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opinions?" and in II Sam. 4: 4; 5: 6-8; 9: 13; 19: 26, either verb or adjective, the
word is translated "lame".
The Passover was God's great stepping over of Israel, wherein He made a division
and a difference (padah) between them and the Egyptians, and this effected by the
Passover lamb typified that this redemption was that of the great Kinsman-Redeemer
(gaal).
The testimony of Heb. 2:
The Lamb of God is Christ, and He in order to redeem became flesh and blood. As
Kinsman-Redeemer His first great work was redemption, not atonement. Heb. 2: brings
the Lord Jesus forward under three great aspects:--
1.
Made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death not with sin in view, but
with the redemption of the forfeited dominion given to Adam. "All things under His
feet . . . . . . leading many sons to glory" (Heb. 2: 5-13).
2.
Made like the children of flesh and blood, He came with the object of destroying the
devil, with particular reference to His hold upon DEATH, and of delivering from its
bondage those who were all their lifetime held in its fear. Again, sin is not in view.
3.
Made like unto His brethren in all things, this time to deal with SINS, and therefore
He is presented as a PRIEST, and makes a PROPITIATION for the sins of the
PEOPLE.
Here the distinction is faithfully observed. Redemption touches (1) inheritance,
(2) bondage; this we have shewn in earlier papers, and this is taught here in Heb. 2: 5-
16. Atonement touches the sins of a redeemed people, and is connected with a priest. No
unsaved person is related to atonement; this is exclusive to the redeemed.
The kinsman and the passover.
When God would teach by type the truth of the resurrection, He had one of two ways
open before Him:--
1.
To perform a miracle every time the sacrifice was offered.
2.
To arrange the typical offering so that it would set forth with sufficient clearness the
fact of death and resurrection, without any miraculous interposition.
The second way is the way adopted. One bird is killed in an earthen vessel over running
water, and in order to set forth resurrection another living bird, together with hyssop,
cedar-wood, and scarlet, is dipped into the blood and set free. The blood moreover was
sprinkled (presumably with the hyssop) upon the leper who was to be cleansed, and the
death and resurrection of the substitutes applied to him (Lev. 14: 1-7).
The firstborn son in Scripture occupies a unique position--a position not only of
privilege, but of responsibility. This can be seen manifested in the concern of Reuben for
Joseph (Gen. 37: 30). Israel was the Lord's son, even His firstborn, and He warned
Pharaoh that if he would not let Israel go, He would slay Pharaoh's firstborn. The