THE HOPE OF ISRAEL - The Preterist Archive

228 The Hope of Israel: What Is It?
services therefore vividly represented the worship
proper to that church which is redeemed
by the blood of the Lamb, Whose 'one sacrifice
for sins' is universally and everlastingly efficacious
'once for all' (Heb. 10 :10)
. Nor must it
be forgotten that, with those elements of the
Mosiac economy, every existing typical and symbolical
thing was swept away" (That is to say
all the "shadows" of the law were abolished and
replaced by the corresponding spiritual realities).
"It is astonishing that educated Christian
men should evince so much weakness and
ignorance as have been of late displayed ;
not to
use stronger terms."
"The tabernacle of David evidently arose from
the existence and felt wants of men. They
needed means of more direct union with God and
communion with His Spirit, than was afforded
by priestly instrumentality in the national sanctuary.
And it pleased God to sanction and honor
such a deviation from His own appointed ordinances
as would meet that need. Hence the Ark
of God and His glory dwelt in the sanctuary of
Zion. There the people met before the Lord.
There they heard the wonders of His covenant
mercy and felt the power of His saving grace.
How marvellous are the merciful manifestations
of God! Who would have supposed that
the Mosaic system could, in one great feature
of its operation, have been suspended for so
many years? That this measure should have
been wrought up into sacred prophecy, and used
under apostolic inspiration to cast a steady light
on the true character of the Gospel Church,