The Life of the Waiting Soul Part 4

{99} There is so much doubt as to the bearing upon this point of the words in Hebrews xii. 1, that I have not referred to it. Yet I would suggest that the comparison of our life on earth to the endeavours of the runners in the games of the amphitheatre implies that those efforts are made under the gaze of a cloud of spectators. The existence of the spectators, and their interest in the contests, are integral facts in the similitude, and essential elements in it.

{100a} Eph. i. 23.

{100b} 2 Cor. v. 8.

{102} See 2 Macc. xii. 44, 45.

{103a} See Plummer, Expositor, Pastoral Epp., p. 324.

{103b} Forbes on 39 Articles, p. 612.

{104} See the note on p. 88, Address viii. _supra_.