Reflecting the Work of Salvation in the Sanctuary Study 25/5/18

Note:- This study is the detail of the gospel service, the actual saving work of Jesus. It is looking at the work of salvation as typified in the sanctuary. The Hebrew sanctuary is a prophetic picture of what the gospel of Jesus Christ is all about.

If the disciples would have meditated about the sanctuary services as Jesus was speaking to them, they would have realised that Jesus sacrifice on the cross had to take place instead of getting so bitterly disappointed. He had to remind them of that when he was resurrected and He had to show them they were actually fools. The two disciples were walking on the road to Emmaus. They were bitterly disappointed and they were talking to a stranger walking with them and they didn’t realise who it was.

Luke 24:25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: 26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? 27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
When He was speaking to them explaining they were fools and they should have known, where did he commence?
Beginning at Moses
That is where He began and He spoke to them things concerning himself. The work of Jesus and His salvation activity was laid out in Moses

Luke 24:44 And he said unto them, These [are] the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the Law of Moses, and [in] the prophets, and [in] the psalms, concerning me. 45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
Note:- This is a very important scripture in terms of our study. He says, while I was yet with you, I told you that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses concerning Jesus. In the Law of Moses which the sanctuary was the centre of, everything needed to be fulfilled about Jesus, everything. That is what He said, all things need to be fulfilled concerning Him.
As we reflect on what Jesus may have shared with them and examining all the things pertaining to Jesus in the earthly sanctuary that pointed to the fulfillment of what Jesus was coming to do, we begin at the point of Him being crucified as that is what they were so disappointed in.

He said, didn’t you know that what happened in the sanctuary that the slaying of the lamb the crucifixion that I had to die as a lamb slain from the beginning of the world? As we look at the cross, we look immediately at the sanctuary which Jesus was showing. Where was Jesus crucified? Where is that the sacrifice of the sanctuary service at the altar of sacrifice?
The sinner had to come and confess his sins on the sacrifice. The sheep, goat, ram or bullock and then he had to slay the sacrifice. That was identified as the sacrifice for the sins that Jesus came to make. A lot of the sacrifices that were slain, the blood was caught and taken into the temple and sprinkled in front of the veil or put on the horns of the altar or the priest ate some of that sacrifice and carried it inside of him as he went into the sanctuary. A lot of the sacrifice was either burnt on the altar or taken outside of the camp and burnt outside. Observe what that referred to.
Hebrews 13:10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.

Hebrews 13:11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.

Hebrews 13:12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.

Hebrews 13:13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. 14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.

Note :- SDA Bible Commentary Vol 7 pg 913- These lessons were taught to the chosen people of God thousands of years ago, and repeated in various symbols and figures, that the work of truth might be riveted in every heart, that without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins. The great lesson embodied in the sacrifice of every bleeding victim, impressed in every ceremony, inculcated by God Himself, was that through the blood of Christ alone is forgiveness of sins; yet how many carry the galling yoke and how few feel the force of this truth and act upon it personally, and derive the blessings they might receive through a perfect faith in the blood of the Lamb of God. 
Justice demanded the sufferings of man; but Christ rendered the sufferings of a God. He needed no atonement of suffering for Himself; all His sufferings were for us; all His merits and holiness were open to fallen man, presented as a gift (Letter 12, 1892). 
(Matt. 11:27; John 14:9; 17:19-26; 2 Thess. 2:3, 4; Heb. 8:1; 9:11-14, 24; 13:12; 1 John 2:1.) Christ the One True Mediator.–Our great High Priest completed the sacrificial offering of Himself when He suffered without the gate. Then a perfect atonement was made for the sins of the people. Jesus is our Advocate, our High Priest, our Intercessor. Our present position therefore is like that of the Israelites, standing in the outer court, waiting and looking for that blessed hope, the glorious appearing of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. . . . Type met antitype in the death of Christ, the Lamb slain for the sins of the world. The great High Priest has made the only sacrifice that will be of any value. 
The incense that is offered now by men, the masses that are said for the deliverance of souls from purgatory, are not of the least avail with God. All the altars and sacrifices, the traditions and inventions whereby men hope to earn salvation are fallacies. No sacrifices are to be offered without; for the great High Priest is performing His work in the holy place. No prince or monarch dare venture within the holy enclosure. 
In His intercession as our Advocate Christ needs no man’s virtue, no man’s intercession. Christ is the only sin bearer, the only sin-offering. Prayer and confession are to be offered only to Him who has entered once for all into the holy place. Christ has declared, “If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” He will save to the uttermost all who come to Him in faith. He ever liveth to make intercession for us. This makes of no avail the offering of mass, one of the falsehoods of Romanism. 
The so-called intercession of the saints is the greatest falsehood that can be invented. Priests and rulers have no right to interpose between Christ and the souls for whom He has died, as though invested with the Saviour’s attributes, and able to pardon transgression and sin. They themselves are sinners. They are only human. One day they will see that their deceptive doctrines have led to crimes of every stripe and type, to adultery, robbery, falsehood. They are responsible for many terrible wrongs which men have perpetrated upon their fellow men.

John 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Luke 9:56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them

The work of salvation commenced by Jesus coming into this world. He was crucified on this planet in this world outside of the heavenly sanctuary in the court. That is an important principle to note as the heavenly sanctuary is the sanctuary and the earth is the court where Jesus was crucified. We need to be in the sanctuary after we have accepted the work of Jesus as the lamb. He came to this earth to save us into the court of the sanctuary. This earth is the court.

Hebrews 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

1 John 3:7 Little children let no man deceive you he that doeth righteousness is righteous even as he is righteous 8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil

Romans 2:13 For not the hearer of the law are just before God but the doers of the law shall be justified

He was manifested here on earth to destroy the works of the devil. That is what the sacrifice is all about, to destroy the work of the devil in the lives of the people. When Jesus was here on earth, the sacrifice in the courtyard was fulfilled according to the Law of Moses.

Hebrews 2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
Hebrews 2:15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

Luke 1:74-75  That he would grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness all the days of our life 

2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear but of power and of love and of sound mind

Note:- He came to destroy the works of the devil. How? He took life on earth in the court and partook with us of our flesh and blood so He could die and by dying destroy the power of death. That is all that was fulfilled on earth in the earthly sanctuary symbolism the altar of sacrifice. He was also baptised on earth which is the laver. These two things have to do with the plan of salvation.
This is the activity that Jesus entered into for man. He said all things must be fulfilled so that was only a portion of the Law of Moses that he fulfilled. 

Note:- Desire of Ages pg 319-320  He who stood beside the sorrowing mother at the gate of Nain, watches with every mourning one beside the bier. He is touched with sympathy for our grief. His heart, that loved and pitied, is a heart of unchangeable tenderness. His word, that called the dead to life, is no less efficacious now than when spoken to the young man of Nain. He says, “All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth.” Matt. 28:18. That power is not diminished by the lapse of years, nor exhausted by the ceaseless activity of His overflowing grace. To all who believe on Him He is still a living Saviour. 
Jesus changed the mother’s grief to joy when He gave back her son; yet the youth was but called forth to this earthly life, to endure its sorrows, its toils, and its perils, and to pass again under the power of death. But Jesus comforts our sorrow for the dead with a message of infinite hope: “I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive forevermore, . . . and have the keys of hell and of death.” “Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same; that through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.” Rev. 1:18; Heb. 2:14, 15. 
Satan cannot hold the dead in his grasp when the Son of God bids them live. He cannot hold in spiritual death one soul who in faith receives Christ’s word of power. God is saying to all who are dead in sin, “Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead.” Eph. 5:14. That word is eternal life. As the word of God which bade the first man live, still gives us life; as Christ’s word, “Young man, I say unto thee, Arise,” gave life to the youth of Nain, so that word, “Arise from the dead,” is life to the soul that receives it. God “hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son.” Col. 1:13. It is all offered us in His word. If we receive the word, we have the deliverance.

Romans 6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also [in the likeness] of [his] resurrection

Romans 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

Romans 6:7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.

Note:- Here is the plan of salvation in the Law of Moses that was fulfilled by Jesus and is to be fulfilled in us by the plan of salvation and the death and the sacrifice that was done in the court. All things must be fulfilled in the Law of Moses concerning Jesus.

Most people only look at what Jesus did at the cross if they don’t understand the sanctuary service. Like the disciples, they didn’t register that Jesus was the Lamb of God that was now fulfilling the sacrifice of the Hebrew sanctuary typified. Today Christians don’t realise what was typified in the sanctuary involved many other aspects of the plan of salvation. All that people look at is what Jesus did 2000 years ago but we have much more in the sanctuary that Jesus said He has come to fulfil.

All things were to be fulfilled. To make the sacrifice of Jesus effective of salvation, the sanctuary shows His continuing work after the cross. What did Jesus do after the cross for our salvation? It is typified in the sanctuary. It is only the people who study the Hebrew sanctuary intelligently to what Jesus said of all things being fulfilled who can understand the full plan of salvation.

Hebrews 10:12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

Colossians 3:1-3 If ye then be risen with Christ seek those things that are above where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God
After He had been on earth and made a sacrifice for sin for all time, what did He do? He left earth and sat on the right hand of the Father. What does that mean that Jesus went and left the outer court and went to sit on the right hand of the Father in heaven? What does that mean?
Hebrews 8:1 Now of the things which we have spoken [this is] the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
He sits on the right of the Father. He is set at the right hand of the majesty in heaven doing what?
Hebrews 8:2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man

Hebrews 9:11-12 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come by a greater and more perfect tabernacle  not made with hands that is to say not of this building  neither by the blood of goats and calves but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place having obtained eternal redemption for us 

Ephesians 1:20-22 Which he hath wrought in Christ when he raised from the dead and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places and hath put all things under his feet

Note:- Great Controversy chapter 23 what is the sanctuary? pg 421-422  The ministration of the priest throughout the year in the first apartment of the sanctuary, “within the veil” which formed the door and separated the holy place from the outer court, represents the work of ministration upon which Christ entered at His ascension. It was the work of the priest in the daily ministration to present before God the blood of the sin offering, also the incense which ascended with the prayers of Israel. So did Christ plead His blood before the Father in behalf of sinners, and present before Him also, with the precious fragrance of His own righteousness, the prayers of penitent believers. Such was the work of ministration in the first apartment of the sanctuary in heaven. 
Thither the faith of Christ’s disciples followed Him as He ascended from their sight. Here their hopes centered, “which hope we have,” said Paul, “as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest forever.” “Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.” Hebrews 6:19, 20; 9:12. 
For eighteen centuries this work of ministration continued in the first apartment of the sanctuary. The blood of Christ, pleaded in behalf of penitent believers, secured their pardon and acceptance with the Father, yet their sins still remained upon the books of record. As in the typical service there was a work of atonement at the close of the year, so before Christ’s work for the redemption of men is completed there is a work of atonement for the removal of sin from the sanctuary. This is the service which began when the 2300 days ended. At that time, as foretold by Daniel the prophet, our High Priest entered the most holy, to perform the last division of His solemn work–to cleanse the sanctuary. 
As anciently the sins of the people were by faith placed upon the sin offering and through its blood transferred, in figure, to the earthly sanctuary, so in the new covenant the sins of the repentant are by faith placed upon Christ and transferred, in fact, to the heavenly sanctuary. And as the typical cleansing of the earthly was accomplished by the removal of the sins by which it had been polluted, so the actual cleansing of the heavenly is to be accomplished by the removal, or blotting out, of the sins which are there recorded. But before this can be accomplished, there must be an examination of the books of record to determine who, through repentance of sin and faith in Christ, are entitled to the benefits of His atonement. The cleansing of the sanctuary therefore involves a work of investigation–a work of judgment. This work must be performed prior to the coming of Christ to redeem His people; for when He comes, His reward is with Him to give to every man according to his works. Revelation 22:12. 
Thus those who followed in the light of the prophetic word saw that, instead of coming to the earth at the termination of the 2300 days in 1844, Christ then entered the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary to perform the closing work of atonement preparatory to His coming. 
It was seen, also, that while the sin offering pointed to Christ as a sacrifice, and the high priest represented Christ as a mediator, the scapegoat typified Satan, the author of sin, upon whom the sins of the truly penitent will finally be placed. When the high priest, by virtue of the blood of the sin offering, removed the sins from the sanctuary, he placed them upon the scapegoat. When Christ, by virtue of His own blood, removes the sins of His people from the heavenly sanctuary at the close of His ministration, He will place them upon Satan, who, in the execution of the judgment, must bear the final penalty. The scapegoat was sent away into a land not inhabited, never to come again into the congregation of Israel. So will Satan be forever banished from the presence of God and His people, and he will be blotted from existence in the final destruction of sin and sinners.

What sanctuary is He talking about? The one that the Lord pitched.
Hebrews 8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, [that] thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
When Moses was told to build the sanctuary he was shown the pattern which is the sanctuary, the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched and not man. When Jesus was the lamb slain on the cross experience, where did He go? He went to the very sanctuary that the Lord pitched and not man. What did He do? Did He just sit beside the Father? In sitting on the right side of the Lord in heaven He was becoming a minster of the sanctuary in heaven.
Most people do not understand that in the heavenly sanctuary there are two apartments. When He went to sit at the right hand of the majesty of heaven, people think He went straight into the holy place as it says He sat at the right hand of God in heaven. We remember His Word that all things must be fulfilled in the Law of Moses concerning Him. In the Law of Moses the priest when He sacrificed the lamb then went into the holy place in the first apartment of the sanctuary. When Jesus left, where did He go? What did He do when He went there? He sat at the right hand which means He was a minister of the sanctuary.
Hebrews 2:17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto [his] brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things [pertaining] to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
On earth, in the courtyard there was the lamb and salvation through the death of Christ but now Jesus becomes not the sacrifice anymore, He’s been the sacrifice. Now He is a priest in the heavenly sanctuary. What is He doing there? He’s died already but now He applies His death as our priest to make reconciliation for the sins of the people and that is what He is doing now.
Hebrews 2:18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
Here on earth He was suffering the cross and He was the lamb that carried the sins of the people but then the priest took the blood of the lamb and went into the sanctuary to do the work of reconciliation. 
When the lamb was slain, the blood was taken or the priest ate the sin offering, some of it. In that sin offering were the sins that were contained and confessed upon that animal. As this was taken into the priest he became a sin bearer, the blood that was shed was the sin bearing agency as well. Jesus became our priest and took the sins that He ingested like the priest ingested the sin offering. Jesus took with Him our experience into the sanctuary in heaven and the application of His blood. That was the work of the priest in the work of salvation, our wonderful priest the Lord Jesus. The offering was a sin offering which now the priest communicated into the sanctuary in heaven.
Hebrews 9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, [which are] the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

He went not in the temple made with hands but as a priest He went to heaven itself and when it says into heaven itself to appear in the presence of God for us, He went into the heavenly sanctuary, not just heaven as so many people read. It was into the very throne room of the heavenly sanctuary.
1 John 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.
When Jesus was crucified He was the sin bearing sacrifice but now He is our priest so that when we sin we have an advocate there. It is not only the sacrifice but we have a priest working in the sanctuary to save us from sin. The saving from sin is not only confined to the sacrifice but it is also to be fulfilled by the priestly work.
1 Timothy 2:5 For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus

Hebrews 9:15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament that by the means of his death, for the redemption of transgression that were under the first testament they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance

Note :-SDA Bible Commentary vol 6 pg 1077-1078 Intercession of Christ and His Spirit.–Christ Jesus is represented as continually standing at the altar, momentarily offering up the sacrifice for the sins of the world. He is a minister of the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched and not man. The typical shadows of the Jewish tabernacle no longer possess any virtue. A daily and yearly typical atonement is no longer to be made, but the atoning sacrifice through a mediator is essential because of the constant commission of sin. Jesus is officiating in the presence of God, offering up His shed blood, as it had been a lamb slain. Jesus presents the oblation offered for every offense and every shortcoming of the sinner. 
Christ, our Mediator, and the Holy Spirit are constantly interceding in man’s behalf, but the Spirit pleads not for us as does Christ who presents His blood, shed from the foundation of the world; the Spirit works upon our hearts, drawing out prayers and penitence, praise and thanksgiving. The gratitude which flows from our lips is the result of the Spirit striking the cords of the soul in holy memories, awakening the music of the heart.
The religious services, the prayers, the praise, the penitent confession of sin ascend from true believers as incense to the heavenly sanctuary; but passing through the corrupt channels of humanity, they are so defiled that unless purified by blood, they can never be of value with God. They ascend not in spotless purity, and unless the Intercessor who is at God’s right hand presents and purifies all by His righteousness, it is not acceptable to God. All incense from earthly tabernacles must be moist with the cleansing drops of the blood of Christ. He holds before the Father the censer of His own merits, in which there is no taint of earthly corruption. He gathers into this censer the prayers, the praise, and the confessions of His people, and with these He puts His own spotless righteousness. Then, perfumed with the merits of Christ’s propitiation, the incense comes up before God wholly and entirely acceptable. Then gracious answers are returned. 
O, that all may see that everything in obedience, in penitence, in praise and thanksgiving must be placed upon the glowing fire of the righteousness of Christ. The fragrance of this righteousness ascends like a cloud around the mercy seat. 
(2 Cor. 3:18; Col. 3:10). Moral Image of God Restored Through Christ.–Though the moral image of God was almost obliterated by the sin of Adam, through the merits and power of Jesus it may be renewed. Man may stand with the moral image of God in his character; for Jesus will give it to him. Unless the moral image of God is seen in man, he can never enter the city of God as a conqueror.

John 12:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit

John 12:25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
John 12:26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will [my] Father honour

1 Corinthians 15: 36 thou fool that which thou soweth is not quickened, except it die 

Note :- Desire of Ages pg 622-624  The Greeks had heard of Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Some supposed, and had circulated the report, that He had driven the priests and rulers from the temple, and that He was to take possession of David’s throne, and reign as king of Israel. The Greeks longed to know the truth in regard to His mission. “We would see Jesus,” they said. Their desire was granted. When the request was brought to Jesus, He was in that part of the temple from which all except Jews were excluded, but He went out to the Greeks in the outer court, and had a personal interview with them. 
The hour of Christ’s glorification had come. He was standing in the shadow of the cross, and the inquiry of the Greeks showed Him that the sacrifice He was about to make would bring many sons and daughters to God. He knew that the Greeks would soon see Him in a position they did not then dream of. They would see Him placed beside Barabbas, a robber and murderer, who would be chosen for release before the Son of God. They would hear the people, inspired by the priests and rulers, making their choice. And to the question, “What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ?” the answer would be given, “Let Him be crucified.” Matt. 27:22. By making this propitiation for the sins of men, Christ knew that His kingdom would be perfected, and would extend throughout the world. He would work as the Restorer, and His Spirit would prevail. For a moment He looked into futurity, and heard the voices proclaiming in all parts of the earth, “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” John 1:29. In these strangers He saw the pledge of a great harvest, when the partition wall between Jew and Gentile should be broken down, and all nations, tongues, and peoples should hear the message of salvation. The anticipation of this, the consummation of His hopes, is expressed in the words, “The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.” But the way in which this glorification must take place was never absent from Christ’s mind. The gathering in of the Gentiles was to follow His approaching death. Only by His death Like a grain of wheat, the Son of man must be cast into the ground and die, and be buried out of sight; but He was to live again. 
Christ presented His future, illustrating it by the things of nature, that the disciples might understand. The true result of His mission was to be reached by His death. “Verily, verily, I say unto you,” He said, “Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.” When the grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it springs up, and bears fruit. So the death of Christ would result in fruit for the kingdom of God. In accordance with the law of the vegetable kingdom, life was to be the result of His death. 
Those who till the soil have the illustration ever before them. Year by year man preserves his supply of grain by apparently throwing away the choicest part. For a time it must be hidden under the furrow, to be watched over by the Lord. Then appears the blade, then the ear, and then the corn in the ear. But this development cannot take place unless the grain is buried out of sight, hidden, and to all appearance, lost. 
The seed buried in the ground produces fruit, and in turn this is planted. Thus the harvest is multiplied. So the death of Christ on the cross of Calvary will bear fruit unto eternal life. The contemplation of this sacrifice will be the glory of those who, as the fruit of it, will live through the eternal ages. 
The grain of wheat that preserves its own life can produce no fruit. It abides alone. Christ could, if He chose, save Himself from death. But should He do this, He must abide alone. He could bring no sons and daughters to God. Only by yielding up His life could He impart life to humanity. Only by falling into the ground to die could He become the seed of that vast harvest,–the great multitude that out of every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, are redeemed to God. could the world be saved. The grain of wheat that preserves its own life can produce no fruit. It abides alone. Christ could, if He chose, save Himself from death. But should He do this, He must abide alone. He could bring no sons and daughters to God. Only by yielding up His life could He impart life to humanity. Only by falling into the ground to die could He become the seed of that vast harvest,–the great multitude that out of every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, are redeemed to God. 
With this truth Christ connects the lesson of self-sacrifice that all should learn: “He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.” All who would bring forth fruit as workers together with Christ must first fall into the ground and die. The life must be cast into the furrow of the world’s need. Self-love, self-interest, must perish. And the law of self-sacrifice is the law of self-preservation. The husbandman preserves his grain by casting it away. So in human life. To give is to live. The life that will be preserved is the life that is freely given in service to God and man. Those who for Christ’s sake sacrifice their life in this world will keep it unto life eternal. 
The life spent on self is like the grain that is eaten. It disappears, but there is no increase. A man may gather all he can for self; he may live and think and plan for self; but his life passes away, and he has nothing. The law of self-serving is the law of self-destruction. 
“If any man serve Me,” said Jesus, “let him follow Me; and where I am, there shall also My servant be: if any man serve Me, him will My Father honor.” All who have borne with Jesus the cross of sacrifice will be sharers with Him of His glory. It was the joy of Christ in His humiliation and pain that His disciples should be glorified with Him. They are the fruit of His self-sacrifice. The outworking in them of His own character and spirit is His reward, and will be His joy throughout eternity. This joy they share with Him as the fruit of their labor and sacrifice is seen in other hearts and lives. They are workers together with Christ, and the Father will honor them as He honors His Son. The grain of wheat that preserves its own life can produce no fruit. It abides alone. Christ could, if He chose, save Himself from death. But should He do this, He must abide alone. He could bring no sons and daughters to God. Only by yielding up His life could He impart life to humanity. Only by falling into the ground to die could He become the seed of that vast harvest,–the great multitude that out of every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, are redeemed to God. 
With this truth Christ connects the lesson of self-sacrifice that all should learn: “He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.” All who would bring forth fruit as workers together with Christ must first fall into the ground and die. The life must be cast into the furrow of the world’s need. Self-love, self-interest, must perish. And the law of self-sacrifice is the law of self-preservation. The husbandman preserves his grain by casting it away. So in human life. To give is to live. The life that will be preserved is the life that is freely given in service to God and man. Those who for Christ’s sake sacrifice their life in this world will keep it unto life eternal. 
The life spent on self is like the grain that is eaten. It disappears, but there is no increase. A man may gather all he can for self; he may live and think and plan for self; but his life passes away, and he has nothing. The law of self-serving is the law of self-destruction. 
“If any man serve Me,” said Jesus, “let him follow Me; and where I am, there shall also My servant be: if any man serve Me, him will My Father honor.” All who have borne with Jesus the cross of sacrifice will be sharers with Him of His glory. It was the joy of Christ in His humiliation and pain that His disciples should be glorified with Him. They are the fruit of His self-sacrifice. The outworking in them of His own character and spirit is His reward, and will be His joy throughout eternity. This joy they share with Him as the fruit of their labor and sacrifice is seen in other hearts and lives. They are workers together with Christ, and the Father will honor them as He honors His Son.

Colossians 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
3:4 When Christ, [who is] our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

Note:- Testimonies to the Church Vol 6 pg 98-99 Section Two Evangelistic work  The vows which we take upon ourselves in baptism embrace much. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit we are buried in the likeness of Christ’s death and raised in the likeness of His resurrection, and we are to live a new life. Our life is to be bound up with the life of Christ. Henceforth the believer is to bear in mind that he is dedicated to God, to Christ, and to the Holy Spirit. He is to make all worldly considerations secondary to this new relation. Publicly he has declared that he will no longer live in pride and self-indulgence.

He is no longer to live a careless, indifferent life. He has made a covenant with God. He has died to the world. He is to live to the Lord, to use for Him all his entrusted capabilities, never losing the realization that he bears God’s signature, that he is a subject of Christ’s kingdom, a partaker of the divine nature. He is to surrender to God all that he is and all that he has, employing all his gifts to His name’s glory. 
The obligations in the spiritual agreement entered into at baptism are mutual. As human beings act their part with wholehearted obedience, they have a right to pray: “Let it be known, Lord, that Thou art God in Israel.” The fact that you have been baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit is an assurance that, if you will claim Their help, these powers will help you in every emergency. The Lord will hear and answer the prayers of His sincere followers who wear Christ’s yoke and learn in His school His meekness and lowliness. 
“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.” Colossians 3:1-3. 
“Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. . . . And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.” Verses 12-17. 

Revelation 11:1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
11:2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty [and] two months.

Note:- SDA Bible Commentary vol 3 pg 972  Measuring the Church of God.–The grand judgment is taking place, and has been going on for some time. Now the Lord says, Measure the temple and the worshipers thereof. Remember when you are walking the streets about your business, God is measuring you; when you are attending your household duties, when you engage in conversation, God is measuring you. Remember that your words and actions are being daguerreotyped [photographed] in the books of heaven, as the face is reproduced by the artist on the polished plate.
Here is the work going on, measuring the temple and its worshipers to see who will stand in the last day. Those who stand fast shall have an abundant entrance into the kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. When we are doing our work remember there is One that is watching the spirit in which we are doing it. Shall we not bring the Saviour into our everyday lives, into our secular work and domestic duties? Then in the name of God we want to leave behind everything that is not necessary, all gossiping or unprofitable visiting, and present ourselves as servants of the living God .

Note:- The court was what? The earth but the people in the sanctuary are in heaven worshiping there. When Jesus went with all of us into heaven as our priest, we are worshipping there. That is where our mind is and where we are occupied with what He is doing. Follow Him in the actions of what He is doing.

The priest of the earthly sanctuary went with the offering and with His work in the first apartment. Did Jesus deal with the things of the heavenly sanctuary that are typified in the first apartment of the heavenly sanctuary and the symbolism of the earthly sanctuary? Remember what the priest had to do when they first inaugurated the earthly sanctuary. The priest had to light the candlesticks. Let’s see if Jesus went to heaven and dealt with the candlesticks in the work of salvation. John the revelator is hearing in the vision someone talking to him.
Revelation 1:12 -13And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; And in the midst of the candlesticks one like the Son of man clothed with a garment down to the foot and girt about the paps  with a golden girdle.
Who is He? He is the priest. Where is He? In what part of the sanctuary is He? Where is He ministering? Among the candlesticks that is what He was doing when He went to heaven. When He went there to deal with the candlesticks examine it. Are there candlesticks in heaven? We see Jesus dealing with those candlesticks in heaven.
Revelation 4:5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and [there were] seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
There were seven lamps before the throne in heaven and those seven lamps are the seven spirits of God that are before the throne. If you look in the first apartment there is the altar of incense which has a crown around it. It is a throne. In front of the throne to the right are the candlesticks. Jesus is in the midst of the seven lamps in heaven which contain the seven spirits. When Jesus left this earth, what was the first thing that Jesus had to do for the salvation of man?

John 14:16 And I will pray the Father and he shall give you another Comforter that he may abide with you forever

14:17 [Even] the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
John 14:26 But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
In the plan and work of salvation Jesus said, when I leave I’m going to send you another comforter to teach, help and save you. He commands them to wait for the Spirit to come to them.

Note:- Acts of the Apostles pg 48-49 Chapter 5 The Gift of the Spirit What was the result of the outpouring of the Spirit on the Day of Pentecost? The glad tidings of a risen Saviour were carried to the uttermost parts of the inhabited world. As the disciples proclaimed the message of redeeming grace, hearts yielded to the power of this message. The church beheld converts flocking to her from all directions. Backsliders were reconverted. Sinners united with believers in seeking the pearl of great price. Some who had been the bitterest opponents of the gospel became its champions. The prophecy was fulfilled, “He that is feeble . . . shall be as David; and the house of David . . . as the angel of the Lord.” Zechariah 12:8. Every Christian saw in his brother a revelation of divine love and benevolence. One interest prevailed; one subject of emulation swallowed up all others. The ambition of the believers was to reveal the likeness of Christ’s character and to labor for the enlargement of His kingdom. 
“With great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.” Acts 4:33. Under their labors were added to the church chosen men, who, receiving the word of truth, consecrated their lives to the work of giving to others the hope that filled their hearts with peace and joy. They could not be restrained or intimidated by threatenings. The Lord spoke through them, and as they went from place to place, the poor had the gospel preached to them, and miracles of divine grace were wrought.
So mightily can God work when men give themselves up to the control of His Spirit.
The promise of the Holy Spirit is not limited to any age or to any race. Christ declared that the divine influence of His Spirit was to be with His followers unto the end. From the Day of Pentecost to the present time, the Comforter has been sent to all who have yielded themselves fully to the Lord and to His service. To all who have accepted Christ as a personal Saviour, the Holy Spirit has come as a counselor, sanctifier, guide, and witness. The more closely believers have walked with God, the more clearly and powerfully have they testified of their Redeemer’s love and of His saving grace. The men and women who through the long centuries of persecution and trial enjoyed a large measure of the presence of the Spirit in their lives, have stood as signs and wonders in the world. Before angels and men they have revealed the transforming power of redeeming love.

Acts 1:4 And, being assembled together with [them], commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, [saith he], ye have heard of me.
1:5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
Jesus says, When I leave this earth you are to wait to receive the Holy Spirit. What happened?
Acts 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2:2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
2:3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
Notice what rested upon them. Each person had a little flame burning on top of the head. What was the candlestick? Flames burning. What did we read the heavenly candle stick is? The Seven Spirits of God. There is an instrument in heaven where the holy oil as per Zerubbabel’s vision of the olive trees and channels where the oil went and then the candlestick was illuminated by the oil going into the candlestick. Not by might, not by power but my spirit saith the Lord.
He was revealing that the heavenly instruments carry the Holy Spirit and it was poured as Jesus worked with the candlesticks in the heave sanctuary it was ascending on the church. Prayerfully before the Father He said let us send the spirit now and the light of the candlesticks was illuminated. This was the very issue
Revelation 1:20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
You can see how the heavenly sanctuary and the people on earth are intimately connected. What Jesus was doing when He did something with the heavenly candlesticks it is what He did on earth through the Holy Spirit to illuminate the churches. The work of salvation is the work of Jesus in the heavenly sanctuary doing something that will bring the Holy Spirit and illuminate the church in salvation.
The Holy Spirit is the one who comes into the people and works as priest in the heart and illuminates everything in the heart. From the point in time the work in heaven was enacted on earth, the Holy Spirit the dual priesthood began to do His work in the church. That is part of the work that Jesus was doing among the candlesticks. The priest went into the holy place and the other part He did was that He attended to the table of shewbread. The table of shewbread had twelve loaves of bread on it.

Deuteronomy 8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy Fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every [word] that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
To be saved not only are we to be illuminated by the Holy Spirit, we are to be eating the bread. That means to live by every word that proceeds out of Gods mouth. That is also part of the plan of the work of salvation. The priest in the heavenly sanctuary was dealing with the bread. The manna they ate was also placed in the ark of the testament as well.
1 Chronicles 9:32 And [other] of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, [were] over the showbread, to prepare [it] every sabbath.

In the Hebrew sanctuary there was a new set of loaves put there. Everything that was done in the Law of Moses had to be fulfilled by Jesus. Jesus as our priest in the heavenly sanctuary tended to the shewbread. Remember what Jesus said in reference to Him being the bread of life.
John 6:60 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
What is the bread that comes down from heaven?
John 6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
We are saved by eating the bread.
John 6:52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us [his] flesh to eat?
6:53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
6:54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
6:55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
6:56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
6:57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
6:58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your Fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
Note:- Jesus was symbolised by the bread in the earthly sanctuary and Jesus is in the heavenly sanctuary and the table of shewbread has a crown around it. That means it’s where Jesus sits. It’s a throne. Jesus is that bread of life. What was He meaning and doing in the heavenly sanctuary. Not only was He sending the Holy Spirit but He was also sending the word Himself, the word of Himself. He is the word and He explains it to the people that didn’t know what He was talking about.
John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, [they] are spirit, and [they] are life.

Note:- The Desire of Ages pg 386-387  The Jews honored Moses as the giver of the manna, ascribing praise to the instrument, and losing sight of Him by whom the work had been accomplished. Their fathers had murmured against Moses, and had doubted and denied his divine mission. Now in the same spirit the children rejected the One who bore the message of God to themselves. “Then said Jesus unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven.” The giver of the manna was standing among them. It was Christ Himself who had led the Hebrews through the wilderness, and had daily fed them with the bread from heaven. That food was a type of the real bread from heaven. The life-giving Spirit, flowing from the infinite fullness of God, is the true manna. Jesus said, “The bread of God is that which cometh down out of heaven, and giveth life unto the world.” John 6:33, 
Still thinking that it was temporal food to which Jesus referred, some of His hearers exclaimed, “Lord, evermore give us this bread.” Jesus then spoke plainly: “I am the bread of life.” 
The figure which Christ used was a familiar one to the Jews. Moses, by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, had said, “Man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord.” And the prophet Jeremiah had written, “Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and Thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart.” Deut. 8:3; Jer. 15:16. The rabbis themselves had a saying, that the eating of bread, in its spiritual significance, was the study of the law and the practice of good works; and it was often said that at the Messiah’s coming all Israel would be fed. The teaching of the prophets made plain the deep spiritual lesson in the miracle of the loaves. This lesson Christ was seeking to open to His hearers in the synagogue. Had they understood the Scriptures, they would have understood His words when He said, “I am the bread of life.” Only the day before, the great multitude, when faint and weary, had been fed by the bread which He had given. As from that bread they had received physical strength and refreshment, so from Christ they might receive spiritual strength unto eternal life. “He that cometh to Me,” He said, “shall never hunger; and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst.” But He added, “Ye also have seen Me, and believe not.” 
They had seen Christ by the witness of the Holy Spirit, by the revelation of God to their souls. The living evidences of His power had been before them day after day, yet they asked for still another sign. Had this been given, they would have remained as unbelieving as before. If they were not convinced by what they had seen and heard, it was useless to show them more marvelous works. Unbelief will ever find excuse for doubt, and will reason away the most positive proof.

John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, [they] are spirit, and [they] are life.
Note:- The word is part of the plan of salvation. The candlestick, the Holy Spirit, the fire that burns and the bread (Jesus Word) are active agencies in the plan of salvation and was Jesus in the holy place sending it down. Did you notice every Sabbath they renewed the loaves of bread? Is that not what Sabbath keeping is all about? The Lord brings us fresh bread on the Sabbath day and that bread we eat on the Sabbath is to last all the week as on the next Sabbath, fresh loaves are put there. The plan of salvation activity has the Sabbath being part of the eating of the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ. The Sabbath is important in this picture.

Note:- Christ Object lessons pg 129.3 Our life is to be bound up with the life of Christ; we are to draw constantly from Him, partaking of Him, the living Bread that came down from heaven, drawing from a fountain ever fresh, ever giving forth its abundant treasures. If we keep the Lord ever before us, allowing our hearts to go out in thanksgiving and praise to Him, we shall have a continual freshness in our religious life. Our prayers will take the form of a conversation with God as we would talk with a friend. He will speak His mysteries to us personally. Often there will come to us a sweet joyful sense of the presence of Jesus. Often our hearts will burn within us as He draws nigh to commune with us as He did with Enoch. When this is in truth the experience of the Christian, there is seen in his life a simplicity, a humility, meekness, and lowliness of heart, that show to all with whom he associates that he has been with Jesus and learned of Him. 
Our life is to be bound with the life of Christ. Draw from a fountain ever fresh, the living bread is Jesus. He tended to that aspect of our salvation when He was in the holy place of the heavenly sanctuary. The other instrument was the altar of incense.

Revelation 8:3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer [it] with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne

Revelation 8:4 And the smoke of the incense, [which came] with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.

Note:- SDA Bible Commentary Vol 6 pg 1078 Christ, our Mediator, and the Holy Spirit are constantly interceding in man’s behalf, but the Spirit pleads not for us as does Christ who presents His blood, shed from the foundation of the world; the Spirit works upon our hearts, drawing out prayers and penitence, praise and thanksgiving. The gratitude which flows from our lips is the result of the Spirit striking the cords of the soul in holy memories, awakening the music of the heart. 
The religious services, the prayers, the praise, the penitent confession of sin ascend from true believers as incense to the heavenly sanctuary; but passing through the corrupt channels of humanity, they are so defiled that unless purified by blood, they can never be of value with God. They ascend not in spotless purity, and unless the Intercessor who is at God’s right hand presents and purifies all by His righteousness, it is not acceptable to God. All incense from earthly tabernacles must be moist with the cleansing drops of the blood of Christ. He holds before the Father the censer of His own merits, in which there is no taint of earthly corruption. He gathers into this censer the prayers, the praise, and the confessions of His people, and with these He puts His own spotless righteousness. Then, perfumed with the merits of Christ’s propitiation, the incense comes up before God wholly and entirely acceptable. Then gracious answers are returned. 
O, that all may see that everything in obedience, in penitence, in praise and thanksgiving must be placed upon the glowing fire of the righteousness of Christ. The fragrance of this righteousness ascends like a cloud around the mercy seat . 

Note :- Heavenly Places chapter 63 Strength through prayer pg69 pp3- Christ has pledged Himself to be our substitute and surety, and He neglects no one. There is an inexhaustible fund of perfect obedience accruing from His obedience. In heaven His merits, His self-denial and self-sacrifice, are treasured up as incense to be offered up with the prayers of His people.
What is the incense? He is there as our priest mingling His self denial, self sacrifice and His merits with our prayers. That is a real living activity. The prayers ascend to the throne of God from the altar of incense. The throne of God is on top of the altar of incense in the heavenly sanctuary.
As the sinner’s sincere, humble prayers ascend to the throne of God, Christ mingles with them the merits of His life of perfect obedience. Our prayers are made fragrant by this incense. . . .
How can my prayers be heard? They must be made fragrant by His work as He understands us. They are His self-sacrifice, denial and merits that come up together with our prayers.

Note:- Acts of the Apostles 585-586 The names of the seven churches are symbolic of the church in different periods of the Christian Era. The number 7 indicates completeness, and is symbolic of the fact that the messages extend to the end of time, while the symbols used reveal the condition of the church at different periods in the history of the world.
If the candlesticks were left to mere human care, the flickering flame would languish and die; but He is the true watchman in the Lord’s house, the true warden of the temple courts. His continued care and sustaining grace are the source of life and light. 

Christ is spoken of as walking in the midst of the golden candlesticks. Thus is symbolized His relation to the churches. He is in constant communication with His people. He knows their true state. He observes their order, their piety, their devotion. Although He is high priest and mediator in the sanctuary above, yet He is represented as walking up and down in the midst of His churches on the earth. With untiring wakefulness and unremitting vigilance, He watches to see whether the light of any of His sentinels is burning dim or going out.

Note:- Great Controversy pg421 Thither the faith of Christ’s disciples followed Him as He ascended from their sight. Here their hopes centered, “which hope we have,” said Paul, “as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest forever.” “Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.” Hebrews 6:19, 20; 9:12. 
For eighteen centuries this work of ministration continued in the first apartment of the sanctuary. The blood of Christ, pleaded in behalf of penitent believers, secured their pardon and acceptance with the Father, yet their sins still remained upon the books of record. As in the typical service there was a work of atonement at the close of the year, so before Christ’s work for the redemption of men is completed there is a work of atonement for the removal of sin from the sanctuary.

This is the service which began when the 2300 days ended. At that time, as foretold by Daniel the prophet, our High Priest entered the most holy, to perform the last division of His solemn work–to cleanse the sanctuary.
As anciently the sins of the people were by faith placed upon the sin offering and through its blood transferred, in figure, to the earthly sanctuary, so in the new covenant the sins of the repentant are by faith placed upon Christ and transferred, in fact, to the heavenly sanctuary. And as the typical cleansing of the earthly was accomplished by the removal of the sins by which it had been polluted, so the actual cleansing of the heavenly is to be accomplished by the removal, or blotting out, of the sins which are there recorded. 

Note:- Testimonies to the Church Vol 5 pg 575 The great plan of redemption, as revealed in the closing work of these last days, should receive close examination. The scenes connected with the sanctuary above should make such an impression upon the minds and hearts of all that they may be able to impress others. All need to become more intelligent in regard to the work of the atonement, which is going on in the sanctuary above. When this grand truth is seen and understood, those who hold it will work in harmony with Christ to prepare a people to stand in the great day of God, and their efforts will be successful. By study, contemplation, and prayer God’s people will be elevated above common, earthly thoughts and feelings, and will be brought into harmony with Christ and His great work of cleansing the sanctuary above from the sins of the people. Their faith will go with Him into the sanctuary, and the worshipers on earth will be carefully reviewing their lives and comparing their characters with the great standard of righteousness.