Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-07-06

~ report ono OF his
Il j1o, ~ z7n discoursss from
W9eAezz k&s!ekf1 the text "And In
he'll be fitted up
his eyes being h tofments, and seeth
Abraham afar Of and Lasarus IN his
bosom" Duke M. -. Addresstnss
the public under tho auspices Of ths
International Bible students Associa-
t1on, he said
Realizing that Z great mass Of super
stit1on and erroneous desperation Of
Gods Word acts 40 an earth born cloud
to hide the Heavenly Father from our
eyes Of faith. I continually address my
self to the removal Of this barrier.
Time and again. after delivering an al
dress setting forth the Divine Plan Of
the Ages from the Bible standpoint,
have been approached BY Christians
who said, What you say. Pastor Rus
sell. Is cheering. God-Mke. Just what
our hearts are hungering and crying
for. but cannot accept It because Of
the Lords Word respecting the Rich
Man and Lazarus.''
Literal or Parabolio, Whieh3
II our text be statement Of literal
facts then all the facts must be taken
literally. This would mean that be-
cause certain man was rich and Jared
bountifully and was clothed In purple
and fine linen he would 60 to an eter-
nifty Of torment, without q single
charge being made against him along
the lines Of murder. injustice or bias
phemy, for in the account nothing Of
the kind appears. Furthermore, moth
ing Is said Of the poor man as being
godly man, but merely that he was
poor, full Of sores which the dogs lick
ed and ate the offal from the rich mans
table.
If those be the grounds upon which
any Of us have hope for eternal bliss,
surely a comparatively small number
could claim it Did we ever have such
experiences? If not. what ground have
we, according to this teaching, for
hope Of reaching Abraham's bosom?
| The 'rich man" of the parable repre-
sented the Jewish nation. The fine
linen he wore represented the typical
justification granted that nation under
the Law Covenant made with Israel at
Mt. Sinai. The rich mans purple pic
tured the royalty which belonged to
Israel as Gods typical kingdom. Jesus
recognized this kingdom dignity as still
belonging to that nation when he said:
''The Kingdom shall be taken from
you and be given to nation bringing
forth the fruits thereof"
The rich mans bountiful table rep
resented the glorious promises which
were theirs primarily, and granted to
no other people until after they had re-
Ijected Jesus and crucified Him. st.
Paul refers to this table and quotes
Isaiah the Prophet, saying, Let their
table become trap and a snare and
recompense unto them"
The Jewish nation has been dead
nation since that time. 1t is In hddes,
the tomb. But this implies its resur-
lrection in due time, for the figure OF
the tomb, hades, does not represent
perpetual condition, but temporary
one, from which Messiah will grant
release. and hades will be destroyed.
i Dives In Torment.
i But the parable declares that Dives
was in torment! How could this be.
| seeing that the word hades signifies
the death state, the unconscious con
dition? We answer that, nationally,
they are dead or asleep. but as PEG
pie they are very much alive. 1t is as
q people that they have been suffering
the fortunes Of persecution during the
past eighteen centuries, while as ma
ton they have been dead, buried, ana
1 are awaiting a resurrection, of which
the present .Zionism" is an advance
token. Soon Israel's prosecutions Will
end, when Messiah's glorious Kingdom
shall take Its power; and then will
come their national resurrection. for
they are to be actively and specially
identified with the Messianic Kingdom.
shortly. as it's earthly and visible rep
resentatives.
Il AS the two tribes, Judah and Ben
jamin, were represented in the erich
man." the other ten tribes, scattered
amongst the surrounding nations,
would, at like proportion. represent
his five brethren. 'tThey have Moses
and the prophets, let them hear them. :
This could not be applicable to any ex-
cept Israel. for they alone had Moses
and the prophets.
8 Finding tho Lazarus Glass.
Lazarus represented a God-fearine
. class outside the pale Of Judaism
| tain Gentiles, concerning one Of whom
' Jesus said, 81 have not found so great
faith, no, not In Israeli The Jews
: were in the habit Of speaking OF the
Gentiles as dogs" These could, al
). that time, eat only the crumbs which
fell from the Jewish table. But later
the Jews were cast of from favor dur
t ing this Age and the Gentiles received
instead. Each died to his previous con