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Royalty and Ruin
The blessing that Jacob pronounced on Judah foreshadowed the
same “blessed hope”:
“The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
Nor a lawgiver from between his feet,
Until Shiloh comes;
And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.”
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Genesis 49:10
Again, Balaam foretold the coming of the world’s Redeemer:
“A Star shall come out of Jacob;
A Scepter shall rise out of Israel.”
Numbers 24:17
Through Moses also, God kept Israel aware of His purpose to
send His Son as the Redeemer. Moses declared, “The Lord your
God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from
your brethren. Him you shall hear.”
Deuteronomy 18:15
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How the Sanctuary Services Revealed the Savior
The sacrificial offerings constituted a perpetual reminder that a
Savior was coming. Throughout Israel’s history types and shadows
taught the people each day the great truths of Christ as Redeemer,
Priest, and King. And once each year the Day of Atonement ser-
vices carried their minds forward to the closing events of the great
controversy between Christ and Satan. The earthly sanctuary was
“symbolic for the present time.” Its two holy places were “copies of
things in the heavens,” for Christ is today “a Minister of the sanctu-
ary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.”
Hebrews 9:9, 23
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8:2
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When Adam and his sons began to offer ceremonial sacrifices
designated as a type of the coming Redeemer, Satan recognized in
these a symbol of a close relationship between earth and heaven.
During the long centuries he has constantly tried to intercept this
relationship, to misrepresent God and misinterpret the rites that point