The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-08

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Ours is a day in which. more than
ever before. the statement of our text
is Observation-Disclosures Jews,
Gentiles and Christians. The great
Christian author, st. Paul, agrees e1-
actly with the words of Moses in our
text. saying, without the shedding or
blood there is no remission of sins
(Hebrews tx 22). The orthodox Jew
and the orthodox Christian, therefore,
are in substantial agreement as to the
foundation of things and the unortho-
dox are in agreement of opposition
The latter agree that there is no neces-
sity for sin atonement-tha- the later
thought Of all the wise men of the
earth, the greatest ministers and rab-
bis, is that there is no such thing as
| original sin; hence could be no such
thing as necessity for canoeing 1t-oI
! making an atonement or sats1actlon
| to Jesus on behalf of 1t. Two thlngs
| have contributed to these unorthodox,
unscriptural views.
Cd The agnostic Jew not only dls-
putes the Bible as an authority on the
subject, but, in addition. admits 10
| himself that If the shedding OF blood,
/ If the sacrifice commanded by the
Levitical code for sin atonement pc
admitted to be right and necessary, II
would involve the thought that the
| Jewish people have had no sin atone
ment in any sense of the word for
more than eighteen centuries, because
sin atonement must be made accord
ing to certain specified conditions or
else it could not be made at all. The
loss of the ark of the covenant con
tanning the law, and covered by the
mercy seat was one Of these disasters.
The destru -tion Of Jerusalem, the CITY
of the great King, was another' anu
above all, the Law required that the
sacrifices should be killed, and the
presentation SCIENTIFICALLY made to God,
; only by a priest who coulC snow MS
lineage as a SON of Aaron
: (2) Since the destruction of Jerusa-
lem A. D. 20, the Jewish nation has
been scattered and devastated by their
foes-some of these. alas, claiming to
/ be Christians and dishonoring the
) name of Jesus! AS a result all off1c1al
records and geneaIogies of the jewish
) people are broken, vitiated, destroyed
Undoubtedly there are numerous de-
scendants from Aaron living today;
but, since they cannot prove their de-
! scent they are absolutely forbidden to
attempt to make a sin atonement on
the atonement day viewing the mat
dox Jew feels all the more inclined to
repudiate the necessity for any SIN
: atonement. Alas, indeed, many OF
them seem not only to have lost con-
fdence in the Mosaic arrangement bul
to have lost faith entirely in personal
: God. We hope and believe that many
E of these are sincere and will be blessed
and assisted back to faith shortly ano
2 49,,
: Scriptures and of GODS dealings with
] their nation.
Jewish Atonement a Farce.
4 In view of what we have said, al
e must see that it would be impossible
= for the Jews properly to observe the
e atonement day, having no priest mol
e other facility necessary to the require
J; ments of the law. Neverthe less. an out
d ward show of ceremony is kept up. On
). the proper atonement day OF thei
f year, the tenth day of the seventh
e month, the Jew figuratfvely acknowl
d edges that the merit of the previous
sacrifice has expired. He .fasts. H
| prays, according to the original pro
: gram. But he has no priest. No bull
s lock is slain for the sins of the tribe O
n Levi Nc. goat is slain for the sins o
e the other tribes. And no blood is tax
en- into the most holy to make al
atonement Not only have they n
e priest to officiate, but they have n
n mercy seat Some of them wiring tn
n neck of a rooster. swinging it over tn
If head three times. But this was no
d the sacrifice of the day Of atonemen
e and could not take its place.
lie We should not be misunderstood
lie holding up the Jew to ridicule. QUIT
i to the contrary, we sympathize wit