Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18
Jesus Journeys Beck to Jerusalem
For the Beginning Of His Agony
This the thirteenth Of 10 ehopers condensed from the
book. "Jesus and His Times" by Henry Daniel Reps.

This the thirteenth Of 10 ehopts condensed from the
book. "Jesus and His Times" by Henry Daniel Reps.
formed Of cyclppean blocks Of stone; gold
shone on the facade of the temple in front
of Jesus eyes, and the enormous mass Of
the sanctuary, with its courtyards, its porti-
cos and its towers, dominated the whole
scene in its symbolic super-imposition.
This was the city as Jesus saw it and in
His SOUL Illuminated by the Holy Spirit, the
image Of what was to come rose up in
shuddering presentiment.
Enters by Golden Gate
He must have entered the city by the
Golden Gate, later walled up by the Cru
Saders who built chapel there. It Is
opened every year on Palm Sunday when
the Patriarch of Jerusalem makes a solemn
entry. mounted upon an ass, while the
crowd acclaims him, spreading branches
and garments in his path. This gate Is the
nearest to the Temple to which Jesus i'm
mediately went.
He saw the same spectacle which had SO
incensed Him two years earlier, commerce
making good thing out of piety, the
porticoS turned into money changing
offices, the courtyards into cattle markets,
the waiting rooms into provision stores,
with hideous din of sharp voices and ami
mails believing throughout the holy place.
Again His anger rose up and He struck
right and left TO clear a path for Himself.
Certainly His arrival was not going to be
overlooked.
But in spite of His triumph and amid
all the enthusiasm displayed in this. the
very heart of Jerusalem, with His name on
everyone's lips, Jesus never lost sight of the
purpose for which He had come
There came sound like clap of the
sudden spring thunder. Father, glorify
Thy name" he said, in total submission,
and, from the heavens, God replied.
And SO this day which had begun so
brilliantly in the light of that triumphal
morning, drew to its end in an atmosphere
of vague disquiet.
Crowd Impressed
The crowd had heard the sudden thun-
derclap; some declared that they had
heard the voice of an angel. This voice
came not because of Me- said Jesus, "but
because of you. Now is the judgment of
this world: now shall the prince of this
world be cast out. And /, If be lifted up
from the earth, will draw all men unto
Me"
The terrible play on words was not under
stood. The Law had said that the Messiah
would abide forever: He could not be an
nouncing His own death! Lifted up? What
did that mean? And who was this Son Of
Man?
They had been following Him all day
and they were growing weary. The sun
was setting, it would be about half past
five, and the western sky loomed red.
There were not so many people around
Jesus now, as He fingered on the Temple
terrace; daily life goes on and people have
work to do.
The last rays of the sun touched the
distant purple mountains of Moab
The Temple was nearly empty now; the
believers had gone. The priests returned
for the sacritlcial banquet, bare feet climb
ing up the steps to the sacred inner court.
A cold air came in with the night.
We wonder what the Twelve who re-
NAMED with their Master were thinking.
That 1t would not be today, at any rate,
that they would raise the people and force
Caiaphas to recognize and consecrate this
disconcerting Messiah?
So they followed Him down to the
Golden Gate and back along the road to
Bethany.
Tomorrow: The Lost Supper -. . This Is Ny Body.
This Is Ny Blood"