Patriarchs and Prophets

the Ten Commandments—God’s covenant—became the basis of the covenant made
between Him and Israel. The Ten Commandments in all their details are “all these
words,” concerning which the covenant was made. See Exodus 24:8.
Note 6. Page 354. When a sin offering was presented for a priest or for the whole
congregation, the blood was carried into the holy place and sprinkled before the veil
and placed upon the horns of the Golden Altar. The fat was consumed upon the altar
of burnt offering in the court, but the body of the victim was burned without the camp.
See Leviticus 4:1-21.
When, however, the offering was for a ruler or for one of the people, the blood was
not taken into the holy place, but the flesh was to be eaten by the priest, as the Lord
directed Moses: “The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: In a holy place shall it
be eaten, in the court of the tent of meeting.” Leviticus 6:26, R.V. See also Leviticus
4:22-35.
Note 7. Page 366. That the one who spoke the law, who called Moses into the
mount and talked with him, was our Lord Jesus Christ, is evident from the following
considerations:
Christ is the one through whom God has at all times revealed Himself to man. “But
to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him; and one
Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by Him.” 1 Corinthians 8:6. “This
is he [Moses], that was in the church in the wilderness with the Angel which spake to
him in the Mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give
unto us.” Acts 7:38. This Angel was the Angel of God’s presence (Isaiah 63:9), the
Angel in whom was the name of the great Jehovah (Exodus 23:20-23). The expression
can refer to no other than the Son of God.
Again: Christ is called the Word of God. John 1:1-3. He is so called because God
gave His revelations to man in all ages through Christ. It was His Spirit that inspired
the prophets. 1 Peter 1:10, 11. He was revealed to them as the Angel of Jehovah, the
Captain of the Lord’s host, Michael the Archangel.
Note 8. Page 603. The question has been raised, and is now much agitated, if
a theocracy was good in the time of Israel, why would not a theocratical form of
government be equally good for this time? The answer is easy:
A theocracy is a government which derives its power immediately from God. The
government of Israel was a true theocracy. That was really a government of God. At
the burning bush, God commissioned moses to lead his people out of Egypt. By signs
and wonders and mighty miracles multiplied, God delivered Israel from Egypt and
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