Chapter 27—The Sanctuary
I was then shown the grievous disappointment of the people of
God. They did not see Jesus at the expected time. They knew not why
their Saviour did not come. They could see no evidence why prophetic
time had not ended. Said an angel, Has God’s word failed? Has God
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failed to fulfill his promises? No: he has fulfilled all he promised.
Jesus has risen up, and has shut the door of the Holy place of the
heavenly Sanctuary, and has opened a door into the Most Holy place,
and has entered in to cleanse the Sanctuary. Said the angel, All who
wait patiently shall understand the mystery. Man has erred; but there
has been no failure on the part of God. All was accomplished that
God promised; but man erroneously looked to the earth, believing it
to be the Sanctuary to be cleansed at the end of the prophetic periods.
Man’s expectations have failed; but God’s promise not at all. Jesus
sent his angels to direct the disappointed ones, to lead their minds into
the Most Holy place where he had gone to cleanse the Sanctuary, and
make a special atonement for Israel. Jesus told the angels that all who
found him would understand the work which he was to perform. I
saw that while Jesus was in the Most Holy place he would be married
to the New Jerusalem, and after his work should be accomplished in
the Holiest, he would descend to earth in kingly power and take the
precious ones to himself who had patiently waited his return.
I was then shown what did take place in heaven as the prophetic
periods ended in 1844. I saw that as the ministration of Jesus in
the Holy place ended, and he closed the door of that apartment, a
great darkness settled upon those who had heard, and had rejected the
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messages of Christ’s coming, and they lost sight of him. Jesus then
clothed himself with precious garments. Around the bottom of his
robe was a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate. He had
suspended from his shoulders a breastplate of curious work. And as
he moved, it glittered like diamonds, magnifying letters which looked
like names written, or engraven upon the breastplate. After he was
fully attired, with something upon his head which looked like a crown,
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