THE K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S His cross as well as Christ and His crown.— Henry. While Christ’s glor ious life was and is th e inspiration of hum anity, a fte r all, His death was the reason of His life. His mission was mainly to die. The glory of heaven is not the risen or ascended Lord, bu t the Lamb th a t was slain (Rev. 5:6-12; 7 :10 ; 2 1 : 2 3 ) Hague. v. 11. Loins girded. They ate in a departing posture. When we feed upon Christ by faith , we must sit loose to the world and everything in it.— M. H. v. 13. When I see th e blood. Our sin has been judged and p u t away in Christ. It had been so in th e purpose and inten tion of God. We accept His assurance and re st upon it. We reckon th a t if we have been judged in Christ, we have passed to the o ther side of the thund er storm , and ,are living in th e blue skies of God’s acceptance and grace.— F. B. M. The blood was the token for Jehovah. F aith in the fact th a t it had been sprinkled gave peace to all w ithin. Peace is grounded on Jehovah’s word, and faith consists in hearing th a t (Rom. 1 0 :1 7 ).— Comp. Bible. Not, when I see your good resolutions, your much alms-giving, your zealous works, bu t when I see the blood.— Marsh. W hat is our hope? The Lamb— the slain Lamb. Have I pu t up again st th e divine judgm ent some h in t of self-protection? If so, I will be swallowed up in the g reat visi tation.—-P ark er. The vicarious death of Jesus is the v ital center of the whole Christian system, and any word which contravenes it is in the n atu re of Satanic suggestion.— Burrell. The Passover. Ex. 11:1— 12:36. Memory Verse. “Our Passover also h ath been sacrificed, even C h rist.” 1 Cor. 5:7. Approach.^— (As c h i l d r e n circle around, lay your closed Bible on table or lap, having placed a picture of lamb
56 blood entered once into th e Holy Place, having obtained etern al redemption for u s.-^P ark er. In th e evening. Here means some tim e between the tim e of th e sun ’s beginning to decline and th a t of its setting— about 3 P. M. Fo r the typical application to Christ, see John 19:19; Matt. 26:46.— Gray. v. 7. S trik e it. Showing th a t death had entered for them and th erefo re could not come to them . If th e Cruci fied One has stood in our place, no judgm ent may fall upon us.—K. B. It is not enough th a t th e blood of the Lamb is shed. It m ust be sprinkled, denoting the application of the merits of Christ’s death to our own souls.— Henry. Side posts. It was to be on the side posts and upper door post where it m ight be looked to, not on the threshold where it m ight be trodden under foot.— J. F. & B. The blood is th e sealing m ark of God’s property.— Luff. v. 8. E a t th e flesh. As th e sacrific ing of the lamb is a symbol of the redemption by which th e death penalty due by one is paid by another, so the eating of it is a figure of th e p articipa tion in pardon, acceptance, and full blessedness consequent on th e atone m ent being made and the law being satisfied.— Gray. B oast w ith Are. A figure of C h rist’s subjection to th e fires of God’s w rath again st sin— not His own sin, b u t my sin. To pretend to feast upon Christ, while ignoring His sub stitu tion ary work, is a serious affront to God.—^Brooks. W ith b itte r herbs. As th e b itter herbs recalled th e b itte r ness of th e ir afflictions and the, sa lt of th e ir tears, so th e unleavened bread eaten for seven days afte r the Passover rem inded them th a t the ho t haste of th e ir flight hindered them from p rep ar ing th e ir food.^—Meyer. v. 9. E a t n o t of it raw . If raw , th e re would be no expression of th e cross.— C. H. M. The w rath of God is as fire, and Christ was made a curse for us. We m ust feed upon Christ and
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