One Plan for All Time

[Thompson, Darryl]

One Plan for All Time 

     But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we
shall be saved, even as they. Acts 15:11.  

     God's truth is the same in all ages, although differently developed
to meet the wants of His people in various periods. Under the Old
Testament dispensation every important work was closely connected with
the sanctuary. In the holy of holies the great I AM took up His abode. .
. . There, above the mercy seat, overshadowed by the wings of the
cherubim, dwelt the Shekinah of His glory, the perpetual token of His
presence, while the breastplate of the high priest, set with precious
stones, made known from the sacred precincts of the sanctuary the solemn
message of Jehovah to the people. Wonderful dispensation, when the Holy
One, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, thus manifested His
glory, and revealed His will to the children of men!  

     The typical sacrifices and offerings of that dispensation
represented Christ, who was to become the perfect offering for sinful
man. Besides these mystic symbols and shadowy types pointing to a
Saviour to come, there was a present Saviour to the Israelites. He it
was, who, enshrouded in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by
night, led them in their travels, and He it was who gave direct words to
Moses to be repeated to the people. . . . He who was equal with the
Father in the creation of man was commander, lawgiver, and guide to His
ancient people.  

     Many look upon the days of Israel as a time of darkness, when men
were without Christ, without repentance and faith. Many hold the
erroneous doctrine that the religion of the children of Israel consisted
in forms and ceremonies in which faith in Christ had no part. But men in
that age were saved by Christ as verily as men are saved by Him today. .
. . Christ was shadowed forth in the sacrifices and symbols, which were
to last till type should reach antitype in His coming to our world. The
Hebrews rejoiced in a Saviour to come. We rejoice in a Saviour who has
come, and who is coming again. . . . Christ's blood avails for us, as it
did for ancient Israel.  

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