The Dolores star., 1921-01-28
!. The Preparation wv. Icy

1. Inc Senulng or the disciples foX
the ass wv. 1-3). He told them ,nv
where to go to find 1t and told tho,
how to answer the inquiry of the on
who owned 1t. This shows how ner
fectly our Lord knows our ways. Co
uses unlikely and apparently insIrnis
cant things In the accomplishment q
his purposes.
2. The fulfillment Of prophecy wv
4. 81. Some five hundred years beforl
this Zechariah had made this predjc
tion. If the predictions Of His frs
coming were thus literally fulfilled !
there Is no alternative but to belleyl
that those of His second coming viii
be literally fulfilled. The prediction
Of Zechariah 1911 will be lust
literal as that of Zechariah 90.
B. The obedience OF the discIpleJ
". o.. The request may have seemed
strange and unreasonable. but the J
fully obeyed. True disciples will renl
der full and glad obedience no mattel
how strange the command may seem)
u. The Entrance Of the King tvvI
7-1).
l. The disciples put their garmentj
upon the ass and set the Lord upou
them ". y. This act showed that theJ
recognized Him as their King III KingJ
9:13).
2. The multitude. Some spread the1
garments In the way: others who had
no garments to spare cut dowd
branches and did the same with theml
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|
2. The city shaken wv. 10, 11). Thl}
was a stirring time. but one mord
stirring Is coming. That will be whed
the Lord comes in power and glory.
III. The King Rejected wv. 12-17.
The immediate occasion of this rel
lection was the cleansing of the temI
pie. A like cleansing had been mad(
some two years before (John 2:13-17l!
but the worldlIngs had gone back Il
their old trade.
w. The Nation Rejected by tn
King wv. 1S-46).
Having in this official presentation
shown their unwillingness to receive
Christ. He turns from them and b
parallels makes known their awful con,
dition.
/. The barren fig tree cursed (vvI
1929. 1t was on the morrow afted
His official presentation as Jesus waj
returning from Jerusalem that He Obj
served the unfruitful fig tree. Bel
cause Of hunger He sought for figs
and finding none He caused to fall
upon 1t withering curse. This fs
tree full of leaves but barren of fruid
Is type of Israel. With its leaves
1t gave show of life, but being desti-
tute of fruit 1t had no right TO en-
cumber the ground.
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 prOfllgate publican, re-
fused outright to obey. but afterward
repented and went. The other pre-
tended willingness to obey, but in real
ity did not. The first one represents
the publlcans 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.
3. The parable of the householder
wv. 3S-46).
(D The householder. This was Goa
himself. (2) The vineyard. THIS
means Israel (see lisa. 5 ii; Jer. 2:2l ;
Ps. S0:S). The Lord went to partlcu'
lar pains to gather out this nation
and make 1t separate, bestowing pc.
culiar favors upon 1t. This vineyard
so well kept and provided for did not
bear fruit. (3) The husbandmen'
These were the spiritual guides, the
rulers and teachers Of Israel, the mem
bers of the sanhedrin. (4 The ser''
ants sent for the fruits Of the VINE
yard. These were the various proph'
cts whom God sent to the nation. Ii'e
maltreatment and rejection OF the
prophets is fully set forth in tne
Scriptures. They were beaten IN.
killed. (5) The Son. He is the Lor.
Jesus Christ. Gods only and belo'eu
re II. II Ibt