The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-07-29
Sunday School Notes
Side Lights on Next Sundays Lesson
for Teachers and Pupils.
Edited by Charles X. Meyers

Mark Ii, liz Math. Il, Ill; LUX;
10, 1884; John y, 1913.
We are nearing the last week in TIL,
life OF Jesus He is about to show ;
new side of character before the PEG
pie. Heretofore Jesus has lead ;
simple life, going about doing good
with little display. He said Of Him
self that He had nowhere to lay Hi:
head. He made claim to being tn,
Son Of God, yet with it no wish fol
earthly honors. When the disciples
talked OF positions on the right hant
and the left in The new kingdom
Jesus rcbukcd them. He said M!
kingdom is not OF this world" Thus i
was n new thing for Jesus to accep
kin@ly honor.
The triumphal entry was the day OF
Jesus earthly triumph. 1t was the
fulfilling OF the Old Testament proph-
ecy rs to the promised Messiah, fol
the prophet Hachariah had said Re
joicc greatly, @ daughter OF Zion
shout, o daughter OF Jerusalem; be-
hold thy king comcth unto thee; He
Is just ana having SalVation; loWly
and riding upon an ass, and upon {
colt, the foal OF an ass" For that day
and hour He acted like a king, a cen
Qreror, accepting the homage of the
people about Him.
1t was a time when thousands were
on their way to Jerusalem and the
city was filled with people They
were from the outlying country and
many had been witnesses to the Won
dcrtul miracles OF Jesus, the healing
of the sick, giving sight to the blind
and the raising OF Lazarus from the
dead. Then there was the hope that
Jesus would help to overthrow the
hated Roman rulers. There is a Won
dcrful chapter in Ben Hur which
ton in favor OF Jesus. 1t will be re-
membcrcd that Ben Fur was the cap
tain OF a squad of Hebrews who were
ready at this time to overthrow the
Roman soldiers. so with mixed mo-
tivcs the crowd called out blessed is
He that comcth in the name of the
Lord. Blessed is the kingdom that
cometh, the kingdom of our Father,
David ="
In remembrance of the triumphal
entry many of the great churches
the world celebrate Palm Sunday. 1t
is Il tremendous event. Jesus had
sent certain OF His disciples to get
an animal for Him to ride upon 1t
was the colt of a humble ass. The
owner had been told. THE Master
hath need of it," and thcreupon he
gave the animal up to His service
Certain disciples put their outer gar
mcnts on the back of the beast for q
saddle, and the crowd of people be-
came so enthusiastic that they took
off their garments for the king to walk
over. and broke palm branches from
the trees and put them in the path
One OF the incidents in connection
with this entry was the lament of
Jesus over the city of Jerusalem in
which he foretold the destruction that
would soon come upon it. and eX
pressed deep regret that the inhabi
tants thereof had not taken the warn
ings which had been given in the past.
Upon His arrival at the temple He
found the money changers taking ad
vantage of the pilgrims and therefore
drove these usurers out of the build
Ing, saying that they had made His
Fathers house a den OF thieves.
One cannot but feel that the homage
paid to Jesus at the time of this tri-
umpllal entry into Jerusalem is but
faint foreshadowing of the glory and
honor which He is now receiving and
will receive in the future. Jesus
when speaking of the Judgment day
In Math. 1881, said of himself, when
the Son of man shall come in His
glory and all the holy angels with
Him. then shall He sit upon the throne
of His glory and before Him be gath
cred all nations"
John in his wonderful book of Rev
elat!on MAKES an attempt to describe
in language which we can understand
the glory, magniticence Of Jesus as
he beheld Him in his vision on the
Isle OF PatmoS.
believe that We often forget that
the risen Jesus is unlike the human
Jesus who went about the world with
no place to lay His head. but rather
lie is the great, triumphant Jesus, be-
fore whom every knee shall bow and
every tongue confess That the risen
Jesus is a powerful friend and help
er of all those who trust Him and
profess His name here on the |
earth. 1t is a glorious thought that al4 |
people can be part of the |
thrOng which will in time give honor.
glory and majesty to the risen Jesus. |