Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists

the Sanctuary Doctrine in Early Adventist
Thought" [unpublished manuscript, Biblical
Research Institute of the General Conference of
Seventh-day Adventists, 1983]; cf. White,
Great Controversy, pp. 413-415, 423-432).
2. See The SDA Bible Commentary, rev. ed.,
Ellen G. White Comments, vol. 6, p. 1082.
3. Ancient Jewish writings reveal that some rabbis
also believed in a real heavenly sanctuary.
Commenting on Exodus 15:17, one rabbi said,
"The [position of the terrestrial] Sanctuary
corresponds with that of the heavenly
Sanctuary and the [position of the] ark with that
of the heavenly Throne" (Midrash Rabbah.
Numbers, repr. ed. [London: Soncino Press,
1961], vol. 1, chap. 4, sec. 13, p. 110. Brackets
in original). Another rabbi quoted in the
Babylonian Talmud spoke about "the heavenly
and the earthly Temple" (Sanhedrin, 99b, I.
Epstein, ed. [London: Soncino Press, 1969]).
Still another commented: "There is no
difference of opinion that the sanctuary below
is the counterpart of the sanctuary above"
(Leon Nemoy, ed., The Midrash on Psalms,
894