The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-09
THE DAY OF ATONEMENT.
LESSON VII, THIRD QUARTER, IN
TERNATiOlsAL SERIES, AUG. IL.

LESSON VII, THIRD QUARTER, IN
TERNATiONAL SERIES, AUG. t2.
Text of the Lesson. Lev. wi, l-16-Com-
nit worse ls-GoIden Text. Heb. TX. ee.
Commentary by Rev. d. M. stearns.
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v. l. 1.-THE Lord spake" This sentence
should always command our most reverent
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 disobediencetx u; they will
fully did what God had commanded them
not to dc (Ex. xxx, 81. and fire from tho 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; all else is as strange fire.
V. 2. Come not at all times within the
vail" for the way into the holiest of all was
not yet made manifest; but now we have bold
ness to enter at all times into the holiest by
the blood of Jesus. Heb. il, SIX, 1877
"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-
demption- Heb. il, L.,
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
fees for himself and his house; 8, the sacri-
fees for the people; 4, his entrance to the
holiest; s, the disposal of the blood; 8, the
disposal Of the sin offering; Z, the disposal of
the scapegoat; 4 the burnt offering; 9. the
grand result.
l. The person of Aaron.-Verse says that
he was to wash his flesh in water and put on
holy linen OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES coat, girdle
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 all his glory and beauty and as the
holy spotless one became our substitute The
garments of glory and beauty tEx. xviii, 2,
speak to US of the present work of our High
Priest making continual intercession for us.
Rev. xix, s, gives us the significance Of linen,
A-~A.
The word sweat is only found in two other
places in Scripture-Gen. Iii, 10; Luke xii,
44-and the lesson Is on the surface for
opened eyes. e.5 .,..
3. The sacrifices for himself and his house
These are found in verses s, 6, IL, "a, and
included both sin offering and burnt Of
fering, which were explained In the last les
SON Being a sinful man, he had to offer sac
rifice for himself as well as for the sins of
the people Heb. TX, 2, but our High Priest is
holy, harmless, undefiled and separate from
sinners wg ...
The sacrifices for the peopla-These are
found in verses 5, ITO, and also included
sin offering and burnt Offering. The burnt
Offering in each case was 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.
4. The entrance to the Holiest This is de-
scribed in verses 12-17. We must under
stand the arrangement Of the tabernacle
and remember that into this room went the
high priest alone aud only once every year
| Heb. *, ~ He was to take the censer 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. *, 8, d 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 censer
is found In Ex- Il, 4, 5; XXI, l, 10.
1 < Tho - .fc
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" Nev. xvii, IL Verses l4-l6, Is, 10,
tell us what was 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
25, 81, %. 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 appreciates; the bodies burned with
out the camp. Wherefore Jesus also, that
He might sanctify the people with His own
blood, suffered without the gata 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, 11-l4) 8.i
Z. The disposal OF the scapegoat. Vs
1929, 26.I Two goats were taken for the
peoples sin offering. One was slain and
the blood sprinkled, as we have learned, on
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
land not inhabited Tre.
8. The burnt offerings Ws %. 24) 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 peo
pie. and make an atonement .t.a
O. The grand result. "ClSan from all you,
sins before the Lord" all iniquity, transgres
sion and sin borne to a land of separa
ton Ws 81, %, %, 30.) What day it was
A day of atfliction 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
". 17.) They did not help him in any way
Clean from all sin was Gods gift to then
| tuC WI In W dAiot<iC1 dLo ny Tile Sic
rifce Of substitute. How glad they mus
have been; what peace and rest-all sins for
giveni But 1t was only for year The prizes
might say. "Next year must 60 over all thi
again" One of the people might acarcel,
have been cleansed till he must come agail
to the priest with an offering for some tres
pass committed But our sacrifice has beel
offered once for ALL" "Clean every whit,
He says to all who accept Him, and tina
precious blood, once shed, would continual,
cleanse from all sin if we would but walk il
the light "Sancti6ed through the offering
OF the body of Jesus Christ once for all Fo
by one offering He hath perfected foreve
them that are sanctifed" Heb. K, 10, l4)
True penitence is our part, and even that tn
spirit works in US; full salvation has II
wrought out for US, and freely gives to "who
ever will" Tell it out, gather In the lost, has
ten the completion Of His body, that He ma
return for Israel's restoration end the salva
tiok of the world.