Leviticus 16:3-34 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.… If the Creator of the universe has provided in nature an anaesthesia for physical pain, shall He not much more, in grace, provide one for moral pain? There is a wholesome and necessary pain for both the physical and the moral natures — the pain which gives warning of the disease, or indicates its presence; but when the physician comes, his province is to effect the cure without the pain as far as possible, as it is a retarding element in the process of recovery, exhausting the patient's strength, which is all needed for recuperation. Just such a useless devitalising pain for the soul would be the eternal regretful remembrance of sin, therefore it is that God declares, "Your sins and transgressions shall not be remembered nor come into mind"; "Blessed is he whose transgression is covered"; "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow." "As far as the east is from the west, so far will I remove thy transgressions from thee"; "I will not look upon them nor remember them." And yet in this age of questioning people say, "How shall I not remember when science tells me memory is indestructible?" As well may the patient in his incredulity ask, "How shall I not feel the knife penetrating to the bone, when the mere scratch of a pin gives me pain?" Christ is the anaesthesia for the soul's regretful remembrance of sin. Parallel Verses KJV: Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. |
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