Lectures on the Day of Atonement Author:William Kelly Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: the New Testaments declare it. There had been many kings sitting on David's throne; and, 6fod will bestow more abundant dignity acd honour on that throne when Ch... more »rist deigns to sit on it, and asks for and receives the heathen for His inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for His possession. But this will be the future kingdom; it is not Christianity. Christianity is founded on Christ dead, risen, and glorified by God's will, as it sheds on the believer the light of heavenly grace and glory in Christ, and puts the soul into living relationship with God the Father on the ground of redemption, according to the efficacy of Christ's blood which shall abide for ever, Beloved brethren, let us only learn better our own Christianity. How much more should we then know Christ, and estimate His work ! Into the details of this chapter succeeding lectures will enter. What is now set out may serve to bring out the general idea distinctly, and prove the marked contrast of the gospel with the temporary, temporal, and earthly character of Jewish atonement, which too many accept as its measure. The death of Aaron's profane sons was the occasion of declaring man's unfitness to draw near before Jehovah; even Aaron must not approach at all times within the veil, on pain of death (ver. 1, 2). Aaron must coise with a young bollock or calf for a sin offering. He had to bring a ram also for a burnt offering (ver. 3). Aaron had to put on tie holy linen coat, to have the linen breeches upon his flesh, to be girded withthe linen girdle, and to be attired with the linen mitre or turban; also must bathe his flesh in water before putting them on (ver. 4). All this spoke of intrinsic imperfection and uncleanness. He was as he stood in no degree meet for access to God; and when he did get there, i...« less