River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-30

died for our sins, according to the
Scriptures. He is our Redeemer. OuI
sins could not be forgiven except
through the merit of the Sacrifice
which Col has provided freely for u.s.,
Until this sacrifice is seen and accept.
ed, there can be no further progress to-
ward God on the part of the one seek
ing to draw near Him.
Those who see and accept the Sacri-
flee provided for US are then privileged
to 90 Oh to the antitypical LAYER.
When they turn away from sin. they
find that certain filthinesses of the
flesh remains with them; and they
endeavor to rid themselves of these
weaknesses. They make the effort to
cleanse their thoughts, words and ac-
tons, in order to be more pleasing to
God Going still further in their desire
to draw near to God. they come to the
Door of the antitypical Tabernacle.
Two Glasses of the consecrated.
The Pastor next showed that during
the Jewish Age no Jew was fully jus
titled. All that Israel had was typical
justification and a typical relationship
with God; for until the real sacrifice
for sin had been offered by our Lord
Jesus Christ and had been presented
to the Father, there could be no actual
justification. Justification. he declared,
is a progressive matter. When one
merely sees the sacrifice of Christ, he is
not justified But as he draws nearer
and nearer, he is coming more and more
into that condition which is right
Every step toward God-every step Of
faith, obedience and desire to please
Him-is a step toward complete justifi-
cation.
Referring again to the typical Taber-
nacle, the Pastor discussed the sacri-
fees on the Day Of Atonement. In the
antitype.. he declared, all of the people
of God who have come to Him in con-
secratiOn are represented by the two
goats that took part in the ceremony Of
that day. They are either the Lords
goat class or the scape-goat class. After
they have passed through the antityp-
zeal Court-after they have entered the
antitypical Gate. passed the antitypical
Altar and washed at the antitypical
Laver-they are tied, as 1t were, at the
Door of the antitypical Tabernacle;
that is to say, they consecrate them
selves to God.
In the type. the goats were brought
to the Door of the Tabernacle, and
there waited for the high priest to cast
lots upon them. AS soon as he had
done so. he offered the Lords goat in
sacrifice. In the antitype this signifies
Gods acceptance of the sacrifice of the
consecrated; and from that moment
onward the person is reckoned dead
AS the Apostle says, "Ye are dead, and
your life is hid with Christ in God"
ThencefOrth the goat represents mere
ly the old nature-the fiesh-counted
dead. The New Creature is thereafter
represented in the body of the high
prieSt-a member of his body.
The Pastor then carefully explained
that as the sacrifice Of the bullock pre-
ceded the sacrifice of the goat, and
made it possible, so in the antique
Christ's sacrifice preceded the sacrifice
of the Church, and made theirs posi-
BILE. Those who do not care to present
their bodies as living sacrifices are not
invited now. Their opportunity will
come during the next Age. At present
the call is for those who desire to fol
low in the footsteps of Jesus-those
who will lay down life itself in His
service This is the class to which
reference is made in the text which
reads: 1--WE have an Advocate with the
Father, Jesus Christ, the Righteous"
This class have forsaken sin, drawn
nigh unto God. and have come to the
place where they say, 20 Lord. / give
myself to Thee" Then the Lord ac-
cepts their offering.
This is the antitypical Staying of the
goat; this is the death of the old ma
ture; and just at the moment when the
old nature is reckOnedly dead, at that
same moment the New Creature be-
gins-begotten of the Holy Spirit, that
these may be children of God, spiritual
sons of God. These have become the
Lords in two senses: first, in the sense
that they are New Creatures, begotten
of the Holy Spirit, and will be gloTified
in the First Resurrection by and by, if
faithful; and second, that they are also
reckoned as members of the Body of
Christ on the human plane.
"Present Your Bodies"
Referring again to his text, the Pas
tor demonstrated that the Apostles
argument in the context relates pri-
marily to the presenting of the human
nature in sacrifice. Only the high
priest could offer the sacrifice in the
type In the antitype, the great High
Priest offers those who present them
selves. Each one who presents his
body a living sacrifice in conservation
is then taken in hand by our Lord.
Thenceforth the sacrifice is reckoned
dead
In this connection, the Pastor also
showed that the AarOnic Order OF
priests consisted Of two classes, the
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