The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-10-22

Moreover, we are assured InuC our
Lord was not only raised up out Of
death, but raised up as New Crea-
ture, to a still higher nature than that
which He had before He undertook
the Fathers commission to be the
worlds Redeemer, Prophet, Priest and
King. His resurrection was philip
plans lii, 10) to glory, honor and i'm
mortality, far above human nature.
angelic nature. principalities and pow
ers and every name that is named
Ephesians l. 81.
The risen Son of God remained forty
days with His disciples. and when He
assembled up on high He appeared in
the presence OF God, and according to
the type made application of the merit
Of His sacrifice for the Household Of
Faith-the antitypical Levites. The
acceptance of His Atonement Sacri-
fee, and Incidentally the acceptance of
His waiting followers, was manifest
ed by the descent of the Holy Spirit at
Pentecost
Adding Members to His Body.
AS Aaron In the type, by Divine d.
rection, accepted his sons to be mem
bers with him in the priesthood, under
his headship, so in the antitype; Christ
Jesus during this Gospel Age has been
accepting members to the Royal
Priesthood. of which He is the Head
And these are taken from the Levites,
for which class the Atonement was
made by Aaron in the type and by
Jesus In the antitype.
Aaron In the type, after sprinkling
the blood of the bullock and making
Atonement for the House OF Levi,
came forth and slew the goat. So
Christ, having finished making Atone
ment for the sins of the antitypical
Levites, came forth at Pentecost to
bless them and to accept them as joint
sacrificers and as joint-helrs. The goat.
which Aaron slew as the second por-
ton Of his sin-offering, represented all
the faithful f0otstep followers of Jesus
In the nearly nineteen centuries that
have elapsed since Pentecost. Respect
ing these Jesus prayed, saying, Il pray
not for the world, but for those whom
Thou hast given Me; neither
pray for these alone, but for all those
who shall believe on Me through their
word that they all may be one, as Thou,
Father, and are one"-sI in them and
Thou in Me."-John xvii, 8. 2O-23.
incidentally, Jesus as the High Priest
In glory began at Pentecost the sacri-
f1cing of the goat class, His faithful
followers The work has continued
ever since. The sufferings of Jesus
have thus been prolonged for centuries.
AS st. Peter declares, 1.-The prophets
spake of the suffenngs of Christ and
of the glory that should follow" q Pc
ter 1, 10, 10 The sufferings have not
yet been completed, and hence the
glory has not yet come. When the full
number foreordained OF God shall have
faithfully finished their course In death
the sacrifices of the antitypical Day of
AtOnement will be at an end. The
great High Priest with His Body will
pass beyond the second veil into the
heavenly glorieS. the First Resurrec-
ton completing the transfer The bless
ing Of the people will then be In order.
III Am Jesus Whom Thou Perseoutist."
That Jesus thus recognizes His fol-
lowers as His members is clearly at
tested by the Apostle. In their flesh
they are counted rs members Of Jesus;
as New Creatures, spirit begotten, they
are counted as members Of The Christ.
Thus Jesus said to Saul OF Tarsus,
speaking of His followers. saul. Saul,
why persecutest thou Me?" Il am Jesus
whom thou perseeutest." acts TX. A.
g. The same thing is true of any truly
consecrated follower of Jesus.
While such are in the world and
suffer, the sufferings of Jesus are not
completed. And the glory of Christ
can be fully attained only in proper
ton az the sufferings Of Jesus are
completed. In the type. all this was
pictured in the things which happened
to the Lords goat. which typifed the
faithful, sacrificing members. the
flesh of Jesus. As the goat passed
through all the experiences Of the bull
lock. so the footstep followers Of Jesus
are to have similar trials, difficulties.
|. oppositions, prosecutions. to those
which came to the Master.
With the completion of the Priest
| of Glory at the end of the sufferings of
the flesh will come the effusion Of the
blood on behalf of Israel and all Of
Adams race Of every nation In the
type Aaron took the blood of the goat
his secondary sacrifice. and sprinkled
it on the Mercy Seat on behalf Of all
| the people Of Israel. representing all
every nation. Forthwith Divine ac-
ceptance of these sacrifices spoke the