What were sinners desiring pardon instructed to do?
Answer
"And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he does somewhat against any of the
commandments of the Lord . . . then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without
blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, and
slay the sin-offering in the place of the burnt offering." Lev. 4: 27-29.
NOTE - According to this, if a man sinned in Israel, he violated one of the Ten Commandments
that were in the ark under the mercy-seat. These commandments are the foundation of God's government.
To violate them is to commit sin, and so become subject to death. 1 John 3:4; Rom. 6:23. But there was a
mercy-scat reared above these holy and just commandments. In the dispensation of His mercy, God grants
the sinner the privilege of confessing his sins, and bringing a substitute to meet the demands of the law,
and thus of obtaining mercy.
What admission did they secure from Him as the basis of condemning Him?
What will be the standard in the judgment?
What testimony did Christ bear concerning His relation to the law and the prophets?
How long was the Sabbath to be a sign of the true God?
Against what three things does the third angel of Revelation 14 warn men?
What are all admonished to do when these signs have appeared?
What does the Apostle Peter say concerning the trials through which every believer must pass?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle