A Figure of the True
In the days of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery
of God should be finished, as He hath declared to His servants the prophets.
Revelation 10:7.
The
cleansing of the sanctuary and the finishing of the mystery of God are
identical as to time. In the "figure of the true" in the sanctuary
service made visible, the round of service was completed annually, and the
cleansing of the sanctuary was the finishing of that figurative and annual
service.
The
finishing of this earthly work of the sanctuary was also the finishing of
the work for the people. For in that day of the cleansing of the sanctuary,
which was the Day of Atonement (see Leviticus 16:29-33), whosoever of the
people did not by searching of heart, confession, and putting away of sin
take part in the service of the cleansing of the sanctuary was cut off
forever (Leviticus 23:27-29).
And
this was all "a figure for the time then present." The earthly
sanctuary, sacrifice, priesthood, and ministry was a figure of the true,
which is the sanctuary, sacrifice, priesthood, and ministry of Christ. The
cleansing of the earthly sanctuary was a figure of the true, which is the
cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary from all the sins of the believers in
Jesus. And the time of this cleansing of the true is declared in the words
of the Wonderful Numberer to be "unto two thousand and three hundred
days, then shall the sanctuary be cleansed," (Daniel 8:14).
Indeed,
the sanctuary of which Christ is the High Priest and Minister is the only
one that could possibly be cleansed in 1844, because it is the only one that
there is. "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is
filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be
righteous still: and he that is holy let him be holy still," Revelation
22:11.
The Consecrated Way to Christian
Perfection, pgs. 113,114 |
