Part 2002

onishes that he would come on this wise and that he has fulfilled everything. We Christians thus have against the Jews a firm ground and certain title and conviction from their own Scripture that this Messiah, who thus came to them, is the Christ predicted by tile prophets and that no other shall come, and that in the vain hope of another's coming they forfeit their temporal and eternal salvation. [[The electronic version of this sermon is divided between the verses of Matt 21:1-9. Part 1 is found in verses 1-3 (or Mk 11:1-3 or Lk 19:29-31 or Jn 12:12-13), Part 2 in verses 4-6 (or Mk 11:4-6 or Lk 19:32-34 or Jn 12:14-16), and Part 3 in verses 7-9 (or Mk 11:7-11 or Lk 19:35-40 or Jn 12:17-19).]] * 62 * This has been said about the history of this Gospel. Let us now treat of its hidden or spiritual meaning. Here we are to remember that Christ's earthly walk and conversation signify his spiritual walk; his bodily walk therefore signifies the Gospel and the faith. As with his bodily feet he walked from one town to another, so by preaching he came into the world. Hence this lesson shows distinctly what the Gospel is and how it is to be preached, what it does and effects in the world, and its history is a fine, pleasing picture and image of how the kingdom of Christ is carried on by the office of preaching. We will consider this point by point. * V.1. * * “And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and came unto Bethphage, unto the Mount of Olives.” * * 63 * All the apostles declare that Christ would become man at the end of the world, and that the Gospel would be the last preaching, as is written in 1 John 2:18: “Little children, it is the last hour, and as ye have heard that Antichrist cometh, even now hath there arisen many Antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last hour,” etc. He mentions here the Antichrist. Antichrist in Greek means he who teaches and acts against the true Christ. Again, 1 Cor. 10:11: “All these things were writ