Evening journal., 1905-10-23

richly blessed. See what follows: And
there came unto Him great mutitudes
having with them the lame. blind
dumb. manned. and many others, and
they cast them down at His feet: and
He healed them: insomuch that the
multitude wondered. when they saw
the dumb speaking. the MANNED whole.
and the lame walking. and the blind
seeing: and they glorifed the God of
Israel (vs. 80. S1.)
In the day when Israel shall be re-
claimed and restored to the land. with
the Lord Jesus reigning as Priest on
His throne. the blessing viii overflow
throughout the whole wide world-and
then shall the muttudes glorify the
God Of Israel. Isaiah saw il all and
foretold it in the second chapter of
his Prophecy. saying. Tt shall come to
pass I'm the latter days. that the noun
tain Of Jehovah's house shall be es-
tabished on the top OF the mountains,
and shall be exalted above the hills
and all nations shall flow unto it. And
many people shall go and say. Come
We. and let us go up to the mountain of
Jehovah. 10 the house OF the God of
Jacob and He viii teach us of His
ways, and we viii walk in His paths;
for out of Zion shall go forth the Law.
and the Word OF Jehovah from Jeru-
salem. And He viii judge between the
nations and will decide concerning
many peoples; and they shall beat
their swords into plowshares, and their
lspears into prunnghooks; nation shall
not lift up sword against nation, neil
lther shall they learn war any more. o
house Of Jacob. come We, and let us
walk in the light OF Jehovah. Osa .:
l2-5)
"Now all this is typically set forth in
the miracle which follows: And Jesus
called unto His disciples, and said.
have compassion on the multitude, be-
cause they continue with Me now three
days and have nothing to eat; and 1
would not send them away fasting lest
haply they faint on the way. And the
disciples say unto Him, Whence should
we have so many loaves in desert place,
as to hll SO great multtudel And Jesus
said unto them How many loaves have
yef And they said. Seven, and a few
small fishes. And He commanded the null
titude to sit down on the ground; and lie
took the seven loaves and the fishes; and
lie gave thanks and brake, and gave TO
the disciples. and the disciples to the null
titudes. And they all ate. and were filled:
and they took up that which remained
over OF the broken pieces, seven baskets
full And they that did eat We're -four
thousand men, besides women and chill
dren And He sent away the mulutudes,
and entered into the boat. and came into
the borders of Magdalen. Tvs. S2-S9)
In our study of the feeding of the five
| thousand. we learned that the multitude
there typihed the fulness of the Gentiles
in connection with this present church
dispensation. In the twelve baskets taker
up afterwards we saw that after the Lore
has finished the work Of visiting the Gen
tiles and has gathered out the people fol
His name. there will be ample supply o
the Bread of Life for the tribes o
lsrael-a full basket for each tribe. II
the present sign the other side Of the pie
ture is presented; and it is shown tina
after Israel, the earthly people and fou
is the earth number-after Israel Is nlled
the supply of the Living Bread Will sul
be unexhausted and inexhaustible. Th
number seven stands for completeness
and the seven baskets full signify the AN
sufficient supply for the nations-so tina
through Israel the whole earth shall b
hlled as the waters cover the sea. Thei
fall is the riches of the world; their los
is the riches of the Gentiles-how mucl
more their fulness?
1t is significant that the baskets en-
ployed in these two miracles were not IN
same. In the feeding of the five thou
sand, when twelve baskets were file
with the remaining fragments. the baske
was the 'kophinos, small hand-baskel
peculiar to the Jews; while in the feedin
of the four thousand. the basket was IN
spuris. a much larger basket or hamper
used more generally by the other nations
1t is also noteworthy that the Lor
Jesus remarked on the number OF day
during which the people had gone with
r out food 1 have compassion on the mu
Z titude,' He said, because they continu
r with Me now three days and have moth
: ing TO eat (v. 32) In chapter l2:40 IA
| had predicted His own resurrection afte
= three days in the heart Of the earth; an
> In that resurrection, though they shoul
blessing for them. Doubtless also II
had I'm mind these present days, whe
Israel. though in the very presence of tn
true Bread which, came.down from heave
/. for them. arc still without food. for the
] will not have the Bread Of God-they cor
tinue with Him now three days and haN
p nothing to eat. But He has compassio
\ upon them and lie will yet spread "A tab
e for them in the wilderness. And the
: shall Israel say as it is written, Come an
{ let us return unto Jehovah; for He hat
:. torn, and He will heal us; He hat
e smitten, and He will bind us up Att,
}. two days He will revive us; on the thir
= day He viii raise us up. and we shall Il,
, before Him. And let us know. let us 10
!, low on to know Jehovah: His going fort
, is sure as the morning; and lie VIII con
y unto us as the rain as the latter raj
:. that watereth the earth OHos. q: l-3l
n ''rhe chapter closes with our I.or
e finding rest in the boat, which. as "
Y learned from the fourteenth chapter. is
e. type of the church. For in the day ,
Is His Story the church will be manifest,
II with Him in glory SO shall we ever
y with the Lord Il. Thess. 4: 10
What is our sweetest Joy
e Beloved companion. saye
What our delightful best employ,
Ontiring' free from all alloy.
In this dark. cloudy day?
F" To speak together of our home.
= Lookins Tor Him Who soon will com