Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 236, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1914 — BLOOD ATONEMENT FOR ADAMIC SIN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BLOOD ATONEMENT FOR ADAMIC SIN

Without the Shedding of Blood There Is No Remission of Sin. Modern Tendency to Deny the Necessity For Sin Atonement—lmpossibility For Jews Properly to Observe the Atonement Day—Jewish Hopes Centered In Messiah's Kingdom. Failure of Evolutionists to Fit Their Theory to Present Conditions —The Bible View of Sin Atonement.

October 4.—Pastor Russell’s text today was, “The life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar, to make an atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.”—Leviticus 17:11. Th e discourse

began with the declaration that ours is a day in which the necessity for sin atonement is disputed, disbelieved, by Jews, Gentiles and Christians. The orthodox Jew and the orthodox Christian, therefore are in substantial agreement with the Scriptures, and the unorthodox in agreement of opposition. The latter agree that there is no such thing as Original Sin, and that hence there could be no such thing as making an atonement or satisfaction to Justice on its behalf. - The Basis of Disbelief. Two things have contributed to this unscriptural view: (1) The agnostic Jew not only disputes the Bible as authority on the subject, but admits that if the sacrifices commanded by the Levitical code for Sin Atonement be necessary, then the Jewish people have had no Sin Atonement in any sense of the word for more than eighteen centuries; for Sin Atonement must be made according to certain specified conditions or not at all. The loss of the Ark of the Covenant and the destruction of Jerusalem were among the disasters which have prevented the carrying out of Moses’ instructions respecting the Atonement Day. (2) Since the destruction of Jerusalem in A D. 70, the Jewish nation has been scattered, and as a result all official records and genealogies of the Jewish people are destroyed. Therefore no one can prove his descent from, Aaron, and hence cannot make a Sin Atonement bn the Atonement Day. Thus we see that it is impossible for Jews properly to observe the Atonement Day, although an outward ceremony is kept up. On the tenth day of the seventh month the Jew figuratively acknowledges that the merit of the previous sacrifice has expired. We sympathize with his position, but would suggest that nothing is gained by deceiving themselves into the supposition that this observance harmonizes them in any sense of the word with the Almighty. The sooner they recognize this, the sooner will they reach the proper heart condition to realize that their calamities are due to the fact that the sins of more than 1800 years rest upon them uncancelled. When they comprehend the situation, they will see that all their hopes center in Messiah’s Kingdom. Messiah will be the long-promised Priest upon His Throne, the application of whose merit will cancel sin forever. Many Christians Repudiate the Blood. Next it was shown that all the world-ly-wise of Christendom have repudiated the Scriptural testimony respecting the necessity of a sacrificial death for the satisfaction of Divine Justice, the cancellation of sin and the restitution of the sinner to Divine favor. The so-called New Theologists repudiate the fall of man, the Ransom and the Restitution, claiming that nothing was lost and that all we have is gain. These worldly-wise cannot deny that death is in the world and that the tendency of sin is toward death. Despite their theories, statistics demonstrate that our race is daily becoming weaker, mentally, morally and physically. It is for them to explain how these facts fit their evolution theory. The Bible View of Sin Atonement. The Pastor then explained at length the Scriptural view of Sin Atonement According to God’s Word, sin is violation of Divine Law and the penalty Is death. Adam was created perfect and sinless. Obedience to Divine Law was required of him as the price of everlasting life. Disobedience brought upon him the death sentence. His race was In his loins when he sinned and thus by heredity share his death penalty. But God in mercy provided a way for man’s relief. As the first man alone had sinned actually, so one Redeemer only would be necessary for the entire race. •‘The Man Christ Jesus gave Himself a Ransom /or all”—Adam’s posterity. He antityped the bullock of Israel’s Atonement Day and also the priest who slew the bullock—because He offered Himself up. Applying His merit to the Household of Faith—antitypical Levltes—He then began a work little understood by any. This has been the gathering of the Elect class, composed of both Jews and Gentiles, their sacrifices being typified by the 'Lord’s goat on the Atonement Day. Very soon this work of Sin Atonement will be completed, and the second effusion of blood upon the Mercy Seat made “for all the people.”