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the day of atonement. Aaron was commanded to take two goats, one of which was
offered as a sin offering (9) and the other was let go alive into the wilderness.
The New Testament commentary on this chapter is found in Hebrews:
"But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come . . . . . neither by the
blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the holy place,
having obtained eternal redemption for us" (9: 11, 12).
The fullness of His antitypical work is then summarized under three appearings:
He hath appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself (His atoning death)
(Heb. 9: 26).
He now appears in the presence of God for us (His resurrection and ascension)
(9: 24).
He will appear the second time without sin unto salvation (His second advent
and the hope of the believer) (9: 28).
In our presentation of the redeeming work of Christ let us make sure that we present
the full gospel of His grace and rejoice not only in His death as our substitute, but in the
glorious fact of resurrection in that He ever lives to makes intercession for us.
No.2.
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(3) Resurrection and Promise.--We who are believers in the Lord Jesus Christ
rejoice in the precious promises of God which are yea and amen in Him--but do we
realize how much they owe to the truth of resurrection? It would be difficult to find a
promise in the New Testament that has not this fundamental truth either directly
associated with it or in the background. It is noteworthy that the first occurrence of the
word promise occurs after the resurrection. "Behold, I send the promise of My Father
upon you" (Luke 24: 49).
We see the outworking of Divine promises backed by resurrection power clearly
exemplified in the life of Abraham. In Gen. 12: 1-3 and 15: 1-6, God made a promise
to Abraham that through his seed He intended to bless the whole world. Now although
the promises of God are sure, they are not necessarily put into operation straight away
and this is where faith is exercised and the believer is disciplined in order that he may
grow in grace and in the knowledge of the ways of the Lord. Abraham and Sarah had to
wait until, humanly speaking, the fulfillment of the promise seemed impossible. During
this time they had to learn that they were dealing with God "Who quickened the dead"
(Rom. 4: 16, 17) and that resurrection power infinitely transcends all the limitations and
the inability of the flesh.