Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-06
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WITHOUT A PARABLE HE SPAkE
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Juiy 10.

July TO.
The words that l speak unto YOU
they are spirit, and they are life =
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without a parable spake he not un-
to the people, What the prophet had
declared of HIM was true. He shali
oen fis mouth in parallels and in DARK
savings" 1t is important that we re-
member this Many noble Christlah
| people have inferred that our Lord )
words were all simple. and that they
| presented the truth in manner easily
! understood by everybody. Nothing Is
| further from the truth. If our LORD
para bles and dark sayings be taken as
PLAIN. literal statements OF truth. they
| will lead to all kinds of errors ana
misa pprehensions. Let us remember,
therefore. the Apostles declaration,
without a parable spake he not unto
the people"
| There is absolutely nothing in the
words of Jesus without deep signln-
canoe How many have stumbled over
our Lords parallels by taking them 10
| be literal statements of facts. How
absurd to conclude that simply because
a mar was rich. Jared SumptuOuSiy eN-
| ery ,!ay, and was garbed in fine linen.
! that he must suffer through all efef-
tnity How equally absurd to interpret
| The poor man Lazarus. who lay 2I the
rich mans gate, as representing, liter
}ally, and diseased beggars. How IN
reasonable to think that only such as
have had an experience of this kind,
WITH dogs to lick their sores, and hun
i ha
the rich mans table would experience
the lows of heaven, according to the
Divine program. How foolish tn think
of Abraham's bosom, which could hold
lonly two or three as being the portion
of blessing for only handful OF beg
gars.
| Truly these various statements OF the
parable shine out in beauty and con
sistcncy as we get the true light. upon
Them. and see their symbolic meaning
and application. We have already
presented the true Interpretation OF
this para BILE and may do so again al
some future time. for the benefit OF
new readers. We merely demonstrate
now the fact that our Lord spoke to
the people always III parallels and dark
lsayings.
Note afresh the parable of the wheat
and the tares the gathering OF the
former into the garner and the Durn-
ling of the latter. Neither represents lit
eral experiences. In the parable the
Wheat il not literal wheat, the tares
are not literal tares. The wheat SYM
boliZes the inheritors of the Kingdom
the rares symbolic the offsprngs OF
errOr-children of the wicked one. The
gathering into the barn of safety sym
holizes the glorification % the Church
on the spirit plane, and precedes the
shining forth of the sons of God in the
glory of the Millennial Kingdom. fol
the blessing of the grooming creation
as the Apostle declares, THE whole
creation groaneth and traVaileth il
} pain together. waiting for the NANTES
I tation of the sons of God" The Wholt
Vcreation is waiting for the shining
forth Of the sons of God in the King
dom and their shining forth in trptf
and righteousness will scatter all th'
darkness of sin and error and awaken
land revivify the world of mankind.
Eventually all the willingly obedien
may enjoy the blessings of eternal life
On The other hand, the description o.
the burning of the tares instead of re-
forril1g to the literal burning. has evil
IDENTITY, symbolic significance-i
means the destruction of the tare elias.
not their destruction as individuals
but as "tares as limitations of tn,
wheat" class.
How glad we are to find the key t
these symbol" statements-.these par
) ahles. How glad we are that by tht
use of this key the parabolic figures
IbecomeS reasonable and beautiful
What a silver lining there is to the
dark cloud of trouble which is now