Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-30

into their inner consciousness as
they increased in wisdom and statue;
now that they see One who has
done so many wonderful things they
rejoice and praise God for the mighty
works that they had seen. We
shall refer to this praise again, but
for the moment we pass it by with
out further, comment.
A Division: A Weeping
There was always division be-
cause of Him, and this was no ex-
ception. While the multitudes were
giving Him all the praise due to a
victorious King, the Pharisees came
to Him with complaint. The multi
tude had called Him the King, the
Son of David. The Pharisees speak
of Him only as Teacher, and de-
mand that He rebuke His disciples
for the praise they have been Civ
ing Him. His reply was most sig
nificant-"I tell you that if these
should hold their peace the very
stones would cry out Immediately"
Until now He had never allowed
any one to give Him recognition
as the King; but now He accepts it,
and says that if it was not given
Him by them the stones would i'm
mediately do so. He was definitely
offering Himself again to the Jew
ish nation as their long expected
Messiah. And the tragedy of it is
that their leaders just as definitely
rejected Him! Knowing this, is the
explanation of the very striking
words that came from His lips as
He came over the brow Of the hill,
and caught sight of the city as it
10 "a nf
the Kidron: He "wept over it, say
ing, If thou hadst known, even
thou, at least in this thy day, the
peace thou knewest not the
day of thy visitation
What did He mean by these
strange words? Why was He weep
ing so? The reason is to be found
in a study Of the ninth chapter Of
Daniel in connection with the pas
sage in Zechariah already referred
to. 1t was toward the close of the.
seventy years captivity that Daniel
from a study of 1.-The books''-nota-
bly, Jeremiah-realized that the pc
riod of the captivity was nearly
over, and was wondering whether it
would be at this time or not that
God would fulfill to the Jews all
the promises that He had made to
Abraham, Issac, Jacob, and David;
and so he set himself to pray that
God would reveal to him the truth.
The answer came to him, that it
would not be at theN end of these
seventy years, but after seventy
sevens, or 400 years. He was then
told that even this preiod would be
browen up, and that from the 60
ing forth of the commandment to
restore Jerusalem unto Messiah the
prince would be 483 years; the Mes
siah should be cut off and have
nothing"
Now these years were prophetic
years; they knew nothing about the
Julian calendar under which we live;
their years were years of twelve
months of thirty days each. 48X12X
30 would be 1850 days. The com
mandment to restore and rebuild Je-
rusalem was given, according to Sir
Robert Anderson, on the 18th of
March, 3. c. AS; and this day on
which He was formally offering Him.
self to the Jews as their king, as
foretold by Zechariah, upon colt
the foal of an ass, was the 9Th of
April, A.. D. 80. And this was ex-
actly $3.50 days.
In other words, Jesus was saying
to these people in effect: If you had
been studying your own prophets in
stead of trying to find fault with me,
you would have known that on THIS
THY DAY, THE DAY OF THY
VISITATION, this 9Th of April,
would have been the end of the sixty-,
nine weeks of Daniel, and that on
this day your King would come to
you, meek and lowly, riding upon
an ass, as foretold by Zechariah. Had
they known this, surely they would
not have rejected Him as they did f!
These are very serious days in
which we are Lying; there are proph-
ecies being fulfilled which are just
as striking as these to which we
have been referring. Are you as
blind as these Jews were in the days
of His flesh? Or are you able to dis
Germ the signs of the times, and are
looking for Him to return at any mo-
ment? Do not think of setting any
definite day; that is something that
is known to God alone, and with
which We have l.othing to do But
He does expect us to study the
Word, and to keep our eyes open
to all the things that He is doing
in the world--and to be ready for
Him whether He shall come at mid
night, or in the evening, or at the
cock growing, or in the morning.
Are YOU ready?