The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-01-28

l. The sending of the disciples for
the ass (vv. 1-3). He told them just
where to go to find 1t and told them
how to answer the inquiry of the one
who owned 1t. 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 (vv.
4, 81. Some five hundred years before
this Zechariah had made this predic-
tion. II 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 90.
8. The obedience of the disciples
". 81. 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.
7-11).
1. The disciples put their garments
upon the ass and set the Lord upon
them w. 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
| rvfxy hot Hox nd To dr xxf Of
t we can is all that He demands Of us
3. The city shaken wv. 10, ~. This
a was a stirring time, but one more
: stirring Is coming. That will be wher
: the Lord comes in power and glory.
s III. The King Rejected wv. 12-1T.
: 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.
". The Nation Rejected by the
King wv. 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.
, 1. The barren fig tree cursed wv.
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
upon 1t a whitening curse. This fig
two f,,II % Hrt 80
is a type of Israel With its leaves
1t gave a show of life but being desti-
tute of fruit it had no right to en-
cumber the ground.
2. The parable Of the two sons wv.
28-32). Both sons were told by the
father to work In the vineyard. The
one. like the profiigate 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 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.
3. The parable of the householder
wv o5-f6t.
ID The householder. This was God
himself (2) The vineyard. This
means Israel (see lisa. 5:1-7; Jer. 2 :21;
Ps. so: ~. The Lord went to particu-
lar pains to gather out this nation
and make 1t separate. bestowing pc
culiar favors upon it. This vineyard
so well kept and provided for did not
bear fruit. (S) The husbandmen.
These were the spiritual guides, the
rulers and teachers of Israel, the men,
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. t5) The Son. He is the Lord