The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-10-07

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siah will not only be the great King
over Israel and the world, but he Will
be the great Priest whose application
Of his own merit win effect the can
collation. Of sins forever. He will not
re-introduce to them sacrifices of 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 a perpet-
ual cancellation of the sins of Israel
and of all the children Of Adam
Higher Critics Repudiate the Blood.
All the worldly-wise of Christendom
have reached the point Of repudiattng
the testimony Of the Old Testament
and the New respecting the need Of a
Divine Justice, the cancellation Of sin
and the restitution of the sinner to Di-
vine favor. The claim Of the so-called
New Theologists repudiates the fall,
repudiates the ransom and repudiates
a restitution to all that was lost
claiming that nothing was lost and
that all we have is gain. Thus the
world and its wisdom know not God
and appreciate not his arrangement
that, as death came upon mankind
through the sin Of one man ADAM,
even so a restitution to life should
come to all men through Christ-that
"as all In Adam die, even so all in
Christ shall be made alive"
These worldly-wise cannot deny the
fact that there is sin in the 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 q greater hold than ever be-
fore upon our race. Insane asylums,
prisons and reform schools show that,
notwithstanding our educational facf-
tiles and wonderful achievements under
the enlightening influences of the New
Dispensation now dawning-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 fit 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 it is a 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 a little lower plane
Of being. Obedience was required OF
him as the price of Divine favor and
everlasting life. Disobedience thrust
him from Paradise into the UMPIRE
pared 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 a 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 |
a 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 q great reward, so |
that his sacrifice for sins would work |
out to his own advantage, as well as |
10 the sinners. A part Of the reward |
was the high exaltation to the heaven
ly nature-far above angels, and the |
gift of the Kingdom of earth neces- |
sary for the overruling and 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 a ran
som for ALL" for Adams entire race. /
TO be testified in due time. He anti
typed the bullock Of IsraePs 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 angels. Applying his merit to the
antitypical Levites. the household of
faith" "the Church Of the First
borns," he then began a work little
understood by either Jews or Chris
tians, but nevertheless clearly outlined
in the Word Of Cod His work
throughout this age has been the gath
ering Of the elect class-which Is cho-
sen because Of faithfulness 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 development-their sacrl-
fees being typihed by that Of the
Lords goat on the Atonement Day.
Their sacrifices are small and lean Ike
that Of the goat. In comparison TO the
bullock. But they are accepted by the
Great High Priest. and the Offering
Of their sacrifice is counted as his sac
Rice Thus eventually the High
Priest win complete his work Of sin
1--WE believe very sOon) and
then hfz second aunifcaffon Of the |