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angels surrounded him, and in a flaming chariot he passed within the
second vail. I was then bid to take notice of the two apartments of
the heavenly Sanctuary. The curtain, or door, was opened, and I was
permitted to enter. In the first apartment I saw the candlestick with
seven lamps, which looked rich and glorious; also the table on which
was the shew-bread, and the altar of incense, and the censer. All the
furniture of this apartment looked like purest gold, and reflected the
image of the one who entered that place. The curtain which separated
these two apartments looked glorious. It was of different colors and
material, with a beautiful border, with figures of gold wrought upon it,
representing angels. The vail was lifted, and I looked into the second
apartment. I saw there an ark which had the appearance of being of
the finest gold. As a border around the top of the ark, was most
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beautiful work representing crowns. It was of fine gold. In the ark
were the tables of stone containing the ten commandments. On each
end of the ark was a lovely cherub with their wings spread out over
it. Their wings were raised on high, and touched each other above the
head of Jesus, as he stood by the ark. Their faces were turned towards
each other, and they looked downwards to the ark, representing all
the angelic host looking with interest at the law of God. Between the
cherubim was a golden censer. And as the prayers of the saints in faith
came up to Jesus, and he offered them to his Father, a sweet fragrance
arose from the incense. It looked like smoke of most beautiful colors.
Above the place where Jesus stood, before the ark, I saw an exceeding
bright glory that I could not look upon. It appeared like a throne where
God dwelt. As the incense ascended up to the Father, the excellent
glory came from the Father’s throne to Jesus, and from Jesus it was
shed upon those whose prayers had come up like sweet incense. Light
and glory poured upon Jesus in rich abundance, and overshadowed the
mercy-seat, and the train of the glory filled the temple. I could not long
look upon the glory. No language can describe it. I was overwhelmed,
and turned from the majesty and glory of the scene.
I was shown a Sanctuary upon earth containing two apartments.
It resembled the one in heaven. I was told that it was the earthly
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Sanctuary, a figure of the heavenly. The furniture of the first apartment
of the earthly Sanctuary was like that in the first apartment of the
heavenly. The vail was lifted, and I looked into the Holy of Holies, and
saw that the furniture was the same as in the Most Holy place of the