Chapter 3—Christ Ministering in Heavenly
Sanctuary
We are in the great day of atonement, and the sacred work of Christ
for the people of God that is going on at the present time [1882] in the
heavenly sanctuary, should be our constant study.—
Testimonies for
the Church 5:520
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O that all could behold our precious Saviour as He is, a Saviour.
Let His hand draw aside the veil which conceals His glory from our
eyes. It shows Him in His high and holy place. What do we see? Our
Saviour, not in a position of silence and inactivity. He is surrounded
with heavenly intelligences, cherubims and seraphims, ten thousand
times ten thousand of angels. All these heavenly beings have one
object above all others, in which they are intensely interested,—His
church in a world of corruption.—
Letter 89c, 1897
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He is in His holy place, not in a state of solitude and grandeur, but
surrounded by ten thousand times ten thousand of heavenly beings
who wait to do their Master’s bidding. And He bids them go and work
for the weakest saint who puts his trust in God. High and low, rich
and poor, have the same help provided.—
Letter 134, 1899
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Do not place your influence against God’s commandments. That
law is just as Jehovah wrote it in the temple of heaven. Man may
trample upon its copy here below, but the original is kept in the ark of
God in heaven; and on the cover of this ark, right above that law, is
the mercy seat. Jesus stands right there before that ark to mediate for
man.—
Manuscript 6a, 1886
(SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 1, p. 1109).
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We all need to keep the subject of the sanctuary in mind. God
forbid that the clatter of words coming from human lips should lessen
the belief of our people in the truth that there is a sanctuary in heaven,
and that a pattern of this sanctuary was once built on this earth. God
desires His people to become familiar with this pattern, keeping ever
before their minds the heavenly sanctuary, where God is all and in
all.—
Letter 233, 1904
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