LOOKING UNTO JESUS OR CHRIST IN TYPE AND ANTITYPE. BY ...

It would seem that no one can now fail to understand the
nature of the cleansing of the sanctuary. It is accomplished
with blood. It is a part of Christ's work as
priest, not as king. It is the ministration performed in
the most holy place to complete the round of service and
end the work. p. 147, Para. 3, [LOOKING].
And now some one may be disposed to say, Well, suppose
this is all so; suppose the time was at length to come when
Christ should enter the second apartment of the sanctuary
to perform therein his closing work as priest, of what importance
is that to us? for we can know nothing concerning
it, and hence can receive no practical benefit from it. p.
148, Para. 1, [LOOKING].
Ah! friend, that is just where people are liable to err,
not knowing the Scriptures. God has not left us in the dark
on a point of such thrilling interest. This very subject is
connected with prophecy, and the time pointed out when this
great movement in the heavenly world should occur, and the
cleansing of the sanctuary begin. A little further investigation
of this important theme will bring us to conclusions
more startling than Noah's message to the antediluvians,
Lot's warning to the inhabitants of the cities of the
plain, or our Lord's solemn admonitions to the people of
his day. p. 148, Para. 2, [LOOKING].
Chapter 18 -- "THEN SHALL THE SANCTUARY BE CLEANSED" p.
148, Para. 3, [LOOKING].
IN the eighth chapter of Daniel is given the record of one
of his most remarkable visions. He sees a symbolic representation
of several earthly kingdoms which were using
their power to oppress and wear out the people of God in
the earth. At length he beholds two divine beings conversing
together (doubtless Michael and Gabriel, as they are
elsewhere mentioned in the book of Daniel), and in reference
to their conversation, this is what he says:-- p.
149, Para. 1, [LOOKING].
"Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said
unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the
vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression
of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host
to be trodden under foot? And he said unto me, Unto two
thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary
be cleansed." Dan. 8:13,14. p. 149, Para. 2, [LOOKING].