Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-08-09

described in Genesis XVI These amin ais are
clean according 70 the Lovitical division in
70 clean and uucleaa. They wore the most
important of those used for food. The three
kinds OF quadrupcds wero demos yicated In
| nooks and herds and were recognized AZ
! property, constituting a great part OF the
wealth OF the people Ia thai aye. Three
conditions were met therefore Ia the sacIi-
Ace Of these qusdrupods % They were
cloan, e, they were domestioated, CD they
were part OF the personal property Of the
saerihcer
If man were rich, he brought ~ his
heart prompted To honor God, tbs best OF
kis hord Those less able would bring q
sheep or goat, thoso Sill poorer brought
| turtle dove or pigeon These chosen
for a sacrifice were Of creatures mud and
| gentle, typifying innocence and neekuess.
The Jews claimed THAI tho sacriAce OF
birds was one OF the most dfiOult services
devolving upon tho prsost; and that greater
care was necessary, tho lesson boiaS thus
Taught: that those who minister In holy
| things should be az sohcitous for the souls
| of the poor as those of tho rtoh; and that
their offering was as acceptable to God, for
| he expects according 70 what naa
hath"
AToNEMBNT PoR THE PEoH.n.
Having effected personal reconciliation
with God Tho High Priest pro0seds ID
make atopement for tho peopie. TWO kids
| Counted as one ofroling) were purchased
| w VI lhO CObAlcRStlCu
These lambs of equal size and vaius wero
presented at the door OF tho tabernacle near
the worshippers, On tho nortn II the altar
was an urn in which were coin, some mark
ed for Jehovah" others for Azazel" Escape
| gOat.) The high priest shook the urn and
| thrusting in his hand drew forth two lots
and placed them on the head Of each goat
The one on which rested tho word ''scape-
goat" was led before the people and ''fscing
them waited, as It were, till their sins
| IN 1at1 "a I'M -
which fell the Lords lot was offered as a
sin Offering while the scapo goat was led
into the wilderness or "uninhabited land;"
| sgnifying that tho sin expiated by ths life
OF tho one was borne away never again 10
| be remembered. There Is in the matter
of atoneuent, u part which belongs 10 God
only, and which is offered to God only. Sin
| is a guilty thing, for which satisfaction
must be made. This satisfaction is render
! cd to God. In this transaction man has no
part whatever The blood Of atonement is
not offered 10 man, but 70 God. Here tudg-
ment and death arc put upon the goat of
| fered TO the Lord, and mans sin ia punish
ed and expiated. There arc those who
| claim that there is nothing in tho nature or
| character of God which requires from Us
| an expiation of sin; and therefore, nothing
so inherently sinful and guilty that God
| may not pass IL, by simple forgiveness.
| But we learn from this, that Gods holiness
and justice require that he punish sin by
| IL.
done by the one Offering which Christ made
| for our sin. 1t must be clearly understood
that sin is something that God must take
account of wholly apart from the
| question of mans salvation. Sin must be
met and expiated, whether man be saved or
not 1t is "a part of the gracious purpose of
God In dealing with man, to give him the
| benefit Of this expiration and provide for his
| return through the open door OF forgiveness
in connection with the putting away OF sin;
Therefore, we understand how expiution OF
| sin by Christ for the whole world, for
every man, is made efficient for salvation
only for those who, through fifth and re
pentance come back TO God. There is no
waste in this work of Christ because some
do not believe, since it is something done TO
God entirely apart from mans acceptance.
Gods glory could not be purged Of the
afrront offered To it, until sin had been put
| away by the amazing sacrifice which Christ
accomplished. The punishment OF sin does
not giorify God in this respect; 1t is the
| work of Christ which does.
| 1.-THE goat on which the lot fell TO be the
scape goat shall be presented alive before
| the Lord. Here we have mans side and
share in the atonement. This goat was
! offered 10 tho people, as the former one was
! offered 10 the Lord. Showing how the sin
| of the people, which had been expiated by
| the Lords lot is now carried unto the
Wilderness by the peoples lot Thus is
| typiicd the forgiveness and forgetfulness
OF our sins by the Lord, when we accept
his atonem0nt and make IL ours.-Pentecost-
V. II. Sprinkle the blood upon the mer-
cy feat seven times Seven signifed com
pleteness. The blood did not affect par
| tial reconciliation: il was a complete and
satisfactory atonement. All of this accom-.
plished, the high priest returned toward
the sanctuary and a second time laid his
two hands on the bullock (Which still stood
between the porch and the altar TO confess
| over him his personal sins and those OF has
own household. Then the high priest slew
the bullock and the blood was caught, and
later sprink1ed upon the mercy seat. In
like manner were slain the sacrifices OF the
people.
| v 16 Atonement for the tabernacle
Moral uncleenliness defiles everything with
| which it comes in contact. Israel could
learn the lesson in no other way.
During the London plague. not only did
merchants refuse 10 oommipgle with the
diseased, but articles were laid down in a
distant locality and the coin In payment for
these necessaries was dropped in n basin of
disinfectants, lest plague cling to tho metal
SO the Israelites were to cleanse the taoer-
nacle which their sin had defled
/ SUGGESTED THOUGHTS.
As the holy fire was ever TO be kept burn
ing on the ancient altar, 50 in our lives the
fame of holy love should never go out, but
be bright and burning as we regularly offer
unto God the homage OF our lives-
|
edged aud confessed.
Those who hold official positions In the
church are alike sinners, saved by the
grace of God. Before teaching others they
should experience in life the blcssedness Of
the precepts they inculcate
The Offering for the congregation was
furnished by them. One rich man might
have bought the sacrifice for the whole
not 80, the teaching would have been I'M
true TO fact; every man must be personally
participant aud partaker OF the grace OF
God.
Lot him whose sin has been expiated, aud
carried away by the scape goat, cease run
ming after the old sins; leave the things
which are behind and press forward to those
| which are before.
Fast days arc needed now, not dead for
malism, but living spirituality, drawing
near to God with fervency OF spirit.
The fact that we have committed sin re-
mains after it has been forgiven, but our
heavenly father teaches that through
Christ he will forget well as forgive.
Transgressions are blotted out, covered.
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