Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-08-10

ICOnOeDSeO from Lesson fttlDeT QuarUeTlY, Dy
permission OF II. s. Hoffman, Philadelphia,
publisher.l
V. l. 1.-THE Lord spake." This sentence
should always command our most reverent
attention, we want to bow our heads and
hearts in loving submission and say ''Speak,
Lord, for thy servant heareth."
1.-THE death of the two SOM Of Aaron" This
was because of disobedience *, u; they will
fully did what God had commanded them
not to do (Ex. 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 into Him in the power of the
Spirit; all 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, 8; Z, 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 inc Mercy Seat and
cloud and Holy of Holes, in whom we have
redemption not for a year, but eternal re-
demption. Heb. tx, E.I
V. 8. 'Thus shall Aaron come into the
holy" We will best understand this lesson
by looking at it under the following head
ings: l, the person of Aaron; 2, the sacri-
1ces for himself and his house; 8, the sacri-
1cee for the people: 4, his entrance to the
holiest; Q, the disposal Of the blood; 9, the
disposal Of the sin offering; Z, the disposal Of
the scapegoat; y, the burnt offering; ., the
grand result.
/ The person Of Aaron.-Verse 4 says that
he was to wash his flesh in water and put on
halv lirap ooo< ~.-Jl~
and inter. this signifies that he put off the
beautiful garments ordinarily worn by him,
and described in Ex. xviii; thus be stands
before US typifying the Lord Jesus, who laid
aside ali his glory and beauty and as the
holy spotless one became our substitute. The
garments of glory and beauty Ex. xviii, q
speak to us of the present work of our High
Priest making continual intercession for us.
Rev, xix, 5, gives US the significance OF linen,
and Eek. Xiv, II, Is, tells why it was worn.
The word sweat IL only found in two other
places in Scripture-Gen. iii, 10; Luke xii,
4+-and the lesson is on the surface for
opened eyes.
2. The sacrifices for himself and his house.
These are found in verses 8, 8, IL, "a, and
included both a sin offering and a burnt Of
fering, which were explained in the last les
son. Being a sinful man, he had to offer sac
rifce for himself as well as for the sins of
the people Heb. TX, h, but our High Priest is
holy, harmless, undefled and separate from
sinners
8. The sacrifices for the people.-These are
found in verses 8, ITO, and also included a
sin offering and burnt offering. The burnt
Offering in each case was q ram, but the sin
offering was, for Aaron, a bullock, and for
the people, two goats, the reason may be
found in my upon the last lesson.
l. The entrance to the Hottest. This is de-
scribed in verses l2-l7. We must under
stand the arrangement of the tabernacle,
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 il, 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. *, 8, Il 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. Il, 4, s, ky, l, ~.
8. 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, ILL., Verses l4-l6, IS. ~,
tell us what was lone 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
q. The disposal Of the sin offerings Verses
%. "a, y. The fat burned upon the altar, for
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 no
continuing city. but We seek one to come"
Heb. xiii, ll-li.i
Z. The disposal of the scapegoat. VS.
20-22, 20, 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. as these verses tell
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 a
and not inhabited
B. The burnt offerings. Tvs. %, pa The
whole sin question having been now attended
to Aaron again washes himself, having put OF
the white linen garments and put on his
other garments, and comes forth to offer the
burnt offerings for himself and for the PEG
pie, and make an a%tonenent
9. The grand result Clean from all your
sins before the Lord" all iniquity, transgres-
sion and sin borne to a land of separa-
ton. VS. 81, p, ~, 30.l What a day it was
A day of affection of soul, but no work
might he done III it Their part was peni-
tence. The priests work was to max atone
ment, and in that he was perfectly alone.
". III They did not help him in any way.
Clean from all sin was Gods gift to them
through the work Of another and by the sac
ritice Of a substitute. How glad they must
have been. what peace and rest-all sins for
givenl But it was only for a year. The priest
might say; Next year | must go over all this
again" One OF the people might scarcely
have been cleansed till hs must come again
to the priest with an Offering for some tres