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great Teacher Himself used this ex=
preston ozark vi. $500 Iazarus
had mo dne linen garment granted q
3him because be was outside the pale
of israel for whom alone The. typical
sacrihces we're offered. LazaFus had
mo purple robe for the same reason-
because the kingdom Of blessing for
the time. belonged exclusively 70 the
seed Of Abraham. The dogs other
GentiIes) licked his sores. in the sense
Of considering the Lazarus class up
right and cody and in some sense
showing sympathy for thcm. Ills eat
ing Of the crumbs that fell from the
children,s table signifies TINT Jesus did
on a few occasions. allow some special.
blessings Of healing. which were for
the Jews. 20 so to this worthy class OF
Gentiles.
For instance. the daughter of,Jalrus.
raised from death, was a crumb from
the children's table to one noblenind-
ed Gentle who feared God and who
had built o synagogue for the, Jews.
The healing Of the centurlon's servant
was another crumb from 1.-THE Rich
Mans table to one of the Lazarus
class. Healing the daughter Of the
/ sSro- Phenician woman was another
crumb from THE Rich Mans table TO
n member az the T.aznrus class. In an
swer to her request Jesus answered,
at is not proper to tale the chlllren's
bread and give It to 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 'The Rich Mans" household.
She WAS companion of dogs EGentlIesl.
and for the time could merely have a
crumb from 'pThe Rich Mans table,
AS the death of .The Rich Man"
represented change in his affairs, SO
the death Of the Lazarus class iIdi-
Gated change in the affairs Of this
outeast class. But. instead of being
buried, these were carried by the an.
gels to Abrahams 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 tiguratlve-
" 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. so did oil Of His followers who
belonged to that nation. They we're
all recognized as outcnsts 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 Gentlles
were not Of the stock Of Israel. But,
it.If We be Christ's. then are We Abra-
hams Seed lchildrenl, and heirs &C.
eording to the promise"-toint'helrs
with Christ, members Of the great
Messiah Galatians Ill, 29l.
Here, dear friends. we have 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-
cfal relationship was lost by reason Of
their inbelief and how their unbeIlef
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 Abraham's 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 d.
vine favor will be done away and Is
rael will be delivered from the tor
ments of these centuries and exPe-
rlence national resuscitation or res
direction under the glorious privileges,
favors and advantages of the New
Covenant.
Hopo For the Many Nations.
Since Gods favors are thus marked
out for the heavenly and the earthly
Seeds Of Abraham-the earthly through
the heavenly-lt follows that the bless
ing of the other nations win 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 will 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 80
and say. Come and let us 80 up to the
mountain (Elngdom) Of the Lord, and
to the house of the God of Jacob; and
He will teach US of His ways, and we
will walk In His paths; for the Law
shall go forth from Mount Zion 1.-THE
spiritual Kingdoml and the Word Of
the Lord from Jerusalem 1.-THE center
of the earthly Klngdom)" (MIcah iv, o.
AS thus all nations, peoples, kindreds
and tongues shall be brought gradually
to an appreciation of the Divine Plan
they shall all DO blessed with Restltu
tion privileges and opportunities and
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