Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-14
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson vII.-Third Quarter, FIR
Aug. 10, 1907.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
fsxt Of the Lesson, Lev. xvi, 5-2.
Memory Verse, 2-Goldsn Text, Heb.
vii, rs Commentary Prepared by
Rev. D. NJ. Stearns.

Rev. q. M. Stearns.
copyright, 1907, by American Press Association
think the great lesson of today
| would be better understood and appre-
ciated if we had first studied the
cleansing of the leper In chapters Kill
and xiv. ask special attention to a
few points, such as the necessity Of
being wholly leprous In order to be pro-
nounced clean (xlli, Is, with Rom. vii,
49,. The two birds, one killed and
one flying away with the blood Of the
dead bird upon 1t, typify the death
and resurrection Of Christ, while the
cedar and scarlet and hyssop speak Of
nature In Its highest and lowest forms
q Kings iv, 33; Ps. Ii, y, which must
all 20 under the blood The blood was
placed on hand, ear and foot, separat-
ing all to God, and the oil on top Of
the blood speaks Of the amounting for
service xiv, II, 14-17, 1928 -
The tabernacle consisted Of two
rooms-the holy place aud the most
holy-and the outer court. Into the
most holy or hollest Of all, within the
veil, the high priest went only once a
year, not without blood, which he Of
fered for himself and for the errors Of
the people IA; Heb. tx, 1-1O. The les
son today describes fully the ritual OF
| that day ON which atonement was
made for the sins Of Israel for the past
year, typical of and yet a contrast to
Ithe atonement of our Great High Priest
| made once for all, for Christ being
come an high priest of good things to
come, by a greater and more perfect
tabernacle, not made with hands-that
| Is to say, not of this buildlng-neither
by the blood of goats and calves, but by
His own blood, He entered in once for
all into the holy place, having obtained
eternal redemption for us" (Heb. TX,
ii, ~.
Ordinarily the priest as he minlstered
wore garments Of glory and beauty,
which are fully described in Elk. xviii
and every part Of which Ia suggestive
of something concerning our High
Priest in His present work for us, for
II He were on earth He should not be
priest" (Heb. will, A. On this great
day Of atonement the priest laid aside
his garments Of glory, and, having
washed his flesh in water, he put on
only white linen garments till the
atonement had been made. How sug-
gestlve of the Lord Jesus laying aside
His glory till He had made atonement
for the sins of the world! But He new
er laid aside righteousness, which Is
represented by the fine linen (Rev.
xix, 81.
1t was necessary for the priest In
Israel, being himself sinner, to make
atonement first for himself and his
house (verse g., but our High Priest is
holy, harmless, undefled, separate from
sinners and needed not to offer sacri-
fee for His own sins, for He had none
of His own (Heb. vii, 20, 20. The
priest then took the two goats before
the Lord at the door Of the tabernacle,
and one was chosen to be killed, the
other to bear away the sins Of the peo-
Die, representing the death of our sin
Offering and the result Of His death,
the benefits to those who believe oversees
ITO. 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 vir-
tually removed into the most holy place
inside the veil verses IL, 49,, and thus
It Is described In Heb. *, 3-5, for that
chapter speaks Of the work Of this
great day.
The high priest could not minister
without the burning incense, and be-
lievers, as priests unto God, cannot
serve Him acceptably apart from the
merit Of the Lord Jesus, which Is typl-
fed by the incense, the perfume Of
which the fire drew forth. Some think
that because of degrees Of holiness in
different people the service Of some Is
more acceptable to God than that OF
others, but in Rev. viii, 8. we read that
incense had to be offered with the
prayers of all saints.
The incense burning In the holiest,
the priest could then go In, which he
did, first with blood for himself and
then for the people, and sprlnkled 1t
upon the mercy seat and before the
mercy seat oversees IA, 15l. From above
the mercy seat, between the cherubim,
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
that sinneth 1t shall die. The blood
which was sprinkled on the mercy seat
said. MY substitute has died for me-"
The result of this death of the sacri-
fee and sprinkled blood Is seen In
verses 81. 90. where the live goat bears
upon him az the iniqulties, transgres-
sions and sins Of the children Of Israel
to land of separation (margln). 1t is
written In verse 80. For on that day
shall the priest make an atonement for
you to cleanse you, that ye may be
clean from oil your sins before the
Lord" This was done once year
(verse 34), but by the precious blood of
our great sacrifice we have eternal re-
demption. and our High Priest Is in
the presence of God for us (Heb. TX,
II, 24-26, BY His one great offering
He has sanctlHed and perfected forever
all who put their trust in Him (Heb. K,
1919. AS to the forgiveness Of sins
and their being remembered no more
In o.. nt, Vii 90 90. Enh