The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-10-18

all. because all are sinners. 1t was
necessary, therefore. that. In order to
become the Messianic King. Jesus
must first be the Redeemer of men
He must first provide the sacrifice fol
sins Then. applying it to the salts
faction OF Justice. afterward. by virtue
Of the right and authority thus secured
He could undertake the uplifting and
blessing of all mankind.
The Antitypicai Blood Atonement.
The great lessons taught by lsraefs
experiences Of more than sixteen cen
turtles were: .}s
"a That all are sinners.
(2) That no sinner can justify himself.
(3l That an Atonement for. Sin Is nee
essary before Divine favor can be fully
obtained for Israel and all mankind.
(D That since the penalty is death
only by sacrlficial death can sinners
be released from the death penalty.
We all know the arguments used by
those who oppose the Bible doctrine OF
Blood Atonement for Sin. They claim
ludt IL Is uuucCcSSulys ti-aI oOo SouAN
just as easily as not cancel all sin with
out requiring the death of either a bull
lock or goat. or of The Man Christ
Jesus. or anybody else.
But are not such arguments illogicali
Is it not illogical to suppose that the
great Supreme Judge of the Universe
would make Law and penalty for
It, infiict the penalty justly, and after
wards set aside the penalty with,
out a reason? Surely no earthly judge
would do so. and surely Heavenly
Judge could not do so without infrac,
ting the principles of His own Govern
ment: for If 1t is right to impose a
death sentence as a penalty for sin,
and to allow that sentence TO he in eff.
feet for four Thousand years before
Christ. and to allow our entire race to
suffer under it for that time. would II
not be unjust to afterwards institute a
change. set aside the Law. the Curse,
the penalty for sin? Surely we all
agree to thisi
Some however. will say. Surely God
never made such penalty. Why
should He make a penalty which would
cause the death of His Son. or the
death Of anybody. to eradicate it, to set
It aside? We answer that God did
make such penalty; for it is manifest
that our entire race is dying one,
which has been under the Reign OF
SIN and Death for Six Great. Days of
thousand years each: Moreover. the
Bible declares that God pronounced the
pehalty-infiicted the; death penalty as
we have it--for the very purpose and
object of the death of His Son, that
thus He might gire eride,.ce. both to
angels and to men, that HIS Lao Is III.
piolable. but that His Justice Is fully
equaled by His Lore 3
"christ's Better Sacrifices"
# the Jewish Law gave hint that a
sacrificial death would be necessary
for the cancellation of human sin. II
also gave, hint that the death of bulls
and of goats was not sufficient for the
cancella tion%of human sin; because the
sacrifices of the Jewish Atonement
Day merely covered sin for one year.
and did not actually cancel it at all.
The sacrifice was Of a proper kinda
Hfe-but the life was not of sufficient
value. Why? Because the Law of
Justice would not be satisfied to nc
cept the death of a bullock and OF a
goat as the equivalent for the forfeit
ed life of Father Adam. If an angel
had sinned and been condemned to
death, only the death OF an angel of
the same. grade and state would have
constituted full Offset or Ransom for
his life; because the very meaning of
the word Ransom is dnti-lutrOn-G cor
responding price.
So neither could an angels death re-
deem man. because it would not be
the giving of price to correspond.
Neither could our Redeemer. in His
pre-human condition. as the LogOs, the
Word. have given His life for Father
Adam and the race. because that would
not have been a corresponding price
q Ransom-price (Greek-anti-lutrOn).
To redeem Father Adam required the
death of man-and nothing more.
nothing less. would do. Therefore it
was that the Son of God left the glory
which He had with the Father as the
Logos and was made flesh, and became
The Man Christ Jesus. that He. by
the grace of God. might taste death for
every man." |
In harmony with this, st. Paul writes
to Timothy Il Timothy ii. 5. G, that
The Man Christ Jesus gave Himself a
Ransom for all. Thus the Apostle
again declares. las by q man [Adam !
came death mot. eternal tormentl. by
man also [Christl comes the resur-
rection of the dead: for as all In Adam
die, even SO all in Christ shall be made
Rlive."-I Corinthians XIV. q. %.
In this last text notice carefully land
also everyw where else in the Scriptures)
that the contrasts are not heaven and
hell, not joy and suffering. but life and
feqth-resurrection life through Christ.
death by Adam. Notice also that the
penalty paid for Adams sin by The
Man Christ Jesus Is not an eternal tor
ment penalty. nor a purgatorial penal
ty. but death penalty. Christ died
for our sins, according to the Scrip
tures.' q Corinthians Nv, 81
We notice again that 1t was only the
one man Adam who was originally
tried. sfnned and was sentenced to
death: that all of our race suffered
deatb and its degradation BY heredity