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TIE DAY CT AT0NEMENT.
LESSON VII, THIRD QUARTER, IN
TERNATlONAL SERIES, AUG. IL.

CONDENSED from Lesson Helper Quarterly, by
permission Of II. S. Hoffman, Philadelphia,
publisher
V. l. "The Lord spake" This sentence
should always command our most reverent
attentions; want to bow our heads and
hearts in loving submission and say "Speak,
Lord, for thy servant heareth."
1.-THE death of the two sons of Aaron" This
was because of disobedience *, y; they will
fully did what God had commanded them
not to do zen Xxx o. and fire from the Lord
devoured them.
"They offered before the Lord" All our
service as Christians is before the Lord and
ought to be unto Him in the power of the
Spirit; oil else is as strange fire.
va "Come not at all times within the
vail for the way into the hottest of all was
not yet made manifest; but now we have bold
ness to enter at all times into the hottest by
the blood of Jesus Heb tx, S.; x, 49,
1.-The cloud upon the mercy seat" What a
glorious new and living way it is that not
only gives us access to, but permits to abide
in Him who is our Ark and Mercy Seat and
cloud and Holy of Holes, in whom we have
redemption not for year, but eternal re
dempton dleb. tx, l2J
V. 8. "Thus shall Aaron come into the
holy" We will best understand this lesson
by looking at it under the following head
ings: /, the person of Aaron; ?, the sacri-
fees for himself and his house; s, the sacri-
fees for the people; 4, his entrance to the
holiest B. the disposal of the blood g. the
disposal of the SIN offering; Z, the disposal of
the scapegoat; 3, the burnt Offering; y the
grand result
l. The person of Aaron. Verse 4 says that
he was TO wash his flesh in water and put ON
holy linen garments-treeches, coat, girdle
and inter, this signifies that he put off the
beautiful garments ordinarily worn by him,
and described in Elk. xviii; thus he stands
before us IMPLYING the Lord Jesus, who laid
aside all his glory and beauty and as the
holy spotless one became our substitute. The
garments of glory and beauty lex. xviii, ?
speak to us of the present work of our High
Priest making continual intercesson for US.
Rev. xix, 8, gives us the significance of linen,
and Eek. xiv, II, 49, tells why it was worn.
The word sweat is only found in two other
places in Scripture-Gen. iii, 10; Luke xxi.
44-and the lesson is on the surface for
opened eyes.
Q The sacrifices for himself and his house
These are found in verses 8, t, H. -, and
included both a sin Offering and a burnt of
fering, which were explained in the last les
son. Being sinful man, he had TO offer sac
rifice for himself as well for the sins of
the people tHeb ix, 4, but our High Priest is
holy, harmless, indebted and separate from
sinners
3. The sacrifices for the people-These are
| found in verses 3, 40, and also included
sin Offering and burnt Offering. The burnt
Offering in each case was a ram. but the sin
Offering was for Aaron, a bullock. and for
the people, two goats; the reason may be
found in my comments upon the last lesson
+. The entrance to the Hottest. This is de
scribed in verses 19-11 We must under
stand the arrangement OF the tabernacie
and remember that into this room went the
high priest alone, and only once every year
(Heb. tx, ~ He was to take the censor Of
burning Goals from off the golden altar be
fore the vail and carry it, within the vail.
putting on the fire handfuls of sweet incense
beaten small, that a cloud of incense might
cover the mercy seat that he die not The
precious truth of the merits of Christ as a
sweet incense before God on our behalf will
fill our souls if we only receive it. One not
acquainted with this days services might
think from reading Heb. tx, 3, A that the
golden censor belonged within the vail, but
that chapter has special reference to this one
day, and the usual place of the golden censor
is found in Elk xl, 4, ); xxx, /, 10.
5. The disposal of the blood This was
the all important part of the days work
For the life OF the flesh is in the blood, and
l have given it to you upon the altar, to
make an atonement for your souls for it is
the blood that maketh an atonement for the
soul" LEV. xvii, H. Verses l4-l6, IS, 10,
tell us what done with the blood: on the
mercy seat and seven times before the mercy
seat, on the horns of the altar and seven times
on the altar
6. The disposal of the sin offerings. Verses
TIa fat mol, 1, Ia.
even in Christ as our sin offering bearing
our sins there was an excellence that only
God could appreciate; the bodies burned with
out the camp. "Wherefore Jesus also, that
He might sanctify the people with His own
blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go
forth therefore unto Him. without the camp.
bearing His reproach For here have we nc
continuing city, but we seek one to come II
1Heb. xiii, 1l-l4)
z. The disposal of the scapegoat US.
20-22, 26l Two goats were taken for the
peoples sin offering. One was slain and
the blood sprinkled, as we have learned Oh
the head of the other, these verses tel
us. The priest laid both his hands and con
fessed all the iniquities, transgressions and
SINS of all the people, putting them on the
head of the goat, and he was then led away
into the wilderness, bearing them all into g
land not inhabited.
s. The burnt offerings US 90, pa The
whole sin question having been now attended
to Aaron again washes himself, having put of
the white linen garments and put on hi,
other garments, and comes forth to offer the
burnt offerings for himself and for the PEG
pie, and make an atonement.
Q. The grand result. "Clean from all youl
sins before the Lord" all iniquity, transgres
sion and sin borne to a land of separa
ton Tvs 81 90, 90, 3O) What day it was
A day of affection of soul, but no worl
might be done in it. Their Part was peni
tence The priests work was to make atone
ment and in that he was perfectly alone
". ~ They did not help him in any way
Clean from all sin was Gods gift to then
through the work Of another and by the sac
rifice Of substitute. How glad they mus
nave been; what peace and rest-al sins for
lvenl But it was only for year The prizes
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