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

We have come
cs7z=.S = * again TO the time
tgzs.SN k922ELLY of the year when
the people Of Is
began their civil year When God call
ed them as a nation out of Egypt, it
was under the provision that He would
make Covenant with them through
Moses. That Covenant was that If
they would keep the Divine Law they
tion and have everlasting life The
alternative failure meant punishment
with death If they would obey the
Law they should not only live ever
lastingly. but be qualified to be Abra-
hams specially promised seed, through
into the keeping of the Law and into
the attainment of everlasting life.
But God foreknew that they could
not keep His Law because they, like
the remainder Of the race, were imper-
feet through the fall and Gods Law is
Tic AhCttcuAC VI a l'ChACt man . lUtAtJ
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God. with
all thy heart. and with all thy strength,
and with all thy SOUL and with all thy
mind; and thou shalt love thy neighbOr
as myself" Surely none but per
feet man could fully live up to this
tinued to die the same as other people.
notwithstanding their Law Covenant
But God, foreknowing their inability
to keep this Law, arranged for their
continuance in His favor under that
Covenant by reviving it every year on
the tenth day of the seventh month,
the Day of Atonement On that Day
the year Of their favor and relation
chip to God terminated
Let Us Examine the Type.
Before looking for the antique, let
us understand the type The sacrifice
for sins occurred on the Day of Atone
ment, and consisted of two parts: first.
bullock was slain and its blood sprIn-
killed. in the Most Holy. and through
| 1t Atonement offered for the sins of
the priestly tribe only; then the high
priest took his secondary Offering. a
consecrated goat, and treated it as be
had treated the bullock And its blood
subsequently was sprinkled in the
Most Holy, ION behalf of all the peo-
pie" all the remaining tribes Of Israel.
Why were these animals killed?
What is the thought which lies behind
this death Of an animal? What lesson
did God wish to teach In type? The
condemnation on the Israelites for the
violation of the Mosaic Law was not
sentence to eternal torment, nor to
| Purgatory, but a death sentence. This
is clearly stated. By Divine COM
mandment the people were called up
between Mt. Ebal and Mt Gerizim,
and Gods Law was read in their hear
ing. Certain blessings were read,
which were to be the rewards of ODE
dience. Contrariwise. curses were read,
which were to be the penalty for VIOLA
\ ton of that Law. The curses related
to death, sickness and disease.
These condemnations on Israel for
failure to keep Gods Law given at
Sinai agree perfectly with the con
domination imposed upon Adam and,
through him, upon his race, for failure
| to obey the Divine Law originally
given, which was written In his heart,
his character, when he was a perfect
man in the image Of God. Hence Israel
under the Law Covenant was merely
condemned afresh to death-not to
eternal torment, nor to Purgatory.
Then, as Israel typified the world, the
Atonement Day was arranged for them
Is It will be on larger. grander scale
applicable to them and to all of Adam
race eventually. The death of the two
animals, the bullock and the goat, spe-
cially consecrated by the priest. eff
| fected a covering for the sins of the
people for another year. while they
tried afresh to demonstrate their loyal
| ty to God and his righteousness by
obedience to the Law: but only failure
could and did result: by the deeds
of the Law shall no man be justified in
Gods sight" because all flesh is i'm
perfect, weak. degenerate
Thus year by year continuously for
over sixteen hundred years the Israel
ties kept up their attempt to gain Di-
vine fe~9r by obedience to the terms
OF their Law Covenant And year by
year they failed afresh. until Jesus
came to be the antitypical Priest. in
order that He might eventually become
the antitypical King of Israel and the
world. His priestly office was neces-
sary to lay the foundation for His
kingly Office. As King he could moi
upiift to perfection Adam and his mul
titudlnous race contrary to the Divine
sentence Of death which rested upol
all, because all are sinners. 1t wal
necessary, therefore, that. In order t,
become the Messianic King, Jesu
must first be the Redeener of men
He must first provide the sacrifice TO
sins. Then, applying it to the salts
faction of Justice, afterward, by virtu
of the right and authority thus secured
He could undertake the uplifting an,
blessing of all mankind
The Antitypieal Blood Amusement.
The great lessons taught by Israel
experiences of more than sixteen cen
turtles were:
a. That all are sinners.
(2) That no sinner can justify himself
81 That an Atonement for Sin is nee
essary before Divine favor can be full.
obtained for Israel and all mankind.
"a That since the penalty is death
only by a sacrificial death can sinner
be released from the death penalty.
We all know the arguments used b,
those who oppose the Bible doctrine 0
Blood Atonement for Sin. They CLAIM
that 1t is unnecessary, that God coul'
Just as easily as not cancel all sin with
out requiring the death of either bul
lock or a goat. or Of The Man Chris
Jesus, or anybody else
But are not such arguments illogical
Is 1t not Illogical to suppose that tn
great Supreme Judge of the Univers
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