Evening journal., 1910-11-05

borns, whose names are written in
heaven" (Hebrew xii, 23). As the de-
liverance of the nation of IsrAel from
Egypt took place after the sparing
or passing over of the frst-born. so,
correspondingly the Divine blessing
viii come upon the world of mankind
directly after the completion Of "the
Church of the first-born directly at
ter their passing from death unto life,
by the power of the First Resurrec-
ton. If there Is a first-born class il
implies that there will be an after
born class. Thus the Scriptures
everywhere distinctly teach that the
present call. trial, testing, proving
and final rewarding of the Church
will not be the end of Divine mercy
toward humanity, but. on the con
trary, will be only its beginning; for
since the sanity are. spoken OF as the
Church of the first-born," or as the
Apostle declares, the first-fruits
unto God OF his creatures" We are
assured thereby that after-fruits are
equally part of the Divine Program.
Amongst the Levites were several
divisions representing different ranks
and grades OF the Church OF Christ
But the principle division or section
of the Levites was the priestly family
of Aaron, just as there is a special
class amongst the antitypical Levites,
the faithful few, known I'm the Scrip
lures as the Royal Priesthood.
The Antitypical Lamb and His Blood.
In Jesus day the time had come for
the fulhllment of the antitype of the
! Passover. Jesus himself was to be
the Passover Lamb. By faith the merit
of his sacrifice, his blood, was to be
| sprinkled upon the door-posts of his
! peoples hearts, and his flesh, the
merit of his earthly perfection, was
| 10 be eaten or appropriated by them
in their minds. With Il they were to
eat the unleayened bread of the Di-
vine promises and the bitter herbs
of trials and adversities. and withal
they were to drink wine, the blood
| Of the grape, symbolically Simplifying
their participation with the Lamb in
his ignominy and sufferings.
The Lamb of God, Jesus, the anti
! typical Passover Lamb, was slain
nearly nineteen centuries ago on the
exact anniversary Of the killing of the
| typical lambs. The sacrifice of Jesus
needs not to be repeated. for by
faith we all sprinkle this same blood
to-day, and in our hearts feed upon
the merit of the same earthly sac
rihce. and have plenty of bitter herbs
of persecution and drink Of the
blood-share the Masters spirit and
its reward of suffering for righteous
ness sake.
Not many have appreciated these
privileges during all these nineteen
centuries--in all but little flock
Nor are there many who envy them
their present experience; nor are
there many who appreciate how great
will be their reward and blessing IN
the life to come. Then, instead oi
suffering with Christ, they shall reigr
with him in glory, honor and immor.
tality
"This DO in Remembrance OF Me"
Jesus, about to begin the fulhllmen
of this type by dying as tn
antitypical Passover Lamb (Chris
our Passover is slain for u
, II Corinthians V, ~, instituted 70
, his followers an annual remem
brancer which, I'm their minds. woul
I take the place of the type and col
: tinually remind them of the gres
: Antitype. Instead Of the literal fies
, Of the lamb, the Master used breaI
: and instead of the blood, the fruit {
the vine, and instead of a further CON