Publication date
8/15/01
Volume
22
Number
16
The WatchTower
A Prophet, Like unto Moses
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ZION'S 
WATCH 
TOWER 
ALLEGHENY. 
PA. 
dllldren. 
hy 
ehoosing 
fellowship 
wIth 
the 
world 
;-by 
com­ 
mInghng 
to 
some 
extent 
wIth 
the 
world, 
the 
flesh 
and 
the 
de\ 
il. 
e\ 
ell 
tho. 
like 
Lot, 
disapprovIng 
their 
surroundings 
wllleh 
\ 
ex 
their 
righteous 
souls. 
8uch, 
the 
Apostle 
tells 
us, 
shall 
lJe 
"saved 
"0 
as 
by 
fire." 
(1 
Cor. 
3.15) 
Such 
the 
Lord 
Illustrates 
as 
comIng 
up 
out 
of 
great 
tribulation, 
washing 
their 
rolJr,; 
and 
maklllg 
them 
white, 
and 
eventually 
obtaining 
a 
ble,,~ing. 
but 
not 
the 
('hief 
one 
whieh 
they 
might 
have 
ob­ 
tamed 
ha,l 
they 
followed 
faIthfully 
with 
the 
pilgrims 
and 
stIanger~, 
the 
"little 
flock."-Rev. 
7 
:!), 
14. 
The 
story 
of 
Lot's 
haste 
out 
of 
Sodom, 
and 
of 
his 
wife's 
transglhslOn 
of 
the 
angel's 
command 
in 
looking 
back 
and 
hankellllg 
after 
the 
things 
left 
behInd, 
are 
brought 
to 
our 
attentJon 
!II 
that 
pal 
t 
of 
our 
Lord's 
great 
prophecy 
relating 
to 
the 
end 
of 
thIS 
age;-"Remember 
Lot's 
WIfe!" 
(Luke 
17: 
3:31 
TlJi" 
reference 
"eems 
to 
corroborate 
the 
thought 
that 
Lot's 
eAperiences 
were 
somewhat 
typical. 
The 
Lord's 
people 
will 
be 
tested 
along 
the 
line 
of 
their 
separation 
from 
the 
spirit 
of 
the 
world. 
Those 
who, 
like 
Abraham, 
are 
the 
friends 
of 
God 
will 
be 
far 
off 
from 
the 
danger; 
others 
not 
so 
faithful 
will 
he 
in 
the 
full 
midst 
of 
the 
trouble, 
yet 
if 
loyal 
at 
heart 
to 
the 
Lord 
they 
will 
be 
delivered 
with 
great 
loss, 
and 
the 
sufferings 
which 
such 
disappointments 
and 
losses 
will 
imply; 
yet 
in 
the 
end 
such 
will 
gain 
the 
heawnly, 
<;plritual 
hfe 
for 
which 
they 
started 
out. 
None, 
however, 
will 
he 
de1lY<'red 
if 
thpY 
remain 
in 
the 
city 
of 
destruction, 
Bahylon. 
If 
they 
do 
not 
avoid 
it 
at 
first, 
they 
must 
at 
least 
be 
WIlling 
to 
leave 
it, 
and 
that 
with 
great 
energ-y, 
ere 
its 
de"trudlOn 
comr,,: 
and 
if 
they 
love 
the 
things 
behind, 
more 
tlw.n 
tlH'y 
appre(·iatr 
delivprance-so 
that 
they 
in 
any 
de­ 
gorpe 
look 
Il:lck 
or 
long 
for 
the 
evil 
things 
doomed 
to 
destruc­ 
tIon 
III 
the 
('oming 
trouble, 
it 
will 
mean 
that 
they 
will 
not 
be 
worthy 
of 
having 
any 
part 
or 
lot 
in 
the 
deliverance. 
The 
r('('or<1 
is 
that 
Lot's 
wife 
became 
a 
pillar 
of 
salt, 
and 
altho 
infi<1elity 
has 
been 
inclined 
to 
dispute 
such 
a 
miracle, 
we 
have 
every 
reason 
to 
believe 
the 
truthfulness 
of 
the 
recOl 
d: 
and 
Ii'ke 
all 
miracles, 
if 
explained, 
it 
would 
no 
doubt 
seem 
reasona 
hIe 
enough. 
An 
explanation 
of 
the 
miracle 
has 
been 
sugge~ted 
hy 
a 
traveler, 
as 
follows: 
"Just 
as 
some 
of 
the 
vlctim~ 
of 
PompeIi 
stumbled 
in 
their 
flight, 
and 
were 
buripd 
under 
the 
a 
"hes, 
which 
~till 
keep 
the 
outline 
of 
their 
figure, 
so 
Lot's 
wife 
wall 
covered 
with 
the 
half-liquid, 
slimy 
mud." 
"An 
atmosphere 
heavily 
charged 
with 
the 
fumes 
of 
sulphur 
and 
bItumen 
might 
easily 
plOduce 
suffocation, 
as 
was 
the 
('ase 
with 
the 
elder 
Pliny 
in 
the 
destruction 
of 
Pom­ 
peii. 
And 
as 
no 
dead 
body 
would 
ever 
decompose 
on 
the 
shores 
of 
this 
salt 
sea, 
if 
left 
in 
such 
an 
atmosphere, 
it 
would 
become 
encrusted 
with 
salt 
crystals. 
Pillars 
of 
salt 
are 
found 
in 
the 
vicinity 
which 
have 
formed 
from 
the 
spray, 
mist 
and 
saline 
exhalations 
of 
the 
dead 
sea, 
and 
are 
constantly 
growing 
larger." 
SUFFERING 
THE 
VENGEANCE 
OF 
ETERNAL 
FIRE 
Jude 
tells 
us 
that 
the 
destruction 
of 
Sodom 
was 
intended 
by 
the 
Lord 
to 
be 
an 
Illustration 
of 
the 
fate 
of 
the 
wicked. 
But 
it 
certainly 
does 
not 
illustrate 
what 
that 
fate 
is 
gen­ 
erally 
supposed 
to 
be: 
It 
does 
not 
illustrate 
perpetual 
fire, 
with 
the 
Sodomites 
continually 
burning 
and 
never 
de"troyed, 
and 
with 
demons 
poking 
the 
fires 
and 
torturing 
the 
VIctims. 
Nothing 
of 
the 
kind. 
The 
"eternal 
fires" 
whirh 
God 
intends 
for 
the 
wicked. 
and 
which 
he 
illustrated 
in 
the 
case 
of 
the 
Sodomites, 
signify 
fires, 
whose 
work 
of 
destruction 
is 
com­ 
plete 
and 
everlasting. 
It 
is 
divine 
vengeance 
or 
retribution 
against 
sinners-"they 
shall 
be 
punished 
with 
an 
everlasting 
destruction" 
(2 
Thess. 
1:9), 
beyond 
all 
hope 
of 
rerovery. 
The 
"lake 
of 
fire" 
of 
Revelation, 
and 
the 
Dead 
Sea 
of 
Sodolll 
represent 
in 
symbol 
the 
second 
death-extjnction, 
from 
which 
there 
is 
no 
hope 
by 
a 
resurrection 
or 
otherwise. 
None 
will 
go 
into 
the 
serond 
death 
on 
account 
of 
ignorance. 
All 
\\ 
ho 
enter 
it 
will 
do 
so 
because 
of 
wilful, 
deliberate 
pal 
ticipation 
in 
sin, 
or 
because 
of 
sympathy 
with 
it. 
Supposing 
Sod 
om 
to 
represent 
sin, 
the 
lesson 
would 
be 
that 
all 
finding 
themselves 
in 
an 
evil 
condition 
of 
life. 
evpn 
tho, 
like 
Lot, 
their 
hearts 
be 
out 
of 
sympathy 
with 
it, 
Rhould 
and 
must 
flee 
from 
it 
if 
they 
would 
avert 
the 
consequences. 
They 
must 
flee 
in 
haste 
and 
tarry 
not 
in 
all 
the 
plain. 
Yet 
it 
is 
a 
comforting 
thought 
that 
as 
the 
angel 
laid 
hold 
of 
the 
hands 
of 
Lot 
and 
his 
daughters 
and 
helped, 
urged 
and 
en­ 
couraged 
them 
to 
flee, 
so 
the 
Lord's 
providences 
will 
take 
hold 
of 
everyone 
who 
shall 
seek 
to 
escape 
from 
sin. 
and 
will 
so 
cooperate 
with 
their 
good 
wills 
in 
the 
matter 
that 
they 
shall 
eventually 
be 
fully 
rescuccl 
from 
it. 
ALLEGHENY, 
PA., 
AUGUST 
15, 
1901 
A 
PROPHET, 
LIKE 
UNTO 
MOSES 
No. 
ltl 
"POI' 
JIos'" 
tnily 
saulllllto 
the 
fathers, 
A 
prophet 
shall 
the 
Lord 
yowr 
God 
raise 
up 
unto 
you, 
of 
your 
brethren, 
like 
unto 
me; 
111111 
"ll'lll 
,lie 
hear 
in 
all 
things 
whatsoever 
he 
shall 
say 
unto 
you. 
And 
it 
shall 
come 
to 
pass 
that 
every 
soul 
that 
will 
not 
hear 
that 
prophet 
shall 
be 
destroyed 
from 
among 
the 
people."-Acts 
3: 
22, 
23. 
W,· 
";tIPP 
that 
til(' 
time 
for 
the 
fulfilment 
of 
this 
predic­ 
tIon 
h 
n,' 
II', 
c, 
en 
,It 
thr 
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now 
one, 
styling 
himself 
"Rc\'," 
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himself 
to 
the 
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\\ 
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a 
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are 
not 
hastily 
to 
accept 
hi, 
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all 
thl' 
Scriptural 
te~timony. 
and 
thus 
d(', 
Ill,' 
I, 
til 
thl' 
trnth 
or 
falRity 
of 
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Dowie's 
claims. 
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in 
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a 
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will 
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unfavnrahle' 
to 
Mr. 
Dowie;-whether 
they 
prove 
hllll 
thp 
ProphC't 
fordol(l, 
or 
a 
dereived 
and 
deceiving 
false 
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,\ 
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/-111/! 
our 
t('"t, 
we 
prr('pive 
that 
it'! 
expression, 
"like 
unto'" 
has 
till' 
~ellRe 
of 
antitypieal; 
hence 
the 
Prophet 
to 
be 
e,),,·('j,·11 
mlI-L 
he 
much 
goreater 
every 
way 
than 
Moses, 
as 
an 
,lIltlt~·!,,, 
i~ 
alway" 
far 
... 
uperior 
to 
its 
type, 
Moses 
was 
the 
:\fl'dlllUll 
of 
thp 
Law 
Covenant, 
and 
thus 
stood 
between 
Israel 
and 
Co<1. 
a- 
WI' 
rl'ad 
in 
rpf('ren('(' 
to 
the 
sealing 
and 
delivery 
of 
tl1l' 
fA'" 
('ovPlIHnt: 
"The 
Lord 
our 
Cod 
made 
a 
covenant 
witlt 
you 
ill 
HOIeh 
. 
.. 
The 
Lord 
talked 
with 
you 
face 
to 
far'p 
in 
thl' 
mount 
nut 
of 
the 
mid"t 
of 
fire. 
I 
stood 
between 
(;",1 
(//1,1 
//'1/1 
fa 
!n,'(liator, 
or 
goo-hetweeen], 
at 
that 
time, 
to 
show 
von 
the 
word 
of 
the 
Lord; 
for 
ye 
were 
afraid 
by 
rea­ 
,Oil 
of 
tl,l' 
fire. 
and 
went 
not 
up 
into 
the 
mount!' 
(Deut. 
.'l' 
~.,-, 
' 
From 
tl]is 
,,(' 
Rec 
that 
Moses, 
the 
typical 
prophet, 
v:a, 
\ 
('1 
V 
!fle,lt 
'('rv 
influential, 
lw(l 
a 
very 
high 
office; 
and 
thl- 
\I(,phl 
-1!!llliv 
th~\t 
the 
future 
Prophet 
whom 
God 
had 
in 
'11tnd. 
11"<] 
\\ 
ho~e 
(·oming 
was 
foretold 
thirty-five 
hundred 
',1', 
H!!') 
hy 
:\1o'il's 
himself, 
and 
furtllPl' 
pointed 
forward 
to 
th 
... 
\postle 
Ppter 
in 
our 
text, 
must. 
as 
the 
antitype 
of 
he 
wOIl(]('rfully 
great, 
wonderfully 
powe'rful, 
a 
still 
grpater 
1\1e(1Iator 
hetween 
God 
and 
n1l'n. 
a 
still 
mighhpr 
Law­ 
giver 
whose 
word 
would 
he 
omnipotent, 
and 
violation 
of 
whit 
h 
woul,l 
eventually 
mean 
dcstrurtion 
:-as 
it 
i~ 
WrItten 
"Everv 
~O]ll 
which 
wiil 
not 
h(':1r 
that 
Prophet 
~hall 
111' 
de­ 
~troye<l 
from 
among 
the 
people." 
(Apts 
3: 
23) 
Evell 
at 
first 
glanre 
ever~' 
unprejudiced 
mind 
would 
say 
that 
J\Ir. 
Dowie, 
and 
every 
other 
man 
on 
earth, 
sepl1ls 
far 
too 
inSIgnificant, 
far 
too 
small 
to 
fill 
the 
reqmrementR. 
Not 
only 
too 
'imall 
for 
the 
anti 
type, 
hut 
far 
inferior 
eVPn 
to 
the 
type'. 
Turning 
to 
thE' 
rpcord 
of 
Mose~' 
words 
in 
the 
Old 
Testa­ 
ment, 
we 
find 
them 
in 
Deut. 
18: 
15,20, 
and 
here 
we 
spe 
that 
the 
partirular 
feature 
of 
Mose,,' 
work 
as 
a 
prophet 
and 
law­ 
give]' 
to 
lRracl, 
",hil'h 
is 
here 
referred 
to 
as 
typical 
of 
a 
greater 
work 
to 
be 
accomplished 
by 
a 
greater 
Law-giver 
and 
Prophet, 
was 
the 
work 
which 
he 
performed 
for 
Israel 
as 
the 
Mediator 
of 
the 
Law 
Covenant 
at 
Mount 
Sinai, 
in 
the 
dis­ 
trict 
called 
Horeb, 
already 
referred 
to. 
At 
the 
time 
of 
the 
giving 
of 
the 
Law, 
Israel 
witnessed 
a 
wonderful 
manifesta­ 
tion 
of 
divine 
power. 
"All 
the 
people 
witnessed 
the 
thunder­ 
ing 
and 
the 
lightning, 
and 
the 
noise 
of 
the 
trumpet 
and 
the 
mountain 
smoking; 
and 
when 
the 
people 
saw 
it 
they 
removed 
and 
stood 
afar 
off. 
And 
thpy 
said 
unto 
Moses, 
Speak 
thou 
with 
us 
and 
we 
will 
hear; 
but 
let 
not 
God 
speak 
"lith 
us, 
lest 
we 
die." 
(Exod. 
20:18, 
19) 
In 
response 
to 
this 
their 
request 
God 
appointed 
Mo'!eR 
to 
be 
their 
Me,Hator 
or 
representative. 
Moses 
communpd 
with 
the 
Lord 
in 
the 
mount, 
and 
received 
from 
him 
the 
Law, 
and 
came 
to 
the 
people 
and 
communicated 
the 
Law 
to 
them. 
and 
obtained 
their 
assent 
to 
the 
covenant; 
and 
then, 
as 
a 
representative 
both 
of 
God 
and 
of 
Israel, 
Moses 
sealed 
the 
covenant 
i-ratified 
it 
by 
taking 
the 
blood 
of 
bulls 
and 
of 
goats 
and 
Rprinkling 
first 
the 
book 
of 
the 
Law, 
or 
tables 
of 
stone 
on 
which 
the 
commandments 
were 
written, 
as 
rppresenting 
.Jehovah, 
and 
sprinkling, 
secondly, 
the 
people, 
as 
hinding 
thpm. 
TIm'! 
the 
covenant 
between 
God 
and 
Israel 
was 
estahlished 
at 
the 
handR 
of 
MORes, 
the 
Mediator. 
It 
was 
at 
this 
time 
of 
the 
recognition 
of 
Moses 
as 
the 
Mediator 
of 
[2858] 
(258 259) children, by choosing fellowship with the world;—by commingling to some extent with the world, the flesh and the devil, even tho, like Lot, disapproving their surroundings which vex their righteous souls. Such, the Apostle tells us, shall be “saved so as by fire.” (1 Cor. 3.15) Such the Lord illustrates as coming up out of great tribulation, washing therr robes and making them white, and eventually obtaining a blessing, but not the chief one which they might have obtained had they followed faithfully with the pilgrims and strangers, the “little flock.’—Rev. 7:9, 14. The story of Lot's haste out of Sodom, and of his wife’s transcression of the angel’s command in looking back and hankering after the things left behind, are brought to our attention m that pait of our Lord’s great prophecy relating to the end of this age;—‘‘Remember Lot’s wife!” (Luke 17:32) This reference seems to corroborate the thought that Lot’s experiences were somewhat typical. The Lord’s people will be tested along the line of their separation from the spirit of the world. Those who, like Abraham, are the friends of God will be far off from the danger; others not so faithful will he in the full midst of the trouble, yet if loyal at heart to the Lord they will be delivered with great loss, and the sufferings which such disappointments and_ losses will imply; yet in the end such will gain the heavenly, spiritual life for which they started out. None, however, will be delivered if they remain in the city of destruction, Babylon. If they do not avoid it at first, they must at least be willing to leave it, and that with great energy, ere its destruction comes: and if they love the things behind, more than they appreciate deliverance—so that they in any degree Jook hack or long for the evil things doomed to destruction in the coming trouble, it will mean that they will not be worthy of having any part or lot in the deliverance. The record is that Lot’s wife became a pillar of salt, and altho infidelity has been inclined to dispute such a miracle, we have every reason to believe the truthfulness of the record; and like all miracles, if explained, it would no doubt seem reasonable enough. An explanation of the miracle has been suggested by a traveler, as follows: “Just as some of the victims of Pompeii stumbled in their flight, and were buried under the ashes, which still keep the outline of their ZION’S WATCH TOWER ALLEGHENY, Pa, figure, so Lot’s wife was covered with the half-liquid, slimy mud.” “An atmosphere heavily charged with the fumes of sulphur and bitumen might easily produce suffocation, as was the ease with the elder Pliny in the destruction of Pompell. And as no dead body would ever decompose on the shores of this salt sea, if left in such an atmosphere, it would become encrusted with salt crystals. Pillars of salt are found in the vicinity which have formed from the spray, mist and saline exhalations of the dead sea, and are constantly growing larger.” SUFFERING THE VENGEANCE OF ETERNAL FIRE Jude tells us that the destruction of Sodom was intended by the Lord to be an illustration of the fate of the wicked. But it certainly does not illustrate what that fate is generally supposed tc be: it does not illustrate perpetual fire, with the Sodomites continually burning and never destroyed, and with demons poking the fires and torturing the victims, Nothing of the kind. The “eternal fires” which God intends for the wicked, and which he illustrated in the case of the Sodomites, signify fires, whose work of destruction is complete and everlasting. It is divine vengeance or retribution against sinners—‘‘they shall be punished with an everlasting destruction” (2 Thess. 1:9), beyond all hope of recovery. The “lake of fire’ of Revelation, and the Dead Sea of Sodom represent in symbol the second death—extinction, from which there is no hope by a resurrection or otherwise. None will go into the second death on account of ignorance. All who enter it will do so because of wilful, deliberate paiticipation in sin, or because of sympathy with it. Supposing Sodom to represent sin, the lesson would be that all finding themselves in an evil condition of life. even tho, like Lot, their hearts be out of sympathy with it, should and must flee from it if they would avert the consequences. They must flee in haste and tarry not in all the plain. Yet it is a comforting thought that as the angel laid hold of the hands of Lot and his daughters and helped, urged and encouraged them to flee, so the Lord’s providences will take hold of every one who shall seek to escape from sin, and will so codperate with their good wills in the matter that they shall eventually be fully rescued from it. Vou. XXIT ALLEGHENY, PA., AUGUST 15, 1901 A PROPHET, LIKE UNTO MOSES No. 16 “For Moses truly savd unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you, of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass that every soul that twill not hear that prophet shall be destroyed from among the people.”—Acts 3:22, 23. We amee that the time for the fulfilment of this prediction is nerr, even at the doors: and now one, styling himself “Rev.” John Alexander Dowie, heralds himself to the civilized world as hemg this Prophet. We are not hastily to accept his dictum, and ta exelaim, “Verily. this is he of whom Moses in the Law, and the prophets did write.’ Nor, on the other hand, ate we hastily to decide that he is an impostor, a filse qyoophet, simply beeause he happens to live in our diy Rather. im view of the fact that we are expecting the fulfilment of this Scripture we should look the subject carefully over aud weih all the Seriptural testimony, and thus decide as to the truth or falsity of Myr. Dowie’s claims. And, dowstless, in doing this, our investigation of the subject from a Scriptural standpoint will prove profitable to us, whether favorable or unfavorable to Mr, Dowie;—whether they prove him the Prophet foretold, or a deceived and deceiving false prophet Analyzing our text, we perceive that its expression, “like unto,” has the sense of antitypical: hence the Prophet to be expected must be much greater every way than Moses, as an antitvpe is always far superior to its type. Moses was the Mediator of the Law Covenant, and thus stood between Israel and God, as we read in reference to the sealing and delivery of the Law Covenant: “The Lord our God made a covenant with vou In Horeb The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of fire. I stood between God and you [a mediator, or go-hetweeen], at that time, to show vou the word of the Lord; for ye were afraid by reason of the fire. and went not up into the mount.” (Deut. 5:25: From this we see that Moses, the typical prophet, was very great verv influential, hed a very high office; and this would sienify that the future Prophet whom God had in mind. and whose coming was foretold thirty-five hundred «rs avo by Moses himself, and further pointed forward to the Apostle Peter in our text, must, as the antitype of be wonderfully great, wonderfully powerful, a still greater Mediator between God and men, a still mightier Lawgiver whose word would be omnipotent, and violation of which would eventually mean destruction:—as it is written “Every sovl which will not hear that Prophet shall he destroyed from among the people.” (Acts 3:23) Tven at first glance every unprejudiced mind would say that Mr. Dowie, and every other man on earth, seems far too insignificant, far too small to fill the requirements. Not only too small for the antitype, but far inferior even to the type. Turning to the record of Moses’ words in the Old Testament, we find them in Deut, 18:15-20, and here we see that the particular feature of Moses’ work as a prophet and lawgiver to Israel, which is here referred to as typical of a greater work to be accomplished by a greater Law-giver and Prophet, was the work which he performed for Israel ag the Mediator of the Law Covenant at Mount Sinai, in the district called Horeb, already referred to. At the time of the giving of the Law, Israel witnessed a wonderful manifestation of divine power. “All the people witnessed the thundering and the lightning, and the noise of the trumpet and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it they removed and stood afar off. And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us and we will hear; but let not God speak vith us, lest we die.” (Exod. 20:18, 19) In response to this their request God appointed Moses to be their Mediator or representative. Moses communed with the Lord in the mount, and received from him the Law, and came to the people and communicated the Law to them. and obtained their assent to the covenant; and then, as a representative both of God and of Israel, Moses sealed the covenant ;—ratified it by taking the blood of bulls and of goats and sprinkling first the book of the Law, or tables of stone on which the commandments were written, as representing Jehovah, and sprinkling, secondly, the people, as binding them. Thus the covenant between God and Israel was established at the hands of Moses, the Mediator. It was at this time of the recognition of Moses as the Mediator of [2858]

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