The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-01-31

, atty, God had promised the Jewish
nation that if they would keep His
covenant they should be a peculiar
people to Him royal line. EXODUS
1J'j-7D David sat on The throne
of The kingdom of the Lord" "Sol
omon sat on the throne of the King
dom of the Lord in the room of his
father, David" Q Chronicles 29:23.)
Because of the unfaithfulness Zede
kiah, the last king of Israel, was de
throned.
The fine linen syboically repre-
sented Righteousness, the righteous
ness which by divine arrangement,
was counted to the Jewish nation
each year by virtue of the Atone
nenl sacrifice.
The sumptuous fare represents the
gracious promises of God through
tie Law and the Prophets, and His
covenant with the houe of Israel.
Lazarus full of sores, symbolicallS
represented those Gcntiles who
were outside of the Jewish coven
| anl-"aliens and strangers from the
commonwealth of Israel" Their
sores and rags represented the alien
| alton from divine favor. Eating
crumbs from the rich mans table
| pictured that every blessing the
Gcnliles received came through the
Jewish nation. Examples are given
| Of This when Jesus healed the centu
rion's servant and the Syro-Phenici-
all woman's daughter. To the latter
Jesus said, before healing her daugh
ier: at is not meet to take the chill
drcn's bread and give il TO the dogs.
The woman accepted the answer
without offense, and then replied:
"Yta, Lord, yet the dogs eat of the
crumbs which fall from the chill
dren's table. Here she applied the
word dogs to herself and other Gen.
lilies.
The rich mans death and going to
he'll pictures the decided change that
came to Israel, the Jewish nation.
The dying process began at the
Lords crucifixion. Just before that
Jesus said: Behold, your house is
lcfl unto you desolale.' Matthew
2S:3S.) Forty years later the Jew
ish nation was completely destroyed
and went to oblivion-shcol-hadcs
- hell. The people, however, scat
= tered through other nations, surviv-
ed, and in this condition they have
: been prosecuted particularly in Rus
= jia and Galatia for many years,
while thus prosecuted they have
cried unto God and asked the Gen
tile peoples to help them.
Abraham pictured God as is true
= in many instances in the Bible. His
bosom representeS a position OF
GGu's favor. The death of the beg
gar occurred three and one-half
years after the cross, when the con-
dltion with reference to the Gentle
nations ceased and new order
opened to the people of the Geniiles.
When Cornelius received the Gospel
4 marked the Gentiles coming into
Gods favor, which was pictured by
LaaIus, the beggar, being taken to
AJraham's bosom. All Gentiles now
at eptink Christ are Ahraham's chill
dren, according to the promise (Gal-
atoms 3:27-20. Hence in Gods ia
Var. See also Galatians 4:2S.
The rich man being tormented in
Flames pictured the fiery trials and
eXpe eriences through which the Jew
,sh people have passed for nearly
eighteen hundred years. So severe
did these trials become that only in
rec ent years the Jews peiitioned tho
pre- sident of the United States to 90
operate with other Gentle nations
and to intercede on behalf Of The
= me mbers of their race in Europe
pai tcularly in Russia, that they tor
mcnts might cease and they might
have some cool, refreshing blessings
represented by the drop of water
But the Jews were not relieved OF
this persecution, and still suffer,
, and this was shown in the words ol
the parable which remined the Jews
B that at one time they had Gods IA
vor: that time had expired; now the
Gentiles must have Gods favor for
a certain period, and that time also
has expired.
The nation of Israel was divided
into twelve tribes. All, in a general
way, represented Israel in our
! IN I,e HaN hnt SttintlN SnpaE m