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said, II have not found so great raftu,
no. not In Israeli
The Jews were In the habit Of speak
Ing OF the Gentiles os dogs" The
great Teacher Himself used this ex-
preston (Nlark vii, 25-30. Lazarus
had no fine linen garment granted to
him because he was outside the pale
Of Israel. for whom alone the typical
sacrifices were offered Lazarus had
NO purple robe for the same reason
because the kingdom OF blessing. for
the time. belonged exclusively to the
seed Of Abraham. The dogs lother
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 benling which were for
the Jews. TO go to this worthy class OF
Gentlles.
For instance. the daughter of Jairus,
raised from death. was a crumb from
the children's table to one noble-mind-
ed Gentle who feared God and who
had built 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
Syro-Phenician woman was another
crumb from THE Rich Mans table" to
a member of the Lazarus class. In an
swer to her request Jesus answered,
"It is not proper to take the children'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 a companion of dogs tGentilesl
and for the time could merely have a
crumb from 1.-THE Rich Mans table"
As the death OF "The Rich Man"
represented change In his affairs. so
the deoth OF the Lazarus class indi-
Gated a change In the affairs OF this
outcast 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, so did all of His followers who
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
"lf ye be Christ's, then are ye Abra
hams Seed tchildreni. and heirs ac'
cording to the promise" "-joint.heirs
with Christ, members Of the great
Messiah Galatians iii, 20).
Here. dear friends. we have con
sistent Interpretation of this parable
and 1t relieves our minds greatly. IL
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 Abraham's bosom.
We thank God that the promise OF
the Scriptures is that with the end OF
this Gospel Age this gulf of unbellei
and consequent separation from Di
vine favor will be done away aud ls
rael will be delivered from the tor
ments Of these centuries and expe
rience national resuscitation or res
direction under the glorious privileges
favors and advantages OF the New
Covenant.
Hope For tho Many Nations.
Since Gods favors are thus marked
out for the heavenly and the earthly
Seeds of Abraham-the earthly through
the heavenly-it follows that the bless
ing of the other nations will come
about through their afliliation with
these. In other words. we may under
stand that the Divine Government es
tabllshed In Israel in the hands of the
Ancient Worthless will be the center Of
Divine favor. and the people OF othel
natlonalltles must come to this centel
for their supplies OF truth and grace
Thus the Prophet represents the mat
ter, saying. MANY nations shall gt
and say, Come and let us go up to thu
mountain (ISingdom, of the Lord. anC
to the house of the God of Jacob; ant
He will teach us OF His ways. and w
will walk in His paths; for the Law
shall so forth from Mount Zion 1.-THE
spiritual Kingdom, and the Word o
the Lord from Jerusalem (the centel
of the earthly Kingdom" (Micah iv, p
AS thus all nations, peoples. kindred'
ana tongues shall be brought gradually
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