1. At this passover feast the last offering of the blood of animals was made that could, as a typical sacrifice, make an atonement for the sin of Israel, since the antitype, Jesus Christ, was then at hand and ready to be offered up for the sin of the world, whose shed blood only could make a complete atonement for any and all sin.

2. The Lord, Himself, was present at this last typical sacrifice of the blood of animals in Jerusalem to make an atonement for the sin of Israel, who was also present at the first typical offering of the blood of animals in the Garden of Eden to make an atonement for the first sin of the first man Adam and his wife.

3. At the close of this, its last true celebration, the passover feast of Israel, which meant so much in every way to that people, was changed, without the slightest intermission, to the Supper of the Lord, by the Lord Himself, to commemorate for all time the only true atonement for sin, the sacrifice of His body and blood for the salvation of the whole world, including Israel.

The Lord's Supper:

19. "And he took the bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.

20. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you" (Luke 22:19, 20).

Statement of the Lord's Supper by the Apostle Paul

23. "For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night. in which he was betrayed, took bread:

24. And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.

25. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

26. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come" (I Cor. II: 23-26).

4. With the passing of the Passover, at this its last true feast, the nation of Israel ceased to exist as the one national witness of the Lord God to the other nations of the earth. Its special mission had been accomplished. Its promised Messiah had come. The Kingdom limited to one exclusive people must give place to a kingdom that would include the people of the entire world. The natural and earthly kingdom must give place to a spiritual and heavenly kingdom and the temporal kingdom to an eternal kingdom.

XVIII

THREE GREAT OUTSTANDING FACTS PERTAINING TO THE NATION OF ISRAEL

A. The Only Nation of Its Time That Worshiped the Living God and believed in the Promised Messiah. The people of Israel constituted the first nation in the whole earth that worshiped the only true and living God, and believed in the promised Messiah. During the long period of its entire existence it was the only nation that did so.

This was not the result of its own choice and endeavor. It was the work of the Lord God, Himself. By His amazing grace, long-suffering, ever-present direction and all-sufficient helpfulness, He raised up and maintained this nation in the face of innumerable and almost insurmountable difficulties and oppositions, to prepare the way for His own universal, heavenly and eternal kingdom.

Among the multitude of notable things the Lord God did for the nation of Israel, that they might know with certainty that He was the only true and living God, are the following: He so blessed them while slaves in Egypt that they increased wonderfully, both in numbers and in strength. With wonder-working power He delivered them from Egyptian bondage, brought them through the Red Sea on dry ground, fed them and clothed them in the wilderness for forty years, and disciplined them into a strong, intelligent and God-fearing nation.

Afterwards He led them through the river Jordan on dry ground into the land of Canaan, promised them through Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and gave it to them for an everlasting possession.

In their earliest development as a nation, He gave them Moses, the greatest leader, law-giver and religious disciplinarian of all time, and Joshua, a man like unto him.

When they began to exercise the functions of a nation, He provided them with noble and trustworthy judges, one of whom was Samuel, doubtless the best and truest judge that ever lived. In answer to their persistent request for a king, He raised up David as a pattern, who was the best, the greatest and the most God-like king that ever ruled over an earthly kingdom. He also gave them many wise men, among whom was Solomon, the wisest of men.

When their rulers failed them and turned away from the Lord God, and when they were dispersed as captives in strange lands, the Lord God gave them many God-fearing and God-honoring prophets, with whom He conferred directly, as infallible guides. Of these, perhaps Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel were the greatest.

The Lord God also raised up mighty kings as their helpers in their times of need, chief of whom were Hiram, king of Tyre, Cyrus, Darius and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia. Inasmuch as the nation of Israel was developed, and existed in the beginning of the dealings of the Lord God with nations, it was necessary that He should give Israel the knowledge of Himself and of His will in a very plain and unmistakable, kindergarten manner. Accordingly, the Lord God manifested Himself and made known His will to Israel in many ways and in such a manner as

to leave no doubt of His existence, as the true and living God, as well as of what He surely wanted them to do.

B. The Holy Scriptures, the Book of Salvation through Jesus Christ, Given to the World Through the Nation of Israel. It was through the nation of Israel and its holy men, in all of its many generations of universal experience, as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, that the Holy Scriptures were given by the Lord God to the world. These scriptures, including the Old and New Testaments, constitute the only true and entire revelation of the Lord God to Man.

5. "Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.

6. Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

7. For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for?

8. And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?" (Deut. 4:5-8).

19. "He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

20. He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord." (Psalm 147: 19, 20).

1. "What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?

2. Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God" (Rom. 3: 1, 2).

19. "We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light