{"id":17533,"date":"2023-08-20T22:49:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T15:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hangtotgiare.com\/?page_id=17533"},"modified":"2023-11-18T17:21:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T10:21:43","slug":"c23","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/mtb.online\/en\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c23\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 23\u2014What is the Sanctuary?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<p><button onclick=\"myFunction()\" class=\"dropbtn\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Chapter 23\u2014What is the Sanctuary?<\/span><\/strong><\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDropdown\" class=\"dropdown-content\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/\">The Great Controversy 1911<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:1%!important\">Page<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/intro\/\">Introduction<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">5<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c1\/\">Chapter 1\u2014The Destruction of Jerusalem<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">17<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c2\/\">Chapter 2\u2014Persecution in the First Centuries<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">39<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c3\/\">Chapter 3\u2014An Era of Spiritual Darkness<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">39<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c4\/\">Chapter 4\u2014The Waldenses<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">49<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c5\/\">Chapter 5\u2014John Wycliffe<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">79<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c6\/\">Chapter 6\u2014Huss and Jerome<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">97<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c7\/\">Chapter 7\u2014Luther&#8217;s Separation From Rome<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">120<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c8\/\">Chapter 8\u2014Luther Before the Diet<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">145<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c9\/\">Chapter 9\u2014The Swiss Reformer<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">171<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c10\/\">Chapter 10\u2014Progress of Reform in Germany<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">185<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c11\/\">Chapter 11\u2014Protest of the Princes<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">197<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c12\/\">Chapter 12\u2014The French Reformation<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">211<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c13\/\">Chapter 13\u2014The Netherlands and Scandinavia<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">237<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c14\/\">Chapter 14\u2014Later English Reformers<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">245<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c15\/\">Chapter 15\u2014The Bible and the French Revolution<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">265<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c16\/\">Chapter 16\u2014The Pilgrim Fathers<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">289<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c17\/\">Chapter 17\u2014Heralds of the Morning<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">299<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c18\/\">Chapter 18\u2014An American Reformer<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">317<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c19\/\">Chapter 19\u2014Light Through Darkness<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">343<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c20\/\">Chapter 20\u2014A Great Religious Awakening<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">355<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c21\/\">Chapter 21\u2014A Warning Rejected<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">375<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c22\/\">Chapter 22\u2014Prophecies Fulfilled<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">391<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c23\/\">Chapter 23\u2014What is the Sanctuary?<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">409<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c24\/\">Chapter 24\u2014In the Holy of Holies<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">423<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c25\/\">Chapter 25\u2014God&#8217;s Law Immutable<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">433<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c26\/\">Chapter 26\u2014A Work of Reform<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">451<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c27\/\">Chapter 27\u2014Modern Revivals<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">461<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c28\/\">Chapter 28\u2014Facing Life&#8217;s Record<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">479<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c29\/\">Chapter 29\u2014The Origin of Evil<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">492<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c30\/\">Chapter 30\u2014Enmity Between Man and Satan<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">505<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c31\/\">Chapter 31\u2014Agency of Evil Spirits<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">511<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c32\/\">Chapter 32\u2014Snares of Satan<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">518<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c33\/\">Chapter 33\u2014The First Great Deception<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">531<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c34\/\">Chapter 34\u2014Can Our Dead Speak to Us?<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">551<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c35\/\">Chapter 35\u2014Liberty of Conscience Threatened<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">563<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c36\/\">Chapter 36\u2014The Impending Conflict<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">582<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c37\/\">Chapter 37\u2014The Scriptures a Safeguard<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">593<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c38\/\">Chapter 38\u2014The Final Warning<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">603<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c39\/\">Chapter 39\u2014The Time of Trouble<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">613<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c40\/\">Chapter 40\u2014God&#8217;s People Delivered<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">635<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c41\/\">Chapter 41\u2014Desolation of the Earth<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">653<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c42\/\">Chapter 42\u2014The Controversy Ended<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">662<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<tr><strong><\/p>\n<td style=\"width:99%!important;text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtb.online\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/appendix\/\">Appendix<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"bookmenu\">679<\/td>\n<p><\/strong><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The scripture which above all others had been both the foundation and the central pillar of the advent faith was the declaration: \u201cUnto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.\u201d Daniel 8:14. These had been familiar words to all believers in the Lord&#8217;s soon coming. By the lips of thousands was this prophecy repeated as the watchword of their faith. All felt that upon the events therein foretold depended their brightest expectations and most cherished hopes. These prophetic days had been shown to terminate in the autumn of 1844. In common with the rest of the Christian world, Adventists then held that the earth, or some portion of it, was the sanctuary. They understood that the cleansing of the sanctuary was the purification of the earth by the fires of the last great day, and that this would take place at the second advent. Hence the conclusion that Christ would return to the earth in 1844. {GC 409.1}<\/p>\n<p>But the appointed time had passed, and the Lord had not appeared. The believers knew that God&#8217;s word could not fail; their interpretation of the prophecy must be at fault; but where was the mistake? Many rashly cut the knot of difficulty by denying that the 2300 days ended in 1844. No reason could be given for this except that Christ had not come at the time they expected Him. They argued that if the prophetic days had ended in 1844, Christ would then have returned to cleanse the sanctuary by the purification of the earth by fire; and that since He had not come, the days could not have ended. {GC 409.2}<\/p>\n<p>To accept this conclusion was to renounce the former reckoning of the prophetic periods. The 2300 days had been found to begin when the commandment of Artaxerxes for the restoration and building of Jerusalem went into effect, in the autumn of 457 B.C. Taking this as the starting point, there was perfect harmony in the application of all the events foretold in the explanation of that period in Daniel 9:25-27. Sixty-nine weeks, the first 483 of the 2300 years, were to reach to the Messiah, the Anointed One; and Christ&#8217;s baptism and anointing by the Holy Spirit, A.D. 27, exactly fulfilled the specification. In the midst of the seventieth week, Messiah was to be cut off. Three and a half years after His baptism, Christ was crucified, in the spring of A.D. 31. The seventy weeks, or 490 years, were to pertain especially to the Jews. At the expiration of this period the nation sealed its rejection of Christ by the persecution of His disciples, and the apostles turned to the Gentiles, A.D. 34. The first 490 years of the 2300 having then ended, 1810 years would remain. From A.D. 34, 1810 years extend to 1844. \u201cThen,\u201d said the angel, \u201cshall the sanctuary be cleansed.\u201d All the preceding specifications of the prophecy had been unquestionably fulfilled at the time appointed. {GC 410.1}<\/p>\n<p>With this reckoning, all was clear and harmonious, except that it was not seen that any event answering to the cleansing of the sanctuary had taken place in 1844. To deny that the days ended at that time was to involve the whole question in confusion, and to renounce positions which had been established by unmistakable fulfillments of prophecy. {GC 410.2}<\/p>\n<p>But God had led His people in the great advent movement; His power and glory had attended the work, and He would not permit it to end in darkness and disappointment, to be reproached as a false and fanatical excitement. He would not leave His word involved in doubt and uncertainty. Though many abandoned their former reckoning of the prophetic periods and denied the correctness of the movement based thereon, others were unwilling to renounce points of faith and experience that were sustained by the Scriptures and by the witness of the Spirit of God. They believed that they had adopted sound principles of interpretation in their study of the prophecies, and that it was their duty to hold fast the truths already gained, and to continue the same course of Biblical research. With earnest prayer they reviewed their position and studied the Scriptures to discover their mistake. As they could see no error in their reckoning of the prophetic periods, they were led to examine more closely the subject of the sanctuary. {GC 410.3}<\/p>\n<p>In their investigation they learned that there is no Scripture evidence sustaining the popular view that the earth is the sanctuary; but they found in the Bible a full explanation of the subject of the sanctuary, its nature, location, and services; the testimony of the sacred writers being so clear and ample as to place the matter beyond all question. The apostle Paul, in the Epistle to the Hebrews, says: \u201cThen verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the holiest of all; which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron&#8217;s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; and over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercy seat.\u201d Hebrews 9:1-5. {GC 411.1}<\/p>\n<p>The sanctuary to which Paul here refers was the tabernacle built by Moses at the command of God as the earthly dwelling place of the Most High. \u201cLet them make Me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them\u201d (Exodus 25:8), was the direction given to Moses while in the mount with God. The Israelites were journeying through the wilderness, and the tabernacle was so constructed that it could be removed from place to place; yet it was a structure of great magnificence. Its walls consisted of upright boards heavily plated with gold and set in sockets of silver, while the roof was formed of a series of curtains, or coverings, the outer of skins, the innermost of fine linen beautifully wrought with figures of cherubim. Besides the outer court, which contained the altar of burnt offering, the tabernacle itself consisted of two apartments called the holy and the most holy place, separated by a rich and beautiful curtain, or veil; a similar veil closed the entrance to the first apartment. {GC 411.2}<\/p>\n<p>In the holy place was the candlestick, on the south, with its seven lamps giving light to the sanctuary both by day and by night; on the north stood the table of shewbread; and before the veil separating the holy from the most holy was the golden altar of incense, from which the cloud of fragrance, with the prayers of Israel, was daily ascending before God. {GC 412.1}<\/p>\n<p>In the most holy place stood the ark, a chest of precious wood overlaid with gold, the depository of the two tables of stone upon which God had inscribed the law of Ten Commandments. Above the ark, and forming the cover to the sacred chest, was the mercy seat, a magnificent piece of workmanship, surmounted by two cherubim, one at each end, and all wrought of solid gold. In this apartment the divine presence was manifested in the cloud of glory between the cherubim. {GC 412.2}<\/p>\n<p>After the settlement of the Hebrews in Canaan, the tabernacle was replaced by the temple of Solomon, which, though a permanent structure and upon a larger scale, observed the same proportions, and was similarly furnished. In this form the sanctuary existed\u2014except while it lay in ruins in Daniel&#8217;s time\u2014until its destruction by the Romans, in A.D. 70. {GC 412.3}<\/p>\n<p>This is the only sanctuary that ever existed on the earth, of which the Bible gives any information. This was declared by Paul to be the sanctuary of the first covenant. But has the new covenant no sanctuary? {GC 412.4}<\/p>\n<p>Turning again to the book of Hebrews, the seekers for truth found that the existence of a second, or new-covenant sanctuary, was implied in the words of Paul already quoted: \u201cThen verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.\u201d And the use of the word \u201calso\u201d intimates that Paul has before made mention of this sanctuary. Turning back to the beginning of the previous chapter, they read: \u201cNow of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an High Priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; a Minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.\u201d Hebrews 8:1, 2. {GC 413.1}<\/p>\n<p>Here is revealed the sanctuary of the new covenant. The sanctuary of the first covenant was pitched by man, built by Moses; this is pitched by the Lord, not by man. In that sanctuary the earthly priests performed their service; in this, Christ, our great High Priest, ministers at God&#8217;s right hand. One sanctuary was on earth, the other is in heaven. {GC 413.2}<\/p>\n<p>Further, the tabernacle built by Moses was made after a pattern. The Lord directed him: \u201cAccording to all that I show thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.\u201d And again the charge was given, \u201cLook that thou make them after their pattern, which was showed thee in the mount.\u201d Exodus 25:9, 40. And Paul says that the first tabernacle \u201cwas a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices;\u201d that its holy places were \u201cpatterns of things in the heavens;\u201d that the priests who offered gifts according to the law served \u201cunto the example and shadow of heavenly things,\u201d and that \u201cChrist is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.\u201d Hebrews 9:9, 23; 8:5; 9:24. {GC 413.3}<\/p>\n<p>The sanctuary in heaven, in which Jesus ministers in our behalf, is the great original, of which the sanctuary built by Moses was a copy. God placed His Spirit upon the builders of the earthly sanctuary. The artistic skill displayed in its construction was a manifestation of divine wisdom. The walls had the appearance of massive gold, reflecting in every direction the light of the seven lamps of the golden candlestick. The table of shewbread and the altar of incense glittered like burnished gold. The gorgeous curtain which formed the ceiling, inwrought with figures of angels in blue and purple and scarlet, added to the beauty of the scene. And beyond the second veil was the holy Shekinah, the visible manifestation of God&#8217;s glory, before which none but the high priest could enter and live. {GC 414.1}<\/p>\n<p>The matchless splendor of the earthly tabernacle reflected to human vision the glories of that heavenly temple where Christ our forerunner ministers for us before the throne of God. The abiding place of the King of kings, where thousand thousands minister unto Him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stand before Him (Daniel 7:10); that temple, filled with the glory of the eternal throne, where seraphim, its shining guardians, veil their faces in adoration, could find, in the most magnificent structure ever reared by human hands, but a faint reflection of its vastness and glory. Yet important truths concerning the heavenly sanctuary and the great work there carried forward for man&#8217;s redemption were taught by the earthly sanctuary and its services. {GC 414.2}<\/p>\n<p>The holy places of the sanctuary in heaven are represented by the two apartments in the sanctuary on earth. As in vision the apostle John was granted a view of the temple of God in heaven, he beheld there \u201cseven lamps of fire burning before the throne.\u201d Revelation 4:5. He saw an angel \u201chaving a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.\u201d Revelation 8:3. Here the prophet was permitted to behold the first apartment of the sanctuary in heaven; and he saw there the \u201cseven lamps of fire\u201d and \u201cthe golden altar,\u201d represented by the golden candlestick and the altar of incense in the sanctuary on earth. Again, \u201cthe temple of God was opened\u201d (Revelation 11:19), and he looked within the inner veil, upon the holy of holies. Here he beheld \u201cthe ark of His testament,\u201d represented by the sacred chest constructed by Moses to contain the law of God. {GC 414.3}<\/p>\n<p>Thus those who were studying the subject found indisputable proof of the existence of a sanctuary in heaven. Moses made the earthly sanctuary after a pattern which was shown him. Paul teaches that that pattern was the true sanctuary which is in heaven. And John testifies that he saw it in heaven. {GC 415.1}<\/p>\n<p>In the temple in heaven, the dwelling place of God, His throne is established in righteousness and judgment. In the most holy place is His law, the great rule of right by which all mankind are tested. The ark that enshrines the tables of the law is covered with the mercy seat, before which Christ pleads His blood in the sinner&#8217;s behalf. Thus is represented the union of justice and mercy in the plan of human redemption. This union infinite wisdom alone could devise and infinite power accomplish; it is a union that fills all heaven with wonder and adoration. The cherubim of the earthly sanctuary, looking reverently down upon the mercy seat, represent the interest with which the heavenly host contemplate the work of redemption. This is the mystery of mercy into which angels desire to look\u2014that God can be just while He justifies the repenting sinner and renews His intercourse with the fallen race; that Christ could stoop to raise unnumbered multitudes from the abyss of ruin and clothe them with the spotless garments of His own righteousness to unite with angels who have never fallen and to dwell forever in the presence of God. {GC 415.2}<\/p>\n<p>The work of Christ as man&#8217;s intercessor is presented in that beautiful prophecy of Zechariah concerning Him \u201cwhose name is the Branch.\u201d Says the prophet: \u201cHe shall build the temple of the Lord; and He shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon His [the Father&#8217;s] throne; and He shall be a priest upon His throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between Them both.\u201d Zechariah 6:12, 13. {GC 415.3}<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe shall build the temple of the Lord.\u201d By His sacrifice and mediation Christ is both the foundation and the builder of the church of God. The apostle Paul points to Him as \u201cthe chief Cornerstone; in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth into an holy temple in the Lord: in whom ye also,\u201d he says, \u201care builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.\u201d Ephesians 2:20-22. {GC 416.1}<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe shall bear the glory.\u201d To Christ belongs the glory of redemption for the fallen race. Through the eternal ages, the song of the ransomed ones will be: \u201cUnto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood, &#8230; to Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever.\u201d Revelation 1:5, 6. {GC 416.2}<\/p>\n<p>He \u201cshall sit and rule upon His throne; and He shall be a priest upon His throne.\u201d Not now \u201cupon the throne of His glory;\u201d the kingdom of glory has not yet been ushered in. Not until His work as a mediator shall be ended will God \u201cgive unto Him the throne of His father David,\u201d a kingdom of which \u201cthere shall be no end.\u201d Luke 1:32, 33. As a priest, Christ is now set down with the Father in His throne. Revelation 3:21. Upon the throne with the eternal, self-existent One is He who \u201chath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows,\u201d who \u201cwas in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin,\u201d that He might be \u201cable to succor them that are tempted.\u201d \u201cIf any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father.\u201d Isaiah 53:4; Hebrews 4:15; 2:18; 1 John 2:1. His intercession is that of a pierced and broken body, of a spotless life. The wounded hands, the pierced side, the marred feet, plead for fallen man, whose redemption was purchased at such infinite cost. {GC 416.3}<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the counsel of peace shall be between Them both.\u201d The love of the Father, no less than of the Son, is the fountain of salvation for the lost race. Said Jesus to His disciples before He went away: \u201cI say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: for the Father Himself loveth you.\u201d John 16:26, 27. God was \u201cin Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself.\u201d 2 Corinthians 5:19. And in the ministration in the sanctuary above, \u201cthe counsel of peace shall be between Them both.\u201d \u201cGod so loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.\u201d John 3:16. {GC 416.4}<\/p>\n<p>The question, What is the sanctuary? is clearly answered in the Scriptures. The term \u201csanctuary,\u201d as used in the Bible, refers, first, to the tabernacle built by Moses, as a pattern of heavenly things; and, secondly, to the \u201ctrue tabernacle\u201d in heaven, to which the earthly sanctuary pointed. At the death of Christ the typical service ended. The \u201ctrue tabernacle\u201d in heaven is the sanctuary of the new covenant. And as the prophecy of Daniel 8:14 is fulfilled in this dispensation, the sanctuary to which it refers must be the sanctuary of the new covenant. At the termination of the 2300 days, in 1844, there had been no sanctuary on earth for many centuries. Thus the prophecy, \u201cUnto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed,\u201d unquestionably points to the sanctuary in heaven. {GC 417.1}<\/p>\n<p>But the most important question remains to be answered: What is the cleansing of the sanctuary? That there was such a service in connection with the earthly sanctuary is stated in the Old Testament Scriptures. But can there be anything in heaven to be cleansed? In Hebrews 9 the cleansing of both the earthly and the heavenly sanctuary is plainly taught. \u201cAlmost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these [the blood of animals]; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these\u201d (Hebrews 9:22, 23), even the precious blood of Christ. {GC 417.2}<\/p>\n<p>The cleansing, both in the typical and in the real service, must be accomplished with blood: in the former, with the blood of animals; in the latter, with the blood of Christ. Paul states, as the reason why this cleansing must be performed with blood, that without shedding of blood is no remission. Remission, or putting away of sin, is the work to be accomplished. But how could there be sin connected with the sanctuary, either in heaven or upon the earth? This may be learned by reference to the symbolic service; for the priests who officiated on earth, served \u201cunto the example and shadow of heavenly things.\u201d Hebrews 8:5. {GC 417.3}<\/p>\n<p>The ministration of the earthly sanctuary consisted of two divisions; the priests ministered daily in the holy place, while once a year the high priest performed a special work of atonement in the most holy, for the cleansing of the sanctuary. Day by day the repentant sinner brought his offering to the door of the tabernacle and, placing his hand upon the victim&#8217;s head, confessed his sins, thus in figure transferring them from himself to the innocent sacrifice. The animal was then slain. \u201cWithout shedding of blood,\u201d says the apostle, there is no remission of sin. \u201cThe life of the flesh is in the blood.\u201d Leviticus 17:11. The broken law of God demanded the life of the transgressor. The blood, representing the forfeited life of the sinner, whose guilt the victim bore, was carried by the priest into the holy place and sprinkled before the veil, behind which was the ark containing the law that the sinner had transgressed. By this ceremony the sin was, through the blood, transferred in figure to the sanctuary. In some cases the blood was not taken into the holy place; but the flesh was then to be eaten by the priest, as Moses directed the sons of Aaron, saying: \u201cGod hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation.\u201d Leviticus 10:17. Both ceremonies alike symbolized the transfer of the sin from the penitent to the sanctuary. {GC 418.1}<\/p>\n<p>Such was the work that went on, day by day, throughout the year. The sins of Israel were thus transferred to the sanctuary, and a special work became necessary for their removal. God commanded that an atonement be made for each of the sacred apartments. \u201cHe shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.\u201d An atonement was also to be made for the altar, to \u201ccleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.\u201d Leviticus 16:16, 19. {GC 418.2}<\/p>\n<p>Once a year, on the great Day of Atonement, the priest entered the most holy place for the cleansing of the sanctuary. The work there performed completed the yearly round of ministration. On the Day of Atonement two kids of the goats were brought to the door of the tabernacle, and lots were cast upon them, \u201cone lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scapegoat.\u201d Verse 8. The goat upon which fell the lot for the Lord was to be slain as a sin offering for the people. And the priest was to bring his blood within the veil and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat and before the mercy seat. The blood was also to be sprinkled upon the altar of incense that was before the veil. {GC 419.1}<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited.\u201d Verses 21, 22. The scapegoat came no more into the camp of Israel, and the man who led him away was required to wash himself and his clothing with water before returning to the camp. {GC 419.2}<\/p>\n<p>The whole ceremony was designed to impress the Israelites with the holiness of God and His abhorrence of sin; and, further, to show them that they could not come in contact with sin without becoming polluted. Every man was required to afflict his soul while this work of atonement was going forward. All business was to be laid aside, and the whole congregation of Israel were to spend the day in solemn humiliation before God, with prayer, fasting, and deep searching of heart. {GC 419.3}<\/p>\n<p>Important truths concerning the atonement are taught by the typical service. A substitute was accepted in the sinner&#8217;s stead; but the sin was not canceled by the blood of the victim. A means was thus provided by which it was transferred to the sanctuary. By the offering of blood the sinner acknowledged the authority of the law, confessed his guilt in transgression, and expressed his desire for pardon through faith in a Redeemer to come; but he was not yet entirely released from the condemnation of the law. On the Day of Atonement the high priest, having taken an offering from the congregation, went into the most holy place with the blood of this offering, and sprinkled it upon the mercy seat, directly over the law, to make satisfaction for its claims. Then, in his character of mediator, he took the sins upon himself and bore them from the sanctuary. Placing his hands upon the head of the scapegoat, he confessed over him all these sins, thus in figure transferring them from himself to the goat. The goat then bore them away, and they were regarded as forever separated from the people. {GC 420.1}<\/p>\n<p>Such was the service performed \u201cunto the example and shadow of heavenly things.\u201d And what was done in type in the ministration of the earthly sanctuary is done in reality in the ministration of the heavenly sanctuary. After His ascension our Saviour began His work as our high priest. Says Paul: \u201cChrist is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.\u201d Hebrews 9:24. {GC 420.2}<\/p>\n<p>The ministration of the priest throughout the year in the first apartment of the sanctuary, \u201cwithin the veil\u201d which formed the door and separated the holy place from the outer court, represents the work of ministration upon which Christ entered at His ascension. It was the work of the priest in the daily ministration to present before God the blood of the sin offering, also the incense which ascended with the prayers of Israel. So did Christ plead His blood before the Father in behalf of sinners, and present before Him also, with the precious fragrance of His own righteousness, the prayers of penitent believers. Such was the work of ministration in the first apartment of the sanctuary in heaven. {GC 420.3}<\/p>\n<p>Thither the faith of Christ&#8217;s disciples followed Him as He ascended from their sight. Here their hopes centered, \u201cwhich hope we have,\u201d said Paul, \u201cas an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest forever.\u201d \u201cNeither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.\u201d Hebrews 6:19, 20; 9:12. {GC 421.1}<\/p>\n<p>For eighteen centuries this work of ministration continued in the first apartment of the sanctuary. The blood of Christ, pleaded in behalf of penitent believers, secured their pardon and acceptance with the Father, yet their sins still remained upon the books of record. As in the typical service there was a work of atonement at the close of the year, so before Christ&#8217;s work for the redemption of men is completed there is a work of atonement for the removal of sin from the sanctuary. This is the service which began when the 2300 days ended. At that time, as foretold by Daniel the prophet, our High Priest entered the most holy, to perform the last division of His solemn work\u2014to cleanse the sanctuary. {GC 421.2}<\/p>\n<p>As anciently the sins of the people were by faith placed upon the sin offering and through its blood transferred, in figure, to the earthly sanctuary, so in the new covenant the sins of the repentant are by faith placed upon Christ and transferred, in fact, to the heavenly sanctuary. And as the typical cleansing of the earthly was accomplished by the removal of the sins by which it had been polluted, so the actual cleansing of the heavenly is to be accomplished by the removal, or blotting out, of the sins which are there recorded. But before this can be accomplished, there must be an examination of the books of record to determine who, through repentance of sin and faith in Christ, are entitled to the benefits of His atonement. The cleansing of the sanctuary therefore involves a work of investigation\u2014a work of judgment. This work must be performed prior to the coming of Christ to redeem His people; for when He comes, His reward is with Him to give to every man according to his works. Revelation 22:12. {GC 421.3}<\/p>\n<p>Thus those who followed in the light of the prophetic word saw that, instead of coming to the earth at the termination of the 2300 days in 1844, Christ then entered the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary to perform the closing work of atonement preparatory to His coming. {GC 422.1}<\/p>\n<p>It was seen, also, that while the sin offering pointed to Christ as a sacrifice, and the high priest represented Christ as a mediator, the scapegoat typified Satan, the author of sin, upon whom the sins of the truly penitent will finally be placed. When the high priest, by virtue of the blood of the sin offering, removed the sins from the sanctuary, he placed them upon the scapegoat. When Christ, by virtue of His own blood, removes the sins of His people from the heavenly sanctuary at the close of His ministration, He will place them upon Satan, who, in the execution of the judgment, must bear the final penalty. The scapegoat was sent away into a land not inhabited, never to come again into the congregation of Israel. 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