Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-04-24

sincere gentle seeking fellowship with
God aud share IN his gracious prom
ises had, through Christ, exactly the
same rights as had the Jew-no more,
no less. Indeed. the Jewish converts
to Messiah became fellow members OF
this Lazarus outcast class. which now,
though no more glorious than before
In the sigh of men. was specially fa-
vored Of the Lord (Ephesians II. 100.
The 6essar In Abraham's Bosom.
Abraham Is styled the father OF the
faithful" and from this standpoint all
faithful to God are counted as his
geographically. This IL the
figure used In this parable. Lazarus,
accepted to Abraham's bosom in the
parable, means that all Of that class
outcast from the Jewish nation. but
hungering for the crumbs OF divine
favor and blessing and cleansing. were
adopted as Abraham's seed or children
Of his bosom The typifying Cod. Thus
all gentiles accepting Christ are now
children OF Abraham. children OF God
by faith In the blood Of Christ. Our
Lord Jesus Is the head Of the seed Of
Abraham, and all We as well rs all
faithful Jews accepting him and be-
coming his disciples are counted men,
bers Of his Body. AS the apostle de-
clares. Now we. brethren, as Isaac
was. are the children Of promise"
and. again. IF We be Chrlsts then are
We Abraham's Seed and heirs" Gala.
tlans III, 20; ~. 2S).
The Rich Man Tormented In Hades.
All scholars will concede that the
Greek word hades and the Hebrew
word sheol. rendered hell In our COM
mon version. really signify the death
state, the tomb. Various Scriptures
tell us Of tne silence Of sheol and hades
and that there is neither wisdom nor
knowledge nor device there; that the
dead know not anything. Scholars
therefore have been perplexed greatly
at the statement Of this parable that
the rich man lifted up his eyes In
hades. being In torments. The diff
Guilty dissolves as soon rs we have
the proper Interpretation to the para
BILE and see that the Jewish people
died as n nation and were buried as a
nation, but did not all die individually.
The people Of Israel. outcast from
their own land among all the nations
Of earth. are very much alive, socially
and personally. having suffered for all
these centuries.
Only very recently we have had an
exhibition Of how this rich man U.s.
raeD, dead as a nation. but alive as
people. has appealed to Father Abra-
ham to have Lazarus cool his tongue
with drop of water. or course the
thought wolld not be that a spirit
finger would take drop Of literal wa
ter to cool literal tongue. The inter-
probation must be looked for along the
lines Of the parable. The fulfillment
came when the Jews Of this country
in general petition requested the
president Of the United States to CO.
operate with other christian nations
and intercede on behalf Of their men,
bers in Russia that they might have
more liberty and less persecution. that
their torments might be cooled.
IL we look for the rich mans five
brethren" we find them. There were
twelve tribes Of Israel. and. although
all OF these tribes were In general
way represented In Israel in our Lords
day. yet, strictly speaking. that rich
man was composed mainly of the two
tribes--Judah and Benjamin. Now, II
the two tribes ,rere represented in tho
one man the other ten tribes would
be properly enough represented In his
"ive brethren" The suggestion of the
parable that something be done for
these five brethren is for the purpose
of showing us that nothing would be
done for them. The answer of the ap-
peal was: They have Moses and the
prophets. II they hear not Moses
and the prophets. neither Will they be
persuaded though one rose from the
dead" duke xvi. 20. 81.
Here, dear friends, we have a con-
sistent Interpretation Of this parable.
and 1t relieves our minds greatly. II
assists also I'm illustrating to us the
special relationship of the Jews under
the Law Covenant and how this special
relationship was lost by reason Of
their unbelief and how their unbelief
alienated them from the divine favor
Of this gospel age and constituted a
deep and wide gulf between them and
the spiritual Israel class represented
In Lazarus In Abraham's bosom. We
thank God that the promise OF the
Scriptures is that with the end OF this
gospel age this gulf Of unbelief and
consequent separation from divine IA
vor will be done away and Israel will
be delivered from the torments OF
these centuries aud experience ma
tional resuscitation or resurrection I'M
der the glorious privileges. favors and
advantages of the new covenant. Even
so have these also not believed that
through your mercy they also may OBJ
tain mercy" Romans xi. 81.
lsrael's New Covenant.
Gods great covenant. the oath bound
covenant. I'm thee and In thy Seed