Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-08-09
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.
Lesson VII, August, ~ 1888.
TIE DAT or AroNEMEET-Lev

And the Lord spalSs unto Moses after the
death Of the two sens of Aaron, when they
offered before the Lord and dlod; ,. And
tho Lord said unto Mosss Speak unto
Aaron thy brssAor, that NJ Osmo not ~ all
times inSo tho holy place Within tho veii
before the Mercy scot, which " upon the
| ark; that he die not for / will appear In
the cloud spoR tho mercy scat. 5. Thus
shall Aaron couae into the hsly plaoe; with
q young bullock for a sin offeFing, and
RAN for burnt Offering. 4. He shall put
\ On the holy linen coat, and no shall have
the linen brooches upen his neeh, and shall
| be glrded with linen girdle, and with tho
| linen mitre shall be DO attired these are holy
garments; therefore shall he wash his
aesh in water and 80 put them on. 5. And
| he shall take Of the congregation OF the
children OF Israel two kids OF tho goats for
sin Offering, and ono ram for burnt of
| ferlng. O. And Aaron shall Offer his bull
lock of the sin Offering, which is for him
| self, and make an atonement for himsolf,
and for his house. Z. And he shall take the
two goats, and present them before the
Lord at the door OF the tabernacle OF the
congregation. :. And Aaron shall cyst
| lots upon the two goats; one LOT Tor the
| Lord, and the other lot for the scapcgoat
o. And Aaron shall bring the goat upon
which the Lords lot fell, and offer him for
u sin Offering. 10. But the goat,
on which the lot fell to be the
|
before the Lord, to make atonement with
him, and TO let him go for a scapegoat into
the wilderness. II. And Aaron shall bring
the bullock of the sin Offering, which Is for
| himself, and shall make atonement for him
self, and for his house, and shall kill the
bullock Of the sin Offering which is for him
self. -. And he shall take . censer full Of
sarning Goals of fire from off the altar be-
fore the Lord, and his hands full of sweet
incense beaten small and bring it within
the vail: 13 And no shall put the incense
upon the Are before the Lord, that thB cloud
Of the incense may cover the mercy -soat
that is spon the testimony, that he die not
| a. And be shah take OF the blood of the
| bullock, aaa sprinkle IL with his finger upon
the mercy seat eastward; and before tbs
mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood
with his finger scvee times Is. Then shall
he kill the goat OF tho sin offering, that Is for
the people, and bring his blood within the
vail, and do with that blood as he did with
| the hlsod Of the bullock, and sprinkle it up
on the mercy scot and before the morcy
seat: 10. And he shall make atonementfor
| the holy place because of the unclcanness
Of the children Of Israel, and because of
| their transgressions in all their sins; and
so shall he do for the tabernacle of the con
gregation, that remaineth among them in
the midst OF their uncleanness.
GoLnEN TEXT - without shedding OF
blood there is no remlssion.-Heb. 9:22.
Peaceful and happy succession of relig-
! ious observance had been inaugurated and
| Israelis prospects were suspicious when
disobedience in high places occurred. Ma
dab and Abthu, sons OF Aaron, diSregarded
the command and entered the sanctuary in
unit mind and offered strange fire. They
paid by loss of life the penalty OF their dis
obedience (''for fire from the Lord devoured
| themnO. 1t waa in view OF that sad catas-
4l..A .&..1
Aaron in regard 70 carolessness or lack OF
reverence in his approaches to tho Holy of
Hohes.
The fire first kindled upon the altar,
INTERNATIONALLY lighted from heaven, was to
be kept continually burning BY supplies Of
fuei. Sacrifices, therefore, throughout
their generation would DO consumed by this
holy fire, rs token of divine acceptance and
approval. 1T is claimed by the Jews that
this fire upon the altar never went out, I'M
I'll Israel's captivity in Babylon.)
Nadab and Abihu, evidently, thought so
small q matter as the kind Of fire was a
mere form, q non-cssential, hence they dis
regarded the pattern and substituted I'M
hallowed embers as suiting best their pleas
are and convenience.
LESSON NOTES.
J " |. The Lord spake unto Moses. Moses
seemed 10 have served as interpreter as
well as mediator between Jehovah and
men. AS Aaron's two sons had become
careless in the discharge of their official
duties, so might Aaron. AS he entered
daily the holy place TO burn incense and
trim the golden lamps he might by custom
think he could also go into the Holy of Ho-
lies when he chose. The commands were
specific as to order OF service and puFifica-
ton before entering this holy place. Aaron
knew this from the first, and so did Nadab
and Abihu. 1t is not for US TO query why q
certain form is required. il is ours TO obey.
| NlHah him
Moses gave instructions as To clean and un-
clean things, both animate and inahimate,
closing with full directions concerning the
purifying of the priesthood, the people, and
the tabernacle. This special service was an
annual occasion intended as covering Of
the sins and transgressiops OF the year
which might have failod Of mention In the
daily sacrifices. The day OF Atonement
was The only fast day Ga day of humiliation
and solsmnity), others were occasions Of Joy
and feetivity. 10 occurred varying accord
ing To the new noon about the first of Dc
tobcf, the nh month of the religious year
dating from the departure from Egypt add
the flrs1 month of the civil year. 1t was on
this occasion that they were to ''aff1ict their
souls, " and do no work at ALL 1t shall be q
Sabbath Of rest unto you; an occasion for
public acknowledgment Of sin and humIlia-
t4oh therefor On this occasion, and this ouly,
the high priest was to enter the holy of HOLES
within the veil and make full aud complete
atoncment With so much care was this
ceremonial guarded, that upon the compile
ton Of the temple, preparation for It was be
gun seven days In advance. The priest was
removed from his own house and family,
and dwelling in chamber of the temple,
COVE himself 10 preparation of mind and
body. that he might be fully consecrated 10
the duties involved. All of this was In
tended TO emphasize the stnfulnees OF ain
and Gods abhorrence of it, and the certain
~ Of deathoovertaking the needless or OBJ
, durate. Hence the rending of the veil Of
the temple at Christ's crucifxion signihed
that perfect atonemeRt had been made,
whereby all might approach the Holy Of
Holes (God) with safety through the offer
ing (once for ALL of Jesus: Seeing that
we have great high priest, that is passed
into the heavens, Jesus the Son Of God,
let us come boldly unto the throne of
grace that we may obtain mercy" etc.
Christ having conquered sin, opened a new
and living way through tho veil of his flesh,
and we, without fear of death, may draw
nigh unto God through him.
AToSEMESs FOR SELF.
The services of atonement day began
J with the Offering of sacrifice for the priest
himself, for IL he be not clean he could not