The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-10-11

that 1t is violation OF Ine DIVINE
Law and carries with it a penalty
that Father Adam was created as sim
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 unpre-
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 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
ned actually. so one Redeemer alone
would be necessary for the race. And
to him he offered great reward, SO
that his sacrifice for sins would work
out to his own advantage, as well as
to 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.
1.-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" 1.-THE Church Of the First
borns," he then began work little
understood by either Jews or Chris
tians, but nevertheless clearly outlined
in the Word of God. 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.
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Gentiles, have for centuries been
in course of development-their sacri-
fees being typifed by that Of the
Lords goat on the Atonement Day.
Their sacrifices are small and lean like
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
rifice. Thus eventually the High
Priest will complete his work of sin
atoneInent 1--WE believe very SOON and
then his second application Of the
blood upon the Mercy-Seat will be
made, just as 1t was written In uh
Law, son behalf of all the people," only
that 'all the. people, on the larger
scale will not mean merely the Is
raelites outside of the Levites, but
will mean the whole world of mankind
outside of the household of faith, the
antitypical Levites. Forthwith the
whole world will be turned over to
Messiah, the antitypical Prophet,
Priest, King, Mediator, Judge. Then
for a thousand years the world will
receive the blessed, uplifting infiu-
ences.
There will come in IsraeIs share in
the great work of recovering the world
to God. They are still beloved for the
fathers sakes and the gifts and calling
of God to them are things he will not
repent of. At that time the great anti
typical Prophet, Priest and King will
begin his work as Mediator At that
time he will mediate by bringing into
operation the New Covenant which
God promised he would make with Is
rael and Judah, latter those days.
after the days of their humiliation and
being cast off; they shall be reclaimed
and uplifted and blessed and used of
the Lord. This is Gods Covenant With
them when he will take away their
sins-when by virtue of the "better
sacrifices their sins shall be abso-
lutely and forever cancelled by the
antitypical Priest, of whom the Proph
ct David wrote, 1.-THE Lord hath sworn
and will not repent, Thou art a priest
for the age after the order of Mel
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What Atonement Signifies.
The word Atonement or At-one-ment
signifies the bringing of persons alien.
ated or estranged back into harmony
sympathy, union. Many are perplexed
at the doctrine Of blood-atonement SO
prominently set forth in the Bible. The
shedding of blood is naturally revolt
Ing and properly so. 1t seems strange.
therefore, to those who do not under
stand the philosophy of the Divine
Plan of Salvation, why God should
have required a blood-atonement for
SIM Sometimes the very people who
object to bloOd-atOnement believe some
thing much more awful-that an atone
ment Tor sin can be effected by hun
dreds or thousands of years of most
terrible torture. Some believe even
worse than this-that an everlasting
torment penalty for sin will be exacted
OF all except the sanity few of hui
mainly. How inconsistent and illogi-
cal we have all been in our reasoning
upon religious subjects!
In Scriptural usage blood stands for.
or represents, the life In harmony
with this is our ordinary use of the
word. We read, THE blood of Jesus
Christ our Lord cleanseth us from all
SIM" Here the word blood stands for
death, or rather, for the merit of the
sacrificial death of Jesus. His death
would have been equally efficacious as
mans Ransom-Price If his side had not
been pierced. 1t would have been
equally meritorious if he had died in
any other manner, except that he was
to take the place of the sinner to the
very last degree-as the Mosaic Law
declares, Cursed is everyone that
hangeth upon a tree" thus branding
crucifixion as the most ignominious
form of death.
But why should God require the
death of victim as a basis for the
forgiveness of the sins Of Adam and
his race? We reply that Gods Law
was intended to be an illustration of
the exactness of Divine Justice. JUS
tice could not punish Adam nor his
children with everlasting torture or
any other of the horrible things we
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