Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-11
THINGS OF INTEREST WITHIN THE CIRCLE OF THE HOME

| to forgive sins. Of course, this
| proved Him to be the King, master
over the power of sin.
Jairus, ruler of the synagogue,
comes pleading for his little daugh-
ter who is at the point of death. He
starts to heal her but is delayed by
woman who for twelve years had
been slowly dying of hemorrhages.
A touch on her part brings cure;
but the delay has been disastrous for
Jairus, for the messengers come to
say that the little girl is already
dead. 1t makes no change in His
demeanor, for He goes. to the house,
and by a word and a touch brings her
to life and restores her to her par
ents. He is the Master of death.
Two blind men have their sight
restored and dumb devil is cast out,
SO that the dumb man speaks. He
is the Master of disability.
Thus Matthew has grouped these
miracles as credentials, showing Him
to be Master of disease, of nature, of
demons, of SIN, of death and of dis
ability. No other could be master of
these save the King Himself.
Dispensational
But the grouping has far greater
significance. 1t is only to be under
stood by remembering that Matthew
is writing to Jews and has in mind
the kingdom age, otherwise there is
no way to explain why he takes mir
acles out of their order of time. Let
US see.
The leper is cleansed, and told to
go to the priests for a certificate.
The King wants the Jews to recog-
nize His authority, but they are ST.
lent. The centurion's servant is a
healed by faith that gives the King
great joy. He thinks of the time
when, though rejected by His, own,
the other sheep who are not or that
fold will hear His voice and follow,
and in anticipation He sees the great
north and south settling down IN
the kingdom age when the ones who
had the opportunity by right were
cast out into the outer darkness.
Then He comes back into INTO the inc
heals a relative, who ministers then
to Him. For after the Gent1les nave
been brought in, He will turn again
to the Jews who turn to Him; ne
heals them and they minfste of the
Kingdom age. Then-and not until
then-does He heal all of all manner
of sickness and disease. Divine
healing is to be universal in the
Kingdom age.
stances He is-not even a place to
lay His head-and yet He insists on
absolute and immediate loyalty to
Him, so that a man must leave a
dead father to be buried by others.
And yet. He is the Master of cir
cumstances-the storm ceases at His
word, the demons come out in ODE
dience to His command, sins are
even RENTED by Him.
This attitude on His part prompts
Matthew to tell Of His call and the
feast and its criticism; but that He
may glory in the fact, for sin is his
only title to such a Savior; The
swer showed that the old had given
place to the new and each had its
own place. His reference to the
brtdegrooms leaving showed that
He realized that they would not &C
cept Him a. their King, not now,
at least.
qf ew 1sS peyopie gmong sfe Whom He
was working were already at the
point of death spiritually. and did
die. But in the meantime, the Cen
tiles are saved by faith, just touch
ing the hem of the garment, and
then He restores the Jews to life.
After that the blind men recognize
Him as the son of David-that,s
comes again, their present blindness
being cured; and then the dumb
demon being cast out, they will
speak, and speak of Him, their King,
their long expected Messiah.
Until then He goes about teaching
and preaching and healing; and
looking out, sees the harvest white
pray the Lord. Of the harvest that
His harvest, that the King may come
back?