The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-09

psalm 24:3, ~ He said:
The pen pictures of the Bible astound
us with their clearness and forceful-
ness, their crispness and pointedness.
We are to remember that the Prophet
David was not writing with ordinary
poetic license, but was stating in po-
etc form grand truths which he him
self could not fully appreciate. st.
Peter tells us this was the case with
all the Prophets. He said that holy
men Of God spake as they were moved
of the Holy Spirit; and that the things
that they wrote were. intended, not
for themselves, but for the Church,
during this Gospel Age.
Interpreting our text in harmony
with other prophecies, we perceive that
the words do not refer to the literal
Fill Of Zion, nor to the literal Holy
Place Of Israel's Tabernacle. Mt. Zion
typically represented the Kingdom Of
Messiah, and the Holy Place represent
ed the antitypical Temple of the fu-
ture, which st. Peter tells US will be
the Church in glory, Christ Jesus Him
self being the Chief Corner Stone.
"He That Hath Clean Hands"
Now comes the question. Who shall
be accounted worthy of a place in that
glorious Kingdom? Who shall be ac-
counted worthy. of membership in that
true Temple? The answer evidently
applies primarily to the Lord Jesus
Christ Himself, as the succeeding
verses show. "He that hath clean
hands" would signify. he who is able
and willing to keep the Divine Law
perfectly; secondly, he that Is pure in
heart, in whom there is 10 admixture
Of ~disloyalty or seltishness or .sin-he
whose heart is loyal to the core to the
great Jehovah.
The Prophet David could not claim
such purity Of heart or cleanness of
bands; o could any one. except the
Son Of God, who was holy, harmless.
undefiled and separate from sinners.
He alone could and did keep the Di-
vine Law, both in letter and In spirit.
He alone. therefore. was qualified to
be the great King in Zion and the great
antitypical Priest. In Him alone the
royalty of David's line and the Priest
hood, typifed through Aaron. would
unite, and as foretold. would constitute
the new Priesthood-a Royal Priest
hood, a Priesthood associating in itself
the qualities Of mercy, instruction,
power and authority. Thus 1t was
prophesied Of Jesus. ""The Lord hath
sworn. and will not repent: Thou art
a Priest for the Age. after the order
Of Melchizedek'-a reigning Priest-a
Priest upon His Throne.-Psalm 1904.
Other iTsets Were Necessary.
The full keeping OF the Law was not
all that was requisite in the great Heir
Of the Abrahamic Covenant. All
things written by the Prophets con-
cerning Messiah must have fulflment
in Him And in. all those prophecies
God had caused to be sci. forth matters
which would indeed be tests Of the
humility anT loyalty Of the One who
would perform them. Was it not writ
ten that Messiah must be led as a
lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep,
dumb before the s%hearers. must not
open His mouth in protest? He of
whom 1t was written, Never man
Bpake like this man." used His elo-
quence in telling of the grace and mer-
cy of God, but not to deliver Himself
from the evil Vaccinations of His enc.
mics, of those bent upon crucifyine
Him.
Was it not written that He would
be the antitypical Passover Lamb. to
be slain? And did 1t not beheove
Elm, therefore. as He declared, to suf-
fer all these things. and through ODE
dience in these sufferings to enter into
the Messianic glory which was to be
the reward? Our text tells us this in
simple terms-that He did not swear
deceitfully--that the Covenant which
He made with the Father, a Covenant
Of Sacrifice ppfo death. was kept 70
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