Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-06-01
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON K, SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JUNE 8.

1. "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 20
received from Pharaoh the reply, 81 know
not the Lord; neither will let Israel go''
lex. V, p. Consequently plague after
plague was sent upon Pharaoh and his peo-
pie, if perchance he might learn who Jeho-
yah was, obey His command to let Israel,
His firstborn, 90 and thus escape the loss
of Egypt's firstborn lex. iv, 90, 23), but
all was in vain, and the lone plague more
lex. xi, y had to come before Israel could
go 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 of 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
their national existence and was associat-
ed with redemption by blood. There is no
life to any sinner-he has not begun to
live until he has been redeemed by the
precious blood of the Lamb Il John v, 12).
3. "In the tenth day of this month they
shall take to them every man a lamb, &C
CoTulDR 10 lDe mousse VI lu6lT ldlueTS, u
lamb for an house" At least two sugges-
tons are here That each one for himself
must take a lamb teaches us that each one
for himself must receive Christ, and a lamb
for house teaches the Lords pleasure in
saving households. Think OF Noah, Ra-
hab, Lydia, the jailer and their house
holds Gen. vii, l: Joshua ii, Is; Acts xvi,
10. 34).
4. "And if the household be too little for
the lamb, let him and his neighbors next
unto his house take it according to the
number of the souls" There was no refer
ence to the possibility of the lamb being
too small for household. There is never
any lack or failure on Gods part. Failure
is always on mans side, not on Gods.
5. "Your lamb shall be without blem-
ish male of the first year. Ye shall take
it out from the sheep or from the goats.
See also the burnt Offering, peace Offering,
sin and trespass offerings (Lev. i, 8; iii, / !;
iv, 81; V, 15)-every Offering had to be with
out blemsh. 1t was never a question of
the oferer's fitness, for he was never fit,
but if the Offering was fit or without bem-
ish it was accepted for him N4ev. l. ~. See
the antitypc and application in | Pet i,
is, 10, and see our acceptance III Eph. i,
o..
fourteenth day of the same month, and the
whole assembly of the congregation of Is
rael shall kill it in the evening"" As G.
H. NJ. says, each house was the local ex-
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
foreordained before the foundation of the
world Il Pet i, POI and was therefore kept
four days-that is, 900 years II Pet. ill.,
| S)-before He was slain for us.
7"And they shall take of the blood and
strike it 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 is to be under the shelter of the
blood; then being safe by the food we are
to eat the Lamb, as Jesus said, He that
eateth me, even he shall live by Me"
John vi, SO. The blood speaks of safety,
and eating the Lamb is suggestive of life
and fellowship.
s. "And they shall eat the flesh in that
night, roast with fire, and unleavened
bread, and with bitter herbs they shall eat
it. The fire and the bitter herbs are sug-
gestive of His sufferings for us and speak
]
Him, as in Phil. i, 90 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, 80; Col. i, - I;
l Pet. iv, l2, l3.
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, Z, ICY. 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 and see
what He endured to save us from the wrath
to come. See l Thess. i, TO- John iii, 30;
Rev. xiv, Oil 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 We shall
burn with fire." Compare chapter xiii,
is. The lesson seems to be that all fellow
ship is inseparably linked with The sacri-
fee. There can be no safety nor life nor
communion apart from the blood of the
Lamb.
II. "And thus shall We eat it," The
girded loins, the shod feet, the staff in
hand, all indicated readiness for instant
departure. They were redeemed, separated
eXpectant, 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
~. "For will pass through the land of
Egypt this night and will smite all the
firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man
and beast" The time of Israel s redemp-
ton and of judgment upon her oppressors
had come. 1t is coming again in greater
degree than ever and shall so far exceed
the deliverance from Egypt that the for
mer shall not come to mind. 1t will 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, Is; xiii, So.
10. "And the blood shall be to you for
token upon the houses where We are, and
when l 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-
! killed. upon the door, the flrstborn in every
such house was safe, and all such were
! equally safe regardless of their feelings in