The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-03-27
7 abernacle Addresses
By Wilbur Glenn VoEva


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Why? Christ knew PLATE had some honor Christ knew
that Plate Roman, had love of JUSTICE but the
Chief Priests and Elders He knew had honor there
fore He never answered them word He treated them
with silence But at last when PLATE turned to the mu
Priests and the Elders the leaders of the people exhorted
the people and aid ASK for the release Of Barabbas
PLATE expected that. Why? Because only five days
BEFORE the Christ had been coming Jerusalem and
the multitude had cut down the palm branches and had
titude and asked them Whom will we that release unto
you Barabbas Jesus which is called Christi the Chief
taken off their garments and put them into the road for
the Savior to PLATE said to himself, why the
people who proclaimed Him the King that cometh in the
of the Lord will say Release the Christ and put to
death Barabbas But the Chief Priests and the scrbes
got around among the people and said Ths dan
gerous man. So He to them ASK for the release of
Barabbas and the crucfixon of the Christ"
The of Christ an Example of Practical Democracy
My friends without discussing the principle this is
of the finest examples Of democracy to be found the
of secular sacred history There two cand
dates-Jesus the Christ and Barabbas life DEATH and
every voted against the Christ and favor of Bar
abbas. The people, for the most part who five days
before had shouted Hosanna! Hosanna and proclaimed
Him "The King that cometh in the of the Lord"
cried the Priests told them, "Crucfy Hint Cruelty
Him!r' Then PLATE the miserable coward that he was
thinking that he could calm the tumu sad What evil
hath He done? And they cried out the louder LET Him
be crucified!p'
Warned by to Release Jesus
The wife of PLATE went into the Judgment Hall and up
to her husband he seated the throne She sad
Il have had dream about this Man. Have thou nothing
l wonder what she dreamed about. have sometimes
thought that perhaps she the Christ going through
all the shameful ockery and all the suffering the Cross
Perhaps she Him sitting in all His majesty at the right
hand Of Cod She advised her husband have nothing to
he coward There three things that urged the
mob to cry, Cruelty Him Cruelty Him the shame
full advice of their leaders the weakness of Plate and the
impetus which numbers always give to that up
in mob. Cruelty Him! Cruelty Him" Can you hear
it, the vast multitude crying Cruelty Him." Then PLATE
said to Them because he could not other question:
what shall do then with Jesus which is called the Christi
He had to do something; and so have you
Every Man Either Must Receive Reject
Every and in this world today must
that question and do something with the Christ You
cannot evade it. not put it aside When Plate saw
that he could prevail anything he called for water and
washed his hands but that did not wash his unclean heart
There but Fountain open for that is the Fountain
filled with the Savors blood There every may plunge
and have his washed away and become whittier than
But water could not cleanse poor Plate Now notice
what they said when PLATE looked them and sad 1T
innocent of the blood of this just person: to it.
Matthew 27:24.
Hatred to Willing
Did you hear such verdict verdict Of guilty,
and in the next breath declare the just
That the verdict of Plate Then the people uttered
something which think without exception is the most
terrible thing that has been uttered by company
of people, They said to Plate His blood be and
on our children Before forty years passed by the blood
flowed in the streets of Jerusalem. More than thou
sand put to death upon the cross mothers ate the flesh
of their babies and million two hundred thousand
pershed and upon the Jewish people today the blood of
the Son of God rests.
Healed
Again Plate tried to escape. He said to himself
81 will scourge Jesus and let Him co. But the multitude
would consent to that Oh what terrible thing that
scourgng was so cruel horrible laying of the many
ashes upon the bare back but tell you today ZION in the
cup which the Savior drank there not horrible in
greden which the devil could concoc that did not enter into
the cup We may say, "Why it SO? why it neces
sary?" God in His wonderful plan made it plain
that the Christ must die; that He must suffer- You and
do not understand and it may be that shall under
stand.
Christs Real Kingship Held in Derision
Now, after He scourged He turned to
the soldiers of the Governor They stripped Him. He had
been Knocked by the servants of Caaphas when Plate sent
Him to the solders the soldiers Knocked Him. Now, these
Roman soldiers took off His Clothes and got old garment
supposed to be casto military uniform and put it on
Him in mockery Then after they had put scarlet robe
Him. they put of thorns His brow in lieu of
the laurel by the Caesars Of Rome They also put
reed in His hand And what else did they do? Each
bowed his knees before Him and they said Hail. King of
the Jewsr
Christs Forgiving Spirit
Among the last words that Jesus uttered when with