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

that he might dwell among them, demands our attention.
Viewed in its true light, it becomes luminous with the most
glorious and far-reaching truths. The objects connected
with it were typical of the blessings of the gospel. The
services there carried on were typical of the work of
Christ. No man can look unto Jesus, and properly understand
his position and work, without viewing it in the light of
this tabernacle of God, built by Moses in the wilderness, -
- this shadow cast on earth to show forth "heavenly
things." It was called indiscriminately, tabernacle and
sanctuary; but its prominent and permanent name was "sanctuary;"
and under that name it will become of the greatest
interest to study the important place it holds in the economy
of God's grace. p. 56, Para. 1, [LOOKING].
The reader will allow, by way of anticipation a few statements,
which, if they are not made good ere the conclusion
of this argument, he may feel at liberty to discard, in
connection with what is herein intended to be set forth as
truth. This sanctuary will be found worthy of our attention,
as the great central object in the plan of salvation
through Jesus Christ. It was not something confined to the
old dispensation, but has a place also in the new. Next to
Christ, the minister of the new covenant, and the mediatorial
work in which he is engaged, it claims our attention,
as the place where the mysterious process of the world's
redemption is carried forward. There is no one object connected
with the plan of salvation in the revealed design of
which we see the different subjects of revelation blended
together in such a harmonious whole. p. 56, Para. 2,
[LOOKING].
The different parts of a wheel, considered by themselves
and alone, may possess symmetry and beauty; but it is only
when all are joined together by the central hub and the external
fellies that their utility and value are demonstrated,
as component parts of a perfect whole. So in the
great wheel of truth. All its parts have in them strength
and beauty; but the subject of the sanctuary, like the central
hub, unites them all together in a harmonious whole.
In this subject the great truths of revelation find their
focal point. From it in all directions they radiate. It
unites the two great dispensations, the Mosaic and the
Christian, and shows their relation to each other. It divides
with no other subject the high honor of explaining
the position and work of our Lord Jesus Christ. Like a
brilliant lamp, it illuminates the whole Mosaic economy. In