CONTENTS The same interesting subject is continued through this chapter. Here are four more particular objects taken notice of. The first, of the consecration of the Priests. The second, is that of the consecration of the altar. The third, of the daily sacrifice: and the fourth, God's promise that... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Corinthians 5:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
Did not this washing intimate the cleansing by the blood of Jesus, and the washing of regeneration? Titus 3:5; Isaiah 52:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
How plainly is the Lord Jesus here typified? Isaiah 59:17. But was not the clothing of the soul, in the robes of Jesus' righteousness, hereby shadowed out? Psalms 132:9. For are not all true believers made kings and priests to God? Revelation 1:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
Was not this in token of the anointing of the Lord Jesus, as the High Priest of our profession? Psalms 89:20. See also Psalms 133:2. And as the holy oil ran down to the skirts of his garments, did not this imply that the lowest members of Christ's mystical body partake in him of the Spirit's anointi... [ Continue Reading ]
Leviticus 8:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
Is not this strikingly expressive of the Lord Jesus bearing the sins of his people? Isaiah 53:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Peter 2:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 118:27.... [ Continue Reading ]
Burning upon the altar carried this idea with it, that sin merited the fiery wrath of God. Leviticus 8:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
Putting the hand upon the head of the beast carried with it this idea, that the sinner merited the death which the animal was to suffer.... [ Continue Reading ]
Observe, the sacrifice of blood is first sprinkled upon the altar, and then the offering by fire; meaning, perhaps, that atonement for our sins is first made to God by the blood of Jesus, and then our persons and our offerings are accepted in him, as living sacrifices. Isaiah 6:7; Romans 12:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
The repetition implies the vast importance of the thing signified.... [ Continue Reading ]
Was not this emblematical, to show that the whole, and every part, being unclean, is in need of cleansing? John 13:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
Was not this figurative of the influences of the Holy Ghost? 1 John 2:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
The waving implied that the whole was an offering to God, whose presence was understood to be at the service. 1 Timothy 2:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
The burning upon the altar carried with it the idea, that God accepted the offering.... [ Continue Reading ]
The heave offering probably was lifted, or thrown up into the air, and caught again with the hand, to show that it was devoted to the Lord; and when caught again, was received as his gift. Leviticus 7:34.... [ Continue Reading ]
The part which Aaron and his sons were to eat of the sacrifice, implied the interest the people had in it. Revelation 3:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
By the stranger we are to understand one not included in the covenant. Exodus 12:43; Ephesians 2:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
Leviticus 7:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
The everyday offering Paul explains, Hebrews 10:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
Matthew 23:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
Was not this morning and evening offering of a lamb, a sweet type of the necessity of the sacrifice of Jesus' blood and righteousness being constantly applied by the Holy Ghost to the soul? 1 Peter 1:19; Hebrews 9:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
Were not these mingled offerings of flour and oil, intended to show the necessity of the Spirit's graces accompanying the merits of the Redeemer, to supply all the wants of the sinner? John 3:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
This promise gave a sanction and blessing to all, and is the grand charter of the gospel-covenant. Mat_18:20; Mat_28:20; Zechariah 10:12; Zephaniah 3:14; Revelation 21:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS Reader! let us not think, in the perusal of this Chapter, that we are in the midst of shadows still; but bless God the Holy Ghost, who enables us to look through the shadow, and see clearly the substance, to which the whole ministered. Do we not in Aaron see our Almighty Aaron, and in hi... [ Continue Reading ]