The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
THE SABBATH SCHOOL.
International Lesson Comments For
June 2.
Subject: Jesus Our High Priest In Heaven,
Heb. TX, iI.I4; z4-zS..GoIden Text. Heb. VIII,
z5--Memory Verses, z4.z6-. Commentary on
the Days Lesson.

II. "But Christ having come" Or. w
Although Christ be but one. vet He is un.
derstood by us under n variety of forms.
he is the tabernacle" on account of the
human body in which He dwelt. He is the
table, because He is our bread OF life.
He ia the ark which has the law OF God
inclosed within, because He is the Word
OF the Father. He is the "caudlestick." !"
because He is our spiritual light. He is
the ''altar Of incense" because He is the
sweet-smelling odor in sanctifcatiou. He
Is the ALTAR of burnt Offering" because
lie 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
dalned OF God, but he endeavors to show
those to whom he was writing that mas
much as the great Antitvpe had appeared
the types would Of necessity be done away.
An high priest" The work OF the hieh
priest was threefold l. To offer sacri.
fices. 2, To act as mediator. 3. To in.
struct the people. The first great work
Christ had to do was to offer an acnepta.
BILE sacrifice. and this He did bv offering
Himself. As the Goldman He is able 10
act as mediator, because through His di-
vine nature He cnu approach the court Of
heaven, and in His human nature He is
touched with the feeling of other irfirmi.
ties. and having been TEMPTED in all
pVih1s IKE as we are, tie ls able to succOr
them that are tempted" Heb 2: Is: 4:
10. As an instructor He stands forth as the
greatest Teacher the world has even seer.
'Ot good things to come" Christ our hioh
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 thew
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 sniritual
sphere. Not of this creation" (R. w
Not. making any part of this lower crea.
ton"
IL. "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 shed
under the law. "Once for all" Or. w
The high priest entered into the holiest
once each year, but Christ made an atone.
ment that did not need to be repeated.
Into the hcly place" Or sanctuary, sig
nifying heaven. There were two anart-
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
Holes; it was ten cubits (ifteen feet) each
way, being a cube; its only article of fur
niture was the ark of the covenant. Into
the holiest place the high priest entered
once each year, on the great dav of atone
ment, which was the 10th of Tishri (Octo.
ber), carrying with him the golden censer
and mot without blood" Eternal re-
demption." An endless redemption from
sin; it is eternal in its merit and efficacy.
l3. Blood-ashes." See Lev. l6 Ia.
10; Mum. 10: 2-10. "Sprinkline." Blood
was ,sprinSled everywhere. The priest
snrinkled the tabernacle. and all the uten.
sils, the altars. the people, the veil. the
blood. The ashes of the hefer were put
in pure water and sprinkled on those who
had contracted any legal deflement Mum.
10: 1921. "The uncean." These were
distinctly for publication from ceremonial
offences. The flesh" Purifying from un-
cleanness according to the Mosaic ritual.
hayns ~ tAs 10dy %uIS particularly oIs I'M. il view s
argument is Characteristic of this epstle.
That which the blood OF bulls could never
do the blood Of Jesus has forever done.
Through the eternal Spirit" There are
two views with regard to the meaning of
this. i. By His own diiine nature. ..
Iy By the help and through the power of the
Holy Spirit, The latter appears to be the
correct explanation. without blemish''
TX. W This is an allusion to the Jewish
offerings which, to be acceptable to God
must be without blemish. 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" fR. W The sane
tuary OF God on earth is pattern of
heaven. and communion with God in His
sanctuary net ryr is to His people heaven on
earth. 10 appear. As our Intercessor;
for us" 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
25 "Offer Himself often" In this and
the next verse the apostle shows that the
atonement of Christ once made was suffi.
v. l2. "Of others" That ' Is. with s' the h.
blood Of bullocks and goats
2o Since the foundation" etc. AL.
though Christ offered Himself only once.
that one Offering is in itself SO meritorious
that its influence reacheth backward to the
beginning of the world and forward to the
end OF time; on which account Christ is
termed (Rev. l3: 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
nut away SIM" To abolish sin-offeriugs.
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: "As it is appointed" etc. Inas.
much es 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.
lusion here to the scape goat G.ev. i6:
$40; 20-22l 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. "Tbat
look for Him." All true believers are pa-
tently waiting and earnestly looking for
the appearing of Christ Titus .: 10:
Pet. 81 lib "Shall He appear?' cs.
Acts l: IL Thess. L; 10; 4: I6; Thess.
/: 10. Apart from sin" Or. w When
He appears the second time He win come.
not as a sacrifice for sin, but in might and
power. Unto salvation" The oSject of
His coming will be to bestow complete
happiness upon us. He will deliver the
bodies OF the saints from the grave, and
take all true believers with Him to eternal
glory. Even so, come Lord Jesus"