Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1909-10-02

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Age is a period of sacrificing. Our
Lord began the sacrificing. and in. ac-
cepting believers as his members, 1t IL
on condition that they will be sancti-
fed. separated from the world, and
present their bodies living sacrifices.
Thus the saints throughout this Gospel
Age have been suffering with their
Lord and Head and, as st. Paul de-
clares. filling up that which is be-
hind Of the Affections Of Christ" (Colos-
of their Lord. but he passes that merit
through the believers OF this Gospel
Age. to the intent that they may share
in the glories and honors Of his Mil
lennial Kingdom, which will be estab-
lished as soon as the last member of
'.his Body shall have finished the suf-
ferings of the Christ.
st. Paul. after pointing out the typ
ical sin-offerings under the Jewish ar
rangement. shows US that the sacri-
fees of Christ and the Church are the
antitypes Of these sin-offerings--offer-
ed year by year under the Jewish econ
omy. Those he styles the "better sac
rifices than these (Hebrews TX. 23).
The Day Of Atonement.
We are at the time Of the year when
our. Hebrew fellow-citizens are accus-
toned to celebrate their great Day Of
Atonement They celebrate it, how
ever, in meaningless manner. Those
of them who are acquainted with
the facts know that the whole proce-
dure is farce. In the confusion
which God has permitted to come upon
them they have no Priest Since their
rejection of Messiah their priestiy rec
ords are lost. so that no Jew in the
world can make claim to the position
of High Priest or dare to perform the
functions of High Priest in connection
with the Day of Atonement sacrifices.
They have no Tabernacle or Temple,
nor dare they erect one; for II one
were consecrated. an unauthorized
priest would risk his life in attempting
to pass through the Second Veil into
the Most Holy.
AS consequence our Hebrew
friends deserve our sympathy. The
tenth day Of the seventh month was
their appointed Day of Atonement. By
the sacrifices of that day. properly per-
formed. reconciliation for their iniqui-
ties was made for the ensuing year. at
the end of which they would again be-
come unclean and need anothct Atone
ment Day. As the Apostle says, the
arrangement God made for them for
the forgiveness of sins was year by
year continually" and the yearly repe-
tition indicated that the sins were not
really cancelled, but merely covered
for the year.
1t is part of Divine providence that
our Hebrew friends have no Priest
and that no sin-atonement sacrifice is
possible. Now when the anniversary
of the Day of Atonement comes they
bemoan their sins and fast and pray;
but they have no Priest to offer the
bullock of a sin-offering and then to
take its blood into the Holy and Most
Holy and to sprinkle the same for the
cleansing of the priestly tribe. They
have no Priest later on to come and
take the goats sin-offering and do with
it as be did with that of the bullock.
taking its blood into the Most Holy
and sprinkling the Mercy Seat for all
the other eleven tribes OF israeli The
Priest does not come out of the Holes
to bless them, as of yore, and to tell
them that their sins are forgiven
through the merit of the sacrificiai
blood. No. After waiting the entire
day, and knowing that they have no
neviticus xvii. When he ascended upon
Priest. no Advocate. no lntercessor, no
Sin bearer, at the close Of their Atone
ment Day they endeavor to be cheerful
and happy and to suppose their sins
forgiven; or. rather. they endeavor to
forget all about the matter in worldli-
ness
The AntityPe of This.
Would that all our Hebrew friends.
as well as all Christians. could under
stand the true antitype Of that great
Day of Atonement, which the Jews
celebrated annually in a typical man
ner. Its antitype is this Gospel Age
At the beginning OF this antitypical
Atonement Day our Lord Jesus offered
up himself-the antitype of the bullock
ney. xvii. When he ascended up on
high. he applied the merit of the sacri-
fee to the antitypical Levitical tribe
to the household of faith of this Gospel
Age. for the Royal Priesthood. Since
Pentecost the second part of the Day
of Atonement sacrifices has been in
process. 'sThe Lords goat" antityped
by the Church. has been in process OF
sacrifice. The great High Priest has
been accepting consecrated believers
as members Of his Body and has been
seeing to their sacrihcial suferings.
Now is the acceptable time" for such
sacrificing.
This procedure has gone on for now
nearly nineteen centuries and. accord
ing to our understanding Of the Scrip
lures, is nearly complete. Soon the last
"member OF the Body Of Christ" will
nave SuueTeQ Will LIS AOi0 anu
Head. Soon the blood Of this second
ary sacrifice will be sprinkled in the
Most Holy on the Mercy Seattle
blood Of the members Of Christ Jesus
blood passed through them. Soon the
acceptance of It as the pardon price
"for the sins Of the whole world" will
be acknowledged by the Father. Soon
the great High Priest. Head and mem
bers. will come forth. clothed In the
glory. honor. dignity and power rep
resented in the garments Of the typi-
cal high priest Of Israel. and win bless
the world. Soon win come the time
for the lifting Of the hands OF the
Priest, the display Of his power. Soon
as result the blessing will fall upon
all of the people-upon natural Israel
first. Soon will shouts Of rejoicing
arise from the people as conditions Of
sorrow and pain shall pass away. Civ
ing place to- praise, as men shall seek
10 glorify God and to lift up holy