Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-30

| lfAolOk- -kO0oLLLl importance or the
event which Chris,
tians commemorate on Palm Sunday
was not understood by the Jews at the
time of our Lords First Advent.
The Jewish Sabbath had been spent
in rest at Bethany. 1t was the next
morning, corresponding to our Sunday,
that Jesus made his triumphal entry
into the city of Jerusalem as the Jew.
ish King.
The incident had been foretold by
the Prophet in detail, saying, Rejoice
greatly, o daughter Of Zion; shout, o
daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy
King cometh unto thee; He is just,
and having salvation; lowly, and rid
ing upon an ass. s."-Zechariah go.
The awakening Of Lazarus from
death had brought a large concourse
Of people from Jerusalem to see Jesus.
They were filed with enthusiasm and,
after the custom of the time, many
strewed palm branches in the way,
while others spread their garments.
Prophecy Must Be Fulfilled.
The people shouted as the Prophet
had foretold. They hailed Jesus as
their Compromised King, the Mes
siah. On other occasions, when at
tempts were made to hail the Master
thus, He withdrew Himself, because
the Fathers time was not yet due.
But now the appointed time had
come, and hence, instead of hindering,
He encouraged their enthusiasm.
Prominent sectarian Jews were pres
ent, who, although unable to account
for Jesus raising of Lazarus, were
loath to accept Him as the true Mes
siah; and when they heard the shouts
Of the multitude, they sent word re-
questing that He restrain them.
But instead of forbidding them, Je-
sus intimated that it was proper for
them to do SO. The Prophet had said,
Shout, o daughter Of Jerusalemr'
and there must be shout.
Enroute to Jerusalem the Master
halted the procession on the summit
Of the Mount of Olives, which over
looks the Holy City, and wept, while
His sentence.
Knew Not the Time of Their Visitation.
Apparently the nation was as unpre-
pared as at first for the Messiah;
hence the familiar words, 'Behold,
your House is left unto you desolate!
For I say unto you. Ye shall not see
Me henceforth till We shall say, Bless
I'd is He that cometh in the name of
he Lordr' That Day is almost here!
Meantime the nation has been cast off.
If thus we have before our minds
he origin Of Palm Sunday and what
signified, as the climax Of the test
# Natural Israel in respect to the ac-
eptance of their Messiah, we are pre-
'ared to go further and to note that
n Gods providence there is q similar
est for us Christians.
The Pastor called attention to the
act that while Israel as a nation was
elected, there was a small, faithful
who accepted Christ and thus
ecame the nucleus or foundation of
piritual Israel on the Day Of Pente-
Dst. Thus, so far as respects the
piritual part of Gods great promise
, Abraham, 1t passed forever from
lie reach of the Jewish nation; but
lere still remains for them a glorious
lrthly portion, to which they will be
ltroduced at Jesus Second coming.
The T;a.a sc Nnn
very few of Spiritual Is
Iel, until recently, noticed that it has
I'd history parallel to that of Natu-
i Israel Few indeed have seen that
ese two Israels have been dealt with
J Type and Antitype. Small has been
e number who have noticed that
ON the death of Jacob to the death
Jesus finds its exact parallel of
451a years between the death of
sus and our day.
Few have noticed that in both Nat :
al Israel and in Spiritual Israel there
i've been both nominal and a real
rael. The nominal Jewish system
as tried and all but the "Israelites in
ed" failed. Likewise will be the ex-
rience of Spiritual Israel. The nomi-
Il Christian systems will be tried,
I'd all in them will fail except the
ithful spirit-begotten.
rhe Lord through the Prophet fore
ID that Messiah would be "for a
,ne Of stumbling to both the Houses
Israer'-to Natural Israel and to
ritual Israel. Many things indicate
at we are living in a time CORE
onding to that Palm Sundayl Ours
Palm Sunday in the highest sense
ALL How are we receiving the great
sssiugs which betoken the paroHsiG
.osoaooA of &h< Mas4ar9