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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON X, SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JUNE 8.


Stearns.
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 go
received from Pharaoh the reply, 81 know
not the Lord; neither will let Israel go"
(Ex. v, q. 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, go and thus escape the loss
Of Egypt's frstborn (Ex. iv, 90, 23), but
all was in vain, and the lone plague more"
zen. ri, y had to come before Israel could
go free. Today's lesson tells of that dread
full night in Egypt.
2. "This month shall he 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 he 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).
shall take to them every man n lamb, &C
cording to the house of their fathers, a
lamb for an house" At least two suggcs-
tons are here That each one for himself
must take lamb teaches us that each one
for himself must receive Christ, and lamb
for house teaches the Lords pleasure in
saving households. Think of Noah RAJ
hab, Lydia, the jailer and their house
holds Gen. vii, / Joshua ii, IS; Acts xvi,
10. 34).
A. "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 or mans side, not on Gods.
5. 'Your lamb shall be without blem-
ish, a 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. !, 3; iii, |;
iv, 5; V, 15)-every Offering had to be with
out blemish. 1t was never a question of
the offerer : fitness, for he was never fit,
| but if the offering was fit or without blem-
| ish it was accepted for him (Lev. i, ~. See
the antitype and application in | Pet. i,
| IS, 10, and see our acceptance in Eph. i,
o..
G. "And We 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.
| 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
Il ,o1r biply nf Chris W W -
foreordained before the foundation of the
world Il Pet i, 20) and was therefore kept
four days-that is, 1000 years III Pet iii,
S)-before He was slain for us.
Z "Ant 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 he under the shelter of the
blood; then being safe by the food we are
to eat the Lamb as Jesus sf9l "He that
eateth me, even he shall live by Me"
John vi, 81. 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 sufferngs for us and speak
to us of our privilege of suffering with
Him. as in Phil. |, 30, "Cnto 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, 33; Col j. "a;
/ Pet iv, y, 3.
0. EAT not of it raw, nor sodden at all
with water but roast with fire, his head
I'LL 81, ~
thereof The fierce wrath on account OF
sin could only be illustrated by the fire
(Ps. lxxxviii, :, 16). 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 wratl
TO come. See Thess. i, 10; John iii, 36
Rev. xiv, ell. Head and legs speak to Us
of inward thought and outward life, all o.
} 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 inscparably linked with the sacri
J flee. There can be no safety nor life no
communion apart from the blood of TIN
Lamb.
} II. "And thus shall ye eat it." TIL
| girded loins, the shod feet, the staff il
| hand, all indicated n readiness for instan
, departure. They were redeemed, separated
: expectant, going home. Our instruction
: are, "Gird up the loins of your mind, b
, sober and hope to the end, for the grac
D that is to be brought unto you at the reve
latiOn of Jesus Christ"
12 "For will pass through the land o
5 Egypt this night and will smite all tn
firstborn in the land of Egypt, both mai
and beast" The time of Israel 8 redemp
r ton and of Judgment upon her oppressor
t had come, 1t is coming again in create
t degree than ever and shall so far excee
: the deliverance from Egypt that the for
5 mer shall not come to mind. 1t will be tn
? day of the Lords vengeance and the yea
of recompenses for the controversy of Zio
(Isa. xxxiv, S; xiii, 4, and see also Jer
= xvi, IA, Is; xiii, 5-s).
o 13. And the blood shall be to you for
Y token upon the houses where ye are, an
O when | see the blood | will pass over you
J. and the plague shall not be upon you t