The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-07-18

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eral one, Abraham and his bosom must
be considered literal also. and If only
two or three who were beggars like
Lazarus were before us. what hope
would we have for room in Abraham's
bosom? But enough Of this, We see
clearly that the statement is parabolic
and we must look for such an interpre.
tation as will fit all conditions. And
here it is!
Viewed az Parable.
Viewing the matter as a parable, our
difficulties all disappear as soon as we
get the key. The great Teacher in
this parable was criticising the lead
ers of the Jewish nation and fore
telling their fate. He Himself was an
outcast, SO were His disciples and SO
have all been since who have become
nIs Followers. las He was 80 are we
in this world"
1.-THE Rich Man" Of the parable rep
resented the Jewish nation. The fine
linen he wore represented the typical
justification granted to that nation I'M
der the Law Covenant made with Is
rael at Mt. Sinai. The Rich Mans"
purple raiment pictured the royalty
which belonged to Israel as Gods typ
| ical kingdom in the world. Thus we
read. Solomon sat upon the throne OF
the kingdom of the Lord, In the room
Tor stead Of his father David" Jesus
recognized this kingdom dignity an
still belonging to that nation when He
said. THE Kingdom shall be taken
from you and shall be given to a ma
ton bringing forth the fruits thereof"
Matthew XXI. 43).
The Rich Mans bountiful table
represented the glorious promises of
God which were theirs primarily, and
granted to no other people until after
they had rejected Jesus and crueified
/ Him. st. Paul refers to this table in
this way and quotes David the Prophet
saying, Let their table become a trap
and a snare and recompense to
them" This was because they did
not rightly appreciate their glorious
promises and live up to the conditions
which they required. The death Of
The Rich Man represented the cut
ting OF of national Israel from all
those special privileges and advan--
tages every way which had been theirs
for centuries. 1.-THE Rich Man" (the
Jewish nation) began to sicken from
the time Of the crucidxion-from the
time that Jesus said, "Your house is
left unto you desolate: henceforth We
shall see Me no more until that day
when We shall say, Blessed is He that
cometh In the name of the Lord"
The sanity few were gathered out
of Judaism into relationship with
Christ at Pentecost. and ''The Rich
Man." the nation. continued to be sick
and finally died in the year A. D. 10,
when Titus. the Roman general. cap
tured Jerusalem, the entire land OF
Palestine being laid waste
The Jewish nation has been dead
nation since the year A. D. 10. 1t is in
bGdes, In the tomb. But this implies
Its resurrection in due time, for the
| figure Of the tomb, b0des. does not rep
resent perpetual condition, but tenn
porary one, from which Messiah will
grant a release. and k0des, in every
sense of the word. win be destroyed.
Dives In Torment.
But the parable declares that Dives
was In tormentl How could this be,
seeing that the word hades signifies
the death state, the unconscious con-
| dition? We answer that the Jewish
people have a double aspect, In the
parable and out Of 1t. Nationally. they
are dead or asleep, but as people
they are very much alive-no other
people more 90. 1t is as people that
they have been suffering the tortures
Of persecution during the past eighteen
centuries, while as a nation they have
been dead, buried. in hGdes, and are
awaiting resurrection, Of which the
present Zionism is an advance token.
Soon Israel's prosecutions will end,
when Messiah's glorious Kingdom shall
take it's power; and then will come
their national resurrection. for they
are to be actively and specially identi-
fed with the Messianic Kingdom
shortly, as its earthly and visible rep
resentatives
As the two tribes OF Judah and Ben
jamin were represented In 1.-THE Rich
Man" in very special sense. the 9TH
er ten tribes. scattered amongst the
surrounding nations, would, at like
proportion, represent his five brethren.
Gods dealings with the Jews win be
the same wherever they are-no pref
erence will be shown-"They have
Moses and the Prophets. let them hear
them" This could not be applicable
to any except these two tribes and the
other ten tribes Of Israel, for they
alone had Moses and the Prophets.
The Rich Man Tormsnted In Hades.
ALI scholars will coneede that the
Greek word hades and the Hebrew
word sbeol. rendered hell In our COM
mon version, really signify the death
state. the tomb. Various Scriptures
tell US OF the silence Of sbeol and h0des
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
hQdes, being In torrents.
The difficulty dissolves as soon as
we have the proper Interpretation to
the parable and see that the Jewish
people died as a nation and were
buried as nation, but did not all die
individually. The people Of Israel, out
cast 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 Qs-
raeD. dead as a nation. but alive as
people. has appealed to Father Abra-
ham to have Lazarus cool his tongue
with a drop Of water. OF course, the
thought would not be that a spirit
finger would take drop of literal wa
ter to cool a literal tongue. A drop OF
water on the tip of finger would not
AFFORD much relief anyway.
The Interpretation must be looked
for along the lines of the parable. The
fulillment came when the Jews Of this
country In general petition request
ed the President OF the United States
to cooperate with other Christian ma
tons" and intercede on behalf Of their
people In Russia that they might
have more liberty anu less persecu-
ton. that their torrents might be
cooled.
Finding the Lazarus Glass.
II we have found The Rich Man.
let us now seek for poor Lazarus. He
represented a God-fearing and God
seeking class outside the pale Of Of
ncial Judaism-not all the Gentiles, but
certain ones concerning whom Jesus
said, II have not found so great faith,
no, not In Israeli
The Jews were In the habit OF speak
ing Of the Gentiles as dogs" The
great Teacher Himself used this ex-