The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-10-06
sunday Reading.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FIRST
DAY OF THE WEEK.
Prom the christian STANDARD.
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Prom the Christian Standard.
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The Jewish feasts of the Passover
and Pentecost. had a peculiar ar
raDgement of days. which it is worth
while to consider in the light OF
New Testameht illusions. H
Il. The paschal lamb was slain on
tbe fourteenth Of Nisan. lex. xii, g..
The fifteenth day was aSabbath |
"a day of holy convocation. LEV
xiii, ~ 60
8. On the next day-'the morrow
after the Sabbath"-the first ripe
sheaf of the barley harvest was wav-
ed before the Lord Ever. IDS NOR
were any of the fruits of the harvest
to be enjoyed until this offering Of
the frst-fruits to God (ver. ~.
4. From the day the sheaf of the
wave offering was presented, so days
were counted, when the feast known
as Pentecost-"the feast of harvest,
the ifrst,fruits of thy labors," was
observed over. Is, At this time the.
first, fruits of the wheat harvest were
presented in two leayened leaves
Cver. ~; and in addition to the pre-
scribed sacrifices, free.will offering
was to be made by every one who
came to the sanctuary, according to
his circumstances. Oeut. xyi,s l09
This feast is also supposed to be
commemorative of the giving of the
law from Sinai so days after their
departure from Egypt. I'm the third
month, when the children of Israel
were gone forth out of the land of
Egypt, the same day came they into
tie wilderness of Sinai" (Ex. XIX,
II They came out of Egypt on the
18th day of the first month. In AZ
days, therefore, they came to Sinai.
Oh the first day Of the third month.
On the second day of this third
month Moses. went up into the noun,
tain, and three days were given TO
the people to purify themselves
This brings us to the 49th day. On
the next day-the 50th-the glory
of God appeared on the mount.
This event seems. in later times, to
have been associated with the Offer
ing of the frst-fruits as a reason for
keeping the feast Of Pentecost; and
ifnot divinely authorized, it is at
least significant.
Now in the allusion of the Scrip
lures to these facts and ordinances.
we call attention to the. following:
a. "Christ. our paschal Lamb, is
sacrificed for u.s." q Cor. ", ~
o. "Now is Christ risen from the
dead, and become the first fruits of
them that slept" q Cor. XIV. 2O)
"Christ, the frst-fruIts; afterward
they that are his at his coming"
(ver. 23).
80 Not only they, but ourselves
also, who have the frst-fruits of the
Spirit rom. viii, 2S)
eye were sealed with that Holy
Spirit of promise, which is the earn
est of our inheritance until the re
demption of the purchased posses.
sion." Eph. l., Is, a.
a. For the law shall go forth
from Zion. and the word of the Lord
from Jerusalem" Isaiah H., 81
With these landmarks in view. we
are not lead by fancy in arranging
the following antitypical events:
(Q) Christ. our paschal lamb, was
slain.
(b) The succeeding Sabbath-the
last of Jewish Sabbaths-he kept in
the grave.
(c) On 1.-THE morrow after the Sab.
bath"-the first day of the week
he came forth from the dead, 1.-THE
.frSt715wits of them that Slept the
earnest of bountiful harvest to be
gathered into the heavenly gamers.
(d) Fifty days afterward, which
brings us to another first day Of the
week, when the day of Pentecost
was fully come" the "frst-fruits of
the Spirit were realized, and the
frst-fruits from the white fields of
humanity were waved before the
Lord in the ofering-the voluntary
offering-of 8 900 converted sinners
to God. The new law from Mount
Zion was promulged by the chosen
ambassadors of the newly exalted
King, and the first Church of Christ
was planted - every member Of
which brought his free-will offering
and laid it down at the apostles
feet. As we have here q new insti-
tuition. new Lawgiver, q new law,
new terms of admission, and a new.
worship, SO We have o new day,--a
day corresponding to that most sig
nifeant day Of the passover feast,
1.-The morrow after the Sabbath" and
to the day on which the feast of
harvest was celebrated and the Civ
ing of the law commemorated.
1.-THE FACT. H s.