Leviticus Chapter 9

Verse 15: “And he brought the peoples’ offering and took the goat which was the sin-offering for the people, and slew it and offered it for sin as the first,” (the calf.)

This goat of the sin offering, we think, represents the church, which, by faith and obedience even unto the crucifying of the fleshly nature, becomes “His body.”  Verse 22: “And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin-offering, and etc.” “And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation and came out and blessed the people.”

Jesus, our head, entered the holy of holies, over 2000 years ago as “our fore-runner,” and this word fore-runner, indicates that we are to follow him there; that he went in first with the blood (evidence of death,) of the bullock and sprinkled, then came out and took in the blood of the goat, representing our entrance with him, we saw illustrated in Lev 16, but the picture we now consider, shows not the separate entering of the head and body, but their entrance when united – made one.

Aaron stands at the altar and slays both bullock and goat, and when all sacrifices are ended, (the close of the gospel age,) he goes into the tabernacle representing head and body complete. When our sacrifices are ended, and head and body are complete, we shall come into the presence of our Father, and the work being accepted of him, He authorizes us to go forth and bless the people – “In thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed, which seed is Christ, and if you be Christ’s, then are you Abraham’s seed and heirs” – of this promise to bless all the people.

Here it is that the Aaronic priesthood ends and the Melchizedek priesthood begins, the one typical of our career of suffering and death, the other represents our exalted condition as, with Jesus, “a King upon His throne,” blessing all people. “And the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the people.” (“The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.”) Verse 24: “And there came a fire out from before the Lord and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat, which, when all the people saw, they shouted and fell on their faces.” A fire from the Lord indicates his acceptance and perfect satisfaction with all the work of atonement as done, and no wonder all the people prostrated themselves before God.

We believe it will be so in the next age when the world can –

“See what God hath wrought,

Then they’ll praise him, praise him as they ought:

Looking back, we’ll praise the way,

Jesus led us, led us day by day.”

And we will rejoice that we were accounted worthy to suffer with him and to be glorified together.

Moses directs in all the affairs of this type; probably representing “the law” which indicates to us, God’s will. What in the other picture was indicated by the taking in of the blood, is here represented by Moses’ going in with Aaron. So, to speak, “The Law” goes into the presence of God with us, declaring: The sacrifice is complete, the price paid, the full ransom of the world. “The righteousness of The Law is fulfilled in us.”

It would seem further to teach that when the church leaves the world and enters the presence of God, (the holy of holies,) law and order leave also, which would of necessity produce anarchy and confusion, and this part of the type seems to agree with the statements elsewhere made of the “time of trouble” and reign of terror which will be upon the earth after the Bride leaves it. When “the salt of the earth” is removed, the mass becomes greatly corrupted, but when the glory of the Lord shall be revealed at the close of this day of wrath – when “He shall appear,” and “we also appear with him,” the blessing will commence and with us comes law and order, (as typified by Moses, appearing again,) and assists in blessing the people.

But while thinking of our glorious work of blessing the world in the future, we should not forget, nor neglect our present privileges in this direction, for remember, Aaron blessed the people before he went into the holy place: So all who, as members of that body, have crucified themselves, should seek, so far as they have ability, to “Do good unto all men, especially unto those of the household of faith.” Let us bless now, as in the future, temporally and spiritually, as we may be able. We can all certainly bless some, spiritually.

May not “the deep things of God” be equally as blessed to others as to you?

Be not selfish, be not negligent, be not slothful servants. Freely we have received, freely let us give. R95