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4rAIs Dol IN REMEMBRANCE or
Matthew 26ii7. 3o-Novemb,r 6

I2HESE studies are selected for us
In advance. Otherwise our
preference would have been 10
consider the incident CONNECTED with
our Lords closing Of earth life In the
Spring OF the year about the season Al
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. lie came not TO destroy the
Law. but 10 fulnll H. Today's study
points us to the fulnllment OF one fen.
ture OF the Law-the Passover; not
that II Is already entirely fulfilled, but
that the antitype has for more than
eighteen centuries been In process OF
fulhllment and the complete fullllment
sure TO come, is, we believe, near at
hand. To appreciate this study we
must have clearly In mind the type.-
approximately 1850 years ago God
delivered the people Of Israel from the
dcspotc power Of Pharaoh, King Of
Egypt Time after time Pharaoh had
refused to let the people 60, preferrlng
to hold them rs chattels. slaves. Time
after time God had sent plaques upon
Egypt as Establishments. Under the In.
fiuence Of each plague Pharaoh repent.
ed and through Moses entreated God
for mercy upon himself. and for the
people relief from the plague. Never
thcless, every manifestation OF Divine
mercy tended only to harden his heart
until finally the tenth plague, the So.
verest OF all, was necessary. Tint
plague consisted In the execution Of
the death sentence against all the FIRST.
born OF Egypt But the IsraelItes In
Egypt were exempt from It's provisions
under certain conditions. Each fam.
lily was required to have It's own lamb.
not bone OF which was TO be broken.
Its blood was sprlnklcd upon the door.
posts Of the house and the family, as.
tembled within, phrtook OF rs flesh
with unleayened bread and bitter
herbs pilgrlm.llke, with stan In hand,
ready for departure out Of Egypt in
the morning 49,.
lsrasrs First. borns Passed Over
When that night the Divine sen
tence slew oil Of Egypt's 6rst-borns,
1the firSt-borns of Israel were passed
lover or spared; hence the name-Pass-
over. And this ceremony. as re-
mlpder Of the great blessing Of the
Lord upon Israel, was commanded to
be observed yearly AS memorial Of
Gods goodness aud because 1t typed,
or illustrated, stlll greater mercy
ind blessing yet 10 come.
A little later on those spared FIRST.
,OoFns were exchanged for one OF the
'ftribes-Levi Thereafter the Levltes
Iwcre the passcd-ovcr tirstborns and
were specially devoted to God and his
service.
The Antitypieal Fulfillment
Those experiences OF the lsraelites
and their iirstborn ones were very real
aud properly very interesting 10 themi
but they are stu more interesting TO
Christians, who themselves are anti.
types now being passed over. by
christians we do not mean all who
merely make profession, nor all who
attend Church, however regularly. We
mean merely the sanity few who are
now being called and being tested as
10 faithfulness TO the Lord and by
faith being passed over from death
unto life These are scrlpturaly
styled. "The Church Of the frst-borns,
whose names are written in heaven
CHebrews xii. 23l As the dellvernnce
OF the nation Of Israel from Egypt
took place after the sparing or passing