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The Barred Door
Then the King came, came to the door He had been making for getting into His world. And,—strange beyond compare!—He finds it shut, and barred, cross-barred, up and down and across, and all grown over with thorny growths, and poison ivy, and deadly nightshade. But He could not be stopped by this. He pushed His way, gently, steadily, in through the door, carrying the cross-bars as He went, terribly torn by the thorns, giving out His life, and wearing to this hour the scars; [Note: Rev_5:6.] but—but, He came through the door, and reached His race of men anew.
The nation had failed utterly at the critical point. It rejected its King, and so it was rejected by the King. Yet it was a self-rejection. The act of rejection was its own act. And so has followed their long rejection, from the time our Lord was crucified up to this hour. But it is not an utter rejection. God has not utterly cast off His messenger-people, nor forgotten His covenant with His friend Abraham.
God's purposes move steadily onward. The scattered parts of the nation will come together again. At the first it will be in reliance on their own efforts, still leaving God out. The city of Jerusalem will become their recognized capital again, the temple be rebuilt, the old round Of sacrifices begun again. Then will come their most terrible persecution. Then the King comes to them the second time, in their most awful need, as their Saviour.
This time He is recognized; then comes a national regeneration through the Holy Spirit. Again the Jew will be the premier nation of the earth, and Jerusalem the central capital of the world. And then will come the kingdom period of worldwide evangelization. At last, through God's patience, the steadfastness of His purpose, and by His wondrous grace, they will become the messenger-nation again to all the earth. At last their mission is accomplished.
Then the Kingdom having achieved its purpose, the Jew is merged into the race again. And all redeemed men, without distinction of nation or race, are gathered into the wondrous city, lighted by the glory of the King.