The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-26

Lesson Ix.-Third Quarter, For
Aug. 20, 1910.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

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Matt. XXI, s--Commsntary Prepared
by Rev. o. M. -stearns.
According to the harmony of the
gospels. we have now come TO the
events Of the second day In the last
week. Passion week. The amounting
oy Mary at Bethany has taken place.
although we shall not come to it in
our studies till some time in October
1t 10 thought by some that this public
entry to Jerusalem occurred on the
sunday preceding Easter, generally
known as Palm Sunday.
Inc time had come for another
Scripture to be fulfilled which had
been written about 500 years before.
Rejoice greatly, o daughter OF Zion;
shouE O daughter Of Jerusalem; be.
hoid, thy King cometh unto thee: He
Just and having salvation; lowly
and riding upon an ass, and upon q
colt the foal of an ass" Czech. ix. o..
Jesus, knowing all things, sent two of
MS disciples. unnamed, into the vii
iage over against them, that they
might find the ass and the colt and
bring them to Him. They went and
found even es he had said unto them.
ana saying what they had been told
Dy Jesus to say to the owners Of the
animals, they brought them to Him
The account Of this is found more or
less fully In each of the four gospels.
HOW marvellous that hundreds of
years before 1t occurred it was all
Ioreseen and written down, But
known unto God are all His works
from the beginning of the worldp
facts XIV, 49,. That this was a colt
Whereon never man sat suggests the
sepulcher wherein never man before
was laid luke xiii. 53I and the
womb from which He was the first
born. His power over creatures In
seen In the submission to Him of this
untamed ass colt. Consider the birds
which fed Elijah. the lions in Daniels
den. the little fish which brought the
piece Of money, the dominion over all
creatures given TO Adam and the
time of the coming kingdom when
the wolf, the leopard and the lion shall
De to a little child as the lamb, the kid
and the calf Qsa. XII. O.. The ass tied
Where two ways met is suggestive of
the place where every sinner is found.
The alteration of the disciples and
the multitude as they spread their
garments and branches from trees in.
the way and cried. "Hosanna to the
Son OF David; blessed is He that COM /
eth In the name of the Lord; hOsanna
In the highest" was not welcome
from the officials of the nation. but
largely the cry Of the unthinking null
utude, who soon changed it to cruelty
Him." The time draws near when. He
shall come again, and then Israel shall
truly say: BLESSED is He that cometh
In the name Of the Lord" ''Lo, this is /
our God; we have waited for Him. and
he will save u.s. Matt. xiii, 80: lisa.
XIV. 81. In Luke xix. Ala. we read
that when He was come near He be-
held the city and wept over it, as He
foretold its doom, because they knew
not the things which belonged to their
peace, How often He has had to say
TO those whom He longed to bless, ''Ye
would not lisa. xviii, 70; xxx, Is:
Matt. xiii, 81; John v, 4Ol. Hear the
cry of His heart in Ps. lxxxi. 1915:
open thy mouth wide. and | will fill
It. But My people would not hearken
to NY voice, and Israel would none
OF Me. Oh. that My people
had hearkened unto me and Israel
had walked in my ways" The city
was moved and cried, "Who is thisY'
1t was question oft asked by His
enemies duke v, 81: vii. 40; tx, 81. 1t
9 the old question of Isa xiii. /: Jer.
Xxx, Fl. 1t is the great question. the
only question, never ''Who am I9"
but always who is He?" What
AN He do?" And so He asks us: "Be-
ieve We that am abIe?" Whom say
re that ann"
Jesus. having entered the city. went
INTO the temple and for the second
ime in bis ministry he cleansed 1t
ND said that instead of a house OF
prayer they had made it a den of !
Lleves. Now, while the temple was in
10 sense typical of church building,
or both tabernacle and temple were 1
uite unique, being each designed by
sod for a special purpose. that He
night dwell In the midst OF Israel,
10 well to see that our church bull
ngs dedicated to the worship of God
ire kept wholly for that purpose and
ot in any sense given up to amuse-
nent or entertainment. Both taber-
acle and temple were typical of Jesus
christ Himself (John II. 10; Hab. viii.
}, In whom God dwelt as in no other.
ut when He is received by us we be-
ONE His temples, not our own, bought
nth q price. and 1t is our privilege to !.
onsider ourselves as wholly set apart
or Himself, no longer conformed to ,
his world, a peculiar people, jealous !,
{ good works Il Cor. ILL.,. 1G. 1t; ps. :
', 3; Rom. xii. i, 2; Tit. IL 14l. The !
hief priests and scribes hated Him !,
lore and more aud would have forbid !;
en- even the children to sing hosan-
a TO Him. but He quoted from the
Eighth Psalm. where He is spoken OF 4
$ having dominion over all things X
nd in which the children praise Him. q
he fg tree which should have borne 3
ruit. as By its profession of leaves 1t z
ldicated the probability of such. but 3
'as cursed by Him till the end of the 3
ge, was symbol of the nation on q
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