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" 3. "rhus 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; 9, the sucri
fees for himself and his house; 8, the sucri
holiest; S, the disposal Of the blood; 6, the
disposal Of the sin Offering; q, the disposal of
the scapegoat; 8, 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 garments-breeches, cont. girdle
and miter; this signifies that he put off the
beautiful garments ordinarily worn by him,
and described in Ex. xviii; thus he stands
before us typifying the Lord Jesus, who laid
aside oil 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, s, gives us the significance of linen,
and Ezek. xiv, II, IS, tells why it was worn.
The word sweat is 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, 6, II, "a, and
included both a sir Offering and burnt of
fering, which were explained In the last les
SON Being sinful man, he had to offer sac
rifice for himself as well as for the sins of
the people Heb TX, n, but our High Priest is
holy, harmless, undecided and separate from
sinners.
| The sacrifices for the peopie.-These ure
found In verses s, 7-1O, and also included
sin offering and burnt Offering The burnt
offering i'll each case was u ram, but the sin
i Offering was, for Aaron, bullock, and for
the people, two goats; the reason may be
found i'll my comments upon the last lesson.
4 The entrance to the Holiest.-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 ix, z, He was to take the censor of
burning Goals from of the golden altar be-
fore the vail and carry it, within the yail,
putting on the fire hnndfuls 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 IL
sweet incense before God on our behalf will
till our souls If we only receive it One not
acquainted with this days services might
think from reading Reb. tx, 8, 4. that the
golden censer belonged within the vail, but
1
day. and the usual place of the golden censer
is found in Ex Il, 4, 5. XXX, l, TO-
S. The disposal Of tile blood.-This was
the all important part of tho days work
''For the life Of the flesh is In the blood, and
have given it to you upon the altar to
make an atonenent for your souls: for it is
the blood that maketh an atonenent for the
soul" Lev. xvii, Ill Verses l4-l6, Is, 10,
1 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
.. 81, % The fnt burned upon the altar, for
svcn in Christ us our sin offering bearing
our sins there was un excellence that only
God could appreciates; the bodies burned with
out tie camp. "Wheiefore Jesus also, that
lie might sanctify the people with His cwn
blood, suffered without the gate Let us go
forth therefore unto Him, without tue camp.
bearing His reproac For hero have We no
continuing city. but we seek one to coma.
Heb. xiii, l1-l4.l
Z. The disposal Of the scapegoat. VS.
'o-22, 90, Two goats were taken for tho
peoples sin offering. One WAS slain and
the blood sprinkled, as we have learned, Oh
she head Of the other, os these verses tell
IS. The priest laid both his hands uud con.
fessed all the antiquities, transgressions and
sins of all the people, putting them Oh the
head Of the goat, and he was thea led away
into the wilderness, bearing them all into
land not Inhabited
y. The burnt offerings Tvs %, 24., The
whole sin question having been now attended
TO Aaron again washes himself. having putotf
the white linen garments and put OH his
Il At har nlI tn oipn
burnt offerings for himself and for the peo-
pie, and make an utonement.
0. The grand result. "Clcan from all your
sins before the Lord" all niquity, trausgres.
sion and sin borne to land of separa.
ton. Us. 81, %, ~, S0.l What day it wasl
A day OF aftliction Of soul, but no work
might be done In It, Their purt was pe1li-
tence. The priests work was to make atone
ment, and III thut he was perfectly alone.
". III They did not help him in any way
Clean from ell sin was Gods gift to them
through the work Of another and by the sac
ritce Of substitute. How glad they must
have been, what peace and rest-ail sins for
givenl But it was only for a year The priest
might say: Next year must go over all thA
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" "Clean every whit" !"
Tie says to all who accept Him, and that
precious blood. once she'd, would continually
cleanse from all sin if 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 sanctiiied" 1Ieb. x, 10, H.
True penitence is our part. and even that the
spirit works in US; full salvation has He
wrought out for US, and freely gives to "who.
eN er will" Tell it out gather in the lost, has
te,, tho completion Of His body, that lie may
return for lsraelns restoration and tho saliva.
knn nf the world.