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THE CROSS AND ITS SHADOW
By Stephen N. Haskell.THE BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL.South Lancaster, Mass.1914.
"A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. Jer. 17:12.
 
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
ETERNITY can never fathom the depth of love revealed in the cross of Calvary.It was there that the infinite love of Christ and the unbounded selfishness of Satan stoodface to face. The entire system of Judaism, with its types and symbols, was a shadow ofthe cross, extending from Calvary back to the gate of Eden, and contained a compactedprophecy of the gospel.At the present day the person who comes to the study of the New Testamentthrough the interpreting lights of the types and symbols of the Levitical services, finds adept and richness in the study that are found in no other way.It is impossible to have exalted views of Christ's atoning work if the NewTestament is studied without a previous knowledge of the deep, blood-stainedfoundations in the Old Testament gospels of Moses and the prophets."In every sacrifice, Christ's death was shown. In every cloud of incense Hisrighteousness ascended. By every jubilee trumpet His name was sounded. In the awfulmystery of the holy of holies His glory dwelt."In the light shining from the sanctuary, the books of Moses, with their detail ofofferings and sacrifices, their rites and ceremonies, usually considered so meaninglessand void of interest, become radiant with consistency and beauty. There is no othersubject which so fully unites all parts of the inspired Word into one harmonious whole, asthe subject of the sanctuary. Every gospel truth centers in the sanctuary service, andradiates from it like the rays from the sun.Every type used in the entire sacrificial system was designed by God to bearresemblance to some spiritual truth. The value of these types consisted in the fact thatthey were chosen by God Himself to shadow forth the different phases of the completeplan of redemption, made possible by the death of Christ. The likeness between typeand antitype is never accidental, but is simply a fulfilment of the great plan of God.In "The Cross and Its Shadow," the type and the antitype are placed side by side,with the hope that the reader may thus become better acquainted with the Saviour. It isnot the intention of the author of this work to attack any error that may have been taughtin regard to the service of the sanctuary, or to arouse any controversy, but simply topresent the truth in its clearness.The book is the result of many years of prayerful study of the types and symbolsof the sanctuary service, and is sent forth with a prayer that the reading of it may arrest
 
the attention of the thoughtless, give the Christian new views of Christ's character, andlead many into the sunlight of God's love.
INTRODUCTION
IN THE government of God, law is the basis upon which everything is made torest. Law is the foundation of God's throne, the stability of His government andcharacter, and the expression of His love and wisdom. Disobedience of this law causedthe fall of Satan and his host. Disobedience to God's commands by Adam and Eveopened the flood gates of woe upon the world, and plunged the whole human family intoimpenetrable darkness. But divine love had conceived a plan whereby man might beredeemed. This plan was revealed in the promise, "I will put enmity between thee andthe woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shaltbruise His heel."Since the divine law is as sacred as God Himself, only one equal with God couldmake atonement for its transgression. Hence, the seed of the woman could refer to noneother than the Lord Jesus Christ. In this promise to our first parents a gleam of hopepenetrated the gloom that enveloped the minds of the sinful pair, and when a system ofsacrifices was made known to them that demanded the life of an innocent victim, theycould see more clearly the import of the promise, -- that it involved the death of God'sdear Son to atone for their sin and meet the claims of the broken law. Through thissystem of sacrifices, the shadow of the Cross reached back to the beginning, andbecame a star of hope, illuminating the dark and terrible future, and relieving it of its utterdesolation.It was the reflection from the Cross that reached back to the antediluvian age,and kept alive the hope of the faithful few in those years of weary waiting. It was the faithin the Cross that sustained Noah and his family during that terrible experience when Godwas punishing the world for its transgression of His holy law. It was a knowledge of theCross and its significance that caused Abraham to forsake his country, his kindred, andhis father's house, and sojourn with his sons in a land of strangers. It is written of him,"He believed in the Lord, and he accounted it to him for righteousness." In propheticvision, Moses was permitted to see the Cross of Christ, and understand more fully thesignificance of the brazen serpent he had lifted up in the wilderness for the healing of thepeople. It was this view that took away the sting of punishment for his own sin, andreconciled him to the decree that, "he must die in the mount, and be gathered to hispeople."The simple system of sacrifices instituted by the Lord in the beginning tosymbolize, or prefigure, Christ, was almost totally lost sight of during the bondage of thechildren of Israel in Egypt. Upon their return to Canaan, Moses, by divine direction, gavethem a more elaborate system, designated in the Scriptures as the "sanctuary and itservices." This earthly sanctuary, with every minutia of its construction, equipment, andservice, was to be built and operated in harmony with the pattern of the heavenly shownto him in Mount Sinai. Every form, ceremony, and detail of this service had asignificance, and was designed to give the worshiper a more complete understanding ofthe great remedial system.In the sanctuary, the Cross of Christ is the great center of the whole scheme ofhuman redemption. Around it clusters every truth of the Bible. From it radiates light fromthe beginning to the end of both dispensations. Nor does it stop here. It penetrates thegreat beyond, and gives the child of faith a glimpse of the glories of the future eternal
 
state. Yea, more than this, is accomplished by the Cross. The love of God is manifest tothe universe. The prince of this world is cast out. The accusations which Satan hasbrought against God are refuted, and the reproach which he has cast upon heaven isforever removed. The justice and immutability of God's law are sustained, and angels, aswell as men, are drawn to the Redeemer. The Cross of Christ becomes the science andsong of the universe.It can be truthfully said of the author of "The Cross and Its Shadow," as it was ofone of old, that he is "mighty in the Scriptures." In this book he is giving to the world, incondensed form, the results of the study of years upon this great theme. Through thefigures and symbols used in the ministration in the earthly sanctuary, the author hasmade the closing work of Christ in the heavenly Sanctuary very clear. The similarity andconnection between type and antitype have been made so plain that no one can fail tocomprehend the great central truths of the plan of salvation as unfolded in the serviceand ministration of the earthly sanctuary.In these days of superficial study, and the consequent man-made theory of theplan of salvation, it is refreshing to find a book like "The Cross and Its Shadow," whichlifts up Jesus, and presents Him to the world as revealed in types, as shadowed insymbols, as prefigured in the revelations of the prophets, as unveiled in the lessonsgiven to His disciples, and as manifested in the wonderful miracles wrought for the sonsof men.As the Word is honored by the author, may the Holy Spirit, the great Teacher ofrighteousness, honor the author by making his book the means of saving many souls inGod's eternal kingdom.G. A. Irwin, Loma Linda, California.
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