To return to the High Priest: He having sprinkled the Mercy Seat with the blood of the bullock seven times (perfectly)" Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the Mercy Seat and before the Mercy Seat." (Vss. 14-15.) In a word, that which was done with the bullock was repeated with the Lord's goat. It was killed by the same High Priest; its blood sprinkled just the same; its fat, etc., burned on the altar in the Court also. [It is worthy of notice that a prime bullock is always very fat, while a goat is a very lean animal.] Its body was burned in like manner as that of the bullock--" without the camp." Paul tells us that only those animals which were sin offerings were burned without (outside) the "Camp" (Heb. 13: 11.) and then he tells us to go to him without the camp bearing the reproach with him. (Heb. 13: 12), “The reproaches of them that reproached thee,are fallen upon me." Psa.69: 9.

The Lord's goat represented all of the "little flock;" they are all alike-they all came by the same "narrow way;" so what is true of the company as a whole, is true of each one in it; therefore the Lord's goat typifies each one and his sacrifice, except that all must be complete and the sacrifice of each ended before the "blood" of the goat (representative of all the body) will be presented on the Mercy Seat.

The blood sprinkled upon and before the Mercy Seat, was in the design of a cross, with the top or head of the cross on the Mercy Seat. This is shown by the description: He shall sprinkle it with his finger upon the Mercy Seat eastward (toward the "door") and before (across, in front of) the Mercy Seat." This is the full end of the sin offerings for the sins of the world. The bullock, as we have seen, was a sin offering for the "Household of faith" the under priests and Levites), and the goat, was the sin offering "for the people ❞—Israel— type of the (at present) unbelieving world.

Thus we see that this entire Gospel Age is an age of suffering and death, to those who crucify the human. nature, to become partakers of the divine. Just as soon as the sacrifice of Jesus on behalf of his body and house was complete and presented before the Father, then came the evidence of its acceptance in the Pentecostal baptism. And this anointing (symbolized by the oil) which came upon the church, and continues ever since on all the living members of the High Priest's body-this impartation of the divine mind to those consecrated ones, was the energy in them which killed each, as the "Lord's goat.' Just as the Spirit of the Father enabled Jesus to kill the bullock, so it was the same spirit-the spirit of God and of Christ in the Lord's goat company, which enabled them to crucify themselves as men-to kill the goat-in hope of the promised Glory, Honor and Immortality of the divine nature.

It was thus that Paul when possessed of the spirit of his Leader and Head, could reckon all things but loss and dross that he might win (a membership in) Christ, and be found in Him. Inspired by this hope and spirit, he could say: "I (the new creature) live, yet, not I" (the old creature-the goat ;) it is being burned with reproach and contempt of the world outside the camp. My earthly affections and powers have all been presented an offering to God-—a living sacrifice; now it is Christ living in me, the hope of glory-Christ's mind in me—crucifying and keeping under the human nature.

While actually in the world, he was not of it. To such an extent was this true that he could say "The life which I now live, I live by faith in the Son of God." Yes, by faith he had become a partaker of the Divine nature, and was in the "Holy," feeding by faith on the "holy bread," enlightened daily by the light from the Golden Candlestick.

Thus furnished with knowledge and strength, he was able to offer incense acceptable to God by Jesus Christ, and to keep the goat nature always sacrificed. So, too,

the same thing has been done by the other members of this "Lord's goat" company since, though none have been so generally known-his sacrifice sent up a very rich perfume.

As the goat filled up that which was behind of the Sin offering after the bullock, so do we "fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ." (Col. I: 24.)

The moment must sometime come when the last member of this "Lord's goat" shall have consecrated. [We believe that we are at just this point now, 1881the door of opportunity to consecrate closed, though there is still time to carry out the consecration already made.] Then, soon after, when their sacrifice is consumed, as members of His body they shall pass beyond the second vail-beyond the flesh, in the perfection of the Divine nature already commenced in this mortal body-this earthly house. That passing of the second vail means to the body what it meant to the head-that we shall be made like unto Christ's glorious body, which is the express image of the Father's person. Oh! blessed hope "I shall be satisfied when I awake in Thy likeness," was spoken prophetically for Jesus; and how sublime the promise that " we shall be like Him-like unto Christ's glorious body." If I may but win this prize for which I run

Perish every earth ambition,

All I've sought or hoped or known;
Yet how rich is my condition,

If winning Christ, I'm found in him.

The Most Holy reached, we there present the evidence of the sacrificed life as typified by the blood of the goat sprinkled on the Mercy Seat,

It will be accepted, as was that of our glorious Leader,

and then the

WORK OF RECONCILIATION

will commence. Sacrifice- the sin offering-was the

basis of reconciliation and at-one-ment between Jehovah and the world of sinners. Now, the blood of the sin offering being sprinkled on the Mercy Seat covering the Testimony, (the Law it was satisfied. The ransom paid to Justice was abundant, and now reconciliation will proceed-of which more again.

"And when he had made an end of reconciling the "Holy" ["Most Holy"] and the Tabernacle of the congregation [the "Holy"] and the Altar [in the "Court"] he shall bring the live goat: and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat [scapegoat] and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel [typical of the world], and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man [anyone convenient] into the wilderness." (Vs. 20-22.)

As before expressed, we understand this "scapegoat" which presented itself for sacrifice with the other, but failed to perform it, and to walk in the steps of the bullock, to represent a very large class of God's children who have made the same covenant as the others, viz. : to become dead to the world, and to crucify their justified human nature, but have failed.

While this scapegoat class has existed throughout this Gospel Age, the one goat and the work done with it, at the close of the age is representative in a general sense of the dealing with each individual goat [person] of that company during the age.

Let us look first at the dealing with members of this company who will be living when the work of sin offering is complete the last members of the scapegoat company -and then see how it will apply to the preceding members of the same class.

But let us first remind you that we are now dealing with things future: after the sin offering. The Lord's goat is not yet wholly consumed, consequently the "little flock," represented by the body of the priest, has not yet

gone beyond the second vail into the perfect spiritual condition; and the work with the living "scapegoat" is after all this.

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Other scriptures show us (Rev. 79, 13-17 and 1 Cor. 3: 15.) that there will be a "great company" who during this age have entered the race for the grand prize of joint-heirship with Jesus, who do not "so run" as to obtain it; and that they, though "castaways" as regards the prize (1 Cor. 9: 27), are nevertheless objects of the Lord's affection and love, who, by his providences through the circumstances of life will cause them to come through "great tribulations," thus accomplishing for them, "the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus." (1 Cor. 5: 5.) Notice, they consecrated their justified human life, and God accepted of the consecration and reckoned them, according to their covenant, dead as human beings and alive as new-spiritual-creatures. But, by their failure to carry out the contract, they are cut off from the priesthood, from membership in the body of Christ-" Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away.' John 15: 2.)

These are in a pitiable condition; they have failed to win the prize, therefore cannot have the divine nature, nor can they have restitution to perfect humanity with the world, for in their consecration, they gave that up for the opportunity to run for the divine nature. But the Lord loves them, and will deliver those who through fear of death, (fear of contempt-fear of the reproach borne by the bullock and goat, beyond the Camp-in the Wilderness, or separated, dead condition) were all their lifetime subject to bondage-bondage of fear of men and men's traditions and opinions which always brings a snare, and keeps back from obedience to God—even unto death.

Through the favor of the High Priest, this great company are to go into "great tribulations" and have the flesh destroyed. This will not place them as overcomers