The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-08-09
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON FOR SABBATH, AUG ia
"Thc Day of Atonemcnt," Lev. xvi.
1-O-Goiden Text Heb. ix., %.

VII Tho 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 hearethn
The death OF the two sons OF Aaron.n
This was because OF disobedience TX, Il: they
wilfully did what God had commanded
them not to do lex. xxx, 81, and fire from
the Lord devoured them How terrible 10
disobediencel How merciful is God in bear
ing so patiently with usl How awful will
be the realization of the vengeance OF God on
them that obey not the Gospel! III. Thess
l., LS)
"They offered before the Lord" All our
| service as Christians il before the Lord and
ought to he unto Him in the power of the
Spirit; all else is strange fire.
| V. =. Come not at all times within the
vail, for the way into the holiest Of all was
not yet made manifest; but now we havo
boldness TO enter at all times into the holiest
by the blood Of Jesus. Heb. ix., T., i9)
The cloud upon the mercy seat" What
glorious new and living way 10 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 a year, but eternal re-
demption. Heb. ix., l2.j
V. J. Thus shall Aaron come into the
holy" We will best understand this lesson
by looking at IL under the following head
| ings: !, the person of Aaron ., the sacrifices
| Tor himself and his house: 3, the sacrifices
| for the people; 4, his entrance to the hoiest:
D. the disposal of the blood. H. tn, dspos Il of
the sin Offering; /, the disposal Of the scape.
goat: ;, the burnt Offering; ., the grand
result
| 1.the person Of Aaron. Verse 4says that he
was to wash his flesh in water and put on holy
linen garrnents--breechos, coat, girdlc and
inter- this signifies that he put oil the beau
tiful garments ordinarily worn by him, and
described IN Ex. xviii thus he stands be-
fore us typifying the Lord Jesus, who laid
aside all HIS glory and beauty and as the
spotless one became our substitute. Tho
garments of glory and beauty (lI1. xviii, y
| speak to us OF the present work Of our High
Priest making continual interce>sion for us
:. The sacrifices for himself and his house.
/ These are found In verses g, G II, -, and
included both sin Offering and burnt
Offering. Beinga sinful man, he had TO offer
sacrifice for himself as well as for the sins
Of the people Heb. ix, q, but our High
Priest is holy, harmless, undeiiIei and sepl-
| rate from sinners.
3. The sacrifices for the people. .-Thes, arc
found in verses ), s-lO. and also included u
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. Many other sacrifices
were offered on this greatest of all days in
the year To an lsraelite see Mum xxx, i-ln,
but all pointed To the only sacrifice 10y which
sin can be ntoned for, for 1T is not possible
that the blood of bulls and of goats should
take away sinsn Heb. X, AIN.
4. The entrance to the Holiest This is de-
scribed in verses l2l5 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.
ix., ~. He was to take the ccnser of burn
ing Goals from of the golden altar before the
vail and carry II within the vail, putting on
the fire handfuls of sweet incense beaten
small, that cloud of incense might cover
the mercy seat. that he die not The pre-
cious truth OF the merits of Christ aS IA sweet
incense before God on our behalf will ill our
souls If we only receive It,
3. The disposal Of the blool This was the
all important part of the days work For
the life of the flesh is in the blood and have
given IL 70 you upon the altar, to make an
atorS'ment for YOUR souls; for u Is the blood
that maketh an atonement for tho soul. "
tLev xvii, H. Verses l4-lO, Is, 10 tell us
what was done with the b.ood on the mercy
seat and seven times before the mercy seat;
on 'e horns OF the altar and seven times on
the altar. perfect application for God and
man, necessary because of mans transgrcs-
sion and SIN
Il. The disposal of the sin offerings Verses
%, %, ~. The fat burned upon the altar, for
oven in Christ as our sin Offering bearing our
sins there was an excellence that only God
could appreciate; the bodies burned without
the camp. Wherefore Jesus also, that He
might sanctify the people with His own
blood, suffered without the gate. Let Us 20
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, HID
Z. The disposal of the scapegoat Vs. 20
o., 26.l Two goats We're taken for the peoples
sin. oil, ring, One was slain and the blood
sprlnked as we have learned, ON the head of
the other, as these verses tell MS. The priest
laid both his hands and confessed all the
iniquities, transgresSions and sins of all the
people, putting them on the head of the goat,
ana he was then led away into the wilder
ness, bearing them all into land not nhab-
tied
:. The burnt offerings. US. %. 9il The
whole sin question having been now attended
TO Aaron again washes himself, having put
Off the white linen garments and put on his
other garments, and comes forth to offer tho
burnt offerings for himself and for the poo.
pie, and makes an atonement. From Mum.
XxiX., u, we learn that every burnt Offering
was accompanied by meat Offering; and
that the daily burnt offering had both meat
and drink offerings These tell us at least OF
the perfect humanity of Christ always pleas
ing Gods life cheerfully poured out for
man. and ut the same time wholly yielded
unto God a precious and acceptable sacrifice.
| Nothing for Himself; all for God and man
9. The grand result. "Clean from all your
sins before the Lord" all iniquity, transgres-
sion and sin borne to land OF separation.
Tvs II, -, 20. 30l What day II was! A
day of aiiiiction of soul, but no work might
be done in 1t. Their part was penitence. The
priests work was to make atonement and in
that he was perfectly alone. ", III They
did not help him in any way. Clean from all
sin was Gods gift to tnem through the work
of another and by the sacrifice OF substi-
tute. How glad they must have been;
what peace and rest all sins forgiven But
It was only for ayear. The priest might say
Next year must go over all this again.
One OF the people might scarcely have
been cleansed till he must come again
to the priest with an offering for some tres
pass committed. But our sacrifice has been
offered once for ALL" "Cean every whit"
He says to all who respect Him, and that
precious blood, once shed, would continually
cleanse from all sin il we would but walk in
the light. "Sanctified through the Offering
Of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. For
by one offering He hath perfected forever
them that are ssnctifiedn' Heb T., 1919.
True Lenitence 10 our part, and even that tho
spirit works in us; full salvation has He
wrought out for US, and freely gives to who
ever will" Tell it out, gather in the lost,
hasten the completion OF His body, that He
may return for Israel's restoration and the
salvation OF the world.-Lesson Helper.
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