Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-17
The SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson Vll.-Third Quarter, For
Aug. Is, 1907.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Rev. D. M. Stearna.
Copyright. 1907. by Amchcsn Press Association.
think the great lesson of today
would he better understood and appre-
cintcd If we had first studied the
cleansing of the lepcr In chapters Kill
ana XIV. l ask special attention to a
few points. such as the necessity of
being wholly lcprous In order to be pro-
bounced clean (xiil. -. with Rom. vii,
Isl. The two birds. one killed aud
one dying away with the blood of the
dead bird upon it. typfy the death
and resurrection of Christ. while the
cedar and scarlet and hyssop speak OF
nature In It's highest and lowest forms
Il Kings ~, SO; ps. II, ~. which must
all go under the blood. The blood was
placed on hand, ear AMI foot, scparat-
Ing all 10 God, and the oil on top Of
the blood speaks of the amounting for
service xiv, II, il-l7, 25-2S.
The tabernacle consisted OF two
rooms-the holy place and the most
holy-nnd the outer court. Into tho
most holy or holicst of all, within the
veil, the high priest went only once II
yenr. not without blood which he Of
fercd for himself and for the errors OF
the people ia; Heb. is, 1-l0). The leg
son today describes fully the ritual OF
TINT day on which ntoncmcnt was
made for the sins of Israel for the past
year. typical OF and yet II contrast to
the ntoncmcht of our Great High Priest
made once for all. for Christ being
come m high priest of good things to
come by greater and more perfect
tabernacle. not made with hands that
Is TO say, not OF this building neither
by the blood of goats and calves, but by
His own blood. HcSntcrcd in once for
all into the holy place, having obtained
eternal redemption for us" QIeb. tx,
II. 12).
Ordinarily the priest MS he mlnistered
wore garments of glory AMI beauty.
which ARE fully described In Tx. xviii
and every part of which is suggestive
of something concerning our High
Priest In Ills present work for us. for
If He We're on earth lie should not be
n priest QIcb. viii. ~. On this great
day OF ntoncment the priest laid aside
his garments of glory, and, having
NtSliNN III WATER, Ht put OH
only white linen garments TIL the
ntonemcnt had been made. How sug-
gestivc OF the Lord Jesus laying aside
His glory I'LL He had made atonement
for the sins OF the world, But He new
/ or laid aside righteousness, which is
represented by the fine linen (Rev.
xix, -.
1t was necessary for the priest In
Israel, being himself sinner. to make
ntoncmcnt first for himself and his
house Verse 81, but our High Priest is
holy. harmless, indebted, separate from
sinners ana needed not 10 oiicr sacrl-
fee for Ills own sins, for He Ind none
of His own Qlcb. VII, 20, %. The
priest then took the two goats before
the Lord ut the door OF the tabernacle
md one was chosen to be killed. the
other To bear away the sins OF the peo-
pie, representing the death of our sin
Offering and the result of His death,
the benefits TO those who believe oversees
TO. The golden altar OF Incense
which always stood just before the
veil In the holy place, was for the
time being on this particular day viz
inside the veil verses -, 49,, and thus
1t Is described In Heb. tx, 80, for that
chapter speaks of the work Of this
great day.
The high priest could not minister
without the burning incense, and be-
levers, as priests unto God, cannot
serve Him acccptnbly apart from the
merit of the Lord Jesus, which Is typi-
fed by the incense, the perfume Of
which the fire drew forth. Some thinl,
that because OF degrees OF holiness in
different people the service OF some is
more acceptable 10 God than that OF
others. but In Rev. will. 3. we read that
incense had TO he offered witlfs the
prayers OF all saints.
The incense burning In the holicst,
the priest could then go in, which he
did, first with blood for himself and
then for the people. and sprln;lcd 1t
upon the mercy seat and before the
mercy seat Oversees III. 15). From above
the mercy seat, between the chcrubirn.
God met and communed with His peo-
pie through Moses. His servant. Be
meath the mercy seat. In the ark. were
the two tables of stone with the Ten
Commandments, representing the right
eousness of God. which He requires,
but which we sinners cannot give. for
we have all broken 1t, and the soul
TINT sinneth 1t shall die. The blood
which was sprlnkled on the mercy seat
said, "Aly substitute has died for me-"
The result of this death OF the sacri-
fee and sDrinLlpd blood ia seem In
verses 81, 30, where the live goat bears
upon him all the iniquitlcs. transgres-
sions and sins of the children of Israel
to land of separation (margin). 1t is
written in verse 30, "For OH that day