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The Sanctuary
I was shown the grievous disappointment of the people of God
that they did not see Jesus at the expected time. They knew not
why their Saviour did not come; for they could see no evidence that
prophetic time had not ended. Said the angel, “Has God’s word
failed? Has God failed to fulfill His promises? No; He has fulfilled
all that He promised. Jesus has risen up and shut the door of the
holy place of the heavenly sanctuary and has opened a door into the
most holy place and entered in to cleanse the sanctuary. 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 believed the earth to be the
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sanctuary to be cleansed at the end of the prophetic periods. It is
man’s expectation, not the promise of God, that has failed.”
Jesus sent His angels to direct the minds of the disappointed
ones to 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
the earth in kingly power and take to Himself the precious ones who
had patiently waited His return.
I was shown what did take place in heaven at the close of the
prophetic periods in 1844. As Jesus ended His ministration in the
holy place and closed the door of that apartment, a great darkness
settled upon those who had heard and rejected the message of His
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. A breastplate of
curious work was suspended from His shoulders. As He moved,
this glittered like diamonds, magnifying letters which looked like
names written or engraved upon the breastplate. Upon His head was
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