The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-30

"MOses and All the Prophets"
| How different is our attitude of
mind that we are able to see. to praise
| God and to rejoice that Jesus died :
| that he suffered. 1.-THE just for the un-
! just" 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 it 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,
Priesthood" all who are in the conse-
Grated condition of heart. symbolically
represented by the "holy'' of Isra ePs
tabernacle.
Mark how gently and how wisely the
LORD permitted the light to shine in
gra dually upon his faithful few The
eyes of their understanding must not
be blinded BY an instantaneous flash.
Gradually, as they were able to bear it.
the good tidings of his resurrection
mortality on the divine plane must be
made known to them. The first ifti-
nations wers from the women of the
company who had gone with spices,
OF the third day to complete the work
OF embalming the LORD. They report
ed 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, 81 am not
yet assembled to my Father; but go to
my brethren ard say unto them. /
ascend unto my Father, and your
Father; and to my God, and your
God% (John Xxx. 10: Jesus said to
them in GaIilee, as he had said to
them before. These bewildering ex-
periences were merely leading gradual
" on, preparing the disciples for the
fuller knowledge of the facts.
1t was the same day corresponding
to tomorrow afternoon) that the Lord
overlook two of the sorrowing disciples
as they walked into the country to
spend the night. Here again he would
not shock them and overpower them
by vision of his glorious presence
such as smote down Saul of Tarsus on
his way to Damascus, Shining above
the brightness of the sun at monday
on the contrary he assumed a body of
flesh and travellers clothing and talked
sympathetica ly with the two sorrow
ing ones. After hearing their woes
and sorrows he must have astonished
them with his knowledge of the Scrip
lures, as well as by his sympathy, say
ing to them, 80 foolish and slow of
heart to believe all that the prophets
have spokeni" (Luke xiv, 25.) They
had been willing to believe something
of what the prophets had spoken-the
glorious things, the happifying things
pertaining to Messiah's millennial
glory. But trey had been slow to be-
lieve the prophets other testimonies to
the effect that the Redeemer must be
lied as Lamb to the slaughter" must
be the sin-offering, must be despised
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on the cross as the antitype of the
"brazen serpent" and must be raised
from the dead by the power of the
Father to the glory, honor and immor-
tally of his great station as Prophet,
Priest, Mediator, King the antitype of
Melchizedek, for the fulfllment to
Israel and the world of all of Gods
great promises.
Then said Jesus, IN view of these ex-
POSITIONS, Fought not Christ to Ilavs
suffered these things and to enter into
his glory?" What else should be ex-
pected?- Did he not foretell his own
resurrection? And were you not too
confused to understand his teachings
&c the full? Did not your minds run
more to the coming glory than to what
he said to you respecting the necessity
that you should watch and pray lest
We enter into temptation" and lose all
your part and hope under these trying
conditions A little later. in the saue
day, he appeared in the upper room"
traditionally this very room-the doors
being shut for fear of the Jews-bar-
red, We may be sure, because the poor
disciples felt that the envy and hatred
which had led to the crucifxion of the
Master might easily be transferred
now to them because of their sympa-
thy with him and their relationship to
his work Here Jesus materialized In
their presence and spoke few words.
He told them that he was really pres
ent with them and that it was not
merely a phantom which they saw.