Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-01-27
|. The Prenaratfon IVY. 1-6l.

!. The Preparation wv. 1-6).
1. The sending of the disciples for
where to go to find it and told them
how to answer the inquiry of the one
who owned it. This shows how per-
fectly our Lord knows our ways. God
uses unlikely and apparently insignifi-
cant things In the accomplishment OF
his purposes.
2. The fulfillment of prophecy wv.
4, 81. Some five hundred years before
this Zechariah had made this predic-
ton. If the predictions of His first
coming were thus literally fulfilled
there is no alternative but to believe
that those of His second coming will
be literally fulfilled. The prediction
of Zechariah IA :3-11 will be just as
literal as that of Zechariah go.
3. The obedience of the disciples
". g.. The request may have seemed
strange and unreasonable, but they
fully obeyed. True disciples will rem
der full and glad obedience no matter
how strange the command may seem.
II. The Entrance of the King wv.
7-1D.
1. The disciples put their garments
upon the ass and set the Lord upon
them ". y. This act showed that they
recognized Him as their King (II Kings
9:13).
2. The multitude. Some spread their
garments in the way; others who had
no garments to spare cut down
branches and did the same with them,
which was just as acceptable to Him.
To give what we have and to do what
we can is all that He demands of US.
5. The city shaken (vv. 10, 11). This
was a stirring time. tut one more
stirring is coming. That will be when
the Lord comes in power and glory.
Ill. The King Rejected evv. 12-17).
The immediate occaoion of this re-
lection was the cleansing of the tenn
pie. A like cleansing had been made
some two years before John 2:13-17),
but the worldlings had gone back to
their old trade.
Nv. The Nation Rejected by the
King (vv. 1S-46).
Having in this official presentation
shown their unwillingness to receive
Christ, He turns from them and by
parallels makes known their awful con-
dition.
I. The barren fig tree cursed (vv.
1929. 1t was on the morrow after
His official presentation as Jesus was
returning from Jerusalem that He OBJ
served the unfruitful fig tree. Be-
cause of hunger He sought for figs,
and finding none He caused to fall
tree full of leaves but barren of fruit
is a type of Israel With its leaves
it gave a show of life, but being desti-
tute of fruit it had no right to en-.
cumber the ground. The nation thus
stood like a mountain in the way OF
the gospel. He encouraged the dis
ciples by showing them that If they
had faith even this great mountain
should not stand in their way.
2. The parable of the two sons wv
2S-32). Both sons were told by the
father to work in the vineyard. The
one, like the prof1igate publican, re
fused outright to obey, but afterwart
repented and went. The other pre-
tended willingness to obey, but in real
| ity did not. The first one represents
the publicans and harlots; the second
the self-righteous, proud pharisees
priests and elders. The Lord declared
that the publicans and harlots would
go into the kingdom before them.
8. The parable Of the householdel
wv. 3346).
(1) The householder. This was Coo
himself. (2) The vineyard Thi
means Israel (see Isa. 1T; Jer. 2 :21
Ps. S0:8). The Lord went to particu
lar pains to gather out this natiol
and make it separate, bestowing pc
culiar favors upon it. This vineyard
so we'll kept and provided for did no
bear fruit. (3) The husbandmen
These were the spiritual guides, tn
rulers and teachers Of Israel, the mem
bers of the sanhedrin. az The serv
ants sent for the fruits of the vine
yard. These were the various proph
cts whom God sent to the nation. TIL
maltreatment and rejection of tn
prophets is fully set forth In tn
Scriptures. They were beaten ant
killed. 90 The Son. He is the Lor,
Jesus Christ, Gods only and belove'
Son. He came into their midst. The
knew Him to be the Son, but they di
not receive His message nor bow t
His authority. They cast Him out o
the vineyard and slew Him. They kney
this was intended for them. He nov
asked them for their own verdict upo
such villainous ingratitude. He too
the place of judge and pronounce
judgment upon them on the basis o
their own verdict.