Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-06-02
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON x, SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JUNE 3.

DRY Verses, I3. i4-Golden Text. 1 Cor.
=, documentary by the Rev. d.. NJ.
stearrs.
/. "And the Lord spake unto Moses
and Aaron in the land Of Egypt, saying
The command of the Lord to Pharaoh
through Moses and Aaron to let Israel go
received from Pharaoh the reply. II know
not the Lord; neither viii | let Israel go,'
ok. V. y. Consequently plague after
plague was sent upon Pharaoh and his peo-
pie, if perchance he might learn who Jcho-
yah was, obey His command to let Israel, |
His frsthorn. go and thus escape the loss
of Egypt's firstborn lex. iv. -. 23), but
all was in vain. and the Zone plague more
lex. xi, y had to come before Israel ccnld
60 free. Today's lesson tells OF that dread
full night in Egypt.
2. This month shall be unto you the
beginning of months. 1t shall be the first
month CT the year to YOU 1t was the
seventh month of their civil year which |
was henceforth to be the first month Of the |
year to them. 1t was the beginning of
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ed with redemption by blood. There is no
life to any sinncr-he has not begun 70
live until he has been redeemed by the |
precious blood of the Lamb Il John V, t2l |
8. sin the tenth day Of this month they
shall take to them every man a lamb, nc
cording to the house of their fathers, a
lamb for an house, At least two susges-
lions arc here. That each one for himself
must take a lamb teaches us that each one
for himself must receive Christ, and a lamb
for a house teaches the Lords pleasure in
saving households. Think Of Noah, Ira.
hab, Lydia, the jailer and their house.
holds fGen. vii, 1; Joshua ii, is; Acts xvi,
Is. 34l
!. And if the household be too little for
the lamb, let him aud his ~neighbors next
unto his house take il according to the
number of the SOULS There was no refer
ence to the possibility of the lamb being
too small for a household. There is never |
any lack or failure on Gods part. Failure
is always on mans side, not on Gods.
8. "Your lamb shall be without hlem-
ish, a male of the first year. We shall take
it out from the sheep or from the goats, y
See also the burnt offering, peace Offering,
sin and trespass offerings tLev. i, B; iii. /: |
iv, 81; v, 15)-every Offering had to be with.
out blemish. 1t was never Il question of
the o~fferer's fitness, for he was never tit,
but if the Offering WINS fit OF without blem.
ish it was accepted for him (Lev. i, ~. See
the antitype and application in | Pet. |.
IS, 10, and see our acceptance in Eph. i,
G, 4.
6. "And ye shall keep it up until the
fourteenth day of the same month, and the
whole assembly of the congregation of Is
rael shall kill it in the evening As c.
II. M. says, each house was the local OK
preston of the whole assembly. so that
virtually there was only one assembly and
one sacrifice. The lamb being kept four
days makes US think of Christ, who was
fo%reordained before the foundation of the
world Il Pet, /, 2o) and was therefore kept
four days-that is, 600 years III Pet. iii,
s)-before He was slain for us.
7."And they shall take Of the blood and
strike 1t on the two side posts and on the
upper doorpost of the houses wherein they
shall eat it. - On either side and overhead,
but none underfoot, for the blood must not
be trampled ON. The first and principal
thing ~ to be under the shelter of the
blood; then being safe by the food we are
to eat the Lamb, as Jesus said, "IIe that
eateth me. even he shall live by Me"
(John vi, 57l. The blood speaks Of safety,
and eating the Lamb is suggestive Of life
and fellowship.
6. "And they shall eat the flesh In that
night, roast with fire. and u%nleavened
bread, and with bitter herbs they shall eat
t." The FIRE and the bitter herbs are sug-
gestive Of His sufferings for us and speak
to MS Of our privilege OF suffering with
Him, as in Phil. i, 20, "Unto you it is Civ
en- in the behalf of Christ not only to be-
lieve on Him, but also to suffer for His
sake" See also John xvi, SO; Col /, "a;
| Pet. iv, 12, 10.
9. Eat not of it raw nor sodden at all
with water, but roast with fire, his head
with his legs and with the purtenance
thereof The fierce wrath on account OF
sin could only be illustrated by the fire
(Ps. ~lxXxviii, &, 16l. We are apt to make
light Of this wrath of God, but the Scrip
lures are very plain and clear upon it.
Consider Gethsemane and Calvary aud see
what He endured to save us from the wrath
to come. See | Thess. i, 10; John iii, SO: |
Rev. xiv, ell. Head and legs speak to us
Of inward thought and outward life, all Of
which in Him was perfect.
10. "And We shall let nothing Of it re
main until the morning, and that which
remaineth of it till the morning ye shall
burn with fire. Compare chapter xiii,
IS. The lesson seems TO be That NIL fellow
ship is inseparably linked with the sacri
flee. There can be no safety nor life nor
communion apart from the blood Of the
Lamb.
II, "And thcs shall ye eat it.n The
girded loins, the shod feet, the staff in
hand, all indicated a readiness for instant
departure. They were redeemed, separated,
expeetant, going home. Our instructions
are, "Gird up the loins of your mind, be
sober and hope to the end, for the grace
that is to be brought unto you at the reve
lation Of Jesus Christi
IL. "For will pass through the land OF
Egypt this night and will smite all the
iirstborn In the land of Egypt, both man
and beast" The time Of ~Isrsel's redemp-
ton and Of judgment upon her oppressors
had come. Ii is coming again in greater
degree than ever and shall so far exceed
the de%liverance from Egypt that the for
mer shall not come to mind. 1t viii be the
day of the Lords vengeance and the year
Of recompenses for the controversy Of Zion
lisa. xxxiv, s; xiii, 4, and see also Jer.
xvi, IA, 10; xiii, 5-s}.
10. And the blood shall be to you for a
token upon the houses where ye are, and
when ] see the blood / will pass over you,
and the plague shall not be upon you to
destroy you when / smite the land Of
Egypt The blood being shed and sprin-
kled upon the door, the frstborn in every
such house vas safe, and all such were
equally safe, regardless of their feelings in
the matter. 1t is easy to fancy some nery-
GUS ones who conld not believe they were
safe md who could therefore hardly taste
tho lamb because Of their anxiety.
IA. And this day shall be unto You for
a memorial, and ye shall keep it a feast TO
the Lord throughout your generations"
It was the Lords passover to be kept unto
Him verse 20, but it degenerated into
the Jews passover, with the Lord left out
(John XII, 55). Let us take heed lest the
Lords supper, which is our passover feast,
become a mere form, with no longing for
His return n Cor. XII, 2Gl.