Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-10

No inaugural committee ever planned
with greater care than our Lord did
His triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
He had been aware for some time that
the approaching passover would mark
the end of His earthly career He read
the signs of His danger in the cries Of
the blind man for assistance, when the
sightless one tried to arrest the Masters
attention by calling Him to help, ad-
dressing Him with Messianic title.
He saw in the attitude of His en-
emies, who arrived in Bethany soon
after His arrival, the evidence of their
determination. Jesus made one more
heroic effort to win the nation by en-
tering Jerusalem, in a manner that
fulfilled at least two Of the prophets
predictions concerning their MesSiah's
entering Jerusalem riding upon the
colt, wherein never man had ridden.
He Communicated the animal and took
the mans property because, as King,
He possessed that privilege. The dem
onstration by the people indicated that
they recognized His claims, but the
leaders would not accept Jesus as a
spiritual king; they wanted a ma
terialistic and temporal king.
While the songs and shouts of the
great multitude, who had taken up the
refrain proclaimed by the blind man at
Jericho, demonstrated the enthusiastic
attitude of the multitude, the same
crowd before the week passed cried that
they cruelty Him. Having. been in
fluenced by His enemies, they turned
against Him. There is nothing more
tickle than a mob that allows some
other person to think for them and
follows their leadership.
Luke tells us how the Master was
greatly moved by the sight of the city
Of Jerusalem. He wept over the city
when He knew that they would change
their attitude toward Him. He wept
not at what He would suffer, but be-
cause Jerusalem was about to cast aside
| forever the peace of God. In Their
| longing for a place in the political sun
| they forgot for the moment that the
| Lord alone was the only one who could
give them political rank. His heart
was deeplyt moved, for He loved His
| fellow countrymen and longed to make
| Jerusalem the capital of His dominion
| if they had been moved deep enough
| to accept Him as their Lord when He
was entering the city that He loved as
the Son of David and their King. After
| He entered the city through the Colder
Gate and appeared once more in tbs
| Temple Courts, where He had taught
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dom of God, they were given another
opportunity to accept Jesus as theil
King. He had come unto His owr
and they failed to recognize Him a:
their King.
Cleansing the Temple.
The Temple was the center of Their
religious life. 1t was sacred place X
the Lord. When He entered and OBJ
served how they had desecrated IT.
sacred precincts by turning the house
of worship into one of commerce, nit
Master struck a telling blow at Hi.
enemies. The ecclesiastical power!
that had oversight over the Tempt,
were financially interested in the profits
that were derived by allowing the folk
from a distance to secure from one o
their personal representatives the Of
ferings required with which to worship
jehovah Every one of the variou
sacrifices were all types of the Lore
Jesus, but the leaders had made God
house den of thieves" who took ad
vantage of the worshiperS' needs +
secure funds for themselves by supply
ing the necessary sacrifices.
J The ecclesiastic leaders we're vexe
at the Masters cleansing the Temple
When. they heard the children praisip