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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson v.-Third Quarter, For
Aug 4, 1907.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

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Memory Verses, 90, 35-Goldcn Toxt,
E*. Sl 3f-Commentary Prepared by
Rev. D. MI. Stearns.
| Copyright. 1907. by American Prcs, Association
As our topic today Is The Tabcr-
nacle. let us recall and keep In mind
! that God said: Let them make me n
sanctuary that may dwell among
Them II will dwell among the chil.
| dren of Israel and will he their God"
(NNv, S; xxx. 10. The temple of Solo
mon was for the same purpose Il
Chron. XXii. 81. and both were typical
of Jesus Christ, in whom God dwclt MS
never before on earth and who spake
OF Ills body rs II temple John II, 10
ID The temple now being buildcd is
tho church. Ills body. mndc of living
stones. even those who truly receive
Him ana are redeemed by Ills precious
blood Ciph. ii. 1912: II Cor. vi, 1918;
| Pet. Il. -. In Cor. vi 10. 20, the
individual believer Is called temple
but through all type AMI antitypc the
purpose is Il dwelling place for God
that lie may be made known on the
earth.
The plan OF the building, whether
tabernacle, temple, church or the life
OF Christ or the believer, IL wholly OF
God, with no room for n suggestion
from mortal man zen. XVI, 30; xvii,
s; l Chron. XVIII. 10; John xiv, 10;
Eph. II. l0). The materials for tnbcr.
naclc and temple were the willing of.
fcrings of the people and In the case
of the former were SO abundant that
the people had To he restrained from
bringing. FOR they brought more than
could he used (Ex. xxxvi, 81; Chron.
xxx, 1-0D. Each one OF the congrcgn.
ton might bring something easily with
In his ability. and ms one has said, the
poorest child could bring some goats
hairs Olx. XIV. 10.
In chapters XIV 10 xxx we have full
instructions concerning the making of
everything, and in chapters xxxvl TO
NNxiX we have those instructions lit
orally obcycd, while today's lesson
chapter tells OF the completion and
setting NJ of the building and its ne
ccptancc by Cod The perfect obcdl-
cncc Is seen In verso 16. 'rhus did
Moses; according TO all that the Lord
commanded him. so did he" and in
the scvcnfold saying. "As the Lord
commanded Moses" oversees 10. II, %.
20, %, %, ~. He mist he the doer
of II nil or II Will not count Uohn xiv,
&; Phil. II. 49,.
In Heb. viii, /, .. the Lord Jesus
seems TO be referred to rs the true
tabernacle. which the Lord pitched
and not man." rs well rs "a high
priest who Is set on the right hand
OF the throne OF the Majesty In the
heavens" III Ps. xxx. o. margin. we
read that In His temple every whit
of 1t ut!ereth His glory" so we are on
safe ground wien we see not only the
whole building, but every part of IT,
speaking of Him.
Tie ark OF the testimony. with its IN
corlrptlblc wood ami gold within and
without. containing the two tables of
the Law, covered by the golden lid or
mercy seat on which the blood was
sprlnliled and which had II chcrub on
each end made out of the same piece
of gold rs the mercy scat, speaks TO
us of the perfect Goldman, our propitla.
tory, our righteousness, and the cheru-
BIN tell OF our oneness with Him ns
His redeemed. II pnrt OF Himself.
The veil speaks of Him also OIab.
x. 20l, and other phases of the truth
in the cherubim nrc simply set forth.
The table with Its bread tells of Hin
ms the Bread Of I.ifo, while the candle.
stick represents Himself and Israel ns
the Light of the Nations The golden
altar before tho veil tells OF His work
OF interccsslon In heaven, and the
braZen altar lii the court points to Ills
finished work on Calvary. The LAYER
suggests the water of the word for
daily cleansing. the incense His ncr.
feet merit for us before God. So every
board and pillar and socket and cur
tain and cord md pin has It's own
special part to tell OF the great redenlp-
t!on story Nothing Is more suggestive
than the foundation sockets OF the
forty eight boards and the four pillars
Of the veil and the source from which
the silver came.
Compare chapters xxx, 1l-1G; xxxyll.
25-2S. ana see how the whole building
| stood on atoncmcnt. Note also that
The hlll. Moriah. on which the temple
OF Solomon stood, was the same on
which Abraham offered up Isaac and
over which the Lord said 10 the de-
stroylng angel. 1T Is enough" Gen.
XII; III sam. xiv; III Chron. III. II.
The lioly Spirit tells the same story
on every topic throughout the whole
Bible-pcrlcct agreement always. The
sevcnfoid amounting of verses o to 10
tells of the work of the Spirit. the only
power for service, and that service on
the part of each believer may be sum
med up IN the one word used twelve