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tabernacle no longer possess any virtue. A daily and yearly atonement
is no longer necessary. But because of the continual commission of
sin, the atoning sacrifice of a heavenly Mediator is essential. Jesus,
our great High Priest, officiates for us in the presence of God, offering
in our behalf His shed blood.—
The Youth’s Instructor, April 16, 1903
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By His spotless life, His obedience, His death on the cross of
Calvary, Christ interceded for the lost race. And now, not as a mere
petitioner does the Captain of our salvation intercede for us, but as
a conqueror claiming His victory. His offering is complete, and as
our intercessor He executes His self-appointed work, holding before
God the censer containing His own spotless merits and the prayers,
confessions, and thanksgiving of His people. Perfumed with the fra-
grance of His righteousness, these ascend to God as a sweet savor. The
offering is wholly acceptable, and pardon covers all transgression. To
the true believer Christ is indeed the Minister of the sanctuary, offici-
ating for him in the sanctuary, and speaking through God’s appointed
agencies.—
The Signs of the Times, February 14, 1900
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In the courts above, Christ is pleading for His church—pleading
for those for whom He has paid the redemption price of His blood.
Centuries, ages, can never lessen the efficacy of His atoning sacrifice.
Neither life nor death, height nor depth, can separate us from the love
of God which is in Christ Jesus; not because we hold Him so firmly,
but because He holds us so fast.—
The Acts of the Apostles, 552, 553
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Jesus is our great High Priest in heaven. And what is He doing?—
He is making intercession and atonement for His people who believe
in Him.—
Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers, 37
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God is approached through Jesus Christ, the Mediator, the only
way through which He forgives sins. God cannot forgive sins at the
expense of His justice, His holiness, and His truth. But He does forgive
sins and that fully. There are no sins He will not forgive in and through
the Lord Jesus Christ. This is the sinner’s only hope, and if he rests
here in sincere faith, he is sure of pardon and that full and free. There is
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only one channel and that is accessible to all, and through that channel
a rich and abundant forgiveness awaits the penitent, contrite soul and
the darkest sins are forgiven.
These lessons were taught to the chosen people of God thousands
of years ago; repeated in various symbols and figures that the work