The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

an atonement tor YOU souls Tor II is the !
blood that maketh atonement Tor the soul I
(Levitlcus XVII ! ".
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re-lntruuure 10 tnem sacrinces or bulls
and goats, but will make known to
them that those sacrifices were mere
foreShadOwings of better sacrifices
so much better that they will not need
repeating yearly. but work perpet-
ual cancellation of the sins of Israel
and of all the children of Adam.
Higher Critics Repudiate the Blood.
All the worldlywise of Christendom
have reached the point of repudiating
the testimony OF the Old Testament
and the New respecting the need Of n
sacritiCial death for the satisfaction of
Divine Justice. the cancellation of sin
and the restitution of the sinner to hi.
vine favor. The claim of the so.callCd
| New Theologists repudiatcS the fall,
| repudiates the ransom and repudiates
| Il restitution to all that was lost
! claiming that nothing was lost and
| that all we have Is gain. Thus the
world and It's wisdom know not God
and appreciate not his arrangement
/ that, as death came upon mankind
! through the sin of one man (AdamD,
even so restitution to life should
come to all men through Christ--thnt
las all in Adam die. even so all in
Christ shall he made alive"
These worldly-wise cannot deny the
| fart thnt tbnrn IL Gin in rho world and
that there is death in the world and
that the tendency of all sin is towards
death. They cannot deny that death is
gaining greater hold than ever be-
fore upon our race Insane asyums.
prisons and reform schools show that.
Notwithstanding our educational faci-
titles and wonderful achievements under
the enlightening influences of the New
DisppnSHtiOn now dawnng- neverthe-
less the insanity statistics and the
prison statistics and the physical sta
tiStics show that, in spite of every
thing. our race is becoming mentally.
morally and physically weaker day by
day 1t is for them to explain how
these facts tit to their theory of Evolu-
ton
The Christians View of Sin Atonement.
BY the term Christian we refer to
those who intelligently believe the eX-
PLANTATION of the Bible respecting sin,
that ii is II violation of the Divine
Law and carries with it a penalty
that Father Adam was created as sin
less as are the angels and as perfect
as they. only on n little lower plane
of being. Obedience was required Of
him as the price of Divine favor and
everlasting life. DisObedicnce thrust
him from Paradise into the unpre-
Dared earth to wrestle with the thorns
and thiStles. where the decree. Dying
thou shalt die" accomplished his exc
cution His race was in his lOins and
naturally shared by heredity his
weaknesses and death penalty, so that
the entire race is n dying race. But
the Creator was unwilling that Adam
and his children should die as brutes.
God did not revoke his decree of
death nor give any intimation that he
had done unjustly in condemning his
creature. He did. however, provide
way for their relief He provided
that. as the first man alone had sin
ned actually, so one Redeemer alone
would be necessary for the race. And
TO him he offered a great reward. so
that his sacrifice for sins would work
out 70 his own advantage. as well as
to the sinners. A part Of the reward
was the high exaltation to the heaven
I l,- for al
gift of the Kingdom of earth neces-
sary for the overruling md subduing
of the spirit Of rebellion in the world
and for the exaltation and uplifting
from sin and death conditions Of all
the willing and obedient of Adams
entire race.
"The Better Sacrifices"
From the Divine standpoint "the
man Christ Jesus gave himself ran
som for ALL" for Adams entire race
to be testified in due time. He anti
typed the bullock Of lsraePs Atone
ment Day. as well as antityped the
priest who slew the bullock-because
he offered up himself Rewarded by
the Almighty. he was raised from
death to The spirit plane. higher than
the ange!s. Applying his merit TO the
antitylIcal Levites, the household OF
faith.y the Church OF the First
borD"," he then began a work little
UNDERSTOOD by either Jews or Chris
tins, but nevertheless clearly outlined
- the Word of God His work
throughout this age has been the gath
ering of the elect class-which Is cho
: sen because of faithfuness to him
and obedience in walking in his
steps in the narrow way. These
composed both of Jews and OF
Gentiles, have for centuries been
in course OF INSTRUMENTATION sacrl
fees being typi6ed by that of the
Lords goat on the Atonement Day
Their sacrifices are small and lean like
that of the goat. in comparison 10 the
bullock, But they are accepted by the
Great High Priest, and the offering
OF their sacrifice Is counted as his sac
ri6ce Thus eventually the High
Priest will complete his work of sin
atonement I'VE believe very Soonl and