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RAsIQR RQSSELD,is in the blood
- " Ieviticus xvii. III
hence the shedding of blood represents
death; and death may be spoken Of AS
the shedding Of blood. regardless OF
whether or not single drop OF blood
be spilled literally. Thus the presentn-
tion of the blood Of the sacrifices Of old
represented the Offering to God Of their
lives as, typically, an offset to the Tor
feited life of Adam and his children.
who lost life through his disobedience.
israsps Atonement Sacrifices.
Each year, at approximately this sea
son, the Jews celebrate their Atone
ment Day, by which their sins are
thought to be covered afresh for the
year begun. The underlying thought Is
a reminder that they are sinners. and
that without the shedding of blood.
without sacrificial death. there can be
no Divine forgiveness of sins.
For more than sixteen centuries Is
rael observed these typical Atonement
Day services. up to the time that Jesus
came. Since then the Jews can have no
Atonement Day. really. because their
priestly line is lost. and they have no
Holy and Most Holy in which to make
the Atonement. and no Shelsinah
Mercy Seat on which the blood of
Atonement may be placed. and from
which Divine blessing and forgiveness
should proceed
In their typical procedure the Day of
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work of the priest on the tenth day of
the seventh month. His Atonement sac
rifice consisted of two parts-first. {
bullock, which he slew. and afterwar(i
a goat, which he treated IN like nun
ner. He took the blood Of the bullock
into the Most Holy and applied it. no
on behalf of ISrlel. but simply on he
half of the prestly tribe of Levi
After accomplishing this he came
out and slew the secondary part OF
his offering. the Lords goat. which
typi6ed those consecrated to be his
under-priesthood. After treating the
goat precisely as the bullock had been
treated. its blood was taken into the
Most Holy and there was sprinlled on
the Mercy Seat. not on behalf of the
tribe of Levi but on behalf Of all the
other tribes-on behalf of "all the peo-
ple," representative of all humanity
thus showing that eventually they will
be brought into harmony with God.
"The Better Sacrifices"-Antitypica
In the type the bullock represented
Jesus, consecrated to death. and dy-
ing and dead: and the high priest rep
resented The Christ. spirit-b egotten.
] Jesus, as the appointed antitypical
Priest after the order of Melchisedec,
when He reached manhood's estate
thirty years. Gradually He fulfilled |
His baptism unto death. for three and |
a half years, completing it at Calvary. |
During His earthly ministry. as
Priest He was in the Holy. having
fellowship with the Father. At Cal
vary. as Priest, He passed under the
second veil, and in His resurrection
rose on the other side of the veil, in
he Most Holy-in the perfect spirit
condition.
Our Lord remained for forty days to
Himself to His disciples. af-
er which He assembled on high and
presented the merit of His sacrifice
Hebrews *, 24) on behalf Of the
Church, just as Aaron presented the
Hood Of the bullock on behalf Of his
household. the tribe OF Levi. The d.
line acceptance of this merit on be
lalf Of the Church was manifested by
he giving Of the Holy Spirit at Pente-
ost And this represents Gods ac-
eptance, not only of the faithful who
we're there. but all of the same class
rom then to the end Of this Age.
Members Of Jesus Still Dying. {
The Scriptures set forth that the /
aithful few Of Jesus followers who (
ill constitute the Royal Priesthood
y and by have been represented as
tenement Day. which is caused to
ass through the same experiences ex
city as the antitypical Bullock. our
ord. (Heb xiii. 11-13) IF we suffer
18th Him we shall reign with Him.
The exalted High Priest. since Pen !.
cost. has been Staying His secondary +
consecrated followers =
srmitting them to thus represent Him
the flesh. While they suffer. the
lfferings OF Jesus are not completed /,
He Himself said to Saul of Tarsus. n
Saul, Saul. why perSecutest thou Me?" 3
am Jesus whom thou persecutest." a
Not until the foreordained number of q
ese better sacrifices shall have
zen completed in glory will the for
veness Of the worlds sins be ,lccom
ished. At that time the antitypicai
REST viii MAKE the secondary appj-
ton Of His blood on Iehalf OF "ah Q
e people" nx