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THE SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR JUNE 2.


II. ''But Christ having come" Or. w
| Although Christ be but one yet He is un-
derstood bv us under variety of forms.
He is the tabernacle" or account of the
human body in which He dwelt. He is the
table" because He is our bread of life.
He is the lark" which has the law Of God
inclosed within, because He is the Word
of the Father. He is the "candlesticlS."
because He is our spiritual light. He is
the ALTAR of incense" because He is the
understanding odor in sanctiication. He
IS the altar of burnt Offering" because
He is the victim by death on the cross for
the sins of the whole world. The apostle
does not in any way refer slightingly of
the Jewish institution, for they were or
dained of God, but he endeavors to show
those to whom he was writing that mas
much as the great Antitype had appeared
the types would of necessity be done away.
can high priest" The work of the high
priest was threefold. I. To offer sacri-
fees. 2. To act as mediator. g. To in
struct the people. The first great work
Christ had to do was to offer an accepta-
BILE sacrifice, and this He did by offering
Himself. As the Goldman He is able to
act as mediator, because through His di-
vine nature He can approach the court of
heaven, and in His human nature He is
touched with the feeling of other infirmi-
ties" and having been tempted in all
points like as we are, He is able to succor
them that are tempted" Beb. 2: Is; 4:
Is. As an instructor He stands forth as the
greatest Teacher the world has even seen.
"Of good things to come" Christ our high
priest is dispenser of all the spiritual
blessings promised in this world or the
next. more perfect tabernacle" Au-
thorities seem about divided as to the
meaning of these words. Some think they
have reference to Christ Himself, and that
| His body is the tabernacle; others think
| the tabernacle not made with hands re-
| fers to heaven, representing the spirituat
| sphere. "Not of this creation" (R. W
Not making any part of this lower crea-
| ton"
H. "By His own blood" Here the re-
| demption Of man is attributed to the blood
| of Christ, and this blood is stated to be-
| shed in a sacrifcial way. precisely as the
| blood of bulls, goats and calves was she'd
| under the law. "Once for all' (R. w
| The high priest entered into the hottest
once each year. but Christ made an atone
| ment that did not need to be repeated.
| Unto the holy place" Or sanctuary, sig
| nifying heaven. There were two apart
| ments to the tabernacle proper; the first,
| which was situated toward the east, was
| called the sanctuary or holy place: it was
| thirty feet long and fifty feet wide and
| contained the altar of incense. the table
| of shewbread and the candlestick. The
| second apartment was called the Holy Of
| Holes; it was ten cubits Fifteen feet) each
| way, being a cube; its only article of fur
niture was the ark of the covenant. Into
| the hottest place the high priest entered
once each year, on the great dav of atone
| ment, which was the 10th of Tishri (Octo-
berl, carrying with him the golden censor
and mot without blood" Eternal re-
demption." An endless redemption from
| sin; it is eternal in its merit and efficacy.
Is. "Blood-ashes. See Lev. Is: IA.
Is; Mum. 10: 21o. "Sprinkling:" Blood
was sprinkled everywhere. The priest
| sis. the affairs. the people, the veil, the
| mercv seat, in fact, everywhere we see the
| blood. The ashes of the heifer were put
| in pure water and sDrinkled on those who
had contracted any legal defilement. Mum.
10: 1921. ''The unclean." These were
offences "The flesh" Purifying from un-
cleanness according to the Mosaic ritual,
having the body particularly in view.
| a. Glow much more" This form OF
argument is characteristic of this epistle.
That which the blood of bulls could never
do the blood of Jesus has forever done.
Through the eternal Spirit" There are
| this: 1. By His own di,ine nature. 2.
| BY the help and through the power of the
| Holy Spirit. The latter appears to be the
correct explanation. without blemish"
| Or. W This is an allusion to the Jewish
offerings which, to be accountable to God.
must be without blemisk. dead WORKS."
| All sinful works.
"a. "Made with hands" He has not
entered into the holy places in the taber-
nacle or temple as the Jewish high priest
did, but into heaven itself which He has
| thus opened to all believers "Like in
| pattern to the true" (R. W The sane
| tuary of God on earth is a pattern of
nd N
sanctuary is to His people heaven on
| earth. '"Io appear" As our Intercessor;
'for u.s." He sits in heaven as High Priest
| to present to the Father His own atone
ment and sacrifice for the sins of the
| whole world
%. Golfer Himself often" In this and
the next verse the apostle shows that the
atonement of Christ once made was spffi-
| cient for all nations and all ages. See on
v. H. "Of Others" That is, with the
blood Of bulloclSs and goats.
26. ''Since the foundation" etc. AL
though Christ offered Himself only once,
that one offering is in itself so meritorious
that it's influence reacheth backward to the
beginning of the world and forward to the
end of time; on which account Christ is
termed (Rev. Is: 81 ''the Lamb slain from
the foundation of the world" END of
the ages Or. W This has reference to
the end of the Jewish dispensation. "To
But in doing away with the sin-offerings
| He made an offering for sin, and is now
able to deliver from the guilt and power
| of sin.
81. Gas it is appointed" etc. Inas-
much as God hath decreed that man shall
die once, and only once, and after this
| shall come to the judgment, and be Judged
once; so Christ, who has been offered
once, shall die no more.
%. "To bear the sins" There is an al
| fusion here to the scape goat LEV. l6:
| $40; 20-22) which. in figure, carried
away the sins of the people into the will
derness, but Christ literally bears away
the sins of all who come to Him. THAT
look for Him" All true believers are pa
tiently waiting and earnestly looking for
the appearing Of Christ. Titus 2: ID: 2
Pet. 3: ll-l3 "Shall He appear?" See
Acts l: IL; l Thess. l: 10; 4: If; 2 Thess.
/: TO- apart from sin" Or. W When
He appears the second time He will come.
not as sacrifice for sin, but in might and
power. "Unto salvation" The object of
His coming will he To hestnw cnmnlete