Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-07-31
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson V.-Third Quarter, For
Aug. a, 1907.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text Of the Lesson, Elk. xI, 1.13, 1873.
Memory Verses, "a, 35-Golden Text,
Elk. XII, 34-Commentary Prepared by
Rev. D. M. Stearns.

Copyright, 1907 by American Press Association.
AS our topic today is "The Taber
nacle," let us recall and keep in MIND
that God said: Let them make me 9
sanctuary that may dwell among
them;" 81 will dwell among the chill
dren of Israel and will be their God
(Xxv, s; xxx, 45) The temple of Solo
mon was for the same purpose q
Chron. xxi, g., and both were typical
of Jesus Christ, In whom God dwelt as
never before on earth and who spake
of His body as temple John Ii, 10
2D. The temple now being builded Is
the church, His body, made Of living
stones, even those who truly receive
Him and are redeemed by His precious
blood (Eph. ii. 1922; II Cor. vi, 1918;
Pet. ii, 81. In | Cor. vi, 10, 20, the
Individual believer is called temple,
but through all type and antitype the
purpose is a dwelling place for God
that He may be made known on the
earth.
The plan of the building, whether
| tabernacle, temple, church or the life
of Christ or the believer, is wholly of
| God, with no room for suggestion
from mortal man eek. XVI, 30; xvii,
8; l Chron. xviii 10; John xiv, 10;
Eph. II, 10l. The materials for taber-
nacle and temple we're the willing Of
ferings of the people and in the case
of the former were so abundant that
the people had to be restrained from
bringing, for they brought more than
could be used (EX. xxxvi, ST; Chron.
xxx. 1-9) Each one of the congrega-
ton might bring something easily with
In his ability, and, as one has said, the
poorest child could bring some goats
hairs (Ex. XIV, 10.
In chapters XIV to Xxx we have full
| Instructions concerning the making OF
| everything, and In chapters xXxvi to
xxx we have those instructions lit
| orally obeyed, while today's lesson
chapter tells of the completion and
setting up of the building and its ac-
ceptance by God The perfect obedi-
ence is seen in verse 16, "Thus did
Moses; according TO all that the Lord
commanded him, so did he," and in
the sevenfold saying, GAS the Lord
commanded Moses" verses 10, Fl, %,
25, 81, 90 32). He must be the doer
of 1t all or it will not count John xiv,
G; Phil. ii, 49,.
In Heb. viii, l, 2, the Lord Jesus
seems to be referred to as "the true
tabernacle, which the Lord pitched
and not man." as well as "a high
priest who is set on the right hand
of the throne of the Majesty in the
heavens" In Ps. xxx, 8, margin, we
read that Gin His temple every whit
of it uttereth His glory" so we are on
safe ground when we see not only the
whole building, but every part Of it,
speaking of Him.
The ark of the testimony, with its In
corruptible wood and gold within and
without, containing the two tables Of
the law, covered by the golden lid or
mercy seat on which the blood was
sprinkled and which had a cherub on
each end made out of the same piece
of gold as the mercy seat, speaks to
us of the perfect Goldman, our propitia-
tory, our righteousness, and the cheru-
BIN tell Of our oneness with Him as
His redeemed, part of Himself.
The veil speaks Of Him also (Hab.
x, 2O), and other phases of the truth
in the cherubim are simply set forth.
The table with its bread tells of Him
as the Bread of Life, while the candle
stick represents Himself and Israel as
the Light of the Nations The golden
altar before the veil tells of His work
of intercession In heaven, and the
brazen altar in the court points to His
finished work on Calvary. The LAYER
suggests the water of the word for
daily cleansing, the incense His per-
feet merit for us before God. So every
board and pillar and socket and cur
tain and cord and pin has its own
special part to tell of the great redemp
ton 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, 11-16; Xxxviii,
1928, and see how the whole building
stood on atonement. Note also that
the HILL Moriah, on which the temple
of Solomon stood, was the same on
which Abraham offered up Isaac and
over which the Lord said to the de-
stroying angel. at Is enough" Gen.
xxi; ii Sam. xiv; ii Chron. Iii, u.
The Holy Spirit tells the same story
ON every topic throughout the whole
Bible-perfect agreement always. The
sevenfOld amounting of verses 0 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 gum
med up In the one word used twelve
times ia Exodus and translated by the
sentence. Minister unto me in the
priests Office" verses 13, 10; chapter
xviii, l, 3, 4, Al, etc).
The building being finished the Lord
accepted it and filled it with His glory
oversees "a, so. and Moses could not en-
ter. When the Spirit fills us, the self
life cannot be manifest. The last
verses of oar lesson tell of the con-
slant presence and sure guidance Of
the Lord, without whom they never
knew when to go or which way to go,
when or where or how long to stay.
Fail not to notice the very full state
ment of this in Nun. TX, 1923, and |
lay 1t to heart in the words of Jer K.
20; Prov. Iii. 8. @; Ps. XXI, 10; xxi, 8.
He is as willing to guide us as Israel