The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1913-10-23

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that night was,
therefore. merely the same penalty
that has been against all mankind for
six thousand years, The %drst-borns.
retiring in good health, we're corpses
before morning, the death sentence
coming upon them more suddenly than
Il otherwise would have done.
This plague did not touch the homes
Of the Israelites. Their 6|rst-borns
were passed over, spared, by the Al
mighty; hence the name Passover. BY
Divine command the Israelites made
the anniversary OF this event hlstori-
cal. Every Israelite shows his faith in
God and his confidence in this record
of Divine deliverance Of his fOrefa-
theirs, when he celebrates the Passover
Tho P~assoVer's Real Meaning.
IsraeIs experiences in being passed
over were allegOrtcal. AS a type they
represented the experiences OF Gods
Elect-Spiritual Israel, Gods sanity
people, gathered from all nations and
denominations. The chief members
came from Natural Israel, but no ma
ton can lay exclusive claims. It Is
an elect class, chosen along the line
OF character alone.
Spiritual Israel was represented In
the ~hrst-borns Of 1eshly Israel. passed
over ia that night. The next morning
Israel went forth under the leader
ship Of the hrst-bOrns, who subse-
quently became the priestly tribe, typ
lcally representing the Royal Priest
hood. whose Royal High Priest is the
Rlorihed Messiah.
Just as the frst-borns OF Israel were
not the only ones saved from Egyptian
bondage. so the Church Of the First
borns Hebrews 1929 will not be the
only ones saved from the bondage Of
sin and death, symbollzed by that
Egyptian bondage, The preservation
Of the First-borns implies the deliver
ance OF the remainder
Israel NY First Born"
Since d~eliverance from the power OF
sin and death was Of Gods grace, and
not an obligation OF Justice, He had a
perfect right to determine long in adj
vance that His blessings should reach
mankind through Abraham's Seed.
Unnodced by the Jews, the Lord indi-
Gated that Abraham would have two
seeds; one a Heavenly. the other an
earthly. Thus He said. Thy seed
shall be ~ as the stars Of heaven,
and (2) MS tho sand OF the sea shore"
God. in His wisdom, did not explain
to Abraham the significance OF this
hgurative statement We, however, are
permitted to see the meaning ven Of
this feature Of the Promise.
The stars represent the Heavenly
Seed or Abraham-Messi and his
Church. The sand OF the sea shore
represents the vast multitude who viii
ultimately be saved from sin and
death, and recovered to Divine favor
and everlasting life in the Msssianic
Kingdom. Gods providences were to
the Jew arst as respects spiritual priv
Ieges, and viii be to the Jew irst as
respects earthly privileges-Restitu-
ton to human perfection
fret Borno Blood Protected.
Let Us not fail to note that Divine
favor toward the HrBt-bOrns Of Israel
was not without blood. Indeed, the
whole lesson OF the Old Testament
Scriptures Is that without the she'd
ding Of blood there Is no remission" OF
sins. The ~Israelites took a lamb Of
the first year
Ill without spot. kill
E ed It and sprinkled
- its blood upon the
- 80 door posts and
wv lintels Of their
houses. and ate
G EK- the flesh within.
AN AS the Passover
MJ-HS Wna fvnfraI so