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not interrupt the D""o od''"oo~S'
great Teacher; He is talking to others,
said the pa ,sersby. But Bartimaeus
shouted louder than before. Jesus,
thou Son of David, have mercy on mel"
Jesus heard the voice, and bade the
blind man come to Him. Helped by
others, Bartlmaeus finally found him
self in jesus presence. The Master
asked, "What wilt thou that 1 should
do to theeT' Promptly came the an
swer, lord. that I might receive my
sight" Jesus replied, "Go thy, way;
thy faith ha III made thee whole" I'm
mediately he received sight, and fol-
lowed In the concourse, praising the
Divine power and acknowledging Je-
sus as the Messiah.
"Jssus, Thou Son Of David"
The blind mans words had a special
significance to the Jews Of his day
which Is lost so far as the multitudes
Of today are concerned. The Jews
knew that Messiah as the great High
Priest was prefgured by Aaron, and
as the great Law-giver was typifled by
Moses, and us the great King was rep
resented by Solomon. The uniting OF
all these lines Of prophecy In Jesus is
pictured In Melchizedek, who was a
priest upon his throne-he had a dou-
bic office. On the basis of the pro
phetic statement In Psalm 110:4, St.
Paul shows the Divine foreintention In
respect to Jesus and the character OF
the Messianic Kingdom.
The committee arranging these Inter
national Bible Studies evidently had In
mind the fact that Jesus miracles at
His First Advent were the merest
foreshadows Of the greater works
which He will accomplish ut His Sec
ond Advent. In line with this thought
they have given us as today's Golden
Text Isaiah's prophecy respecting Mes
slabs Kingdom. This agrees with the
general trend Of the Apostolic teaching
to the effect that Jesus miracles illus
trated the greater work Of the Messi-
anic Kingdom. We read, These mira,
cles did Jesus, and manifested forth
His glory; that is, showed In advance
His Kingdom power. -.
Not for moment are we to suppose
that Jesus and His disciples attempted
to heal all the sick of Palestine. On
the contrary, those healed were such
ms manifested special faith. Barti-
maeus had his eyesight restored be-
cause he cried out. because he would
not listen to those who sought to turn
aside his faith. When we come to UNI
derstand that Jesus miracles pictured
forth the blessings Of His Kingdom.
we get the proper thought.
All tho Blind Eyes Shall Be Opened.
Whoever reads the Golden Text and
thinks that merely natural blindness
will be done away In Messiah's King
dom sees only small portion of the
glorious work to be accomplished. The
blindness of ignorance and superstition
with which Satan has afflicted the race
IL far worse than physical blindness.
The Scriptural declaration, Every eye
shall see Elm, and they also that
pierced Him." has undoubtedly refer.
ence to the eyes of understanding.
Jesus declared to His disciples, yet
n little while, and the world seeth Me
no more; but We shall see Me- st.
John says, I'VE shall be like Him; for
we shall see Him as He Is" BY the
miraculous change Of the First Resur-
rection the Church will be made spirit
beings, and then will see the Master
face to face, because spirit beings like
Him. But the world will see Hin
only with the eyes Of their under
standing, just as believers now see the
Father and Jesus-with the eye. OF
taith-just as they see "the things