The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1910-11-05
-rHls DO IN REMEMBRANCE OF


THESE studies are selected for rs
In advance Otherwise our
preference would have been to
consider the incident connected with
our Lords closing of earth life in the
Spring Of the year about the season at
which that occurred. But Truth is
always precious to US and has always
profitable lessons.
Jesus was Jew and was, therefore,
obligated to every feature of the Mo-
sale Law, He came not to destroy the
Law, but to fulfill 1t. TOday's study
points us to the fulflllment of one fea-
ture of the Law-the Passover; not
that 1t is already entirely fulfilled, but
that the antique has for more than
eighteen centuries been in process Of
fulfllment and the complete fulhllment,
sure to come, is. we believe, near at
hand. To appreciate this study we
must have clearly in mind the type:-
Approximately $500 years ago God
delivered the people of Israel from the
hespotic power Of Pharaoh. King Of
Egypt. Time after time Pharaoh had
refused to let the people go, preferring
to hold them as chattels. slaves. Time
after time God had sent plaques upon
Egypt as Establishments. Under the in
fluence of each plague Pharaoh repent
ed and through Moses entreated God
for mercy upon himself. and for the
people relief from the plague. Never
theleSs. every manifestation of Divine
mercy tended only to harden his heart
until finally the tenth plague, the Sc
verest of all. was necessary That
plague consisted in the execution of
the death sentence against all the first
born of Egypt. But the Israelites in
Egypt were exempt from its provisions
under certain conditions. Each fam
lily was required to have its own lamb.
not bone of which was to be broken.
Its blood was sprinkled upon the door
posts of the house and the family, as
sembled within. partook of its flesh
with unleavened bread and bitter
herbs. pilgrim-like, with staff in hand,
ready for departure out Of Egypt in
the morning
Israel's First. horns Passed Over
When that night the Divine SEN
tence slew all of Egypt's tirst-borns.
the firSt-borns Of Israel were passed
over or spared; hence the name-Pass-
over. And this ceremony, as q re-
hinder of the great blessing Of the
Lord upon Israel was commanded to
be observed yearly as memorial Of
Gods goodness and because 1t typed,
or illustrated. still greater mercy
and blessing yet to come.
A little later on those spared first
borns were exchanged for one Of the
tribes-LevL Thereafter the Levites
were the passed-over frst-borns and
were specially devoted to God and his
service.
The Antitypical FuIfiIlment
Those experiences of the Israelites
and their first-born ones were very real
and properly very interesting to them
but they are still more interesting t.
Christians. who themselves are anti
types now being passed over By
Christians we do not mean all who
merely make profession, nor all whC
attend Church. however regularly. W.
mean merely the sanity few who arr
now being called and being tested al
to faithfulness to the Lord and By
faith being passed Over-from dealt
unto life These are ScripturallI
styled. 1.-THE Church of the first-boTns
whose names are written in heaven
Hebrews xii. 23). AS the deliveranc'
of the nation of Israel from Egyp
took place after the sparing or passing
over of the first-born, so. correspond
ingly, the Divine blessing will com
upon the world of mankind direct
after the completion Of 1.-The Churc
Of the rst-born"-directy after the
passing from death unto life, by tn
power of the First Resurrection.
/ there is a f1rst-born class 1t nipple
that there will be an after-bor
Y class. Thus the Scriptures ever
where distinctly teach that the presel
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