Sanctuary Presentation 9. Christ in the Hebrew Sanctuary in the Book of Revelation

REVIVAL WEEK - MASENO UNIVERSITY

DATE: 20-26-2015THEME: THE SANCTUARY

TEXT: PSALMS 77:13SONG 430: JUDGMENT HAS

SET

THE HEBREW SANCTUARY PATTERN—REVELATION—JESUS

JESUS JESUS HAS BEEN FOLLOWING AND APPLYING

THAT SAME PATTERN STEP BY STEP FROM BEGINNING TO END–ON EARTH AND IN

HEAVEN

WE MUST UNDERSTAND THE SANCTUARY MESSAGE—TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW OUR HIGH PRIEST STEP BY STEP THROUGH

THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY (SPIRITUALLY)

“Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God? There are many precious truths contained in the Word of God, but it is "PRESENT TRUTH" that the flock needs now. I have seen the danger of the messengers running off from the important points of present truth, to dwell upon subjects that are not calculated to unite the flock and sanctify the soul. Satan will here take every possible advantage to injure the cause. {EW 63.1} But such subjects as the SANCTUARY, in connection with the 2300 days, the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, are perfectly calculated to explain the past Advent movement and show what our present position is, establish the faith of the doubting, and give certainty to the glorious future. These, I have frequently seen, were the principal subjects on which the messengers should dwell. {EW 63.2}

FOUR COMPARTMENTS: HEBREW SANCTUARY

1. THE ENCAMPMENT

ISRAELITES—DWELL IN TENTS

ISRAELITES—PART OF THE SANCTUARY ITSELF

EXODUS 25:8And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.

SPIRIT OF PROPHECY: SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD, p. 101

God Promises Us a New Heart of Flesh—EZEKIEL 36:26

The youth especially stumble over this phrase, "A new heart." They do not know what it means. They look for a special change to take place in their feelings. This they term conversion. Over this error thousands have stumbled to ruin, not understanding the expression, "Ye must be born again." . . . When Jesus speaks of the new heart, He means the mind, the life, the whole being. To have a change of heart is to withdraw the affections from the world, and fasten them upon Christ. To have a new heart is to have a new mind, new purposes, new motives. What is the sign of a new heart?--a changed life. There is a daily, hourly dying to selfishness and pride.

REVELATION’S PATTERN OF CHRIST (HIGH PRIEST) IN THE

HEBREW SANCTUARYREVELATION 1:5

And from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness, [and] the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,…

STUDY: REVELATION CHAPTERS 1-3

QUESTIONS THAT NEED ANSWERS

1. WHAT FURNITURES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS

TEXT?2. WHAT COMPARTMENT OF

THE HEBREW SANCTUARY IS THIS TEXT MAKING

REFERENCE TO?3. AND WHO IS THIS FAITHFUL WITNESS WHO LOVED AND WASHED US

IN HIS BLOOD WITH REGARD TO

REVELATION 1:5?

REVELATION’S PATTERN OF CHRIST AMIDST THE HEBREW

SANCTUARYREVELATION 1:12, 13And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; And in the midst of the seven candlesticks [one] like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.


1. WHAT PIECE OF FURNITURE IS

ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TEXT?

2. WHAT COMPARTMENT OF THE HEBREW SANCTUARY

IS THIS TEXT MAKING REFERENCE TO?

3. AND WHO IS IN THE MIDST OF THE SEVEN

GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS ACCORDING TO THIS

TEXT?


SANCTUARY


SANCTUARYQUESTIONS THAT NEED ANSWERS

4. WHY SEVEN GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS?

5. WHAT IS THE SON OF MAN DOING IN THE

MIDST OF THE SEVEN GOLDEN

CANDLESTICKS WITH REGARD TO THE

HEBREW SANCTUARY?

ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS4. SEVEN REPRESENTS THE

HISTORICAL APOSTOLIC COMPLETENESS OF THE

CHURCH AGE—FROM BEGINNING TO END

5. WITH REGARD TO THE CANDLESTICKS IN

LEVITICUS 24:1-4—THE HIGH PRIEST HAD TWO

FUNCTIONS:A. HE WAS TO TRIM THE

LAMPS—WICKS TO KEEP THEM CONTINUALLY BURNING BRIGHTLY

B. HE WAS TO ENSURE THAT THE LAMPS HAD ENOUGH OF OIL TO PREVENT THEM

FROM GOING OUT

WHY IS JESUS WALKING AMONG THE CANDLESTICKS WITH REGARD

TO LEVITICUS 24:1-4?SEVERAL REASONS

1. JESUS WANTS TO ENSURE THAT THE LIGHT OF THE CHURCH DOES NOT GO OUT

2. JESUS WANTS TO ENSURE THAT THE LIGHT OF THE CHURCH DOES NOT GROW DIM

CASE IN POINT: THE DARK AGES (CHURCH PERSECUTION)

A. THE WORD OF GOD WAS SCARCE—IT FLICKED BUT IT NEVER WENT OUT

B. PERSECUTION OF THE WALDENSES—THE WORD WAS TO BE PREACHED UNDER TRYING CIRCUMSTANCES

C. THE CHURCH GAVE LIGHT—DURING THE DARK AGES—THE LIGHT WAS DIM—BUT IT NEVER WENT OUT!

D. BIBLES—EVEN THOUGH THE WORD OF GOD WAS PRINTED IN LATIN—BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS A SUPPLY OF THE WORD OF GOD THAT WAS AVAILABLE IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE PEOPLE DURING THE DARK AGES

SPIRIT OF PROPHECY: REVIEW AND HERALD FEBRUARY 12,

1880

Let the history of the Waldenses testify what they suffered for their religion. Though persecuted and driven from their homes, they conscientiously studied the word of God, and lived up to the light which shone upon them. When their possessions were taken from them, and their houses burned, they fled to the mountains, and there endured hunger, fatigue, cold, and nakedness. And yet the scattered and homeless ones would assemble to unite their voices in singing and praising God, that they were accounted worthy to suffer for Christ's name. They encouraged and cheered one another, and were grateful for even their miserable retreat. Many of their children sickened and died through exposure to cold, and the sufferings of hunger; yet the parents did not for a moment think of yielding their faith. They prized the love and favor of God far more than earthly ease or worldly riches.

REVELATION’S PATTERN OF CHRIST AMIDST THE HEBREW SANCTUARY

THE HOLY PLACETWO THRONES—TABLE OF SHOWBREAD

SEVERAL REASONS

1.GEOGRAPHICALLY—THAT WHICH WAS BEFORE THE SEVEN GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS WAS THE TABLE OF SHOWBREAD

2.THE TABLE OF SHOWBREAD WAS IN THE NORTH AND THE SEVEN GOLDEN CANDLETSICKS WAS IN THE SOUTH (STUDY: REVELATIONS CHAPTERS 4-5)

3.THE TABLE OF SHOWBREAD WAS THE ONLY FURNITURE THAT HAD CROWNS OF GOLD ALL AROUND IT




4.WHO AMONG WORLD LEADERS USES CROWNS?N:B: THE TABLE OF SHOWBREAD HAD 12 CAKES

DISTRIBUTED INTO TWO PILES OF SIX

5. IN REVELATION 3:21—WHAT COMPARTMENT DID JESUS ASCENDED UP INTO AFTER HIS ASCENSION TO HEAVEN?

6. HOW MANY THRONES DOES THE BIBLE RECORD IN REVELATION 3:21?



QUESTION THAT NEED ANSWERS 7. WHO WANTED TO ASCEND INTO THE NORTH TO

USURP GOD’S THRONE? (READ ISAIAH 14:12-14)

8. UPON JESUS’ ASCENSION INTO HEAVEN—WAS HE CROWNED AS THE INTERCESSOR OF GRACE—AND

WHERE (IN WHICH COMPARTMENT)?

9. WERE BOTH (JESUS & GOD) A SOURCE OF BREAD FOR GOD’S PEOPLE? (JOHN 14:1-3 & JOHN 6:32-

35)


THE HOLY PLACEQUESTIONS THAT NEED ANSWERS

N:B:…It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of

God. MATTHEW 4:4 10. UNDER THE THIRD SEAL— WAS THERE A SCARCITY

OF WHEAT AND BARLEY? (READ REVELATION 6:6)

11. UNDER THE PERIOD OF THE THIRD SEAL (DURING THE TIME OF CONSTANTINE—ROME) FALSE DOCTRINES ENTERED THE CHURCH—HENCE WHEAT AND BARLEY (WHICH WAS USED TO MAKE BREAD AND WERE SYMBOLIC OF THE WORD OF GOD) WAS SCARCE AND BECAME EXPENSIVE.

12. WERE PEOPLES’ LIVES AT STAKE DURING THAT TIME?



LEVITICUS 24:1-4—REVELATION 6:6—REVELATION 11

JESUS (SYMBOLICALLY) IS LOCATED AT THE TABLE OF SHOWBREAD FEEDING HIS PEOPLE

WERE THERE PERIODS DURING THE DARK AGES WHEN THE BREAD (WORD OF GOD) WAS SCARCE?

WERE THERE PERIODS IN THE CHURCHES’ HISTORY WHEN GOD’S PEOPLE WERE AT THE POINT OF STARVATION?

ALTHOUGH THE BIBLE WAS CHAINED-BURNED-AND TAKEN AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE—DID THE BREAD EVER RAN OUT?


THE HOLY PLACE

JESUS IS WALKING IN THE MIDST OF THE SEVEN GOLDEN

CANDLESTICKS AND AMONG THE TABLE OF SHOWBREAD—IS

INDICATIVE OF HIM DOING WHAT?1. HE’S GIVING LIGHT TO HIS CHURCH CONTINUALLY IN PERIODS OF OBSCURITY

2. HE’S FEEDING HIS CHURCH CONTINUALLY IN PERIODS OF SCARCITY

3. WHAT PARALLEL OF ASSURANCE IS THERE FOR GOD’S PEOPLE AFTER THE CLOSING OF THE MOST HOLY PLACE—PRIOR AND DURING THE

FALLING OF THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES?READ—PSALMS 23

Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. PSALMS

119:105


SANCTUARYTHE HOLY PLACE


THE HOLY PLACEREVELATION 8:3, 4

And another angel came and stood at the altar, having 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. And the smoke of the incense, [which came] with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.


1. WHERE IS JESUS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SERIES OF THE SEVEN TRUMPETS

ACCORDING TO THIS TEXT ?

2. AND WHAT’S HE (JESUS) DOING THERE ACCORDINGN TO THIS

TEXT?


THE HOLY PLACE HOLY PLACE:

THREE GOLD MEDALS OF SANCTIFICATION

A. CANDLESTICKS RECEIVES OIL AND IMPARTS LIGHT (WHICH REPRESENTS THE CHURCH GIVING WITNESS TO JESUS THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT) JOHN 8:12; 9:5

B. THIS MEANS THAT JESUS IS THE SUN AND HIS FAITHFUL FOLLOWERS ARE MOONS—REFLECTORS

C. WITHOUT HIM (CHRIST) WE CAN DO NOTHING!


THE HOLY PLACEHOLY PLACE:


A. THE TABLE OF SHOWBREAD REPRESENTS THE WORD OF GOD. FAITHFUL FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST SHOULD BE CONTINUALLY BE FEEDING UPON HIS WORD.

B. JESUS IS THE ONLY LIVING BREAD—JOHN 6:31-32, 48, 51

C. THREE ESSENTIALS WHICH ARE VITAL FOR SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT:

1. HOLY SPIRIT 2. HOLY SCRIPTURES3. SPIRIT OF PROPHECY

BOOKS




A. THE ALTAR OF INCENSE REPRESENTS THE CONTINUAL PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS MIXED WITH THE MERITS OF JESUS WHICH WOULD ENABLE THEIR PRAYERS TO BE ACCEPTABLE UNTO GOD

B. 1 THESSALONIANS 5:171 SAMUEL 12:23 PSALMS 55:17JOHN 14:6



A MUST-TO-DO LIST

1. WITNESSING TO OTHERS WITH THE HELP OF THE HOLY OIL—TESTIMONY OF JESUS

2. BIBLE STUDY—FEEDING ON THE WORD OF JESUS

3. PRAYER—TALKING AND SPENDING QUALITY TIME ALONE WITH JESUS

SPIRIT OF PROPHECY: STEPS TO CHRIST, p. 101

PRAYER WITHOUT EARNEST ACTIVITY FOR OTHERS LEADS

TO FORMALISM

The life must be like Christ’s life,—between the mountain and the multitude. He who does nothing but pray will soon cease to pray, or his prayers will become a formal routine.


THE MOST HOLY PLACE REVELATION 11:19

And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.


SANCTUARY THE MOST HOLY PLACE

REVELATION 11:19

And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.


1. WHERE IS JESUS IN RELATION TO THIS TEXT?

2. WHAT GOOD WOULD IT DO FOR JESUS TO GO INTO THE MOST HOLY PLACE AND BEGIN THE WORK OF JUDGMENT IN HEAVEN, AND MEANWHILE, NO ONE ON EARTH KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT IT?


THE MOST HOLY PLACEREVELATION 14:6, 7

And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

N:B: AN EARTHLY ANNOUNCEMENT OF THIS

HEAVENLY EVENT

N:B: CREATION IS OFTEN CONNECTED WITH JUDGMENT, WHY?BECAUSE ALL OF GOD’S CREATURES ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO THEIR CREATOR

QUESTION THAT NEEDS ANSWERS

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE WORK IN THE MOST HOLY PLACE COMES TO AN END?READ: REVELATION 15:5-8

HENCE, WHAT IS PRESENT TRUTH?

TEACHING AND PREACHING PRESENT TRUTH IS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF WHERE JESUS IS

RIGHT NOW (IN THE MOST HOLY PLACE) AND THE INTERCESSORY WORK THAT HE IS DOING THERE

EVEN AS YOU ARE READING THIS…

SPIRIT OF PROPHECY: EARLY WRITINGS, pp. 54-56

I saw the Father rise from the throne, [SEE PAGE 92.] and in a flaming chariot go into the holy of holies within the veil, and sit down. Then Jesus rose up from the throne, and the most of those who were bowed down arose with Him. I did not see one ray of light pass from Jesus to the careless multitude after He arose, and they were left in perfect darkness. Those who arose when Jesus did, kept their eyes fixed on Him as He left the throne and led them out a little way. Then He raised His right arm, and we heard His lovely voice saying, "Wait here; I am going to My Father to receive the kingdom; keep your garments spotless, and in a little while I will return from the wedding and receive you to Myself."Then a cloudy chariot, with wheels like flaming fire, surrounded by angels, came to where Jesus was.

He stepped into the chariot and was borne to the holiest, where the Father sat. There I beheld Jesus, a great High Priest, standing before the Father. On the hem of His garment was a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate. Those who rose up with Jesus would send up their faith to Him in the holiest, and pray, "My Father, give us Thy Spirit." Then Jesus would breathe upon them the Holy Ghost. In that breath was light, power, and much love, joy, and peace. I turned to look at the company who were still bowed before the throne; they did not know that Jesus had left it. Satan appeared to be by the throne, trying to carry on the work of God. I saw them look up to the throne, and pray, "Father, give us Thy Spirit." Satan would then breathe upon them an unholy influence; in it there was light and much power, but no sweet love, joy, and peace. Satan's object was to keep them deceived and to draw back and deceive God's children.


SANCTUARYTHE MOST HOLY PLACE

REVELATION 15:5, 6And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.

N:B: NO—TIME THE MOST HOLY PLACE IS OPENED NOT FOR PRAYERS TO ASCEND BUT FOR PLAGUES TO DESCENDREVELATION 15:7, 8And one of the four beasts gave…the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, …And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, …and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.

GOD’S PEOPLE—LIVING WITHOUT AN INTERCESSOR?

THEY ARE LIVING WITHOUT AN INTERCESSOR—BUT NOT LIVING

WITHOUT A PROTECTOR

MATTHEW 28:20…and, lo, I am with you alway,

even] unto the end of the world.

REVELATION CHAPTERS—16-18TALK ABOUT THE OUTPOURING OF

THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES

WHY ARE THOSE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES

POURED OUT?

THE ANSWER IS IN THIS STORY

Lev 23:28-30 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God: For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people: And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.

THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST IS RECORDED INREVELATION 19:11-16

NOTICE:THE SCAPEGOAT CEREMONY WAS THE LAST CEREMONY TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE HEBREW SANCTUARY SERVICE.

IT TOOK PLACE AT THE VERY END OF THE SANCTUARY CEREMONY, OUTSIDE THE ENTRANCE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE.

LEVITICUS 16:8-10, 21, 22REVELATION 19:1-10REVELATION 20:1-3

REVELATION’S PATTERN OF CHRIST AMIDST THE HEBREW SANCTUARYTHE MOST HOLY PLACE WOULD BE CLOSED FOR BUSINESS AFTER THE

PRONOUNCEMENT OF REVELATION 22:11LEVITICUS 16:21, 22

And 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: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.


1. WHERE IS THE DEVIL GOING TO BE DURING 1000 YEARS?

2. WILL HE HAVE ANY ONE TO TEMPT DURING THAT TIME?

3. WHAT WILL BE THE STATE OF THIS WORLD DURING HIS IMPRISONMENT? JEREMIAH 4:23-26


THE MOST HOLY PLACE IS NOW OPEN-FOR-BUSINESS:

JOHN 14:1-3JOHN 14:1-3

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if [it were] not [so], I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also.


1. WHY ARE THE DISCPLES’ HEARTS TROUBLED?

2. WERE THOSE MANSIONS ALREADY THERE—OR DID JESUS HAVE TO DO SOME HEAVENLY CONTRACTING?

3. JESUS WENT TO HEAVEN TO DO WHAT?

4. DOES THE BOOKS OF HEBREWS & REVELTION EXPLAIN THE WORK THAT JESUS IS DOING RIGHT NOW IN THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY?


THE MOST HOLY PLACE IS NOW OPEN-FOR-BUSINESS: JOHN 14:1-3

QUESTIONS THAT NEED ANSWERS IS THERE A WORK THAT JESUS HAS TO PERFORM PRIOR TO

HIS RETURN?

N:B: WHILE JESUS IS PREPARING A PLACE UP THERE (HEAVEN) SHOULD GOD’S PEOPLE BE PREPARING

THEMSELVES DOWN HERE (EARTH)?

N:B: THE BOOK OF REVELATION AND HEBREWS SPEAK OF JESUS PREPARING A WORK IN HEAVEN

WHERE DOES THE BIBLE SPEAK OF A PARALLEL WORK THAT GOD’S FAITHFUL PEOPLE OUGHT TO BE DOING DOWN HERE?

CHRISTIANS HOMEWORK: JOHN CHAPTERS 14-17


THE MOST HOLY PLACE IS NOW OPEN-FOR-BUSINESS: JOHN 14:1-3


WHAT ARE THE CENTRAL THEMES ON JOHN CHAPTERS 14-17 BASED UPON?

1. GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD CONTINUALLY BE STUDYING DAILY HIS WORD—COUPLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT

2. GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD CONTINUALLY BE PRAYING FOR OTHERS AND THEMSELVES—THAT CHRIST WILL ATONE FOR THEIR SINS

3. GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD CONTINUALLY BE WITNESSING (EVEN IN THE MOST DIFFICULT OF TIMES) ABOUT GOD’S SAVING GRACE

JOHN CHAPTERS 14-17 DESCRIBE HOW WE MUST HERE (EARTH) PREPARE TO LIVE UP THERE (HEAVEN)

Our Condition“From eternal ages it was God's purpose that every created being, from the bright and holy seraph to man, should be a temple for the indwelling of the Creator. Because of sin, humanity ceased to be a temple for God. Darkened and defiled by evil, the heart of man no longer revealed the glory of the Divine One… The courts of the temple at Jerusalem, filled with the tumult of unholy traffic, represented all too truly the temple of the heart, defiled by the presence of sensual passion and unholy thoughts.” {DA 161.1}

SeparationBehold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. (Isaiah 59:1-2)

The Refiner[T]he 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. But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' 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. (Malachi 3:1-3)

God’s purpose for refiningFor my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another. Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. (Isaiah 48:9-12)

God’s DesireAnd there I will meet with the children of Israel, and [Israel] shall be sanctified by my glory. And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office. And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LORD their God. (Exodus 29:43-46)

StephenAnd all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. (Acts 6:15)But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. (Acts 7:55-56)

A Message for the WorldAnd I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. (Revelation 14:6-7)Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. (1 Corinthians 10:31)

Especially for LaodiceaI counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. (Revelation 3:18)To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. (Revelation 3:21)

The 144000

And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. (Revelation 7:13-14)

Criteria for Christ’s Coming

Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. (Revelation 19:7-8)

Just as long as God has a church, he will have those who will cry aloud and spare not, who will be his instruments to reprove selfishness and sins, and will not shun to declare the whole counsel of God, whether men will hear or forbear. I saw that individuals would rise up against the plain testimonies. It does not suit their natural feelings. They would choose to have smooth things spoken unto them, and have peace cried in their ears. I view the church in a more dangerous condition than they ever have been. Experimental religion is known but by a few. The shaking must soon take place to purify the church. {2SG 284.1} Preachers should have no scruples to preach the truth as it is found in God's word. Let the truth cut. I have been shown that why ministers have not more success is, they are afraid of hurting feelings, fearful of not being courteous, and they lower the standard of truth, and conceal if possible the peculiarity of our faith. I saw that God could not make such successful. The truth must be made pointed, and the necessity of a decision urged. And as false shepherds are crying, Peace, and are preaching smooth things, the servants of God must cry aloud, and spare not, and leave the result with God. {2SG 284.2}

The Ideal RegainedEvery one who believes on Christ, every one who relies on the keeping power of a risen Saviour that has suffered the penalty pronounced upon the transgressor, every one who resists temptation and in the midst of evil copies the pattern given in the Christ-life, will through faith in the atoning sacrifice of Christ become a partaker of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. Every one who by faith obeys God’s commandments, will reach the condition of sinlessness in which Adam lived before his transgression. {ST, July 23, 1902 par. 14}

Christ’s FocusEver before Him, Christ saw the result of His mission. His earthly life, so full of toil and self-sacrifice, was cheered by the thought that He would not have all this travail for nought. By giving His life for the life of men, He would restore in humanity the image of God. He would lift us up from the dust, reshape the character after the pattern of His own character, and make it beautiful with His own glory. {MH 504.2}

SPIRIT OF PROPHECY:EARLY WRITINGS, p. 63

There are many precious truths

contained in the Word of God, but it is

"present truth" that the flock needs now.


THE MOST HOLY PLACE

THAT’S PRESENT TRUTHMESSAGE!

Spiritual

Sanctuary Presentation 9. Christ in the Hebrew Sanctuary in the Book of Revelation