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- An Introduction
- The End of the 2300 Days
- A Truth Established by the Witness of the Holy Spirit
- The Sanctuary and the Sabbath
- The Sanctuary Truth Under Fire
- Points Sustained Only by Misused Scriptures
- The Reality of the Heavenly Sanctuary Affirmed
- The Ark and the Law in the Heavenly Sanctuary
- Last-Day Delusions Will Involve Vital Truth
- With Eyes Fixed on the Sanctuary
- This Little Book
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- Integrity of the Prophetic Periods
- The Sanctuary of the Old Covenant
- The New-Covenant Sanctuary in the Heavens
- The Glories of the Earthly Sanctuary and the Heavenly Temple
- Christ's Ministry in the Heavenly Sanctuary
- Determining the Sanctuary of Daniel 8:14
- Practical Lessons From the Types
- But a Type of Heavenly Realities
- The Cleansing of the Heavenly Sanctuary
- Study Questions
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The New-Covenant Sanctuary in the Heavens
Turning again to the book of Hebrews, the seekers for truth found that the existence of a second, or new-covenant sanctuary, was implied in the words of Paul already quoted: “Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.” And the use of the word “also” intimates that Paul has before made mention of this sanctuary. Turning back to the beginning of the previous chapter, they read: “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; a Minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.” Hebrews 8:1, 2.CIHS 134.1
Here is revealed the sanctuary of the new covenant. The sanctuary of the first covenant was pitched by man, built by Moses; this is pitched by the Lord, not by man. In that sanctuary the earthly priests performed their service; in this, Christ, our great High Priest, ministers at God's right hand. One sanctuary was on earth, the other is in heaven.CIHS 134.2
Further, the tabernacle built by Moses was made after a pattern. The Lord directed him: “According to all that I show thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.” And again the charge was given, “Look that thou make them after their pattern, which was showed thee in the mount.” Exodus 25:9, 40. And Paul says that the first tabernacle “was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices;” that its holy places were “patterns of things in the heavens;” that the priests who offered gifts according to the law served “unto the example and shadow of heavenly things,” and that “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.” Hebrews 9:9, 23; 8:5; 9:24.CIHS 134.3