Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-07-11
said. II have not found SO great faith.
no NOT IN TcracIr.

sdlus nGVe NOT found so great IdlLu.
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-
preston Mark vii. 25-3Ol. Lazarus
hal no fine linen garment granted TO
him because he was outside the pale
Of Israel. for whom alone the typical
sacrifices veg offered Lazarus had
no purple robe for the same reason
because the kingdom of blessing. for
the time. belonged exclusively to the
seed of Abr ham, The dogs tother
Gentiles) licked his sores. in the sense
Of considering the lazarus class up
right and godly and in some sense
showing sympathy for them. His eat
ing Of the crumbs that fell from the
children's table signifies that Jesus did.
on few occasions. allow some special
blessings of healing. which were for
the Jews. 20 go to this worthy class OF
Gentiles.
For instance. the daughter of Jairus.
raised from death. was crumb from
tue CulluIcA . t0DiC W OAC iOOiC7
ed Gentle who feared God and who
had built a synagogue for the Jews.
The healing of the centurion's servant
was another crumb from THE Rich
Mans" table to one of the Lazarus
class. Healing the daughter of the
yro-Phenician woman was another
crumb from 1.-The Rich Mans table" to
a member of the Lazarus class. In an
swer to her request Jesus answered.
at is not proper to take the children's
bread and give 1t 10 dogs"-Gentiles.
Accepting the suggestion the woman
replied. "Yea. Lord. yet the dogs eat of
the crumbs which fall from the chill
dren's table" Her faith In God mark
ed her as one of the Lazarus class,
outside "Ihe Rich Mans" household.
She was a companion of dogs (Gentilesl.
and for the time could merely have a
crumb from 1.-THE Rich Mans table"
AS the death of THE Rich Man"
represented a change in his affairs. so
the death Of the Lazarus class indi-
Gated a change In the affairs Of this
ou.cast class But. instead of being
buried, these were carried by the an
gels to Abraham's bosom-not to heav-
en-, not to purgatory, not to some in
termediate state. AS Abraham in the
parable represents God. the receiving
of the faithful of the Lazarus class
into the bosom of Abraham fgurative-
ly represents the acceptance OF this
class as the true children of Abraham
true children of God. AS Jesus went
outside the "the camp" bearing the
reproach of His nation. before He
died, SC did all Of His followers Vino
belonged to that nation. They were
all recognized as outcasts with the
Gentiles; these the Lord received as
His children by the begetting OF the
Holy Spirit. And SO st. Paul tells us
that we who were by nature Gentiles
were not OF the stock of Israel. But.
IF We be Christ's. then are We Abra-
hams Seed tchildrenl. and heirs ac-
cording to the promise"-joint-heirs
with Christ, members Of the great
Messiah Galatians iii, 29).
Here. dear friends, we have a con-
sistent Interpretation of this parable,
and it relieves our minds greatly. 1t
assists also in illustrating to US the
special relationship of the Jews under
the Law Covenant and how this spe-
cial relationship was lost by reason Of
their unbelief and how their unbelief
alienated them from the Divine favor
Of this Gospel Age and constituted a
deep and wide gulf between them and
the spiritual Israel class represented
in Lazarus in Abrahams bosom.
We thank God that the promise of
the Scriptures is that with the end Of
this Gospel Age this gulf Of unbelief
and consequent separation from Di-
vine favor will be done away and Is
rael will be delivered from the tor
ments of these centuries and eXpe-
rience a national resuscitation or res
direction under the glorious privileges,
favors and advantages Of the New
Covenant.
Hope For the Many Nations.
Since Gods favors are thus marked
out for the heavenly and the earthly
the heavenly-it follows that the bless
ing of the other nations will come
about through their utilization with
these. In other words. we may under
stand that the Divine Government es-
tablished in Israel in the hands of the
| Ancient Worthless viii be the center of
Divine favor. and the people Of other
nationalities must come to this center
for their supplies of truth and grace.
Thus the Prophet represents the mat
ter saying. MANY nations shall go
| and say. Come and let US go up to the
mountain (kingdom) of the Lord. and
to the house of the God of Jacob; and
| He will teach us of Bis ways. and we
| will walk in His paths; for the Law
| shall go forth from Mount Zion tthe
spiritual Kingdoml and the Word of
| the Lord from Jerusalem (the center
of the earthly Kingdoml" Micah iv, q.
As thus all nations, peoples, kindreds
and tongues shall be brought gradually
to an appreciation of the Divine Plan,
| they shall all be blessed with Restitu-
llOu PRIV anu
with an enlightenment from the rays
of the Sun of Righteousness. which
then through the appointed channels
will be flooding all the earth. Thus
will the original Covenant have its
amplifed fulfilment: first in The
Christ, the spiritual Israel: secondly,
under the New Covenant with Israel
after the flesh; and through these bless
all the families of the earth. so that
all the willing and obedient may grad
ually attain to the standards Of the
children Of God and be possessed of
| the CELEBRITIES of the sons OF God"-free-
dom from sin. sorrow. pain and death.
AS the Old Law Covenant was with Is
| rael only, so the New law Covenant
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