of the feasts somewhat similar expression occurs in I Cor. 10: 11, "They are written for

our admonition, unto whom the ends of the ages have reached" (ta tele ton aionon).

The typical happenings to Israel in the wilderness foreshadowed the state of things

that would be true at the end, and the Corinthians were living at that time of the end, for

so Scripture declares. The Jews divided all time into three great ages. 1. Before the law.

2. Under the law. 3. After the law. The age after the law they naturally thought of as

the Millennium, not realizing that the elective period, when Gentiles were being called,

was also to be reckoned with it.

What are we to understand by this expression? It is usually taken to mean just what

the A.V. says. The word "to put away" in the original is athetesis from atheteo. Let us

examine the usage of these words; we shall then have positive evidence, and moreover be

made independent of the opinion of others.

We believe that no one after pondering this list of occurrences can avoid the

conclusion that atheteo means "to set aside" or "to annul" as a covenant or a

commandment. The word occurs 57 times in the LXX, and in order that no phase of the

meaning should be left unconsidered we have consulted every reference. We cannot

spare the space to give them here, but it is not necessary. Every occurrence deals either

with rebellion, treachery or the setting aside of covenant obligations. Indeed, in one of

the cases the word stand alone, the word covenant being implied. The same remarks are

true also of athetema and athetesis.

Athetesis, the word actually occurring in Heb. 9: 26, occurs nowhere else but in

Heb. 7: 18. There the passage is rendered:--