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

his ministry above, on the throne of his Father, that
throne was in the first apartment of the heavenly sanctuary.
p. 133, Para. 5, [LOOKING].
1. John says, in the fourth chapter of the Revelation,
"After this I looked, and behold, a door was opened in
heaven." He thus introduces us, not merely into heaven, but
into some apartment in heaven. Therein he saw the throne of
God, in all its majesty and glory; and before the throne he
beheld seven lamps of fire, which are, beyond question, the
antitype of the candlestick with its seven lamps, which had
its position in the holy place, or first apartment, of the
sanctuary. Christ is then introduced into the scene, described
both as the lion of the tribe of Judah, and as a
lamb as it had been slain, signifying at once his sacrificial
work as priest, and his position of exaltation and
power with God; and he takes the book sealed with seven
seals, and begins to break the seals and unroll the book
for the benefit of his people. And the first seal reveals
the first, or apostolic, church. Thus the scene opens with
the commencement of Christ's ministry, and at that time the
throne of God was in the first apartment of the sanctuary,
where the antitype of the golden candlestick was seen. p.
134, Para. 1, [LOOKING].
2. This view of the matter is rendered sure by the testimony
of Rev. 11:19, which declares that the temple of God
where the ark is, the most holy place, was not opened till
the sounding of the seventh trumpet, near the end of all
earthly kingdoms. The scene of Revelation 4, where John
first beheld the throne of God, was therefore certainly not
in the most holy place. p. 134, Para. 2, [LOOKING].
3. The inauguration of the investigative Judgment is
brought to view in Dan. 7:9,10. And it is said that at that
time "the Ancient of Days did sit." The word here rendered
"did sit," signifies both in Hebrew and in the Greek of the
Septuagint, according to Gesenius and Liddell and Scott,
"to sit enthroned," or "as judges to sit in court." Had not
the Ancient of Days been seated upon his throne before
this? -- Certainly; but the language clearly indicates that
he here took a new position for a new purpose. Some move is
therefore made on the part of the Father when the judgment
scene opens. He then occupies a position which he did not
occupy before. p. 134, Para. 3, [LOOKING].
4. The relation of Christ to this move on the part of the