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(8:) Deut. 32: 1-43.--The song, a witness against Israel if they break the covenant
(31: 19-21).
(9:)
Deut. 32: 46, 47.--"It is your life." Reference to the land in last verse.
(10:)
Deut. 33: 2-29.--Sinai, the law, the blessing of the twelve tribes.
Reference to the land in last verse.
Throughout this repetition the terms of the original covenant are continually in mind,
together with the effect upon Israel consequent upon obedience. A peculiar treasure,
above all people, a kingdom of priests, a holy nation, the possession and enjoyment of the
land.
The book of Revelation, to say nothing of the testimony of the Prophets, testifies to
the fact that although Israel can never enter into their peculiar blessings upon the basis of
the old covenant, by virtue of the new covenant all these blessings shall be theirs. This
fact raises the question as to what is the position of the law. Is it set aside? Is it fulfilled
vicariously? Will it be fulfilled? The true answer to the question, if it is to be established
from Scripture, must of necessity take more space than a closing paragraph, and we
therefore leave it until time and space afford the necessary opportunity. Meanwhile we
trust that the fullness of those ten words which form the basis of the covenant with Israel
have been the better appreciated by our study together, and the inability of man to keep
them will but magnify that great justification which has been made ours freely by the
grace of God through the redemption and propitiation of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ.
#57.
The Tabernacle.
A general survey (Exod. 25: 1-9).
pp. 177 - 182
In tracing the history of Israel as a nation we start with redemption, the Passover
deliverance from Egypt, where a fresh start was made. The Passover month became "a
beginning of months" unto them. We have followed them through the waters of the Red
Sea, which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. None but the redeemed of the
Lord can reach the other side alive. We have seen their trials and temptations, their first
great battle with Amalek, and its spiritual teaching. We have seen them enter into
covenant relationship with God, both book and people being sprinkled with blood; we
have heard the words of the covenant given in solemn grandeur from Sinai, and we have
reached that point in the development of their typical history that demands the tabernacle
and its ritual.
In the articles under the heading of Redemption we have discussed the difference
between redemption as the exodus, and the atonement as the eisodus, the one leading out
and giving deliverance, the other leading in and giving acceptance and access. Therefore
we will not stay over that phase now.