Notes on the Book of LeviticusMackintosh, Charles Henry
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Notes on the Book of Leviticus
Mackintosh, Charles Henry
Bible. Leviticus -- Commentaries
"And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and
one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals
of fine flour for a meat-offering, mingled with oil, and one log of
oil. And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that
is to be made clean, and those things, before the Lord, at the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation. And the priest shall take one he
lamb, and offer him for a trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and
wave them for a wave-offering before the Lord." (Ver. 10-12.) The
entire range of offerings is here introduced; but it is the
trespass-offering which is first killed, inasmuch as the leper is
viewed as an actual trespasser. This is true in every case. As those
who have trespassed against God, we need Christ as the One who atoned,
on the cross, for those trespasses. "Himself bare our _sins_ in His
own body on the tree." The first view which the sinner gets of Christ
is as the Antitype of the trespass-offering.
"And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass-offering,
and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that
is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the
great toe of his right foot." "The ear,"--that guilty member which had
so frequently proved a channel of communication for vanity, folly, and
even uncleanness--that ear must be cleansed by the blood of the
trespass-offering. Thus all the guilt which I have ever contracted by
that member is forgiven according to God's estimate of the blood of
Christ. "_The right hand_," which had so frequently been stretched
forth for the execution of deeds of vanity, folly, and even
uncleanness, must be cleansed by the blood of the trespass-offering.
Thus all the guilt which I have ever contracted by that member is
forgiven according to God's estimate of the blood of Christ. "_The
foot_," which had so often run in the way of vanity, folly, and even
uncleanness, must now be cleansed by the blood of the
trespass-offering, so that all the guilt which I have ever contracted
by that member is forgiven according to God's estimate of the blood of
Christ. Yes; _all_, _all_, _all_ is forgiven--all is canceled--all
forgotten--all sunk as lead in the mighty waters of eternal oblivion.
Who shall bring it up again? Shall angel, man, or devil be able to
plunge into those unfathomed and unfathomable waters, to bring up from
thence those trespasses of "foot," "hand," or "ear," which redeeming
love has cast thereinto? Oh, no; blessed be God, they are gone, and
gone forever! I am better off, by far, than if Adam had never sinned.
Precious truth! To be washed in the blood is better far than to be
clothed in innocency.
But God could not rest satisfied with the mere blotting out of
trespasses by the atoning blood of Jesus. This in itself is a great
thing, but there is something greater still.
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