The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-12-28
Rejection of the Messiah

the years OF His ministry, we come to His Re-
jection His Crucifxion, His glorious Resurrec-
ton and the promise Of His Second Coming.
The following was recited by Preparatory
student:
He came unto His own, and His own re-
ceived Him not.
THAT Gift the most precious ever offered
that Gift, supreme within the power Of God to
bestow-rejecte Strange, that while definite
ly promised, His arrival not only expected but
longed for,-Jesus, the supreme proof Of their
Fathers love, was rejected, spurned, reviled
He came in love, in pity, in compassion
the beloved Son Of God-leaving all the splen-
dor Of His Fathers house to dwell in humble
toll, in poverty and WEAKNESS among His peo-
pie, displaying before them a life of spotless
purity, the one sinless life ever lived upon the
earth.
''When His time was come, He stood before
them in their synagogues, on the hillsides, in
desert places and city streets, and spoke to
them words of such Divine power that they said
in awe, HE speaks with authority and yet
they believed not. Keener than two-edged
sword His words cut into their hearts, laying
bare their sins and hypocrisy; but, writing I'M
der the sting Of them, they repented not.
EsHe did before them such mighty miracles
that all had to acknowledge Never were such
things seen in Israel, yet they received Him
not. He opened up before them the prophecies
regarding His coming, and plainly declared
them fulfilled in Himself but they still jeered
and reviled and laughed Him to scorn
''Jesus knew the terrible price they would pay,
and yearned to save them. Looking out over
the beautiful city, He cries, weeping, % Jeru-
salem, Jerusalem thou that killest the prophets
and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how
often would I have gathered thy children to-
gether, even as hen gathereth her chickens
under her wings, and We would not!
1T is comforting to think Of the few faithful
ones who loved Him and whose companionship
He loved-to know that in that upper room, just
before His cruel agony in Gethsemane, He had
around Him friends who would gladly have laid
down their lives for Him.
"But in Gods infinite plan that could not be.
The cruel words ring out again, and yet again,
Cruelty Him Cruelty Him!' The sinless One,
the Gift Of God, longing to give salvation and
healing, joy and peace to all-rejected and put
to death!
"In fancy, we see Him there between the two
thieves, His mother, with few friends, near by,
the jeering, hooking mob surging around them!
We behold, with awesome fear and wonder
that strange, mid-afternoon darkness that OBJ
scures Golgotha, and crouch in terror as the
earthquake rends the earth.
eve see the sad procession to the tomb in
Tie Sdfu0H anu lie OI great SLOue
across the door, We see broken-hearted Mary
approaching the tomb on Lords Day and wit
ness her sorrow turned to joy unspeakable
Finally, we see a little company standing on the
hillside, gazing in awe at their risen Lord as
He is parted from them and caught up to sit
on the right hand Of God the Father.
''Praise be to God, that, out Of the darkness
of Calvary, Light shone on the Gentiles, and
that we, through that supreme sacrifice, have
salvation and healing and every good and per-
feet gift"
The entire school then sang, "He is coming,
the Man of Sorrows"
lions Hope Christ's Second Coming
The following was recited by Preparatory
Department girl:
'ssYe men Of Galilee, why stand We gazing
into Heaven? This same Jesus which is taken
up from you into heaven shall so come in like
manner as We have seen Him go into heaven
thus declared the two angels who suddenly ap-
peared to Jesus disciples as they still gazed
upward into the blue heights that had received
their Lord.
cit is recorded that they returned from
Mount Olivet with great joy. Joy that their
beloved friend and close companion for years,
their Savior, their Lord had gone from them
forever? All, no! Joy that He had gone to His
Fathers House to prepare place for them and
that He would come again and receive them
unto Himself!
elbow that sure hope must ever have burned
in their hearts-in toll, in privation in peril, in
fortunes unspeakable- encouraging cheering,
inspiring! Jesus not in the tomb, but risen,
glorifed, making ready for them, coming again!
''Ar1d so through the centuries has echoed on
and on, He will come again!' Always few
saints Of God to keep the fame alive; but in the
midst Of worldwide apostasy, how faint the
cry has sounded. how dimlY the fame has