1885 Watch Tower - A2Z.org
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But while Jesus as a "new creature" was thus within the "Holy,"enjoying the light of the golden candlestick, fed by the bread oftruth, and offering acceptable incense to Jehovah, let us look outinto the "Court," and yet further out, beyond the Camp, and seeanother work progressing simultaneously. We last saw the bullockdead, in the Court; now the fat of it has been placed upon theBrazen Altar and with it the kidneys and various life-producingorgans. They are burning furiously, for a bullock has much fat. Acloud of smoke, called "a sweet savor to God" rises in the sight ofall who are in the "Court," viz.: Levites--believers.This represents how Jesus' sacrifice appeared to believing men.They saw the devotion, the self-sacrifice, the loving zeal (fat)ascending to God as a sweet and acceptable sacrifice. They wellknew that with him God was ever well pleased. They knew fromwhat they saw in the "Court" (in the flesh) that he was acceptable,though they could not see the sacrifice in its full grandeur andperfection as it appeared in Jehovah's sight (in the "Holy") a sweetincense on the Golden Altar.And while these two fires are burning --in the "Court" the "fat" andin the "Holy," the "incense" and their perfumes ascending at thesame time, there is another fire "outside the camp." There the bodyof flesh is being destroyed. (Ver. 27.) This represents Jesus' work asviewed by the world; to them it seemed foolish to spend his life insacrifice. They saw not the spirit of obedience which prompted, asthe Father saw it; they saw not the loving perfections as thebelievers (in the "Court" condition) saw them. No, nor did they seein him their ideal hero and leader; they saw only those elements ofhis character which condemned them, not being in condition to loveand admire him. To them he was odious--an outcast--despised andrejected; they hid their faces from him, as the Israelites turned fromthe burning carcass in the type.We see, then, how Jesus' life for three-and-a-half years fills all threeof these pictures: His sacrifice of perfect manhood was in the sightof the world, foolishness and detestable; in the sight of believers, asacrifice acceptable to God; in the sight of Jehovah, "a sweetincense." They all ended at once--at the cross. The bullock wasentirely disposed of, the incense all offered, when Jesus cried, "It isfinished"--and died. Thus the man Christ Jesus, gave himself aransom for all.The incense from the Golden Altar having preceded him and beensatisfactory, the High Priest passed under the second "Vail" into the"Most Holy." So with Jesus; having for three and a half yearsoffered acceptable incense, in the Holy or consecrated condition, hepassed beyond "the Vail, that is to say, his flesh." For three days hewas under the Vail, in death; then he arose in the perfection of theDivine nature beyond the flesh, "the express image of the Father'sperson:" "Put to death in the flesh, but quickened (made alive) inSpirit:" "sown a natural (human) body, raised a spiritual body." He
was then in the "Most Holy," condition; the perfection of spiritualbeing.The next step was to present the blood (ver. 14)--the evidence ofthe redemption --for "ye were redeemed... with the precious blood(sacrificed life) of Christ." (1 Pet. 1:19.) This going into thepresence of the Mercy Seat and sprinkling, or presenting the blood,was evidently fulfilled by Jesus, when he, after forty days, ascendedup on high, "there to appear in the presence of God FOR US,presenting on our behalf and as the price of our redemption thevalue and merit of the sacrifice just finished.We now leave the High Priest before the "Mercy Seat" while we goout to "the court" to witness another work. We quote: "And he shalltake of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of thegoats for a sin-offering. And he shall take the two goats and presentthem before the Lord at the "door" of the Tabernacle. And Aaronshall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord and the otherfor the scape-goat. And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which theLord's lot fell and offer him for a Sin-offering. But the goat onwhich the lot fell to be the scape-goat, shall be presented alivebefore the Lord to make an atonement with him, to let him go for ascape-goat into the wilderness." (Vs. 5-10.)These two goats taken from Israel and brought into the "Court,"typified or represented all who coming from the world andaccepting of Jesus' redemption consecrate their lives to God'sservice. First, taken from the "Camp" or world condition, they arebrought into the "Court" or justified condition. There they presentthemselves before the Lord (represented by the goats at the door ofthe Tabernacle) desiring to become dead with Christ as humanbeings, and to enter the heavenly or spiritual conditions as Jesusdid; first, the spiritual mind, and secondly, the spiritual body; the"Holy" and "Most Holy."But, as not all who say, Lord! Lord! shall enter the kingdom, so too,some of those who say, "Lord, here I consecrate my all" promisemore than they ever perform. They know not what they promise orwhat it costs of denial of self, to take up the cross daily and followthe bullock--to "go to him without the camp [to the utter disregardand destruction of the human hopes, etc.,] bearing the reproach withhim." (Heb. 13:13). In this type, both classes of those who covenantto become dead with Christ are represented: those who do reallyfollow in his footsteps as he hath set us an example, and those who"through fear of [this] death, are all their lifetime subject tobondage." (Heb. 2:15). The first class is the "Lord's goat," thesecond the "Scapegoat." Both of these classes [goats] as we shallsee, will have a part in the atonement work; in bringing the worldinto complete harmony with God and his Law, when this "Day ofAtonement" the Christian Age is ended. But only the first class (the"Lord's goat") who follow the Leader, are a part of the "Sinoffering."
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was then in the "Most Holy," condition; the perfection of spiritualbeing.The next step was to present the blood (ver. 14)--the evidence ofthe redemption --for "ye were redeemed... with the precious blood(sacrificed life) of Christ." (1 Pet. 1:19.) This going into thepresence of the Mercy Seat and sprinkling, or presenting the blood,was evidently fulfilled by Jesus, when he, after forty days, ascendedup on high, "there to appear in the presence of God FOR US,presenting on our behalf and as the price of our redemption thevalue and merit of the sacrifice just finished.We now leave the High Priest before the "Mercy Seat" while we goout to "the court" to witness another work. We quote: "And he shalltake of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of thegoats for a sin-offering. And he shall take the two goats and presentthem before the Lord at the "door" of the Tabernacle. And Aaronshall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord and the otherfor the scape-goat. And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which theLord's lot fell and offer him for a Sin-offering. But the goat onwhich the lot fell to be the scape-goat, shall be presented alivebefore the Lord to make an atonement with him, to let him go for ascape-goat into the wilderness." (Vs. 5-10.)These two goats taken from Israel and brought into the "Court,"typified or represented all who coming from the world andaccepting of Jesus' redemption consecrate their lives to God'sservice. First, taken from the "Camp" or world condition, they arebrought into the "Court" or justified condition. There they presentthemselves before the Lord (represented by the goats at the door ofthe Tabernacle) desiring to become dead with Christ as humanbeings, and to enter the heavenly or spiritual conditions as Jesusdid; first, the spiritual mind, and secondly, the spiritual body; the"Holy" and "Most Holy."But, as not all who say, Lord! Lord! shall enter the kingdom, so too,some of those who say, "Lord, here I consecrate my all" promisemore than they ever perform. They know not what they promise orwhat it costs of denial of self, to take up the cross daily and followthe bullock--to "go to him without the camp [to the utter disregardand destruction of the human hopes, etc.,] bearing the reproach withhim." (Heb. 13:13). In this type, both classes of those who covenantto become dead with Christ are represented: those who do reallyfollow in his footsteps as he hath set us an example, and those who"through fear of [this] death, are all their lifetime subject tobondage." (Heb. 2:15). The first class is the "Lord's goat," thesecond the "Scapegoat." Both of these classes [goats] as we shallsee, will have a part in the atonement work; in bringing the worldinto complete harmony with God and his Law, when this "Day ofAtonement" the Christian Age is ended. But only the first class (the"Lord's goat") who follow the Leader, are a part of the "Sinoffering."
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