Gold Tried in the Fire - Robert J. Wieland

The magnificent results are to be seen in a people
who sense the constraint of that love to the fullest,
demonstrating that indeed agape is the fulfilling of
the law. This is to be a beautiful and welcome sight
to the heavenly universe, and the actual finishing of
the gospel commission.
Ellen White seems to offer the profound insight
that the concept of agape is best understood when
Christ is clearly perceived as our High Priest in the
Most Holy Apartment of the heavenly sanctuary.
See Early Writings, pp. 55, 56.
4. Why the final Day of Atonement? In the
ancient "shadow" service of the earthly sanctuary,
the Day of Atonement closed the annual cycle of
reconciliation ministry. It symbolized the ultimate
conquest of sin and its effects as well as the
destruction of its impenitent originator and
perpetrators.
Since the lair of sin is the "flesh" or sinful
nature of fallen man, it is impossible that the real
Day of Atonement can bring the reign of sin to an
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