Notes on the Book of LeviticusMackintosh, Charles Henry
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Notes on the Book of Leviticus
Mackintosh, Charles Henry
Bible. Leviticus -- Commentaries
Having sought (alas! most feebly) to unfold the doctrine of this
marvelous chapter, so far as God has given me light upon it, there is
just one point further to which I shall merely call my reader's
attention ere I close this section. It is contained in the following
quotation: "And this shall be a statute forever unto you, that in the
seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your
souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country or
a stranger that sojourneth among you. For on that day shall the priest
make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from
_all_ your sins _before the Lord_. It shall be _a Sabbath of rest_,
and ye shall _afflict your souls_, by a statute forever." (Ver.
29-31.)
This shall have its full accomplishment in the saved remnant of Israel
by and by, as foretold by the prophet Zechariah,--"And I will pour
upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the
spirit of grace and of supplications; and they shall look upon Me whom
they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him, as one mourneth for
his only son, and shall be in bitterness for Him, as one that is in
bitterness for his first-born. _In that day_ shall there be _a great
mourning_ in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley
of Megiddon.... _In that day_ there shall be a _fountain opened_ to
the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and
for uncleanness.... And it shall come to pass _in that day_ that the
light shall not be clear [in one place] and dark [in another]; but it
shall be one day, [the true and long-expected Sabbath,] which shall be
known to the Lord, not day nor night; but it shall come to pass that
at evening time it shall be light. And it shall be _in that day_ that
living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the
former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in
winter shall it be. And THE LORD SHALL BE KING OVER ALL THE EARTH: _in
that day_ shall there be one Lord, and His name one.... _In that day_
shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE
LORD.... And _in that day_ there shall be no more the Canaanite in the
house of the Lord of hosts." (Zech. xii.-xiv.)
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