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VOL.
XXXLX
BROOKLYN,
N.
'I.,
MAHCH
1,
l!llS
No.5
IN
MEMORY
OF
OUR
KING
":I'his
do
...
in
remembramce
of
me.
For
a.s
oft
lU'
ye
eat
thoi8
'".ead,
and
drink
this
c1l1J,
ye
do
show
tM
Lord's
death.
#!Z
he
come."-I
Corinthians
11
:25,
26.
'fho
truly
consecrated
Christian,
walking
in
the
light
of
present
truth,
looks
forward
with
the
keenest
interest
to
the
approaching
Memorial
celebration.
'fhis
Passover
season
holds
a
peculiar
interest,
because
it
may
mark
the
last
for
the
churcll
on
earth
and
may
mark
the
drinking
of
the
wine
anew
with
the
J,ord
in
glory.
~inee
Pentecost
the
followers
of
till'
Lord
have
Iwen
waiting
with
joyful
expeetancy
for
his
return
:lS
the
King
of
glory.
For
many
years
the
best-informed
of
his
followprs
have
known
that
he
is
present
anti
that
he
will
soon
be
fnlly
1'(·vcaled
to
all
who
are
his.
Soon
he
will
take
unto
himsplf
h
j,;
('omplete,1
bride
and
reign
in
glory.
It
was
his
ex
pres-wd
desire
that
the
bride
class
should
have
him
in
memory
until
he
calJ
for
her.
Whether
the
coming
Memorial
will
be
the
last
on
earth,
we
do
not.
of
course,
know';
but
we
do
know
that
we
are
Oflp
year
nearer
the
fulJ
consummation
of
our
hopes.
If
it
please
the
Lord
to
have
'IS
celebrate
this
~lemorial
other
yean,
then
we
shall
do
so
gladly.
If
it
please
him
to
take
all
the
membprs
of
the
church
home
this
year,
then
our
joy
wilJ
he
full
and
we
shaH
have
pleasures
for
evermore.
His
will,
not
ours.
h,~
donI'.
Glad
we
an'
to
ass('mhle
together
again
to
rl'mind
('a('h
otbpr
of
that
wondprfnl
('I"{'nt
that
transpired
SO
many
('enturieR
paRt.
When
a
man
of
the
world
has
risen
to
fame,
he
desires
to
leave
a
monument,
so
that
fnture
generations
may
know
of
his
greatness.
Of
course
there
is
selfishness
in
this
desire.
Jesus
of
Nazareth,
the
greatest
man
that
lived
on
earth,
when
he
approached
the
time
of
his
crucifixion,
prepared
a
inonument
that
will
endure
forever.
Unselfishly
he
acted
in
this
regard,
as
he
did
in
all
others.
He
was
about
to
perform
the
greatest
work
of
the
ages-to
make
himself
an
offering
for
sin
on
bc<haJi
of
the
human
ra"e.
'11his
}fem<Jr;al
wa.,
a.
meanR
wtlH'rebv
his
followers
should
remember
him
until
they
should
see
hun
again.
He
knew
that
the
fully
consecrated
would
appreciate
this
more
than
anything
e
se.
lie
knew
that
the
world
would
not
appreciate
it;
and-therefore
his
death
would
be
sweetly
kept
in
the
memory
of
those
who
had
received
the
benefit
of
his
great
ransom-sacrifice.
None
but
the
truly
consecrated
have
ever
appreciated
the
Lord's
death
and
its
meaning.
The
time
is
near
at
hand,
however,
when
even
the
world
will
begin
to
understand
why
he
suffere,]
and
why
he
died.
The
Lord
Jesus
knew
that
the
time
from
Pentecost
until
his
kingdom
is
('stahliEihed
wou,1tl
·1)(~
{J['('upied
in
!Jle
s{'lt'<'tion
of
his
hride
and
he
desired
that
she
RhouM
kepp
fre»h
in
mind
t,he
im
portance
of
t,hr-
gn~t
sin-ojr"ring
amI
likewise
apI}Tc,matR
I,er
pl'ivHego
of
pnrti('ipating
in
11is
suirt'rings,
in
ord€ll'
that
she
might
reign
with
him
in
glory,
for
the
regeneration
and
reconstruction
of
the
world.
Many
of
the
Rlembers
of
the
bride
class
are
already
with
the
Lord.
Those
remaining'
this
side
are
eager
to
be
with.
him,
yet
biding
his
own
good
time.
It
is
reasonable,
then,
that
as
we
approach
each
Memorial
seapon,
as
we
come
nearer
to
the
time
of
Sl'cing-
our
great
Kinl!
am}
Lord,
our
hcarts
are
thrilled
with
the
prosppct
that
this
is
perhaps
the
last
this
siile
the
vail
and
that
soon
we
may
see
him
face
to
face.
"LORD
IS
iT
I?"
When
Jesus
was
about
t~
take
leave
of
his
disciples,
his
associates
for
three
and
a
half
years,
he
marked
that
they
were
troubled,
and
eaiil:
"Let
not
your
heart
1e
troubled.
....
I
11:0
to
prepare
a
place
for
you;
and
if
I
go
and
pre
pan'
a
pla{,,~
for
Y0l!.
I
will
('am",
a,ga
in
~md
rC'('e;y('
you
unUl
myself,
that
where
I
am,
there
ye
may
be
also."
And
now
the
day
draws
TIl'ar
when
this
sweet
promise
from
the
Master's
lips
will
have
complete
fulfilment.
Is
it
any
wonder,
then,
that
the
tru.1y
.'on,p'<r.ltl'rl
arc
l,xlking'
forwll,rd
\\
it.h
grt',at
,jpsire
to
the
approarhing
~femorjal
and
to
tbat
which
may
follow
after!
It
was
after
Jesl1s
ana
his
disciples
had
eaten
the
Passover
aecor,1ing
to
the
,Jewish
Law,
that
he
instituted
the
Memorial
Supper
as
a
reminder
of
his
aeath.
,T:ldas
was
prcsent
at
that
time
and
was
given
a
sop
and
went
out
from
the
others
be
fore
the
RUppel'
waR
ended,
fully
bent
upon
hetraying
the
Master;
and
this
he
did.
This
incident
may
represcnt
the
fact
that
in
the
close
of
this
age,
and
JURt
before
the
br;de
is
porr.pleted,
the
ROp
of
truth
wi1I
he
come
so
strone-
that
it
shall
d
rive
forth
from
thl'
company
am}
communion
of
the
faithful
all
thoRe
who
do
not
have
a.
full
and
proper
appreciation
of
the
blood
of
,TpSUR,
shed
Ly
the
1-,amb
of
Go,1
for
the
taking
awav
{If
thl'
,in
of
lJw
world.
}t.
'i~
not
for
:lIIVOnp
'hi~
~;fl"
t.l".
vail"
to
.i:ldge
who
may
I,e
of
that
class.
It'
is
suffipipnt
that
each
olle
carefully
examine
himsplf
or
herself,
saying,
"Is
it
J
,"
Truly
this
is
a
time
for
careful
self-examination,
for
~'ee
ing
to
it
that
we
arc
pure
in
heart
toward
all.
That
we
may
more
fully
appreeiate
the
importance
or
that
great
event
which
transpired
at
Calvary,
we
do
well
to
j'emind
OllrS('!vC's
again
')f
tJhe
('\'Pnts
that
took
pla~e
jUBt
preceding
that
time.
THE
ORIGINAL
PASSOVER
The
Hebrew
year
begins
on
the
day
of
the
first
new
moon
nearest
the
Spring
equinox.
The
Hebrew
Passover
marked
a
wonderful
event
in
Jewish
history
and
foreshadowed
the
death
of
the
great
Ransomer
of
humankind.
St.
Paul
tells
us
that
the
things
pertaining
to
the
Law
were
shadows
of
greater
things
to
come.
(Colossians
2:
17;
Hebrews
10:
1)
Looking,
then,
from
the
type
to
the
anti
type,
we
find
much
food
for
thought.
The
Israelites
had
been
held
in
bondage
to
the
Egyptians
for
years.
From
time
to
time
their
tasks
were
in
creased
and
their
burdens
made
grievous
to
be
borne.
God
sent
Moses
to
deliver
them
and
sent
Aaron
with
him
as
his
mouthpiece.
They
appeared
before
Pharaoh
and
requested
him
to
permit
the
children
of
Israel
to
leave
Egypt.
This
Pharaoh
dl'nied.
God
sent
punishment
upon
him
for
refusing
to
let
them
go.
Time
and
time
again
he
promispd
to
let
them
depart
from
Egypt;
time
and
time
again
he
broke
his
promise.
Nine
times
had
the
Lord
sent
plagues
upon
the
Egyptians
and
as
many
times,
at
the
instance
of
Moses,
had
relievpd
Pharaoh
and
his
people
therefrom.
Then
the
tenth
p].ague
was
sent-the
death
of
the
first-born.
Pharaoh
was
devoted
to
his
~on,
liis
first-born;
and
the
smiting
of
him
would
toueh
Phar
aoh's
heart
as
nothing
else
could
do.
God
informed
Moses
that
at
midnight
of
the
fourteenth
of
Nisan
the
death
me>;
senger
of
the
Lord
would
pass
through
Egypt
and
every
first
born
of
every
family
should
die.
He
then
directed
Moses
to
make
provision
for
the
sa.ving
of
the
first-born
of
Israel.
The
arrangement
was
tha.t
each
family
or
household
should,
on
the
tenth
da.y
of
Kisan,
take
a
lamb
into
the
house;
that
the
lamb
should
be
a
male
of
tIDe
first
vear
and
without
hiPmish;
that
it
should
be
kept
in
the
houso'
until
the
fourteenth
day
of
the
Bame
month,
when
it
should
be
killed
and
the
blood
sprinkled
upon
the
door-posts
and
upon
the
lintel;
that
the
lamb
should
then
be
roasted
with
fire;
that
no
bonps
of
it
should
be
broken;
that
it
should
be
eaten
with
unleavened
bread
and
bitter
herbs,
and
that
those
eating
it
should
do
so
with
their
loins
girded,
their
shoes
on
their
feet
and
their
staves
in
hand,
and
that
they
should
eat
with
hastp;
that
when
the
messenger
of
the
Lord
should
pass
through
Egypt
the
first-born
of
each
house
hold
would
be
spared
where
the
blood
of
the
lamb
appeared
on
the
door.
Moses
carried
out
these
instructions
and
the
faithful
.TE'WS
acted
upon
his
advice.
They
killed
the
lamb,
sprinkled
its
blood
as
directed
and,
in
due
season,
9te
it.
At
midnight
of
the
fourteenth
of
Nisan,
611
the
first-born
of
Egypt
died,
illelud~ng
BharaQih's
·belove<!
SOil.
GrE'nt
pon"terna,tion
followed
and
Pharaoh
imme,liately
summoned
Moses
and
Aaron.
He
now
not
only
promised
that
they
should
go,
but
thrust
them
ont,
and
Moses
led
the
children
of
Israel
to
the
Red
Sea,
across
it
and
on
to
Mount
Rinai.
TYPE
AND
ANTI'l'Yl'E
In
this
picture
the
first-born
represent
the
church
of
the
first
born
whoso
names
are
written
in
heaven.
These
aro
the
heirs
of
the
exceeding
great
and
precious
promises
of
Je
hovah.
Like
the
first-born
in
Egypt,
they
are
subject
to
the
second
death,
but
escape
from
it
by
complying
with
the
Lord's
fixed
rules.
All
who
during'
the
Gospel
age
come
unde'r
the
protection
of
the
blobd
of
Jesus,
and
there
remain,
are
safe
from
this
great
penalty.
In
this
picture
the
lamb
represented
Jesus,
slain
for
the
cancellation
of
the
sin
of
mankind.
(John
1
:29)
A
door
is
a
place
of
entrance.
Hence
t.he
Hood
sprinkled
upon
the
door
posts
of
the
Israelitish
homes
signifies
the
fact
that
the
way
to
safety
and
life
is
through
faith
in
the
blood
of
Jesus,
who
declared:
"I
am
the
door."
The
Passover
night
pictured
the
Gospol
age
when
sin
ana
darkness
prevail,
and
during
which
time
the
bride
of
Christ
is
gathered
out
from
mankind.
And
now
we
see
this
time
of
suffering-
Clrawing
to
an
ena
and
amidst
a
timp
of
grt>at
C"JIlJllsion.
],,,th
pol'ti"al
aml
pP('lpsia,
tical:
and
soon
tht'
sllffpring~
()f
Ul('
Christ
will
fOnd.
No
animal
eould
more
fitly
represent
the
lowly
Nazarene
than
eould
the
lamb.
lt
is
noted
for
its
ddenselessness
and
its
innocence.
The
antltypir.al
Lamh,
th,'
Man
Jesus,
true
to
the
picture,
was
"holy,
harmless,
undefiled
and
separate
from
,inners."
(Hehrews
7:26)
"A
lamb
without
blemish
and
without
spot,
who
verily
was
foreordained
he
fore
the
founda
tion
of
the
'Yorld,
but
was
manifested
in
the
last
times."
"He
(67-68)
[6218]
Vou. XXXLX “This do... BROOKLYN, N. ¥., MARCH 1, 1918 IN MEMORY OF OUR KING in remembrance of me. For as oft as ye eat this bread, and drink this cwp, ye do show the Lord’s death till he come.”—1 Corinthians 11:25, 26. The truly consecrated Christian, walking in the light of present truth, looks forward with the keenest interest to the approaching Memorial celebration. This Passover season holds a peculiar interest, because it may mark the last for the church on earth and may mark the drinking of the wine anew with the Lord in glory. Since Pentecost the followers of the Lord have been waiting with joyful expectancy for his return as the King of glory. For many years the best-informed of his followers have known that he is present and that he will soon he fully revealed to ali who are his. Soon he will take unto himself his completed bride and reign in glory. It was his expressed desire that the bride class should have him in memory until he call for her. Whether the coming Memorial will be the jJast on earth, we do not. of course, know; but we do know that we are one year nearer the full consummation of our hopes. If it please the Lord to have us celebrate this Memorial other years, then we shall do so gladly. If it please him to take all the members of the church home this year, then our joy will he full and we shall have pleasures for evermore, His will, not ours, be done. Glad we are to assemble together again to remind each other of that wonderful event that transpired so many centuries past, When a man of the world has risen to fame, he desires to leave a monument, so that future generations may know of his greatness. Of course there is selfishness in this desire. Jesus of Nazareth, the greatest man that lived on earth, when he approached the time of his crucifixion, prepared a inonument that will endure forever. Unselfishly he acted in this regard, as he did in all others. He was about to perform the greatest work of the ages—to make himself an offering for sin on behalf of the human race. This Memorial was a means whereby his followers should remember him until they should see him again. He knew that the fully consecrated would appreciate this more than anything ese. He knew that the world would not appreciate it; and therefore his death would be sweetly kept in the memory of those who had received the benefit of his great ransom-sacrifice. None but the truly consecrated have ever appreciated the Lord’s death and its meaning. The time is near at hand, however, when even the world will begin to understand why he suffered and why he died. The Word Jesus knew that the time from Pentecost unti] his kingdom is established would be occupied in the seleetion of his bride and he desired that she should keep fresh in mind the importance of the great sin-offering aud likewise appreciate her privilege of participating in his sufferings. in order that she might reign with him in glory, for the regeneration and reconstruction of the world. Many of the members of the bride class are already with the Lord. him, yet biding his own good time. It is reasonable, then, that as we approach each Memorial season, as we come nearer to the time of secing our great King and Lord, our hearts are thrilled with the prospeet that this is perhaps the last this side the vail and that soon we may see him face to face. ‘LORD, I8 IT I?’’ When Jesus was about to take Jeave of his disciples, his associates for three and a half years, he marked that they were troubled, and said: ‘Let not your heart be troubled. .... IT go to prepare a place for you; and if I go and prepare a place for you, T will come again and receive you unto myself, that where I am, there ye may be also.’ And now the day draws ncar when this sweet promise from the Master’s lips will have complete fulfilment. Is it any wonder, then, that the truly consecrated are looking forward with great desire to the approaching Memorial and to that which may follow after! It was after Jesus and his disciples had eaten the Passover according to the Jewish Law, that he instituted the Memorial Supper as a reminder of his death. Judas was present at that time and was given a sop and went out from the others before the supper was ended, fully bent upon betraying the Master; and this he did. This incident may represent the fact that in the close of this age, and just before the bride is completed, the sop of truth will heeome so strong that it shall drive forth from the company and communion of the faithful all those who do not have a full and proper appreciation of the blood of Jesus, shed by the Lamh of God for the taking away of the sin of the world, Ttis not for anvone this side the vail to judge who may be of that class. It is sufficient that each one carefully examine himself or herself, saying, “Is it I?” Truly this is a time for careful self-examination, for seeing to it that we are pure in heart toward all. (67-68) Those remaining this side are eager to be with. That we may more fully appreciate the importance of that great event which transpired at Calvary, we do well to remind ourselves again of the events that took place just preceding that time. THE ORIGINAL PASSOVER The Hebrew year begins on the day of the first new moon nearest the Spring equinox. The Hebrew Passover marked a wonderful event in Jewish history and foreshadowed the death of the great Ransomer of humankind. St. Paul tells us that the things pertaining to the Law were shadows of greater things to come. (Colossians 2:17; Hebrews 10:1) Looking, then, from the type to the antitype, we find much food for thought. The Israelites had been held in bondage to the Egyptians for years. From time to time their tasks were inercased and their burdens made grievous to be borne. God sent Moses to deliver them and sent Aaron with him as his mouthpiece. They appeared before Pharaoh and requested him to permit the children of Israel to leave Egypt. This Pharaoh denied. God sent punishment upon him for refusing to let them go. Time and time again he promised to let them depart from Egypt; time and time again he broke his promise. Nine times had the Lord sent plagues upon the Egyptians and as many times, at the instance of Moses, had relieved Pharaoh and his people therefrom. Then the tenth plague was sent—the death of the first-born. Pharaoh was devoted to his son, his first-born; and the smiting of him would touch Pharaoh’s heart as nothing else could do. God informed Moses that at midnight of the fourteenth of Nisan the death messenger of the Lord would pass through Egypt and every firstborn of every family should die. He then directed Moses to make provision for the saving of the first-born of Israel. The arrangement was that each family or household should, on the tenth day of Nisan, take a lamb into the house; that the lamb should be a male of the first year and without blemish; that is should be kept in the house until the fourteenth day of the same month, when it should be killed and the biood sprinkled upon the door-posts and upon the lintel; that the lamb should then be roasted with fire; that no bones of it should be broken; that it should be eaten with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, and that those eating it should do so with their loins girded, their shoes on their feet and their staves in hand, and that they should eat with haste; that when the messenger of the Lord should pass through Egypt the first-born of each household would be spared where the blood of the lamb appeared on the door. Moses carried out these instructions and the faithful Jews acted upon his advice. They killed the lamb, sprinkled its blood as directed and, in due season, ste it. At midnight of the fourteenth of Nisan, all the first-born of Egypt died, including Pharach’s beloved son. Great consternation followed and Pharaoh immediately summoned Moses and Aaron. He now not only promised that they should go, but thrust them out, and Moses led the children of Israel to the Red Sea, across it and on to Mount Sinai. TYPE AND ANTITYPE In this picture the first-born represent the church of the first born whose names are written in heaven. These are the heirs of the exceeding great and precious promises of Jehovah. Like the first-born in Egypt, they are subject to the second death, but escape from it by complying with the Lord’s fixed rules. All who during the Gospel age come under the protection of the blodd of Jesus, and there remain, are safe from this great penalty. In this picture the lamb represented Jcsus, slain for the cancellation of the sin of mankind. (John 1:29) A door is a place of entrance. Hence the blood sprinkled upon the doorposts of the Israelitish homes signifies the fact that the way to safety and life is through faith in the blood of Jesus, who declared: “I am the door.” The Passover night pietured the Gospel age when sin and darkness prevail, and during which time the bride of Christ is gathered out from mankind. And now we see this time of suffering drawing to an end and amidst a time of great confusion. both political and eeclesiastical: and soon the sufferings of the Christ will end. No animal could more fitly represent the lowly Nazarene than could the lamb. It is noted for its defenselessness and its innocence. The antitypical Lamb, the Man Jesus, true to the picture, was “holy, harmless, undefiled and separate from sinners.” (Hebrews 7:26) “A lamb without blemish and without spot, who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the ryorld, but was manifested in the last times.” “He [6218]
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