Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27
!. rhe preparatlon (yy.I1.el.


the Nass wv. 1-3). He told them just
where to 60 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
he literally fulfilled. The prediction
Of Zechariah 14:3-11 will he just as
literal rs fiat Of Zechariah 90. -
3. The obedience of the disciples
". 60. The request may have seemed
strange and unreasonable. but they,
fully oheycd. True disciples will rem
der full and glad obedience no matter
how strange the command may seem.
ell, The Entrance OF the King wv.
IT'D.
l. 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 III Kings
OLD.
2. The multitude. Some spread their
garments in the way; others who had
n ntC n ont
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.
3. The city shaken wv. 10, ~. This
was stirring time. but one more
stirring Is coming. That will be when
the Lord comes in power and glory.
III. The King Rejected wv. 12-1O.
The immediate occasion 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.
w. The Nation Rejected by the
King wv. 1S-46). ~-..t. @
Having in this official presentation
shown their unwillingness to receive
Christ, He turns from them and by
parallels makes known their awful con-
ditiOn.
l. The barren fg tree cursed wv.
1920. It 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
upon 1t witheying curse. This fig
tree full Of leaves but barren Of fruit
is a type of Israel. With It's leaves
1t give show of life, but being desti-
tute of fruit it had no right to en-
cumher the ground.
Q The parable of the two sons wv.
o9-32). Both sons were told by the
| father to work in the vineyard. The
one, like the profligate publican, re-
fused outright to obey. but afterward
repented and wentH 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 pharlsees,
priests and elders. The Lord declared
| that the publlcans and harlots would
go into the kingdom before them.
3. The parable of the householder
wv. 33-46).
~ The householder. This was GodI
himself. (2) The vineyard ThisI
means Israel (see lisa. s 1T; Jer. 2:21
Ps. S0:S). The Lord went to particu-
laS> pains to gather out, this nationl
and make it separate, bestowing pei
culiar favors upon it. This vineyardI
so we'll kept and provided for did mott
bear fruit. (3) The husbandmen.
These were the spiritual guides, theI
rulers and teachers Of Israel, the menu
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. The|
maltreatment and rejection of the
prophets is fully set forth in the
Scriptures. They were beaten and
killed. (5) The Son. He is the Lord
Jesus Christ, Gods only and beloved
Son. He came into their midst,