The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-18


his eyes, being In torments. and seeth
Abraham afar off and Lazarus In his
bosom" duke wi. 23). Addressing
The public under the auspices of the
International Bible Students Assocfa-
don. he said
/ Realizing that great MASS Of super
stftion and erroneous Interpretation of
Gods Word acts as an earth-born cloud
DO hide the Heavenly Father from our
Ryes Of fifth. continually address my
belf TO the removal Of this barrier
Time ana again. after delivering an al
ozess setting forth the Divine Plan of
the Ages from the Bible standpoint,
have been approached by Christians
who said. What you say. Pastor Rus
EEL. is cheering, God-lfke. just what
DUR hearts are hungering and CRYING
eor, but cannot accept It because of
he Lords Word respecting the Rich
Afnn and Lazarus"
Literal or ParaboIie, Whiehf
n our te1t be statement of literal
f8cfs then all the facts must be taken
dternlly. This would mean that be-
cause certain man was rich and fsred
,bountfuily and was clothed In purple
and fine linen he would go to an eter-
nifty OF torment, without a single
charge being made against him along
me lines OF murder, injustice or bias
phemy, for in the account nothing Of
NE kind appears. Furthermore. moth
Ing Is said of the poor man as being
cody man. but merely that be 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 comparatively small number
could claim it Did we ever have such
experiences: II not. what ground have
we. according TO this teaching. for a
hope of reaching Abraham's bosom?
The rich man" of the parable repre-
serted the Jewish nation The fine
linen he wore represented the typical
justification granted that nation under
the Law Covenant made with Israel at
BIT. Sinai The rich mans purple pic
SHANi Liz 10y AK " s4tEl Al'
Israel as Gods typical kingdom. Jesus
recognized this kingdom dignity as still
belonging TO that nation when he said:
THE Kingdom shalt be taken from
you and be given to a nation bringing
Forth the fruits thereof
The rich mans bountiful table rep
Resented the glorious promises which
hai~ I'll 90
DO other people until after they had re-
1ected Jesus and crucifed Him. St
Paul refers to this table and quotes
Isaiah the Prophet, saying. Let their
hble become trap and a snare and a
SDcompense unto them"
Tue Jewish nation has been dead
&stion since that time It 1. In hodss.
ehe tomb. But this implies It's resur-
fecton In due tine, for the figure OF
NE tomb, hades, does not represent
perpetual condition, but q temporary
sne, from which Messiah will grant q
release, and hades will be destroyed
/ Dives In Torment.
( But the parable declares that Dives
FsHas In torment. How could this be.
.seeing that the word hQdes signifies
the death state. the unconscious con
uihon? We answer that, nationally.
they are dead or asleep, put as PEG
pie they are very much alive. II IS as
a people that they have been suffering
the fortunes Of persecution during the
past eighteen centuries, while as ma
ton they have been dead buried, and
are awaiting a resurrection, of which
the present 'Zionism' is an advance
token. Soon Israefs prosecutions will
end, when Messiah's glorious Kingdom
shall take It's power; and then viii
come their national resurrection, for
they are to be actively and specially
identified with the Messianic Kingdom
shortly, as its earthly and visible rep
resentatiyes.
AS the two tribes. Judah and Ben
jan1in. were represented in the rich
man." the other ten tribes scattered
amongst the surrounding nations
would. at like proportion. represen
his FIVE brethren. They have Moses
and the prophets. let them hear them
This could not be applicable to any ex
cept Israel, for they alone had Nose
and the prophets.
Finding the Lazarus Class.
Lazarus represented God-fearini
class outside the pale of Judaism-cer
tain Genules. concerning one of whom
Jesus said. Il have not found SO Grea
faith. no. not in israel" The Jew
were in the habit of speaking Of til
Gentiles as dogs" These could, a
that time. eat only the crumbs whic
fell from the Jewish table Put later
the Jews We're cast off from favor dur
,ns this Age and the Gentiles receive
l.stead Each died 10 his previous cor
u''ioe NnFs xxi. 10. por1oaa Vi. ] 33i
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