Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

will be freed, or cleansed, from the record of sin. In the symbolic
service this great work of blotting out of sins was represented by the
services of the Day of Atonement, the cleansing of the earthly
sanctuary by removing the sins that had polluted it.
In the final atonement the sins of the truly penitent are to be
blotted from the records of heaven, no more to be remembered or
come into mind. So in the symbolic service they were carried away
into the wilderness, separated from the congregation forever.
Since Satan is the one responsible for all the sins that caused
the death of the Son of God, justice demands that Satan suffer the
final punishment. Christ's work to redeem men and women and to
purify the universe from sin will be closed by placing these sins on
Satan, who will bear the final penalty. So in the earthly service, the
yearly cycle of services was closed by purifying the sanctuary and
confessing the sins on the head of the scapegoat.
So in the services of the tabernacle, each day the people were
taught the great truths of Christ's death and ministry, and once each
year, their thoughts were carried into the future, to the closing
events of the great controversy between Christ and Satan, and the
final purifying of the universe from sin and sinners.
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