The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-07-14

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@S~ the text. And In
hell he lifted ur
his eyes, being In torments. and seeth
Abrn hsm afar on and Lazarus In his
bosom" duke xvi. 23). Addressing
the public under the auspices Of the
International Bible Students Associa.
hon. he said:-
Realizing that a great mass Of super
sddon and erroneous Interpretation of
Gods Word acts ~ 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
b Ages from the Bible standpoint, I
have been approached BY Christians
who said. what sou say. Pastor Rus
sell. 10 cheering. God-like. Just what
our hearts are hungering and crying
FOR. but cannot accept II because Of
the Lords Word respecting the Rich
Man and lazarus"
Literal o. Parabeiie, WhishS
II q text b a statement Of literal
facts then all the facts must b taken
literally. This would mean that be.
cause a certain man was rich and Jared
oount1fully and was clothed In purple
and tine linen he would 20 to an eter-
nifty Of torment, without q single
charge being made against him along
the lines Of murder. injustice Of bias
phemy. for 10 the account nothing of
the kind appears. Furthermore, moth
ing b mid of the poor man a. being q
cody man. bat merely that be was
poor. full OF sores which the doss lick.
and ate the DIAL from the rich mans
table.
II 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
II nof. what ground have
We. according to this teaching. for .
hope Of reaching Abrsham's bosomf
The "rich man" Of the parable repre-
scented the Jewish nation. The 6ne
be wore represented the typical
granted that nation under
tho Law Covenant made with Israei at
Mt. Sinai. The rich mans purple pic
tured the royalty which belonged to
Israel % Gods typical kingdom. Jesus
recognized this kingdom dignity 10 still
belonging to that nation when be 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
other people until after they had re-
jected Jesus and crucifed Him. st.
Paul refers to this table and quotes
Isaiah the Prophet. saying. Let their
table become a trap and a snare and q
recompense unto them"
The Jewish nation has been q dead
nation since that time. 1t il 10 hddes,
the tomb. But this implies its resur-
rection In due time. for the figure. oil
the tomb. hddes. does not represent q
perpetual condition. but a temporary
one, from which Messiah will grant q
release, and hddes will he destroyed.
Dives In Torment.
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 a peo-
pie they are very much alive. 1t Is as
a people that they have been suffering
the fortunes OF persecution during the
past eighteen centuries. while as a ma
ton they have been dead. buried. n
are awaiting a resurrection. OF which
the present ''Zionism" Is an advance
token. Soon Israei'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 its earthly and visible rep
reeentat1ves.
Az the two tribes. Judah and Ben
1amin, were represented in the rich
man" the other ten tribes. scattered
amongst the surrounding nations,
would. at a like proportion. represent
hts I'VE brethren. "They have Moses
and the prophets. let them hear thsm."
THIS could not be applicable to any ex-
cept Israel. for they alone had Moses
and the prophets
Finding the lazarus clsss.
Lazarus represented q G~od-feafina
clan outside the pale Of Judaism-cer-
t11n 0ent1les, concerning one Of whom
Jesus said. II have not found 20 great
NTH. no, not In Israei~ The Jews
were In the habit Of speaking Of the
0entfes as "dogs." These could, at
that time. eat only tire crumbs which
fen fSom the Jewish sabiA But Later.
the JswS were cast Of from favor dur
ing this Ago and tbs Identities received
instead Each died 10 lie previous con-
dition duke XXI. 10; Romans II. 1-8N.