The Last Days of Christ

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Sep 3, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 34.

The Last Days of Christ

Our readings extend from Matthew 22, the marvelous answers which Jesus gave to His captious critics who sought to cause Him in some way to stumble, to His death upon the cross, closing with Psalms 93 to 96. Of thrilling interest are these last days of our Lord's life on earth,—the woes upon the teachers and responsible men of the nation, which almost broke His heart; His prophecy of His coming and the end of the world; the lessons of warning; and the parables of the virgins and the talents. His last supper with His disciples, the farce of the trial through which He passed, the awful agony of Calvary, ought to impress upon the readers' hearts lessons which can never be forgotten. And the psalms for the Sabbath day ought to be joyful songs of praises in the hearts of the readers, for Christ died that we might see and enjoy and know all these blessings which the songs of Israel teach us.