27. The cross was the world's and earth's estimate of the value of the Son. What is the religion of the earth!!-Rev. 11:8, " where also our Lord was crucified" is said of Jerusalem-a sort of parting word for the Jews as a nation. Christ was crucified there, and till they repent as a nation, they are aliens from Jerusalem. And to us it is a word of warning, as reminding us that if we be faithful the worst persecution is always to be looked for from what bears the name of God in the earth, and has most self-complacency in thinking of itself, " The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord are we!"
Yet a little while, and the same scenes that were seen in Jerusalem at the close of our Lord's life may be seen in Christendom, at the close of the church's sojourn here. Are you ready for it?