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sons or the first two men porn illtV
the world. The touchstOne Of charae-
ter In the case of each was not the
fact of sin (for both were snnersl.
but In their attitude toward this fact
II was the Offering" that God had re-
spect to In the case of the enc, and re-
jected in the case of the other.
There were seven kinds of offerings
enjoined upon His people by Jehovah,
dating probably from primitive reve-
latlon. Three were products of The
ground and hence bloodess; three
were from the flocks and herds ana
hence bloody sacrifices; and the sew
enth was two turtle doves.
In the Old Testament there reyerber-
ates the oft recurring triad Of words
"eorn, wine, and OIL" The first Of
these is generic term in Hebrew COW
ering the whole range of Cereals"
wheat, barley, rye, etc, and stood for
agriculture; the second. swine" was
also generic term aud included he
sides wine all the products Of the vine.
or yiticulture; while finally the "oii."
obtained from the fruit of the olive
tree stood for the products of horti-
culture.
Thus we have embraced In these
three representative terms the entire
range of mans husbandry of the soft
They were the offerings appropriate
to offer In mans innocency, and were
doubtless so understood. But when
man snned and came under The con
demnation of God there were adde's
three more, and these were bloody
sacrifices. They were oxen, sheep and
goats, all d0mesticated and the objects
Of mans care and possessing two CHAR.
acteristics In common: namely, they
split the h0of and chewed the cud.
SO much Of his time and care was he
slowed upon them that In a sense they
stood for him, so that when sacrifced
upon the altar 1t was tacit coafes-
sion on the part Of the offerer Of hIs
guilt and need of atonement. The ami
NAL symbolically bore his sins and
suffered in his stead.
"And In process of time Il came to
pass, that Cain brought of the fruit
of the ground an offering unto the
Lord. And Abel, he also brought u
the firstllngs Of his flock and OF The
fat thereof. And the Lord had respect
unto Abel and to his offering. Bae
unto Cain and to his Offering he haA
not respect. And Cain was very
wroth, and his countenance FELL
1t was not the offering. therefore. -
much as what the offering implied that
counted. The fruits of the soil were
all rIght--but not for a guilty man to
offer alone. And has 1t not been -
from that day to this? Man has ever.
sought to justify himself before Goe
by the works that he does; the last
thing he Is willing to do Ii to confess
himself the sinner that he Is, abss-
lutely dependent upon God for merry
Before pardon there must come co.,
fession. In the sacrifcial lamb that
Abel offered there was confession AZ
guilt and a symbolic vindication OF the
justice Of God. "If we confess our
sins, He Is faithful and just to forgive
US our sins"
That this way OF approach to God 10
not crudity peculiar to the dimne~s
Of primeval ages but Is In the very
center Of the teaching Of Jesus Him
self, is seen In the parable OF a.
Pharisee and the publican Luke "a
verses 10 to II, ending thus:
And the publican. standing sfar
off. would not lift up 50 much as his
Eyes unto heaven. but smote upon his
breast. saying. God be merciful (lff-
orally spropitiated.- that Is. siet bloo1
low') to me q sinner"
Il tell you. this man went down %
ais house JUSTIFIED rather than thu
,ther; for every one that exalfefh
himself shall be abased; and he tkm
lumbleth himself shall be exalted"
How calm the Judgment hour shan ps.s
For thsm who do obey
me Word OF God about that Blood
And make that Word their stay.
The blood Of Jesus Christ hts ssa
rs from all SIM John
u.