Publication date
8/1/07
Volume
28
Number
15
The WatchTower
"Fighting Against God"
The Watchtower Magazines
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HOSPITALITY 
AT 
The 
Scriptures 
everywhere 
commend 
hospitality, 
and 
the 
Apostle 
points 
us 
to 
the 
fact 
that 
Abraham 
entertained 
three 
men 
who 
were 
strangers, 
and 
knew 
not 
until 
afterward 
that 
they 
were 
angels. 
Weare 
glad 
to 
note 
the 
growth 
of 
a 
hospitable 
spirit 
amongst 
all 
the 
dear 
friends 
of 
the 
truth 
everywhere. 
We 
would 
not 
say 
a 
word 
in 
restraint 
of 
this, 
believing 
that 
it 
signifies 
an 
enlargement 
of 
heart 
that 
is 
pleasing 
to 
the 
Lord 
and 
profitable 
to 
the 
individuals 
them· 
selves. 
We 
do 
wish, 
however, 
to 
suggest 
that 
there 
are 
times 
when 
hospitality 
in 
the 
way 
of 
entertaining 
the 
friends 
at 
our 
homes 
might 
really 
be 
injurious 
to 
the 
interests 
we 
desire 
to 
serve. 
For 
instance, 
at 
Conventian 
times 
those 
who 
endeavor 
to 
be 
hospitable 
will 
usually 
find 
their 
strength 
so 
taxed, 
their 
time 
so 
taken 
up, 
that 
they 
fail 
to 
get 
the 
spiritual 
blessings 
which 
they 
had 
anticipated. 
This 
is 
not 
right-not 
wise. 
Your 
first 
obligation 
is 
to 
yourself 
and 
CONVENTIONS 
your 
awn 
family. 
We 
urge, 
therefore, 
that 
at 
Convention 
times 
you 
seek 
to 
have 
everything 
as 
simple 
and 
plain 
as 
possible, 
that 
your 
mind 
may 
be 
given 
to 
the 
spiritual 
food 
and 
to 
the 
arrangement 
of 
the 
bridal 
dress, 
remembering 
that 
it 
is 
written 
of 
the 
bride 
class, 
"The 
bride 
hath 
made 
herself 
ready," 
and 
that 
this 
means 
special 
care 
of 
our 
wedding-garment. 
It 
would 
be 
well 
for 
visiting 
friends 
to 
come 
expecting 
to 
take 
their 
meals 
at 
a 
restaurant, 
and 
if 
they 
lodge 
with 
others, 
to 
do 
their 
share 
or 
a 
little 
more 
in 
the 
way 
of 
lightening 
the 
home 
burdens, 
that 
all 
may 
rejoice 
together 
and 
have 
a 
spiritual 
feast. 
At 
an 
economical 
restaurant 
dinners 
need 
cost 
little 
more 
than 
they 
cost 
at 
home, 
and 
that 
little 
is 
more 
than 
offset 
by 
the 
increased 
rest 
and 
peare 
which 
this 
method 
affords. 
"Whether 
we 
eat 
or 
drink, 
or 
whatsoever 
we 
do, 
do 
all 
to 
the 
glory 
of 
God." 
IN 
THE 
PRESENCE 
OF 
THE 
KING 
If 
we 
could 
always 
feel 
ea.ch 
little 
thing 
We 
do, 
each 
hour 
we 
spenrl 
Within 
the 
presence 
of 
the 
King, 
What 
dignity 
'twould 
lendl 
If 
we 
could 
realize 
our 
every 
thought 
If 
known 
to 
him, 
our 
King, 
With 
how 
great 
carefulness 
would 
it 
be 
fraught, 
And 
what 
a 
blessing 
bring! 
If, 
when 
some 
sharp 
word 
leaves 
a 
cruel 
sting 
Our 
faith 
could 
know 
and 
feel 
'Twas 
heard 
within 
the 
presence 
of 
the 
King, 
How 
soon 
the 
wound 
would 
hea1l 
Oh, 
when 
the 
song 
of 
life 
seems 
hard 
to 
sing, 
And 
darker 
grows 
the 
way, 
Draw 
nearer 
to 
the 
presence 
of 
the 
King, 
And 
night 
shall 
turn 
to 
dayl 
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"Taberoacle 
Shadows 
of 
the 
Better 
SacrHlces," 
10c 
per 
copy; 
also 
Taberoacle 
and 
Priests. 
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with 
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mount· 
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4. 
letl 
'1. 
"BETTER 
SACRIFICES 
THAN 
THESE" 
Leviticus 
16:5·22r--AUGUST 
18. 
Golden 
Tczt-" 
Whercfore 
he 
is 
able 
to 
save 
them 
to 
the 
uttermost 
that 
come 
unto 
God 
by 
him.' 
'-Heb. 
7 
:25. 
Only 
those 
who 
through 
the 
teachings 
of 
the 
New 
Testa· 
through 
the 
Christ, 
will 
need 
no 
repetition, 
beeause 
its 
can­ 
ment 
discern 
that 
the 
divine 
arrangements 
for 
fleshly 
Israel 
cellation 
of 
sins 
will 
be 
forever,-" 
For 
by 
one 
offering 
he 
were 
typical 
of 
higher 
things 
pertaining 
to 
spiritual 
Israel- 
hath 
perfected 
forever 
them 
that 
are 
sanctified' 
'-set 
apart 
only 
these 
are 
prepared 
to 
get 
proper 
lessons 
from 
the 
Old 
as 
members 
of 
his 
body.-Heb. 
10:14. 
Testament 
Scriptures, 
and 
particularly 
from 
the 
i~stitution 
The 
sin-offerings 
of 
this 
Day 
of 
Atonement 
were 
two- 
established 
by 
the 
Lord 
with 
Israel 
through 
Moses, 
the 
a 
bullock 
and 
a 
goat-the 
"Lord's 
goat" 
as 
in 
cantrast 
mediator 
of 
their 
Law 
Covenant. 
The 
Apostle 
refers 
to 
with 
the 
"scape·goat." 
Our 
lesson 
should 
properly 
have 
this 
on 
various 
occasions, 
assuring 
us 
that 
Israel's 
arrange- 
begun 
with 
the 
opening 
of 
the 
chapter, 
had 
those 
who 
ments 
were 
shadows 
of 
better 
things 
to 
follow, 
and 
that 
the 
arranged 
it 
studied 
the 
"key 
of 
knowledge" 
respecting 
the 
substance 
belongs 
to 
Christ, 
head 
and 
body, 
the 
church. 
As 
anti-typical 
meaning; 
for 
the 
bullock 
of 
the 
sin-offering 
was 
those 
to 
whom 
the 
substance 
belongs, 
it 
is 
proper 
that 
we 
by 
far 
the 
more 
important 
of 
the 
two. 
Not 
only 
did 
it 
take 
should 
understand 
the 
types 
that 
we 
may 
better 
appreciate 
precedence, 
but 
it 
was 
a 
larger 
and 
better 
sacrifice. 
The 
the 
substance, 
the 
reality. 
bullock, 
as 
we 
have 
shown,· 
typified 
our 
Lord 
Jesus 
in 
his 
To 
fleshly 
Israel 
God 
appointed 
five 
great 
festivals, 
all 
person, 
the 
great 
sacrifice 
for 
sins. 
The 
application 
of 
the 
typical. 
(1) 
The 
Feast 
of 
Trumpets-welcoming 
the 
new 
atoncment 
made 
by 
the 
sacrifice 
of 
the 
bullock-the 
sprin­ 
civil 
year 
on 
the 
first 
of 
Tizri 
(September, 
October), 
one 
kling 
of 
its 
blood 
upon 
the 
mercy 
seat-was 
specially 
stated 
day 
only. 
The 
feast 
was 
of 
special 
significance 
every 
fiftieth 
to 
be 
for 
the 
priest 
and 
his 
house. 
y('ar, 
when 
the 
blowing 
of 
the 
silver 
trumpets 
announced 
THE 
"l\rtYSTEBY"-THE 
CB11BCB 
th? 
jubil('.e-typi('al 
of 
the 
"times 
of 
restitution 
of 
all 
The 
Apostle 
frequently 
refers 
to 
the 
"mystery" 
hidden 
thmgs 
whl~h 
God 
hn~h 
spoken 
b~, 
the 
mout? 
of 
all 
the 
holy 
from 
past 
ages 
and 
dispensations, 
but 
now 
made 
known 
unto 
prophets 
SJDce 
tll~ 
,~orld 
began. 
-A.cts 
3.21. 
. 
. 
the 
saints, 
namely, 
"Christ 
in 
you, 
the 
hope 
of 
glory." 
(2) 
The 
Passo'lier 
on 
the 
15th 
of 
Nlsan 
or 
Ablb 
(AprII)- 
(Col. 
1:27.) 
Only 
those 
who 
discern 
this 
"hidden 
mystery" 
the 
first 
month 
of 
the 
sacred 
year. 
.It 
l:u'ted 
seven 
days. 
(see" 
The 
Divine 
Plan 
of 
the 
Ages," 
Chap. 
V) 
can 
appre- 
(~) 
The 
!east 
of 
the 
Pentecost 
(In 
SIvan, 
end 
of 
May)- 
ciate 
the 
meaning 
of 
the 
statement 
that 
the 
atonement 
made 
the 
first-frUIts 
of 
the 
han·('st. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
by 
the 
blood 
of 
the 
bullock 
was 
for 
the 
priest 
and 
his 
house. 
(4) 
The 
Feast 
of 
th~ 
Tabern~eles, 
JD 
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The 
majority 
of 
readers 
would 
get 
the 
thought 
that 
it 
was 
the 
I_5th) 
,-the 
Feast 
of 
m-gatherJDg 
or 
thanksgIVIng. 
. 
• 
made 
for 
the 
high 
priest's 
own 
sinfulness, 
and 
constituted 
(<» 
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gr('at 
Day 
o~ 
A~on.ement 
(the 
10th 
of 
TlzrI) 
his 
cleansing 
and 
the 
Lord's 
blessing 
upon 
his 
home. 
But 
~a~ted 
one 
.day 
~nly. 
WhIle 
I~ 
IS 
named 
as 
one 
of 
the 
en- 
those 
who 
understand 
the" 
hidden 
mystery" 
perceive 
that 
Jo.med 
f('~hYals 
It 
w.as 
not 
a 
J.oYous 
one, 
but 
was 
observed 
the 
high 
priest 
himself 
represented 
Jesus, 
the 
head, 
and 
the 
WIth 
fastJD.g, 
mournmg 
(fo~ 
sm) 
and 
prayer, 
a~d 
was 
ea· 
church, 
his 
body-in 
another 
figure 
Jesus 
the 
High 
Priest 
teeI?led 
a 
h~~ 
for 
reformatIon 
and 
g?od 
resolutIons, 
!"nd 
a 
and 
the 
church 
the 
under-priesthood-the 
"little 
flock." 
And 
deSIre 
for 
d~vme 
favor 
.for 
the 
~ear 
JD 
advance. 
It 
IS 
the 
these 
understand 
that 
his 
"house" 
refers 
not 
to 
his 
abode, 
work 
o~ 
thIS 
day 
Wl~ICh 
conshtute~ 
our 
present 
less?n. 
but 
to 
his 
family 
or 
household, 
which 
in 
Aaron's 
case 
was 
Its 
sacrIfices. 
and 
offermgs 
were 
not 
In 
respect 
to 
the 
SIDS 
the 
tribe 
of 
Levi, 
and 
antitypically 
represents 
the 
household 
of 
the 
precedmg 
year, 
a~ 
~0!1,le 
have 
sugge~ted. 
Each 
Atone- 
of 
faith, 
related 
to 
Christ, 
the 
head 
of 
the 
church, 
his 
body. 
ment 
Day 
!1,lade 
reconclhatIon 
f?r 
the 
SIDS 
of 
the 
people.> 
From 
this 
standpoint 
of 
appreciation 
of 
the 
"hidden 
mys­ 
for 
the 
ensumg 
y('ar, 
and 
under 
Its 
arrangement 
they 
were 
tery" 
we 
perceive 
that 
the 
killing 
of 
the 
bullock 
repre­ 
G~d:s 
pe~ple 
and 
tr~nted 
as 
though 
they 
were 
free 
frpm 
sented 
the 
sacrifice 
of 
our 
Lord 
as 
the 
man 
Christ 
Jesus, 
and 
ongmal 
sm, 
the 
s~cnfices 
of 
the. 
Day 
of 
Ato~ement 
beJDg 
that 
the 
benefit, 
the 
result 
of 
that 
sacrifice, 
apylied 
to 
the 
reckoned 
as 
covermg 
the 
Adnmlc 
condemnatIon. 
At 
the 
entire 
household 
of 
faith 
especially 
the 
church 
which 
is 
close 
of 
.each 
year, 
th~refore, 
the 
l?eople 
were 
reckon.edly 
the 
body 
of 
Christ-the 
head 
not 
needing 
the 
~tonement, 
bnc~ 
agaJD 
under 
Adamlc 
c?ndemnatIon 
.. 
an~ 
fresh 
offerlDgs, 
as 
indicated 
by 
the 
fact 
that 
the 
head 
of 
the 
high 
priest 
was 
sacnfices, 
were 
made 
to 
brmg 
the.m 
agam 
mto 
God's 
favor 
uncovered. 
for 
another 
y;ear. 
The 
Apostle 
pomts 
out 
that 
th?se 
remem- 
Had 
God 
so 
pleased 
he 
might 
have 
had 
only 
the 
one 
brances 
of 
sm 
.every 
year-II 
year 
by 
year 
co~tmu8:11y"- 
sacrifice 
on 
the 
Day 
of 
Atonement-the 
sacrifice 
of 
the 
bul. 
(Heb. 
10:1), 
eVIdenced 
the 
fact 
that 
the 
AdamlC 
gUIlt 
was 
not 
actually 
cancelled, 
but 
merely 
tE'mporarily 
covered. 
But 
he 
also 
points 
out 
that 
the 
better 
sacrifices, 
the 
real 
sin­ 
offering 
which 
God 
has 
ordained 
and 
which 
will 
be 
eft'ected 
[~084] 
HOSPITALITY AT CONVENTIONS The Scriptures everywhere commend hospitality, and the Apostle points us to the fact that Abraham entertained three men who were strangers, and knew not until afterward that they were amgels. We are glad to note the growth of a hospitable spirit amongst all the dear friends of the truth everywhere. We would not say a word in restraint of this, believing that it signifies an enlargement of heart that is pleasing to the Lord and profitable to the individuals themselves. We do wish, however, to suggest that there are times when hospitality in the way of entertaining the friends at our homes might really be injurious to the interests we desire to serve. For instance, at Convention times those who endcavor to be hospitable will usually find their strength so taxed, their time so taken up, that they fail to get the spiritual blessings which they had anticipated. This is not right—not wise. Your first obligation is to yourself and your own family. We urge, therefore, that at Convention times you seek to have everything as simple and plain as possible, that your mind may be given to the spiritual food and to the arrangement of the bridal dress, remembering that it is written of the bride class, ‘‘The bride hath made herself ready,’’ and that this means special care of our wedding-garment, It would be well for visiting friends to come expecting to take their meals at a restaurant, and if they lodge with others, to do their share or a little more in the way of lightening the home burdens, that all may rejoice together and have a spiritual feast. At an economical restaurant dinners need cost little more than they cost at home, and that little is more than offset by the increased rest and peace which this method affords. ‘‘Whether we eat or drink, or whatsoever we do, do all to the glory of God.’’ IN THE PRESENCE OF THE KING If we could always feel each little thing We do, each hour we spend Within the presence of the King, What dignity ‘’twould lend! If we could realize our every thought Tf known to him, our King, With how great carefulness would it be fraught, And what a blessing bring! If, when some sharp word leaves a cruel sting Our faith could know and feel 'Twas heard within the presence of the King, How soon the wound would heal! Oh, when the song of life seems hard to sing, And darker grows the way, Draw nearer to the presence of the King, And night shall turn to day! “BETTER SACRIFICES THAN THESE” Leviticus 16:5-22,—aucusr 18. Golden Tcxt—‘‘ Wherefore he is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him.’'—Heb. 7:25, Only those who through the teachings of the New Testament discern that the divine arrangements for fleshly Israel were typical of higher things pertaining to spiritual Israel— only these are prepared to get proper lessons from the Old Testament Scriptures, and particularly from the institution established by the Lord with Israel through Moses, the mediator of their Law Covenant. The Apostle refers to this on various occasions, assuring us that Israel’s arrangements were shadows of better things to follow, and that the substance belongs to Christ, head and body, the church. As those to whom the substance belongs, it is proper that we should understand the types that we may better appreciate the substance, the reality. To fleshly Israel God appointed five great festivals, all typical. (1) The Feast of Trumpets—-welcoming the new civil year on the first of Tizri (September, October), one day only, The feast was of special significance every fiftieth year, when the blowing of the silver trumpets announced the jubilee—typical of the ‘‘times of restitution of all things which God hath spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets since the world began.’’—Acts 3:21. (2) The Passover on the 15th of Nisan or Abib (April)— the first month of the sacred year. It lasted seven days. (3) The Feast of the Pentecost (in Sivan, end of May)— the first-fruits of the harvest. (4) The Feast of the Tabernacles, in Tizri (beginning the 15th),—the Feast of in-gathering or thanksgiving. (5) The great Day of Atonement (the 10th of Tizri) lasted one day only. While it is named as one of the enjoined festivals it was not a joyous one, but was observed with fasting, mourning (for sin) and prayer, and was esteemed a time for reformation and good resolutions, and a desire for divine favor for the year in advance. It is the work of this day which constitutes our present lesson. Its sacrifices and offerings were not in respect to the sins of the preceding year, as some have suggested. Each Atonement Day made reconciliation for the sins of the people for the ensuing year, and under its arrangement they were God’s people and treated as though they were free from original sin, the sacrifices of the Day of Atonement being reckoned as covering the Adamic condemnation. At the close of each year, therefore, the people were reckonedly back again under Adamiec condemnation. and fresh offerings, sacrifices, were made to bring them again into God’s favor for another year. The Apostle points out that these remembrances of sin every year—‘‘year by year continually’’— (Heb. 10:1), evidenced the fact that the Adamic guilt was not actually cancelled, but merely temporarily covered. But he also points out that the better sacrifices, the real sinoffering which God has ordained and which will be effected (228-230) through the Christ, will need no repetition, because its cancellation of sins will be forever,—‘‘For by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified’’—set apart as members of his body.—Heb. 10:14. The sin-offerings of this Day of Atonement were two— a bullock and a goat—the ‘‘Lord’s goat’’ as in contrast with the ‘‘scape-goat.’’? Our lesson should properly have begun with the opening of the chapter, had those who arranged it studied the ‘‘key of knowledge’’ respecting the anti-typical meaning; for the bullock of the sin-offering was by far the more important of the two. Not only did it take precedence, but it was a larger and better sacrifice. The bullock, as we have shown," typified our Lord Jesus in his person, the great sacrifice for sins. The application of the atonement made by the sacrifice of the bullock—the sprinkling of its blood upon the mercy seat—was specially stated to be for the priest and his house. THE ‘‘MYSTERY’’--THE CHURCH The Apostle frequently refers to the ‘‘mystery’’ hidden from past ages and dispensations, but now made known unto the saints, namely, ‘‘Christ in you, the hope of glory.’’ (Col. 1:27.) Only those who discern this ‘‘hidden mystery’’ (see ‘‘The Divine Plan of the Ages,’’ Chap. V) can appreciate the meaning of the statement that the atonement made by the blood of the bullock was for the priest and his house. The majority of readers would get the thought that it was made for the high priest’s own sinfulness, and constituted his cleansing and the Lord’s blessing upon his home. But those who understand the ‘‘hidden mystery’’ perceive that the high priest himself represented Jesus, the head, and the church, his body—in another figure Jesus the High Priest and the church the under-priesthood—the ‘‘little flock.’’ And these understand that his ‘‘house’’ refers not to his abode, but to his family or household, which in Aaron’s case was the tribe of Levi, and antitypically represents the household of faith, related to Christ, the head of the church, his body. From this standpoint of appreciation of the ‘‘hidden mystery’’ we perceive that the killing of the bullock represented the sacrifice of our Lord as the man Christ Jesus, and that the benefit, the result of that sacrifice, applied to the entire household of faith, especially the church, which is the body of Christ—the head not needing the atonement, as indicated by the fact that the head of the high priest was uncovered. Had God so pleased he might have had only the one sacrifice on the Day of Atonement—the sacrifice of the bul *See ‘‘Tabernacle Shadows of the Better Sacrifices,’’ 10c per copy; also Tabernacle and Priests, illustrations, with metal mountings, 30c for both, 4 sets $1. [40384]

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