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“Judgment Has Come”. Accused (defendant) Accuser ( plaintiff, state) Judge Lawyer (defense attorney) Witnesses (if any) Jury Documents, Records, Evidence The Law (authority of the land). 2 Corinthians 5:10.
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Accused (defendant) Accuser ( plaintiff, state) Judge Lawyer (defense attorney) Witnesses (if any) Jury Documents,Records, Evidence The Law (authority of the land)
2 Corinthians 5:10 “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.”
“And behold, I am coming quickly, and my reward is with me, to give to everyone according to his works.” Revelation 22:12
Pre-Advent Judgment/ Investigative Judgment “The subject of the sanctuary and the investigative judgment should be clearly understood by the people of God. All need a knowledge for themselves of the position and work of their High Priest.
Pre-Advent Judgment/ Investigative Judgment “Otherwise it will be impossible for them to exercise the faith which is essential at this time or to occupy the position which God designs them to fill. Great Controversy pp. 488
John 1:14 “And the word became flesh and dwelt among us”
“According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and all its furnishings you shall make it.”
“And see that you make it according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.”
Revelation 11:19 “Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in heaven.”
The earthly sanctuary • Type (typical service) • Shadow (of the True) • Figure • Pattern • copy (of the True) The heavenly sanctuary • Anti-type • True
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service” Romans 12:1
A Transfer of Sin Sinner Lamb Priest Sanctuary
A Transfer of Sin “Both ceremonies alike symbolized the transfer of the sin from the penitent to the sanctuary” PP 354.
A Transfer of Sin “Important truths concerning the atonement are taught by the typical service. A substitute was accepted in the sinner’s stead; but the sin was not canceled by the blood of the victim. A means was thus provided by which it was transferred.
A Transfer of Sin “By the offering of the blood the sinner acknowledged the authority of the law, confessed his guilt in transgression, and expressed his desire for pardon through faith in a Redeemer to come; but he was not yet released from the condemnation of the law.” GC 420
The cleansing of the sanctuary on: The Day of Atonement “one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scapegoat”
“And you shall do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God.
For any person who is not afflicted in soul on that same day shall be cut off from his people” Lev. 23:28, 29
“Every man was required to afflict his soul while this work of atonement was going forward. All business was to be laid aside, and the whole congregation
of Israel were to spend the day in solemn humiliation before God, with prayer, fasting, and deep searching of heart.” GC 419.
“Aaron shall lay both hands on his hands on the live goat, confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, concerning all their sins, putting them on the head of the goat, and shall send it away.” Lev 16: 21
“Then, in His character of mediator, he took the sins upon himself and bore them from the Sanctuary. Placing his hands upon the head of the scapegoat, he confessed over him all these sins, thus in figure transferring them from himself to the goat.” GC 420
“The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to an uninhabited land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.” Leviticus 16:21, 22
A transfer of sin on Day of Atonement Sanctuary Priest Scapegoat
Present Truth • Jesus in the altar of sacrifice. “Behold the Lamb of God who takes the sin of the world” John 1:29 “He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet he did not open His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth” Isaiah 53:7
“And the high priest arose and said to him, “Do you answer nothing? What is it these men testify against You? But Jesus kept silent.” Matthew 26:62, 63
“He [the priest] shall skin the burnt offering and cut if into its pieces.” Lev. 1:6 “Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, and also the tunic.” John 19:23
Present Truth • Jesus in the altar of sacrifice. • Jesus as the laver. “And immediately, coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting and the Spirit of descending upon Him like a dove” Mark 1:10
Present Truth • Jesus as the altar of sacrifice and as High Priest. • Jesus as the laver. • Jesus in the courtyard. “The Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in the synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.” Matthew 9:35
Present Truth • Jesus as the altar of sacrifice and as High Priest. • Jesus as the laver. • Jesus in courtyard. • Jesus as High Priest. “But Christ came as High Priest” Hebrews 9:11
Jesus Enters the Holy Place “After His ascension, our Saviour began His work as our high priest” GC 420
Jesus in the Holy Place “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.
Jesus in the Holy Place “So did Christ plead His blood before the Father in behalf of sinners, and present before Him, with also the precious fragrance of His own righteousness, the prayers of penitent believers.” GC 421
Jesus in the Holy Place “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 accepted with the father,
Jesus in the Holy Place “Yet, their sins still remained upon the books of record. GC 421
Jesus in the Holy Place “The blood of Christ, while it was to release the repentant sinner from the condemnation of the law, was not to cancel sin; it would stand on record in the sanctuary until the final atonement. PP 357
William Miller • 1782-1849 • American Baptist Preacher • Atheist/ Deist • “Specially chosen by God” GC 317 • Carefully studied books of Daniel & Revelation • Predicted the Second Coming to occur in 1843, 1844 “I was thus satisfied that the Bible is a system of revealed truths” -William Miller “But Christ came as High Priest” Hebrews 11:9
Daniel 8:14~ “And he said to me, “For two thousand three hundred days; then the sanctuary shall be cleansed.” “ Seventy weeksare determined for your people and for your holy city” 2300 days 2300 years 70 weeks (490 years) Jews “cut off” Sanctuary Cleansed Prophetic Key 1 day= 1 year 2300 days= 2300 years 70 wks= 490 years