Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-02

season at which that occurred But
Truth is always precious to us and has
always profitable lessons.
! Jesus was "A jew and was therefore,
obligated to every feature of the Mosaic
Law. He came not to destroy the Law,
but to fulfill it. Today's study points
| us to the fulGllment of one feature of the
I.aw-the Passover: not that it is already
entirely fulfilled, but that the antitype
| has for more than eighteen centuries
been in process Of fulfllment and the
complete fulfillment sure to come is. we
study We must have clearly in mind the
type
Approximately 800 years ago God de-
!livtred the people of Israel from the deS
potic power of Pharaoh. King of Egypt.
Time after time Pharaoh had refused to
let the pepole CO. preferring to hold them
as chattels, slaves. Time after time God
had sent plaques upon Egypt as chastiSe-
mentS. Under the influence of each pla-
| que Pharaoh repented and through Moses
| entleated God for mercy upon himself,
and for the people relief from the plague.
Nevertheless, every manifestation of
| Divine mercy tended only to harden his
| heart until finally the tenth plague, the
| severest of all, was necessary. That
| plague consisted in the execution of the
death sentence against all the tirst-born
Of Egypt But the Israeltes inE2ypt were
exempt from its provisions under certain
conditions. Each family was required to
| have its own lamb, not Il bone of which
was to be broken. Its blood sprinked
upon the doorposts of the house and fam
lily assembled within partook Of its
| flesh with unleavened bread and bitter
| herbs pilgrim-liIle with staff in hand
ready for departure out of Egypt in the
morning.
| israePs Frst-borns Passed Over
| When that night the Divine sentence
slew all of Esypt's tirst-borns. the first
horns of Israel We're passed over or
spared: hence the name-Passo And
this ceremony. as a reminder Of the great
| blessing of the Lord upon Israel, was
commanded to be observed yearly as a
memorial of Gods goodness and because
it typed. or Illustrated. a still greater
mercy and blessing yet to come.
| A little later on those spared first-horns
| We're exchanged for one of the tribes
| Levi Thereafter the I.evites were tic
1 l)dSSpu-bNtr fliSl-bOlfS ANA were Sl"'tl'ilN
devoted to God and his service.
| The AntitypicaI FuIfiIment.
| Those experiences of the Israelites and
| their tirst-bOrn ones were very real and
properly very interesting to them; but
| they are still more interesting to Chris
| tians, who themselves are anti-typeS now
| being passed over. BY Christians we
| do not mean all who merely make pro-
| fession, nor all who attend Church. how
ever regularly. We mean merely the
| sanity few who are now being called and
being tested as to fathfulness to the
Lord and by faith being passed over
from death unto life. These are Scrip
turally styled, The Church of the first
borns, whose names are written IN
heaven IIebrews KID AS the deliver
ance of the nation of Israel from Egypt
took place after the spaling or passing
over the tirSt-born, so. correspondents
the Divine blessing will come upon the
world of mankind directly after the COM
pleton of the Church OF the tirst-horn
directly after their passing from death
unto life by the power of the FIRST Ike
SlurertiOn. If there is 4 tirSt-born class
it implies that there will be an after
born class Thus the scriptures every
where distinctly teach that the present
call. trial testing, proving and final re-
wardiug of the Church will not be the
end Of Divine mercy toward humanity
but. on the contrary. will he only its be-
ginning for since the sanity are spoken
of as the Church Of the first-born.' or
as the Apostle declares. the first-frnitS
INTO God of his creatures, we are as
tn,-f l.
liz parts of the Divine Program.
Among the LevteS We're several dlVi-
sion- representing different ranks and
grades of the Church of Christ. Eut the
| principle division or section of the l4e-
vtes was tn. pri"stlY family of Aaron,
lust as there is Il special class amongst
the antitypical Lrvites the faithful few,
known in the Scriptures rs the Royal
Priesthood.
The Antitypical, Lamb and His Blood
In Jesus day HE time had come for the
fulGlment of the anttype of the PASS
| over Jesus himself was +" b" the Pass
over Lamb. by faith the merit of his
sacrifice. his blood was to he Sprinllled
upon the ,loor-posts Of his peoples
hearts and his flesh. the merit of his
earthly perfection. was to he eaten or
appropriated by them in their m'hdS.
| With it they were to eat the ltnieaNeht"
bread of the Divine promises and the hlt-
ter herbs of trials and adversities. ana
| uithal they were to drink wine. The blood
| of the grape, symbolicaly implying Then
participation with the Lamb IN his lS-
| nOminv and SllnerlngS
The Lamb Of God. Jesus. the antitypl-
cal Passover Lamb. was slam nearly
! nineteen centuries ago on the exact ami
| versarv of the killing of the typical
lambs. The sacrifice Of Jesus needs not
| to he repeated. for by faith we All
sprinkle this same blood today, ana IN
our hearts feed upon the merit OF the
same earthly sacrifice. andhave plenty of
bitter herbs of persecution and drink OF
| the blood-share the Masters spirit ana
| its reward OF suffering for righteousness
sake.
| Not many have appreciated these prlVl-
! 1eccs during all these nineteen centuries
| in all hut a little flock. Nor are there
many who envy them their present eN-
periences: nor are there many who APP
preciate how great will be their reward
and blessing in the life to come. Then.
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