The Sanctuary as Defined by the 27
Fundamentals
Click to go to our Home PageDear Reader, The
real crux of the dispute between differing factions on the Sanctuary and
Atonement issue is whether or not Christ is our
EXAMPLE as well as our SUBSTITUTE. This gets even more important in the case
of the 144,000, because God says that they are finally without
guile--sin--OVERCOMERS. Notice the following excerpt from the fundamental
doctrine book which you quoted. All it mentions is Christ as our SUBSTITUTE.
You can search the statement of belief that you posted for the word EXAMPLE,
and you will not find it. Read what Ellen White said about Christ as our
EXAMPLE. "In
the incarnation, God united the divinity of Christ to our corporate humanity
that needed redeeming. This qualified Him to be our Substitute and
Representative. Then, by His perfect life and sacrificial death, He fully
redeemed mankind. In the resurrection, Christ raised our humanity cleansed
and glorified, which He took to heaven to represent us in His priestly
ministry." "Thorns
sprung up.--The thorns made it impossible for the wheat to mature (see Luke
8:14). In the same way secular interest prevent the fruits of the Spirit
(Gal. 5:22, 23) from reaching maturity. Religion is relegated to the subordinate
position of being only one interest among many. For lack of cultivation it
withers and eventually dies. That which the thorny-ground hearers lack is a
moral transformation (COL 50). To
them, justification is the sum and substance of religion, and they fail to
realize that the Christian life consists essentially in the process known as
sanctification--the process by which evil traits and tendencies are replaced
by the perfect life-pattern of Jesus Christ." SDA Bible Commentary, Vol. 5, 405. To them,
the substitutionary element is the sum and substance of religion. New
Movement SDA Leaders, do not even mention the
EXAMPLE element of Christ’s Incarnation act in their statement of Fundamental
Beliefs. This is a spiritual outrage. This is a blasphemic
outrage, because Christ was raised to take away our iniquities and His
indwelling Divine Nature will do that as far as the 144,000 are concerned.
But the SDA Omega of Apostasy New Movement church does not even distinguish
between the 144,000 and the great multitude. Read the following link to see
if you agree with the New Movement and whether or not you are part of the
Omega of Apostasy. Here is the 27 Fundamental Book’s item on the Sanctuary
Message. What this effectually achieves is this:
If the 144,000 do not overcome by the New Covenant of the law being placed in
the heart of man by the indwelling of the Holy Ghost Divine Nature Spirit of
Christ, 2 Peter 1:4, not only is the New Covenant GONE, but the Sanctuary and
the Atonement are GONE. How? Why? Because there can be no cleansing of the
Sanctuary if at least the 144,000 do not overcome. There can be no proving
that Satan was wrong in the great controversy between he and Christ as to
whether or not the law is necessary and can be kept by the empowerment of the
Holy Spirit. The omega of apostasy New Movement SDA church supports the
claims of Satan that it is impossible for God’s people to keep His
commandments this side of glorification—before the close of probation. That
teaching voids the very purpose of the Incarnation for which the Son of God
was raised: Act 3:26 Unto you first God, having raised up his
Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his
iniquities. Instead we are taught that Christ’s
substitution for our sins saves us in our sins, not from our iniquities. "The Power of God in the Third
Person.--The prince of the power of evil can only be held in check by the
power of God in the third person of the Godhead, the Holy Spirit.-- Special Testimonies, Series A, No. 10,
p. 37. (1897). No need to check ANYTHING if the
proviso of the Atonement was merely to provide a substitute for our sins. I will tell you a truth friend: New
Movement SDA leaders don’t even distinguish between the 144,000, the martyrs
and the great multitude. Ironically, their error in teaching Christ’s
SUBSTITION ONLY, renders the Sanctuary, the Atonement and the New Covenant
GONE, while claiming to teach all three. The all encompassing question to the
issue is this: Does any New Movement SDA leader, other than a handful who
believe and teach Last Generation Theology, believe that the 144,000 will
overcome all sin before the close of probation at which time the sanctuary
will be cleansed and Christ will come? This is the question you should always
pose when reading the teachings of SDA leaders. Sanctuary Gone Atonement Gone -- "In a representation which
passed before me, I saw a certain work being done by medical missionary
workers. Our ministering brethren were looking on, watching what was being
done, but they did not seem to understand. The foundation of our faith, which
was established by so much prayer, such earnest searching of the Scriptures,
was being taken down, pillar by pillar. Our faith was to have nothing to rest
upon--the sanctuary was gone, the atonement was gone." E.G. White, The
Upward Look, 152. See if you see a distinction in the
following Spirit of Prophecy statement: Ellen White said that only the 144,000
go into the Temple on Mt. Zion. Only Philadelphians are made pillars
(leaders) in that temple, Early
Writings, p. 19, and Revelation 3:10-12. For a much more in depth study
see this link: https://omega77.tripod.com/fairjustlgt.htm #9 – The Sanctuary Message Introduction One of the major doctrines of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church is the sanctuary message. This is how the main
thrust of this fundamental doctrine is described: There is a sanctuary
in heaven, the true tabernacle which the Lord set up and not man. In it,
Christ ministers on our behalf, making available to believers the benefits of
His atoning sacrifice offered once for all on the cross. He was inaugurated
as our great High Priest and began His intercessory ministry at the time of
His ascension. In 1844, at the end of the prophetic period of 2,300 days, He
entered the second and last phase of His atoning ministry. It is a work of
investigative judgment which is part of the ultimate disposition of all sin,
typified by the cleansing of the ancient Hebrew sanctuary on the Day of
Atonement. ...The investigative judgment reveals to heavenly intelligences
who among the dead are asleep in Christ and, therefore, in Him, are deemed
worthy to have part in the first resurrection. It also makes manifest who
among the living are abiding in Christ, keeping the commandments of God and
the faith of Jesus, and in Him, therefore, are ready for translation into His
everlasting kingdom. This judgment vindicates the justice of God in saving
those who believe in Jesus. Not only has this unique doctrine of our
church made no positive impact on the Christian church at large, but
it has come under fire, first from non-Adventist scholars and, more recently,
from some of our own scholars. Does this mean we have been following
cunningly devised fables? My honest belief is that our pioneers who
first formulated this doctrine from their study of the Bible, and which was
later endorsed by Ellen G. White, were lead by God, in spite of their
limitations. Therefore, what we are going to do in the
next four studies, as part of this series on the gospel issues in Adventism,
is to carefully and honestly examine this doctrine on the sanctuary. In this
study, we will consider the sanctuary message itself and then, in the next
three studies, examine [the events of] 1844 and the investigative judgment. After the death of the apostles, the
leadership of the church fell into the hands of the Gentile believers (Church
Fathers). They saw very little value in the sanctuary doctrine; to them it
belonged to the Jewish dispensation. Consequently, the sanctuary truth became
obsolete until the mid-19th Century when the Seventh-day Adventist Church
brought it to the forefront. It is our major theological contribution to
Christendom. Yet, as I already mentioned, its impact on
has been both negative and controversial. Why is this so? Could it be that we
have repeated the same mistake as the Jewish nation did? [Read Acts
7:44-51.] God’s purpose through the Sanctuary was not
to point to buildings and furniture, even though there is a literal sanctuary
in heaven, but to reveal His plan of salvation in Christ. The
Sanctuary is God’s master model plan of redemption. Through it, He has
revealed the whole plan of salvation from beginning to end — His earthly
mission as well as His heavenly ministry. It is His visual aid to clearly
show mankind the various stages of our redemption, in and through His Son
Jesus Christ. It is His “show and tell.” In the incarnation, God united the divinity
of Christ to our corporate humanity that needed redeeming. This qualified Him
to be our Substitute and Representative. Then, by His perfect life and
sacrificial death, He fully redeemed mankind. In the resurrection, Christ
raised our humanity cleansed and glorified, which He took to heaven to
represent us in His priestly ministry. He will continue this High Priestly ministry
in the heavenly Sanctuary until the Great Controversy is brought to an end,
when sin will be eradicated and everlasting righteousness will be ushered in.
This, in a nutshell, is the whole purpose of the sanctuary message. It is to
give us humans a clear picture of the whole plan of salvation so that our
faith in God and our future hope becomes fully established. 1. The Sanctuary was God’s Master Model Plan of
Salvation § Compare Exodus 25:8 with John 1:14.
§ Hebews 9:1-5, 10 describes the earthly sanctuary and its
ceremonies. This was the old or first covenant: salvation in type.
§ Hebrews 10:5-10 describes the anti-type of the sanctuary
message. This is the new covenant: salvation in reality. Unfortunately, the
Jewish nation failed to see the real significance of the sanctuary model and,
therefore, placed their emphasis on buildings and rituals rather then what
these things pointed to. This is the whole point Stephen made and which led
to his martyrdom. Christ tried to correct them [read Jn. 2:19-22.] We
must not repeat their mistake. 2. Everything in the Sanctuary Pointed to
Christ § Christ is the Lamb of God that took
away the sins of the world [John 1:29]. § Christ is the light of the world that
lightens every man [John 1:9-12; 8:12]. § Christ is the living bread who came
down from heaven to give us eternal life [John 6:32-51]. § Christ is the mercy seat
(propitiation), through whose redemption we have salvation full and complete
[Romans 3:24, 25]. § Christ is our intercessor against the
accusations of Satan [Hebrews 7:25]. § Christ is the veil that bore our sins
in His flesh [Hebrews 10:19,20]. 3. The Sanctuary Revealed the Fall and
Restoration of Man § In Adam, humanity sinned, was defiled, and condemned to death. § In Christ, the same humanity was reconciled to God, cleansed from all
defilement, and justified to life [read Romans 5:18]. § Through faith in Christ, sinners
experience salvation. This is the good
news of the gospel and the truth of righteousness by faith. All this was
revealed in the Sanctuary model given to Moses: d.
The
Sanctuary was where God met sinners [read Ex. 25:22; 29:42, 43]. e.
The
Sanctuary was where God revealed Himself to sinners [read Ex. 29:46]. f.
The
Sanctuary was where God dwelt with sinners [read Ex. 25:8; 29:45,
46]. g.
The
Sanctuary was where God spoke to sinners [read Ex. 29:42; Lev. 1:1]. h.
The
Sanctuary was where God accepted sinners [read Lev. 1:4]. i.
The
Sanctuary was where God forgave sinners [read Lev. 4:20, 26, 31, 35]. Conclusion Too often our emphasis on the sanctuary
message is our own subjective experience, whereas its main purpose is to
point to the truth as it is in Christ. Because of the sanctuary message, we have a
total picture of the plan of redemption, from beginning to end. Hence, we can
be absolutely sure of the future. This, in turn, gives us everlasting hope.
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