The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-10-05

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lntitypical Levites. Forthwith the
whole world will be turned over To
Messiah. the antitypical Prophet
Priest. King. Mediator. Judge. Theu
,or Il thousand years the world will
receive the blessed. uplifting inhu
HnceS
There will come in lsrael's share in
the great work of recovering the world
to God They are still beloved for the
fathers sakcS and the gifts and calling
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, after 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
SAIL llIcS tllel SllS Sudll ne uDSo-
lutely and forever cancelled by the
antitypical Priest, of whom the Proph
ct David wrote, THE Lord hath sworn.
and will not repent, Thou art a priest
for the age after the order of Mel
chizedek"-a kingly priest on the spirit
plane psalm OK, A..
What Atonement Siqnifies.
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
sin. Sometimes the very people who
object to blood-atonement believe some
thing much more awful-that an atone
ment for 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
manity. 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 ef1icacious 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 de2ree-as the Mosaic Law
declares, Cursed is everyone that
hangeth upon tree" thus branding
crucifiXiOn as the most ignominious
form of death.
But why should God require the
death of a 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 OF
any other of the horrible things we
once imagined. The severest penalty
of the Divine Law is represented in
our common law, which, as an extreme
penalty, requires the death of the
transgressor. Adam, having been sen
fenced to death. would have had nc
future opportunity for life-neither by
resurrection nor otherwise. Adams
children, sharing his weaknesses, would
have had no opportunity to regain life
because justice is Interchangeable If it
was just to condemn sin. it would be
injustice to rescind the penalty and
set the culprit free. Divine Love has
his children are all to be freed from
death and have an opportunity of eter.
nal life-not by violating the require
ments of Divine Justice, but by fulfill
ing them. Hence in due time, the
man Christ Jesus died for the man
Adam, to cancel his sin, to satisfy his
penalty. And since his sin and pen
atty have been inherited by his chill
dren, the one sacrifice for sin is Sutli
cient for all
The work of atonement is not com
pleted. The first half of atonement
is the satisfaction Of Justice. But
even this part is not yet completed.
The Redecmer presents his sacrifice
in two parts. according to the type
The first etfuSion of his blood spoke
peace to believers who now have the
ears to hear and the heart to obey:
the second eTuSiUn. as shown by the
Law ueviticuS xvi, lJI, will make
reconciliation for the sins Of al! the
people-the whole world of mankind
Then the other part of AtOnpment be
gins
After the Divine reconciliation comes
human reconciliation The great Mes
Siah will not require sacrifices of hu-
mainly but. on the contrary. viii
open the blind eyes and cause the
knowledge Of the grace of God ia
reach Adam and every member of his
race. Then all willing for rrcou"i!a-
ton will be helped by the great Medi-
ator of the New Covenant and by
Israel. his Chosen People and earthly
representatives. The object to he aC-