link belween lhe judges and lhe kings. The remainder ol lhese books relales lhe hislory ol lhe kings, lhe divided kingdoms, lhe deslruclion ol Jerusalem, and lhe capliv- ily The books ol Ezra and Nehemiah give in- sighls inlo lhe relurn from caplivily, while Eslher is a slory ol lhe lile of Eslher and lhe Jews in Persia. The books from Job lo Sol- omon are usually considered lhe poelic books. They do nol lollow lhe hislorical books in lime sequence. This poelry has been an inspiralion lhrough lhe ages lor ils exlraordinary beauly and power. -Anna Lee Barnharl EZRA AND NEHEMIAH Ezra and Nehemiah was laughl by Brolher Jesse Neuenschwander. ll gives lhe hislori- cal accounl of lhe Jews' relurn lo Jerusalem lrom Babylon. Ezra led lhe second group lo Jerusalem. In Ezra 7:IO, we see lhal he was a lully dedi- caled man lhal God could use: For Ezra had prepared his hearl lo seek lhe law ol lhe Lord and lo do il . . . . The king had senl malerials lo Jerusalem lo' aid in lhe building. In spile ol much opposilion, lhe lemple was finaly compleled, an example showing lhal .lhe Lord's work can'l be permanenlly hindered. In lhe laller arl ol lhe book, we find Ezra dealing wilh llie sin ol inlermarriage lhal had crepl in among lhe people. Nehemiah led anolher group lo Jerusalem aboul len years aller Ezra. Again we see lhe enemies ol God lrying lo hinder lhe work. Firsl lhey lried mocking lhem, and lhen lhey all conspired logelher lo lighl lhem, bul neilher allempl slopped lhe Jews lrom com- pleling lhe wall. Therich ol lhe land had oppressed lhe poor lo such an exlenl lhal lhey had lo sell ' lheir sons and daughlers lo buy lood. Nehe- miah lhen lold lhe rulers and nobles lo give back lhe land, and lhe hundredlhs parl ol lhe money, corn, and oil. Laler in lhe book, Nehemiah reads lhe law and lhe people lind greal ioy in obeying il. This is lhe lasl his- lorical book. -Dennis Carpenler 2I TABERNACLE STUDY -God said, And lel lhem make me a sanc- luary lhal I may dwell am-ong lhem. Jesus said, I am lhe way. The gale Ol lhe labernacle symbolizes lhis. No man can come any olher way bul by lhe gale or also he will be doomed. The shedding of blood lor lhe sacrifices represenled Jesus d-ying on lhe cross lor our sins. The laver was a daily experience ol cleansing. The priesls washed every day in lhe laver before lhey wenl inlo lhe Holy Place. The candleslick represenled Chrisl as lhe Iighl ol lhe world. The Allar ol Incense was lhe place ol inlercession. Aaron ollered incense morning and evening. These were iusl a shadow ol lhe good lhings lo come. We musl come lo God daily wilh our prayers. We cannol approach God in worship excepl lhrough Jesus Chrisl. Once a year lhe high priesl enlered lhe mosl I-Ioly Place lo sprinkle blood on lhe mercy seal lor lhe alonemenl of lhe people's sins. This represenls Chrisl's alonemenl lor our sins when he died on lhe cross. -Rulh Mellinger -li--11-1 REVELATION Blessed is he lhal readelh, and lhey lhal hear lhe word-s ol lhis' prophecy, and keep lhose lhings which are wrillen lherein: lor lhe lime is al hand. Rev. I:3. This was our experience as approximalely lwenly sludenls mel wilh Brolher Oliver Keen- er lo sludy lhe lasl book ol lhe Bible, a revela- lion ol Jesus Chrisl. God's purpose lor lhe book ol Revelalion was lo unveil and show us lhings which were, lhings which are. and lhings which shall be herealler. As we progressed lhrough lhe book, lhe Church age, lhe Raplure, lhe greal Tribula- lion period, lhe Greal While Throne Judg- menl, and lhe linal slale ol bliss lor lhe Chrislian, were revealed lo us. Much ol lhe liguralive speech used in lhe book can only be surmised unlil lhe aclual lullillmenl lakes place, and lhese lhings should be relained lor lulure reference as prophecy becomes lullilled. Ivlay each ol us be ready and walching wilh anlicipalion lor lhe Lord's second relurn, so lhal we will nol miss lhe many rewards lhe Lord has in slore lor us. s -Erma Weaver

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y I AND Il PETER l and ll Pefer proved fo be a valuable sfudy for abouf 25 sfudenfs. The firsf book was wrif- fen as an exhorfafion fo esfablish and sfrengfh- en suffering Chrisfians who were scaffered by persecution. The second book deals more wifh fhe prophecy of corrupf feachers and scoffers. As we looked af various -subiecfs from fhese fwo books' we especially noficed fhe sufficiency of God's grace for any sifuafion. One of fhe quesfions fhaf arose was in regards fo fhe elec'r according fo fhe fore- knowledge of God in chuapfer l:2. We were impressed fo nofice fhe consisfency of fhe Scripfures on fhis subiecf which is so offen mis- inferprefed. Pefer makes if clear fhaf we are elecf fhrough sancfificafion and obedience. Our feacher, Brofher Clarence Good, also refreshed our minds wifh, fhe imporfance of a Godly home. Bofh fhe husband and wife have a, greaf responsibilify in making fhe home a success. ' lf we do nof 'rake our God-given place in fhe home our prayers will be hindered and our influence losf. Ofher subiecfs we sfudied were: Salvafion for our Souls, 'rhe Growing Chrisfian, fhe Church a Spirifual House, Esfablishmenf in 'rhe PresenffTru'rh, Danger of False Teachers, efc. . ' This sfudy has helped me on foward 'rhaf goal which Pefer sfafed in chapfer 5:IO. Buf fhe God of all grace, who hafh called us unfo his efernal glory by Chrisf Jesus, affer fhaf ye have suffered awhile make you perfecf, sfablish, sfrengfhen, seffle you. -James W. Burk-holder TYPES AND sHAnows Types and Shadows, faughf by Brofher Benjamin Eshbach, proved 'ro be a very infer- esfing and profifable sfudy. 'ln sfudying 'rhis subiecf, we saw 'rhaf fhe New is in fhe Qld concealed: fhe Old is by fhe New revealed. We learned fhaf a fype is some person or obiecf poinfing forward fo some greafer per- son or obiecf. An anfefype is fhe fulfillmenf of fhe fype. Therefore, a 'rype sfays in effecf unfil fhe anfefype comes info being. For example, fhe manna which fhe children of lsrael afe, was a fype of 'rhe anfefype, Chrisf, who is fhe Bread of Life. Anofher beaufiful illusfrafion of 'rhis is 'rhe ark, which was a place of safefy for Noah and his family. The ark is a fype of fhe Church, a place of safefy for fhose who are saved. There are many fypes in Old Tesfamenf characfers poinfing forward fo Chrisf. Here are 'rhree examples: lsaac was willing fo give himself as a sacrifice, even 'ro fhe poinl' of deafh. Jesus also was obedienf unfo deafh, even 'rhe deafh of fhe cross. Moses delivered Israel from fhe bondage of Egypf. Jesus -de- livers us from 'rhe bondage of sin. Joseph was sold info Egypf for fwenfy pieces of silver, Jesus was sold for fhirfy. , ' ln 'rhis class we were made 'ro realize wifh deeper appreciafion, 'rhe greaf work of God in unfolding His marvelous plan of salva- fion. -Mark Kropf, .ilil--1-11 PSALMS For fhe Lord is good: his mercy is ever- lasfing: and his frufh endurefh fo all-genera- fions. Psalm lOO:5. . ' W , c This class, faughf by Norman Reinford, was an inferesfing subiecf, and we found many rich frufhs fhroughouf fhese days. There are many differenf kinds of psalms. Some of fhem are. psalms of penifence, consecrafion, prayer. praise, worship, and many ofhers. , Psalm 96:4 says, The Lord is greaf, and greaflygfo be praised- There are many fhings for which we should praise God. One of fhe main fhings we should praise God for is sal- vafion. We also sfudiedsome psalms abouf The church. lf we love fhe church as we oughf, we will be able fo say wifh fhe Psalmisf, l was glad when fhey said unfo me, Lef us go info fhe house of fhe Lord. Psalm l22:I. 4 -Anna Reinford ,11, BIBLE SURVEY II The sfudy of' Bible Survey ll has drawn our affenfion fo fhe booksiof fhe Old Tesf- amenf from l Samuel fo Song of Solomon. The Bible is 'rhe fexfbook for Redempfion. Many glimpses of God and His plan for humanify can be seen 'rhrough fhe sfudy of fhese books of hisfory and poefry. God presenfed fo us fhe frue hisforical facfs fo show fhaf man is a fallen creafure, fhus leading us fo Chrisf, fhe Savior. l and ll Samuel and l and ll Kings were, af one fime, only fwo books called l and ll zo

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MARK AcTionl This is whaT our class experienced The firsf period in The morning as we looked inTo This book - shorTesT of The four Gospels. Eliminafing The genealogy, birTh. and early life of Jesus Chrisf, Mark begins his accounf wiTh Jesus as a grown man already acTive in His minisTry. InsTead of relaTing much of whaT Jesus said, he porTrays our'ChrisT as a servanT serving His people. He was consTanTIy on The move sacrificing His Time and energy healing The lame, The blind, and The lepers, casfing ouT unclean spiriTs, and raising The dead. We found ThaT in answering The many quesfions and criTicisms which were direcfed To. Trip Jesus, he was as bold as a lion, buT genTle as a lamb, rebuking even Their unspoken Thoughfs. We wanT To Thank Bro. Gehman for help- ing us To deepen our appreciafion for our Lord who even To The very end was a Ser- vanT - giving his life a ransom for us. For even The Son of man came noT To be minisfered unTo, buT To minisTer, and To give his life a ransom for many. Mark lO:45. -Marion Grove I JOSHUA The class of Joshua wiTh I2 sTudenTs, led by Bro. Edwin Gehman, proved To be a very inTeresTing class. The main Theme of The book of Joshua is The conquesT and division of The land of Canaan. Joshua is a book of posses- sing our possessions. I We discovered ThaT The evenTs Taking place aT This ,Time of Israel's hisTory can be applied To our own Time. The children of Israel IefT The wilderness, crossed over The Jordan River by a miracle and enfered Canaan, .a I-and of bessings. By following 6od's direcTion, They Then proceeded To conquer The .land and iTs inhabiTanTs. These evenTs have Their counTer- parT wiTh God's pe-ople Today. A person leaves his life of sin by going Through The miracle of The new birTh. As he enTers The Chrisfian life. The baTTIes begin. The devil is There wiTh Temp- TaTions and Trials. BuT The vicTory is ours as, NCIS jollow The guidance and direcTion of The or . - ' - This book of The' law shall noT deparT ouT oT Thy mouTh: buT Thou shalT mediTaTe Therein day and nighT, -ThaT Thou mayesf observe To do according To all ThaT is wriTTen Therein: for Then Thou shalT make Thy way prosperous, and Then Thou shalT have good success. Joshua I:8i -PaT WiTmer Run-I AND Esn-:ER , The sTories of Rufh and Esfher received an inTeresTing review in The class TaughT by Brofher John Sensenig. Numerous Types and lessons for our own lives were discovered in Them. In RuTh, The concern God has in individual lives and His consTanT care for each person can be noficed. Rufh did noT know whaT she would face in Judah, buT she was deTermined To be among God's people and To go all The way wiTh Him. Her hearT-cry To Naomi was, WhiTher Thou goesT, I will go: and- where Thou lodgesT, I will lodge: Thy people shall be my people, and Thy God my God. RuTh l:l6. She is an ancesfress' of Chrisf lfhe greaT-grand- moTher of Davidl. Rufh is a Type of The Church and Boaz, a Type of Chrisf. Alfhough God's name is noT menTioned in The book of EsTher, His divine providence is seen. EsTher became Queen in The sTead of VashTi. When Haman's pIoT To desTroy The Jews was known, EsTher Took a consisTenT ap-' proach To her work and persisTed in iT unTil iT was finished. She mad-e inTercessions for her people la Type of Chrisflnand even risked her own life for Them. A concluding challenge was ThaT we, as God's people, need To sTand To- gefher in order To Tace TesTs of life Trium- phanTIy. . . . -Ellen E. Wenger l-1 I 8. II THESSALONIANS This class was TaughT by Bro. Alvin Snyder. The church aT Thessalonica, was esfablished on Paul's second missionary journey. Paul had a deep love and concern for This church, which prompTed him To wriTe This leTTer. Paul gives some very profound Teachin s concerning The Chrisfian life. He-deals mainTy wiTh The Chrisfian as he reIaTes To himself, To his fellow brefhren and also To The church. ' Much of The wriTing is concerning ChrisT's second coming. IT is apparenT ThaT The Thes- salonians held many incorrecT beliefs concern- ing The dead and The Times before ChrisT's coming. Paul gives some excellenf Teaching and warnings on This subiecf. 4 y May we ever be ready and waTching so ThaT ThaT day does noT Ta e us unawares. Therefore IeT us noT sleep, as do ofhers, buT IeT us wafch and be sober. I Thes. 516. -David Sensenig 22