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Instruction from the Sanctuary in Heaven, August 29
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having
our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.
Hebrews 10:22
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“And, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven,
and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.”
Daniel 7:13
.... The coming of Christ here described is not His second
coming to the earth. He comes to the Ancient of days in heaven to receive
dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, which will be given Him at the close
of His work as a mediator. It is this coming, and not His second advent to
the earth, that was foretold in prophecy to take place at the termination of
the 2300 days in 1844. Attended by heavenly angels, our great High Priest
enters the holy of holies, and there appears in the presence of God ... to
perform the work of investigative judgment, and to make an atonement for
all who are shown to be entitled to its benefits.
May the Lord give us to see the need of drinking from the living fountain
of the water of life. Its pure streams will refresh and heal us and refresh
all connected with us. Oh, if the hearts were only subdued by the Spirit
of God! If the eye were single to God’s glory, what a flood of heavenly
light would pour upon the soul. He who spake as never man spake was
an educator upon earth. After His resurrection He was an educator to the
lonely, disappointed disciples traveling to Emmaus, and to those assembled
in the upper chamber. He opened to them the Scriptures concerning Himself
and caused their hearts to bound with a holy, new and sacred hope and joy.
From the Holy of Holies, there goes on the grand work of instruction.
The angels of God are communicating to men. Christ officiates in the
sanctuary. We do not follow Him into the sanctuary as we should. Christ
and angels work in the hearts of the children of men. The church above
united with the church below is warring the good warfare upon the earth.
There must be a purifying of the soul here upon the earth, in harmony with
Christ’s cleansing of the sanctuary in heaven.
God’s people are now to have their eyes fixed on the heavenly sanctuary,
where ... our great High Priest ... is interceding for His people.
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