Evening journal., 1905-10-09

up the tares, ye root up the wheat with ]
them. Let both grow together until
the harvest; and in the time OF the |
harvest l will say TO the reapers. Gath
er up first the tares, and bind them in /
bundles to burn them but gather the l
wheat into my barn.
"Our Lords Interpretation of this
parable is given i'm verses 81 to 43:
He that soweth the good seed is the
Son OF Man; and the field is the world;
and the good seed, these are the sons
of the Kingdom: and the tares are the
sons of the evil one; and the enemy
that sowed them is the Devil: and the
harvest ie the end of the Age; aud the
reapers are angels. As therefore the
ltares. are gathered up and burned with
fire; so shall it be in the end OF the
Age. The Son Of Man shall send forth
His angels. and they shall gather out
of His Kingdom all things that cause
stumbling. and them that do iniquity,
and shall cast them into the furnace OF
fire: there shall be the weeping and
lgnash;ng OF teeth. Then shall the
righteous shine forth as the sun i'm
the Kingdom Of their Father. He that
hath ears let him hear
1T is clearly shown by this parable
that the Dispensation is to end without
a converted world. The tares do not
grow into wheat at the end-time, but
they are gathered up and burned with
fire. We shall be terribly dishearten-
ed and grievously disappointed If we
are looking for the conversion of the
world before the return of the Son of
Man.
TT ought to be noted here that the
lChurch is not in view in all this. nor IS
1.-THE Church Dispensation the Age so
loften referred to. It is the Jewish Age,
(which has been interrupted by the pa
lrentheticaI Church Dispensation. The
Jewish Ago is not yet finished. nor VIII
1T be until after the seven years
lof Daniels SEVENTEEN week.
lThe en- Of the seven-years
period is the end Of the Age
spoken of in these parallels. The end
fof the world is not mentioned at all,
lour English translations to the con-
ltrary Notwithstanding.
IN the parable of the mustard seed
(vs. 81. 32) we come to familiar ground.
The little seed grows into large
spreading tree. 1t is the same type as
luchadnezzar had received the King
dom from the hands of God, but in
mans hands 1t was corrupted and fur
lnished shelter to the beasts of the field
land the fowls OF the air. The same
thing is seen in the parable Of the
mustard seed. II is Babylon over
lagain. which is only another name for
what men are pleased to call Christen-
1 Drfr
lgodliness. but it denies the power
thereof. Heavenly in its origin and
lopposed to everything OF this world. it
Finally grows and spreads abroad be-
ling conformed to the world. II is now
la semi religious system, very great and
very popular The birds did not de-
stroy the seed. indeed. but they now
lseek and find rest i'm the branches OF
1.-THE tree. In other words the Devil
land his messengers, having failed to
luproot the religion of Christ i'm the be-
ginning. are now opposing it in much
lmore subtle way. They are now to be
found i'm the very midst of the system
land Identifying themselves with it. II
lis quite the thing nowadays to have
religion And Satan. ever alert. has
taken advantage OF this condition tC
. IDuL MS own representatives ii AiN
forefront as religious leaders. The
lChurch has always been cursed by
r these false leaders. and the Spirit o.
j God speaking of them in II. Cor. IL
, l13-15 SAYS that such men are false
! apostles. deceitful workers, fashioninl
themselves into apostles of Christ. AnC
, mo marvel for even Satan fashionetl
I himself into an angel of light. 1t 81
L.. fora mil n fc
tiers also fashion themselves as minis
ters of righteousness; whose end shal
t lbe according to their works.
a Another parable spake He unit
I them: The Kingdom of Heaven is lik
p lunto leaven. which a woman took, AM
. hid in three masures of meal, till it wa
i Ian Ieavened' (v. S3) This fourtl
8 parable has been a battle-ground for tn
commentators. There is no need o
> lconfusion. however. and no possibilit
4 lof confusion. II we are willing to boy
n Ito the authority OF the Scriptures ant
= allow them to interpret the parable 70
n us. The popular conception that leav
- len is the Gospel OF Christ and tina
# this Gospel is to pervade and permeat
d the world until the whole world
II Saved is utterly without any basl
e whatever. Not only does such an in
d yterpretation place our Lord I'm the po
e sition of contradicting all His othe
s lparables by the use of this one. bu
q lit also destroys the whole Bible as
,e source of authority in the matter OF It
;: own understanding and Interpretation
m lNow comparing spiritual things wit
n spiritual, we shall find that leaven
never once used i'm the Word Of Go
N except as a type Of. corruption. Th
v. first mention of leaven i'm the Bible
,r i'm the command to Israel. on that frs
s. Passover night. to put away leaven ou
le of their houses. (Ex. p: 15O In Le'
Is .: II. the Law provided that no mes
L. offering should be made with leavel
In Lev. 6: Il. i'm the Law OF the me;
IS offering. it is written, IT shall not b
10 baken with leaven. II is mos
g. holy The two wave-loaves OF til
Of Pentecostal offering Oev. %: 10 wei
p baken with leaven. because they typ
e. fled the church of God. and slgnife
r. that we are accepted in the Believe
g. in spite Of our indwelling evil natur
for He was made sin for US.
he In His personal ministry our LoT
he often used leaven as a type of evil. =
T. one time His disciples forgot TO tai
q, supply Of bread with them. An
IN Jesus said unto them. Take heed an
le beware Of the leaven of the Pharise'
I'd land Sadducees. And they reasone
g. among themselves. saying. We took =
I'd bread. And Jesus perceiving It sal
ct o We OF little faith. why reason ,
r among yourselves. because We have 7
I'M lhraad9 no ve not perceiVe neithl