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Sanctuary
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something which had the appearance of a crown. When fully attired,
He was surrounded by angels, and in a flaming chariot He passed
within the second veil.
I was then bidden 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, the table of shewbread, the altar of incense, and the
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censer. All the furniture of this apartment looked like purest gold and
reflected the image of the one who entered the place. The curtain
which separated the two apartments was of different colors and
material, with a beautiful border, in which were figures wrought of
gold to represent angels. The veil 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 beautiful work representing crowns. In the ark were tables of
stone containing the ten commandments.
Two lovely cherubs, one on each end of the ark, stood with
their wings outstretched above it, and touching each other above
the head of Jesus as He stood before the mercy seat. Their faces
were turned toward each other, and they looked downward 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, offered in faith, came up to Jesus, and
He presented them to His father, a cloud of fragrance arose from
the incense, looking like smoke of most beautiful colors. Above
the place where Jesus stood, before the ark, was exceedingly bright
glory that I could not look upon; it appeared like the throne of God.
As the incense ascended to the Father, the excellent glory came from
the throne to Jesus, and from Him it was shed upon those whose
prayers had come up like sweet incense. Light poured upon Jesus in
rich abundance and overshadowed the mercy seat, and the train of
glory filled the temple. I could not long look upon the surpassing
brightness. No language can describe it. I was overwhelmed and
turned from the majesty and glory of the scene.
I was also shown a sanctuary upon the earth containing two
apartments. It resembled the one in heaven, and I was told that it
was a figure of the heavenly. The furniture of the first apartment
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of the earthly sanctuary was like that in the first apartment of the