{"id":17535,"date":"2023-08-20T22:51:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T15:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hangtotgiare.com\/?page_id=17535"},"modified":"2023-11-18T17:35:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T10:35:04","slug":"c24","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mtb.online\/en\/spirit-of-prophecy\/the-great-controversy-1911\/c24\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 24\u2014In the Holy of Holies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<p><button onclick=\"myFunction()\" class=\"dropbtn\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Chapter 24\u2014In the Holy of Holies<\/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 subject of the sanctuary was the key which unlocked the mystery of the disappointment of 1844. It opened to view a complete system of truth, connected and harmonious, showing that God&#8217;s hand had directed the great advent movement and revealing present duty as it brought to light the position and work of His people. As the disciples of Jesus after the terrible night of their anguish and disappointment were \u201cglad when they saw the Lord,\u201d so did those now rejoice who had looked in faith for His second coming. They had expected Him to appear in glory to give reward to His servants. As their hopes were disappointed, they had lost sight of Jesus, and with Mary at the sepulcher they cried: \u201cThey have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid Him.\u201d Now in the holy of holies they again beheld Him, their compassionate High Priest, soon to appear as their king and deliverer. Light from the sanctuary illumined the past, the present, and the future. They knew that God had led them by His unerring providence. Though, like the first disciples, they themselves had failed to understand the message which they bore, yet it had been in every respect correct. In proclaiming it they had fulfilled the purpose of God, and their labor had not been in vain in the Lord. Begotten \u201cagain unto a lively hope,\u201d they rejoiced \u201cwith joy unspeakable and full of glory.\u201d {GC 423.1}<\/p>\n<p>Both the prophecy of Daniel 8:14, \u201cUnto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed,\u201d and the first angel&#8217;s message, \u201cFear God, and give glory to Him; for the hour of His judgment is come,\u201d pointed to Christ&#8217;s ministration in the most holy place, to the investigative judgment, and not to the coming of Christ for the redemption of His people and the destruction of the wicked. The mistake had not been in the reckoning of the prophetic periods, but in the event to take place at the end of the 2300 days. Through this error the believers had suffered disappointment, yet all that was foretold by the prophecy, and all that they had any Scripture warrant to expect, had been accomplished. At the very time when they were lamenting the failure of their hopes, the event had taken place which was foretold by the message, and which must be fulfilled before the Lord could appear to give reward to His servants. {GC 424.1}<\/p>\n<p>Christ had come, not to the earth, as they expected, but, as foreshadowed in the type, to the most holy place of the temple of God in heaven. He is represented by the prophet Daniel as coming at this time to the Ancient of Days: \u201cI saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came\u201d\u2014not to the earth, but\u2014\u201cto the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him.\u201d Daniel 7:13. {GC 424.2}<\/p>\n<p>This coming is foretold also by the prophet Malachi: \u201cThe Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the Messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, He shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.\u201d Malachi 3:1. The coming of the Lord to His temple was sudden, unexpected, to His people. They were not looking for Him there. They expected Him to come to earth, \u201cin flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel.\u201d 2 Thessalonians 1:8. {GC 424.3}<\/p>\n<p>But the people were not yet ready to meet their Lord. There was still a work of preparation to be accomplished for them. Light was to be given, directing their minds to the temple of God in heaven; and as they should by faith follow their High Priest in His ministration there, new duties would be revealed. Another message of warning and instruction was to be given to the church. {GC 424.4}<\/p>\n<p>Says the prophet: \u201cWho may abide the day of His coming? and who shall stand when He appeareth? for He is like a refiner&#8217;s fire, and like fullers\u2019 soap: and He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.\u201d Malachi 3:2, 3. Those who are living upon the earth when the intercession of Christ shall cease in the sanctuary above are to stand in the sight of a holy God without a mediator. Their robes must be spotless, their characters must be purified from sin by the blood of sprinkling. Through the grace of God and their own diligent effort they must be conquerors in the battle with evil. While the investigative judgment is going forward in heaven, while the sins of penitent believers are being removed from the sanctuary, there is to be a special work of purification, of putting away of sin, among God&#8217;s people upon earth. This work is more clearly presented in the messages of Revelation 14. {GC 425.1}<\/p>\n<p>When this work shall have been accomplished, the followers of Christ will be ready for His appearing. \u201cThen shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.\u201d Malachi 3:4. Then the church which our Lord at His coming is to receive to Himself will be a \u201cglorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing.\u201d Ephesians 5:27. Then she will look \u201cforth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners.\u201d Song of Solomon 6:10. {GC 425.2}<\/p>\n<p>Besides the coming of the Lord to His temple, Malachi also foretells His second advent, His coming for the execution of the judgment, in these words: \u201cAnd I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not Me, saith the Lord of hosts.\u201d Malachi 3:5. Jude refers to the same scene when he says, \u201cBehold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds.\u201d Jude 14, 15. This coming, and the coming of the Lord to His temple, are distinct and separate events. {GC 425.3}<\/p>\n<p>The coming of Christ as our high priest to the most holy place, for the cleansing of the sanctuary, brought to view in Daniel 8:14; the coming of the Son of man to the Ancient of Days, as presented in Daniel 7:13; and the coming of the Lord to His temple, foretold by Malachi, are descriptions of the same event; and this is also represented by the coming of the bridegroom to the marriage, described by Christ in the parable of the ten virgins, of Matthew 25. {GC 426.1}<\/p>\n<p>In the summer and autumn of 1844 the proclamation, \u201cBehold, the Bridegroom cometh,\u201d was given. The two classes represented by the wise and foolish virgins were then developed\u2014one class who looked with joy to the Lord&#8217;s appearing, and who had been diligently preparing to meet Him; another class that, influenced by fear and acting from impulse, had been satisfied with a theory of the truth, but were destitute of the grace of God. In the parable, when the bridegroom came, \u201cthey that were ready went in with him to the marriage.\u201d The coming of the bridegroom, here brought to view, takes place before the marriage. The marriage represents the reception by Christ of His kingdom. The Holy City, the New Jerusalem, which is the capital and representative of the kingdom, is called \u201cthe bride, the Lamb&#8217;s wife.\u201d Said the angel to John: \u201cCome hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb&#8217;s wife.\u201d \u201cHe carried me away in the spirit,\u201d says the prophet, \u201cand showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.\u201d Revelation 21:9, 10. Clearly, then, the bride represents the Holy City, and the virgins that go out to meet the bridegroom are a symbol of the church. In the Revelation the people of God are said to be the guests at the marriage supper. Revelation 19:9. If guests, they cannot be represented also as the bride. Christ, as stated by the prophet Daniel, will receive from the Ancient of Days in heaven, \u201cdominion, and glory, and a kingdom;\u201d He will receive the New Jerusalem, the capital of His kingdom, \u201cprepared as a bride adorned for her husband.\u201d Daniel 7:14; Revelation 21:2. Having received the kingdom, He will come in His glory, as King of kings and Lord of lords, for the redemption of His people, who are to \u201csit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob,\u201d at His table in His kingdom (Matthew 8:11; Luke 22:30), to partake of the marriage supper of the Lamb. {GC 426.2}<\/p>\n<p>The proclamation, \u201cBehold, the Bridegroom cometh,\u201d in the summer of 1844, led thousands to expect the immediate advent of the Lord. At the appointed time the Bridegroom came, not to the earth, as the people expected, but to the Ancient of Days in heaven, to the marriage, the reception of His kingdom. \u201cThey that were ready went in with Him to the marriage: and the door was shut.\u201d They were not to be present in person at the marriage; for it takes place in heaven, while they are upon the earth. The followers of Christ are to \u201cwait for their Lord, when He will return from the wedding.\u201d Luke 12:36. But they are to understand His work, and to follow Him by faith as He goes in before God. It is in this sense that they are said to go in to the marriage. {GC 427.1}<\/p>\n<p>In the parable it was those that had oil in their vessels with their lamps that went in to the marriage. Those who, with a knowledge of the truth from the Scriptures, had also the Spirit and grace of God, and who, in the night of their bitter trial, had patiently waited, searching the Bible for clearer light\u2014these saw the truth concerning the sanctuary in heaven and the Saviour&#8217;s change in ministration, and by faith they followed Him in His work in the sanctuary above. And all who through the testimony of the Scriptures accept the same truths, following Christ by faith as He enters in before God to perform the last work of mediation, and at its close to receive His kingdom\u2014all these are represented as going in to the marriage. {GC 427.2}<\/p>\n<p>In the parable of Matthew 22 the same figure of the marriage is introduced, and the investigative judgment is clearly represented as taking place before the marriage. Previous to the wedding the king comes in to see the guests, to see if all are attired in the wedding garment, the spotless robe of character washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb. Matthew 22:11; Revelation 7:14. He who is found wanting is cast out, but all who upon examination are seen to have the wedding garment on are accepted of God and accounted worthy of a share in His kingdom and a seat upon His throne. This work of examination of character, of determining who are prepared for the kingdom of God, is that of the investigative judgment, the closing work in the sanctuary above. {GC 428.1}<\/p>\n<p>When the work of investigation shall be ended, when the cases of those who in all ages have professed to be followers of Christ have been examined and decided, then, and not till then, probation will close, and the door of mercy will be shut. Thus in the one short sentence, \u201cThey that were ready went in with Him to the marriage: and the door was shut,\u201d we are carried down through the Saviour&#8217;s final ministration, to the time when the great work for man&#8217;s salvation shall be completed. {GC 428.2}<\/p>\n<p>In the service of the earthly sanctuary, which, as we have seen, is a figure of the service in the heavenly, when the high priest on the Day of Atonement entered the most holy place, the ministration in the first apartment ceased. God commanded: \u201cThere shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he comes out.\u201d Leviticus 16:17. So when Christ entered the holy of holies to perform the closing work of the atonement, He ceased His ministration in the first apartment. But when the ministration in the first apartment ended, the ministration in the second apartment began. When in the typical service the high priest left the holy on the Day of Atonement, he went in before God to present the blood of the sin offering in behalf of all Israel who truly repented of their sins. So Christ had only completed one part of His work as our intercessor, to enter upon another portion of the work, and He still pleaded His blood before the Father in behalf of sinners. {GC 428.3}<\/p>\n<p>This subject was not understood by Adventists in 1844. After the passing of the time when the Saviour was expected, they still believed His coming to be near; they held that they had reached an important crisis and that the work of Christ as man&#8217;s intercessor before God had ceased. It appeared to them to be taught in the Bible that man&#8217;s probation would close a short time before the actual coming of the Lord in the clouds of heaven. This seemed evident from those scriptures which point to a time when men will seek, knock, and cry at the door of mercy, and it will not be opened. And it was a question with them whether the date to which they had looked for the coming of Christ might not rather mark the beginning of this period which was immediately to precede His coming. Having given the warning of the judgment near, they felt that their work for the world was done, and they lost their burden of soul for the salvation of sinners, while the bold and blasphemous scoffing of the ungodly seemed to them another evidence that the Spirit of God had been withdrawn from the rejecters of His mercy. All this confirmed them in the belief that probation had ended, or, as they then expressed it, \u201cthe door of mercy was shut.\u201d {GC 429.1}<\/p>\n<p>But clearer light came with the investigation of the sanctuary question. They now saw that they were correct in believing that the end of the 2300 days in 1844 marked an important crisis. But while it was true that that door of hope and mercy by which men had for eighteen hundred years found access to God, was closed, another door was opened, and forgiveness of sins was offered to men through the intercession of Christ in the most holy. One part of His ministration had closed, only to give place to another. There was still an \u201copen door\u201d to the heavenly sanctuary, where Christ was ministering in the sinner&#8217;s behalf. {GC 429.2}<\/p>\n<p>Now was seen the application of those words of Christ in the Revelation, addressed to the church at this very time: \u201cThese things saith He that is holy, He that is true, He that hath the key of David, He that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it.\u201d Revelation 3:7, 8. {GC 430.1}<\/p>\n<p>It is those who by faith follow Jesus in the great work of the atonement who receive the benefits of His mediation in their behalf, while those who reject the light which brings to view this work of ministration are not benefited thereby. The Jews who rejected the light given at Christ&#8217;s first advent, and refused to believe on Him as the Saviour of the world, could not receive pardon through Him. When Jesus at His ascension entered by His own blood into the heavenly sanctuary to shed upon His disciples the blessings of His mediation, the Jews were left in total darkness to continue their useless sacrifices and offerings. The ministration of types and shadows had ceased. That door by which men had formerly found access to God was no longer open. The Jews had refused to seek Him in the only way whereby He could then be found, through the ministration in the sanctuary in heaven. Therefore they found no communion with God. To them the door was shut. They had no knowledge of Christ as the true sacrifice and the only mediator before God; hence they could not receive the benefits of His mediation. {GC 430.2}<\/p>\n<p>The condition of the unbelieving Jews illustrates the condition of the careless and unbelieving among professed Christians, who are willingly ignorant of the work of our merciful High Priest. In the typical service, when the high priest entered the most holy place, all Israel were required to gather about the sanctuary and in the most solemn manner humble their souls before God, that they might receive the pardon of their sins and not be cut off from the congregation. How much more essential in this antitypical Day of Atonement that we understand the work of our High Priest and know what duties are required of us. {GC 430.3}<\/p>\n<p>Men cannot with impunity reject the warning which God in mercy sends them. A message was sent from heaven to the world in Noah&#8217;s day, and their salvation depended upon the manner in which they treated that message. Because they rejected the warning, the Spirit of God was withdrawn from the sinful race, and they perished in the waters of the Flood. In the time of Abraham, mercy ceased to plead with the guilty inhabitants of Sodom, and all but Lot with his wife and two daughters were consumed by the fire sent down from heaven. So in the days of Christ. The Son of God declared to the unbelieving Jews of that generation: \u201cYour house is left unto you desolate.\u201d Matthew 23:38. Looking down to the last days, the same Infinite Power declares, concerning those who \u201creceived not the love of the truth, that they might be saved\u201c: \u201cFor this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.\u201d 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12. As they reject the teachings of His word, God withdraws His Spirit and leaves them to the deceptions which they love. {GC 431.1}<\/p>\n<p>But Christ still intercedes in man&#8217;s behalf, and light will be given to those who seek it. Though this was not at first understood by Adventists, it was afterward made plain as the Scriptures which define their true position began to open before them. {GC 431.2}<\/p>\n<p>The passing of the time in 1844 was followed by a period of great trial to those who still held the advent faith. Their only relief, so far as ascertaining their true position was concerned, was the light which directed their minds to the sanctuary above. Some renounced their faith in their former reckoning of the prophetic periods and ascribed to human or satanic agencies the powerful influence of the Holy Spirit which had attended the advent movement. Another class firmly held that the Lord had led them in their past experience; and as they waited and watched and prayed to know the will of God they saw that their great High Priest had entered upon another work of ministration, and, following Him by faith, they were led to see also the closing work of the church. 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