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authority of deity, and the exclusive Pries* who alone can represent men before God. But whatever He claimed to be, He was not accepted, and since that time, men have gone on groping deeper and deeper into gloom. It has been foreseen and foretold that He should be numbered with the transgres sors (Isa. 53) and we see that Scripture fulfilled as Jesus hung between the two thieves. II. T he C ontumely of H is D eath (29-32). First, there was the mocking of those who passed by “wagging their heads and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the tem ple, . . . Save thyself and come down from the cross” (vs. 29,30). They were referring to the proof Jesus had given (John 2:19). They had asked of Him a sign, and He had given His own resurrec tion as the sign. Second, there was the mocking of the chief priests and the scribes, saying, “He saved others; himself he cannot save.” They were speaking the truth though they were unaware that Jesus’ inability to save Himself rose from another cause than the one they had in mind. There was no lack of ability to come down from the cross; the spikes in His hands and feet could never hold the One who could speak to the forces of nature and be obeyed, or unlock the bands of death and bring the dead back to life. The cause of His inability lay in God’s avowed purpose to do away with sin, and this required the shedding of blood (cf. Heb. 9:22). He could heal the sick, drive out demons, cause the blind to see and the deaf to hear, and even bring the dead back to life, but if sin was to be done away, there must be shedding of blood. As our Lord had come for the pur-
BLACKBOARD LESSON WmfflM /J LOl/E WH/LE WE WERE YET SINNERS— CNR/ST LOVED US i g g f ö 1 li ■ — t B i l i prophecy leaves the doers of the actions responsible, even though God has foreseen and foretold what they shall do. The accusation (vs. 25, 26) was true. Jesus did claim to be the King of the Jews. But while this accusation was true, it was not all the truth. He claimed to be much more than the King of the Jews.' He claim ed to be very God of very God. The Jews with their God-given religion should have recognized and acknowledged His su premacy as being their own God. The Greeks with their culture and learning should have discerned in Him the person ification of all culture and the repository of all learning. And the Romans with their government and power should have recognized in Him the headship of all rule and authority. But like men today, these all were too blinded by their own sinfulness to recognize the fulfillment of all their dreams and ideals in the person of the Lord.. He also claimed to be the only Saviour from sin. But here again, as in the case of His claims to deity, the people rejected Him. As they did then, so they do today. Furthermore, He claimed to be the ex clusive Prophet, speaking to men with the
city wall, near to the garden in which was a new, rock-cut tomb, the Son of God gave His life for the salvation of mankind. O utline a n d E xposition I. T he C ircumstances of H is D eath (22-28). The place was called Golgotha in He brew and Calvary in Greek, from a Latin word meaning “skull.” This was because the hill presented an outline suggesting a skull when viewed from a certain angle. The wine mingled with myrrh was a drink supposed to act as an anesthetic in deadening the physical suffering of such a death. Our Lord refused it, because it would cloud His faculties to some extent. He would give up His life deliberately and consciously according to the Scriptures. While we should remember that because of the fineness of His nature, the physical suffering would be far more excruciating for Hiin than for any other man, we should know that it was rather the suffer ing of soul and spirit when the face of God was hidden, and He was cast out as an un clean thing, which caused Him the deepest agony. Others have suffered as much phys ical pain, but none has ever plumbed the depths of the agony of soul and pain of spirit which our Lord experienced while upon the cross for our sins. Casting lots for garments •was a com mon practice of the soldiers set to per form crucifixions. These four soldiers un der a centurion had no knowledge that they were actually fulfilling the word of proph ecy as they cast lots for the garments of Jesus, but thus they were. Men are con tinually fulfilling prophecy while wholly unconscious that they are doing so. The execution of actions which do fulfill
^ - he well known WILLARD HOTEL CO. an- • I nounce their lease of the North Dormitory of 320 fireproof rooms of T he B ible I nstitute of Los A ngeles group of steel and concrete buildings, to be operated hereafter as a high class residential and transient hotel for men and women. The imposing structure to be henceforth known as WILLARD HOTEL, is the thirteen story building shown at the right in the accompanying illustration, im mediately adjoining the parked grounds of the Los Angeles Public Library, in almost the exact geograph ical center of Los Angeles. Extensive alterations now largely completed will transform the appearance of the Hotel Building. Wide plate glass windows will give light to a spacious lobby entirely redecorated and refurnished. Rooms have new beds and halls have new carpets. Men’s aiid Women’s separate lounges and a convenient Radio Room will be provided on the first floor. Hotel Willard will be operated as a stricdy high class residential hotel and special attention will he shown to the large clientele of the friends of Bible Institute who are invited to make it their headquarters. MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS EARLY Willard Hotel Co. F. B. HARRISON, Manager 536 SOUTH HOPE STREET :: LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
Mr. H. J. Tremaine is a hotel man of a tong and successful experience. He was recently appointed Police Commissioner of Los Angeles and Presidentof theWil lard Hotel Company. Mr. Tremaine also operates the Angeles Hotel at Fourth and Spring, Los Angeles. Mr. F. B. Harrison, M an ag er of th e W illa rd H o tel, formerly of the Ho tel D yckm an in Minneapolis, a n d the Angeles Hotel, Los A n g eles, is widely known in the western hotel world.
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