_In that ye have brought into My sanctuary strangers._ THE RELATION OF THE STRANGER TO THE SERVICE OF THE TEMPLE What is reprobated is not of course allowing foreigners to present sacrifices to Jehovah, which they might do (Leviticus 17:10; Leviticus 17:12), but allowing them to officiate in the o... [ Continue Reading ]
_No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into My sanctuary._ GOD’S CARE OF HIS ALTAR Is not this rather severe upon the stranger? The injunction does not rest upon the fact of the strangeness of the stranger, because in Ezekiel 47:22 there is a distinct provisio... [ Continue Reading ]
_They shall teach My people the difference between the holy and profane._ STEERING BETWEEN THE ROCKS I. You can judge of the moral character of any amusement by its healthful result, or by its baleful reaction. In proportion as a ship is swift, it wants a strong helmsman; in proportion as a horse i... [ Continue Reading ]
_I am their inheritance._ GOD AN INHERITANCE We possess God as the flower the sunlight; as a babe the mother. All His resources are placed at our disposal. The seed cast into the ground immediately begins to take from earth and air the nutriment of its life, and we have the same power of deriving... [ Continue Reading ]