The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-07-12


ing Of the Gentiles as ''doRs." The
great Teacher Himself used this ex-
preston Mark VII. $500. Lazarus
had no nne 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 70 the
seed Of Abraham. The dogs tother
Gentiles, licked his sores. in the sense
| OF considering the Lazarus class up
right and cody 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. TO 20 to this worthy class OF
| Geutiles
For instance. the daughter OF Jairus.
raised from death. wns a crumb from
the children's table to one noble mind
| ed Gentle who feared God and who
had built a synagogue for the Jews.
The healing Of the centurior's servant
| was another crumb from The Rich
| Mans" table to one OF the Lazarus
class. Healing the daughter Of the
| Syro- Pheniciar woman was another
crumb from 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 It to dogs"-Gentiles.
Accepting the suggestion the woman
replied. Yea. Lord. vet 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 tGentiles,.
and for the time could merely have a
| crumb from 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 change in the affairs OF this
outcast class. But. instead Of being
| buried. these were carried by the an.
| gels to Abrahsms bosom--nct to beav-
! 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 6gurative-
| 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, go did oil of His followers who
belonged to that nation. They were
all recognized as outcasts with the
| Gentiles; these the Lord received az
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 Christs. then are We Abra'
hams Seed lchldrenl. and heirs &C
| 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 1t relieves our minds greatly. II
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 Abrahan's bosom.
We thank God that the promise OF
| the Scriptures is that with the end OF
this Gospel Age this gulf OF unbeliei
and consequent separation from ID
| vine favor will be done away and Is
rael will be delivered from the tor
ments Of these centuries and expe
rience a national resuscitatiou 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 Abra ham-the earthly through
the heavenly-it follows that the bless
ing Of the other nations will come
about through their affiliation with
these. In other words. we may under
stand that the Divine Government es
tablished in Israel In the hands IF tho
Ancient Worthless win be the center o.
Divine favor. and the people Of other
nationalities must come to this centeI
for their supplies OF truth and grace
Thus the Prophet represents the ma
ter. saying Many nations shall q"
and say. Come and let us go up to tbs
mountain fkingdoml Of the Lord. ana
to the house of the God OF Jacob; ana
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 Kingdom and the Word Of
the Lord from Jerusalem (the center
of the earthly Kingdom (Micah iv. p.
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-
ton privileges and opportunities and
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
smplifed fulflment; first, In The
Christ. the spiritual Israel; secondly,