Abie and Esther walked hand in hand down the street. They were Jewish children, and some of the neighbors mockingly called after them, “There go old man Levin’s children—we call them Messiah’s children.”
These two quiet and clever children lived in Hungary, and they were often mocked and teased by others because they were Jewish. Their father, Moses Levin, was a very pious man, and he diligently read the Old Testament over and over. He told the children of the promised Messiah, who God had said would come. As he studied his Bible more and more carefully, he finally told his wife and family, “The Messiah must have already come, and we did not know Him, therefore the judgment of God rests upon us.”
At last Mr. Levin’s heart was so filled with longing to hear more about the Messiah, that he said good-bye to his family and started out for Jerusalem. Very shortly after, his wife received the sad news that he had died soon after arriving in Jerusalem. Whether this pious Jew had been told there by believing Christians that Jesus the “Messiah” had really come, but was rejected and crucified for us, I do not know.
Not very long after this, Mrs. Levin took her two children, Abie and Esther, and set out for America. Shortly after they arrived, they heard about Jesus, the crucified Messiah, whom the Jews had rejected many years ago. Then they remembered the words of their dear father, and listened with inward longing to the good tidings. They turned to the Lord Jesus with all their heart and believed in and accepted Him as their own Messiah and Saviour. They rejoiced together in their new happiness, and often spoke of the time when they were mocked and called “Messiah’s children” back in Hungary.
Possibly some of our young readers, who are believers in the Lord Jesus, are being mocked and teased by other children. Bear it patiently, for you are much better off than those who mock you. If they will not repent and turn to God, His judgment will surely come upon them.
ML 03/04/1951