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The Tabernacle
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A Day of Rest-A Finished Redemption The Feast of Atonement was "a sabbath of rest," for God said to Moses, "Ye shall do no work in that same day.... And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his peo- ple" (Lev. 23 :28, 30, 32). Wherever the atoning work of Christ is referred to in the Word of God, it is always plainly set forth as a work of grace. Man can only remain passive, and accept the :fin- ished work of Christ. Likewise, on the Day of Atonement, it was the high priest who ministered for Israel; the people did no work! "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost" (Ti- tus 3:5). "By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast" (Eph. 2:8, 9). You cannot do one thing to save yourself, my friend; you must accept what Christ has done for you in His death and resurrection. You must rest in His :finished work of re- demption. You and I must sing, from hearts of thanks- giving, "J ems paid it all; All to Him I owe: Sin had left a crimson stain; He washed it white as snow!" "Once a Year"-"Once for All!" "And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy
"~ehold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they al o which pierced him: and all kin- dreds of the earth shall wail because of him" (Rev. 1:7). In that coming day, of which the Feast of Atonement was a type, Israel's Great High Priest, even Jesus, will come out of the Holy of Holies, which is heaven itself to deli~er !'1is people from the terrible persecution of 1 the Antichr'.st. In great tribulation they will cry unto God, and their God will come down to deliver them. When they see the nail prints in His hands and feet and the print of the wounded si_de, they will remember the mocking, angry mob who cried out, saying, "Crucify him, crucify him . . . his blood be on us and on our children." ' And their penitential prayer will be the :fifty-third chapter of Is~iah, a marvelous prophecy of the sufferings of their Mess1ah and the Saviour of the world. In the affliction of their souls, His ancient people will say: . _"We hid as it were our faces from him; he was de- spised, _and we esteei:ned him not. Surely he hath borne o~r gne!s, and ca_rned our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was _w~u~~ed for our transgressions, he was bruised for o~r 1niqwt1~: ch~ cha~tisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like s~eep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his_ own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the ini- qwty of us all" (Isaiah 53:3-6). But Israel's mourni_ng will be turned into joy when Je~us comes; f~r He_w11l deliver His people, and usher in H1s long-promised kingdom of peace and righteousness!
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