The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-07-16

Be quiet! Do |
not interrupt the BH"d Ba'ttmoess.
great Teacher: He is talking to others,
said the passersby. But Bartimaeus
shouted louder than before. Jesus,
thou Son of David, have mercy on me!'
Jesus heard the voice. and babe the
blind man come to Him. Helped by
others. Bartimaeus finally found him
self in Jesus presence. The Master
asked, what wilt thou that / should
do to theeT Promptly came the an
swer. Lord. that might receive my
sight" Jesus replied. "Go thy way;
thy faith hath 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 special
signifcance 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 typified by
Moses, and as 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-
BILE Office. On the basis of the pro-
phetic statement in Psalm 11O: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 at 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 a 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
AZ 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 I'M
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
is far wogpe than physical blindness.
The ScriptGral declaration. every eye
shall see Him. and they also that
pierced Him." has undoubtedly refer
ence to the eyes of understanding.
Jesus declared to His disciples, "Yet
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 Him
only with the eyes Of their under
standing. just as believers now see the
Father and Jesus-with the eye of