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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:THE ACCURSED ONE \nWEARS THE WREATH \nFrom “The Letter of Barnabas” \n◊◊◊ \nBear in mind\, O children of joy\, that there is not a single thing which the \nLord in his goodness has not made clear to us beforehand\, so that we may know \nto whom all our thanks and praises are due. Though the Son of God was the \ndivine Lord\, and the future Judge of living and dead alike\, yet nevertheless he \nsuffered\, in order that his affliction might win life for us. \nNotice the directions he gave. Take a couple of goats\, unblemished and \nwell-matched; bring them for an offering\, and let the priest take one of them \nfor a burnt offering. And what are they to do with the other? The other\, he \ndeclares\, is accursed. (Now see how plainly the type of Jesus appears.) Spit on \nit\, all of you; thrust your goads into it\, wreathe its head with scarlet wool\, and \nso let it be driven out into the desert. \nThis is done\, and the servant leads the animal into the desert\, where he \ntakes off the wool and leaves it there… Now what does that signify? Notice that \nthe first goat is for the altar\, and the other is accursed; and that it is the accursed \none that wears the wreath. That is because they shall see him on That Day clad to \nthe ankles in his red woollen robe\, and will say\, ‘Is not this he whom we once \ncrucified\, and mocked and pierced and spat upon? Yes\, this is the man who told \nus that he was the son of God.’ \nBut how will he resemble the goat? The point of there being two similar \ngoats\, both of them fair and alike\, is that when they see him coming on the Day\, \nthey are going to be struck with terror at the manifest parallel between him and \nthe goat. In this ordinance\, then\, you are to see typified the future sufferings of \nJesus… \nMen whose sins had come to a head were to bring a heifer for an offering\, \nand slay it and burn it. Then\, after gathering up the ashes and putting them into \nbasins of water\, young children were to tie scarlet wool on branches of wood \n(here again\, you see\, we have the scarlet wool and the type of the Cross)\, \ntogether with sprigs of hyssop; and with these the people were to be sprinkled\, \nman by man\, by the youngsters\, to cleanse them from their sins. See how clearly \nhe is speaking to you here! The calf is Jesus\, and the sinners who offer it are \nthose who dragged him to the slaughter. Why was the wool put on living wood? \nBecause the royal realm of Jesus is founded on a Tree\, and they who hope in him \nshall have eternal life. To ourselves it is plain enough that these were the true \nreasons for doing things in this way; but to them it was all dark\, because their \nears were deaf to the voice of the Lord.
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