Then Shall the Sanctuary Be Cleansed - Donald K. Short
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The "True Tabernacle" and <strong>the</strong> Church<br />
In 1844 after <strong>the</strong> Disappointment, a new work<br />
was to be done which had never been attempted<br />
before. The believers were to see and understand<br />
<strong>the</strong> rebellion of <strong>the</strong> human heart against God and<br />
truth. Their enmity had remained unconscious,<br />
awaiting revelation in <strong>the</strong> final atonement. The<br />
work begun <strong>the</strong>n would result in complete<br />
reconciliation; <strong>the</strong> atonement would become a fact.<br />
There would be a people sealed and made ready to<br />
see God face to face. This sealing work described<br />
in both Revelation and Ezekiel awaits its<br />
culmination and is portrayed by <strong>the</strong> Lord's<br />
messenger as a solemn experience:<br />
The class who do not feel grieved over <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
own spiritual declension, nor mourn over <strong>the</strong> sins<br />
of o<strong>the</strong>rs, will be left without <strong>the</strong> seal of God. The<br />
Lord commissions his messengers, <strong>the</strong> men with<br />
slaughtering weapons in <strong>the</strong>ir hands: "Go ye after<br />
him through <strong>the</strong> city, and smite: let not your eye<br />
spare, nei<strong>the</strong>r have ye pity: slay utterly old and<br />
young, both maids, and little children, and women:<br />
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