The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06
Moses and All tho Prophets"


that we are able to see, to praise God
and to rejoice that Jesus died: that
he suffered, the Just for the unjust"
that his death might constitute the
Ransom-Price for Adam and all his
race. This light upon the sufferings
OF Christ began to shine into the hearts
Of the Apostles on the day of our
Lords resurrection, corresponding to
tomorrow. The oil for that light lay
hidden In the words of Moses and all
the Prophets Of Israel, But 1t was
necessary that our Lord, having risen
from the dead to be the great anti
typical High Priest, should trim the
lamp of Divine Truth that the light
might shine out to all Of his people,
all Of his members" all Of the Royal
Priesthood" all who are in the con-
secrated condition OF heart, symbolical-
ly represented by the holy" Of Israels
Tabernacle.
Mark how gently and how wisely
the Lord permitted the light to shine
in gradually upon his faithful few.
not be blinded by an instantaneous
flash. Gradually, as they were able
to bear ii. the good tidings Of his
resurrection from the dead to glory,
honor and Immortality on the divine
plane must be made known to them.
The first intimations were from the
women of the company who had gone
with spices. after the high day." on
the morning of the third day to COM
plete the work of embaIming the Lord.
They reported first. that he was gone
from the sepulchre, and secondly, that
they had seen some angels who told
them that he was risen from the dead.
And later Mary had reported that she
had seen the Lord and clasped him by
the feet and that he had said to her,
Il am not yet ascended to my Father;
but go to my brethren and say unto
them, | ascend unto my Father, and
your Father; and to my God. and your
God" Gohn M, ~. Jesus said to tell
the disciples that he would meet them
in Galilee. as he had said to them
before. These bewildering experiences
were merely leading gradually on. pre-
pairing the disciples for the fuller
knowledge of the facts.
1t was the same day corresponding
J to tomorrow afternooD that the Lord
overlook two of the Borrowing disci-
| pies as they walked into the country
to spend the night. Here again he
|
them by vision of his glorious pres
ence such as smote down Saul of Tar
sus on his way to Damascus, shining
above the brightness Of the sun al
monday" on the contrary he as
sumed a body of flesh and travellers
| clothing and talked sympathetically
with the two Borrowing ones. After
hearing their woes and sorrows he
must have astonished them with hi:
knowledge of the Scriptures, as wei
as by his sympathy, saying to them
20 foolish and slow of heart to believ,
all that the prophets have spoken!
luke xiv, 90 They had been willin;
to believe something of what thu
Prophets had spoken-the glorious
things, the happifying things pertain
ing to Messiahs Millennial glory. Blu
they had been slow to believe tn
prophets other testimonies to the ef
feet that the Redeemer must be "le'
as a Lamb to the slaughter must b.
the sin-offering, must be despised ant
rejected of men, must be lifted up Of
the cross as the antitype of the 'braZe
serpent" and must be raised from tn
dead by the power of the Father t
the glory. honor and Immortality O
his great station as Prophet, Pries
Mediator. King. the antitype OF Me
chizedek. for the fnlflment to Israe
9 and the world Of all Of Gods grea
e promises.
e, Then said Jesus. in view Of these e,
q positions, Ought not Christ to hay
, suffered these things and to enter int
his glory?" What else should be e,
pected? Did he not foretell his ow
death? And did he not foretell his ow
resurrection? And were you not tC
: confused to understand his teaching
q to the full? Did not your minds RI
e more to the coming glory than to VIII;
o he said TO you respecting the necessit
e that you should watch and pray lie
We enter into temptation" and lose a
your part and hope under these tryir
. conditions? A little later, in the san
day, he appeared in the upper room
. traditionally this very room-the doc
3 being shut for fear OF the Jews-ba
8 red, we may be sure, because the po
IS disciples felt that the envy and hatr'
It which had led 20 thf crucifxion of Il
h Master might easily be traasferr,
:. now to them because Of their symp
thy with him and their relationship
his work Here Jesus materialized
u their presence ard spoke few word
II He told them that he was really pre-
ID ent with them and that II was n
ID merely phantom which they sa'
ID And then he ate with them, honeycon
d and fish. as evidencing the fact tn
in they were not being addressed by ;
20 Illusion, but by corporeal bein
III While they still wondered with ast'
81 ishment. he proved TO them that tn
10 risen Lord was no longer merely