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November 18
THE SANCTUARY DOCTRINE EXPLAINS THE WAY OF SALVATION OF THE GOSPEL (Part 49)
“Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” (Mark 15:34) is a an antitypical expression of Christ as it were, having already said those mournful words through David, who wrote in a Psalm: “My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? why art Thou so far from HELPING me, and from the WORDS of my roaring?” Ps. 22:1, KJV. (A Psalm of David).
No wonder David is also called “a man after God’s own heart” Here’s David’s spiritual significance: He was a prophet (Acts 2:30); an inspired man (Matt. 22: 43); a TYPE OF CHRIST (Jer. 23: 5, 6); NAME DESIGNATES CHRIST (Eze. 34: 23, 24); Christ was called ‘the so of David” in His genealogy (Matt. 1:1).
“The spotless Son of God hung upon the cross, His BODY lacerated with stripes, those HANDS so often reached out in blessing, nailed to the wooden bars; those FEET so tireless in ministries of love, spiked to the tree; that ROYAL HEAD pierced by a crown of thorns; those QUIVERING LIPS shaped to the cry of woe. And all that He endured—the BLOOD DROPS that flowed from His head, His hands, His feet, the agony that racked His frame, and the unutterable ANGUISH that filled HIS soul with the HIDING OF HIS FATHER’S FACE—speaks for EACH CHILD OF HUMANITY, declaring, IT IS FOR THEE THAT THE SON OF GOD CONSENTS to bear the burden of guilt; for Thee Hs spoils the domain of death, and opens the gates of Paradise.
He who stilled the angry waves and walked the foam-capped billows, who made devils tremble, and disease flee, who opened blind eyes and called forth the dead to life, OFFERS HIMSELF UPON THE CROSS AS A SACRIFICE AND THIS FROM LOVE TO THEE. He the Sin Bearer, endures the wrath of divine justice, and FOR THY SAKE BECOMES SIN ITSELF!” – E.G. White, Desire of Ages, pp. 755, 756.
(To be continued) Bless all, NMF.