Then Shall the Sanctuary Be Cleansed - Donald K. Short

how deeply sin was buried in our hearts, how
unconscious we were of it, until we actually saw
the blood flow. With the eyesalve of heaven
granted us to see this, we would understand that
"without the shedding of blood is no remission. It
was therefore necessary that the patterns of things
in the heavens should be purified," [with the blood
of animals,] "but the heavenly things themselves
with better sacrifices" even the blood of Christ
(Hebrews 9:22, 23).
For millenniums the Jews had seen the blood of
animals flow and it was but a form, an old
covenant fact of life. They had yet to understand
the new covenant and experience the meaning of
this flowing blood as it would become a part of
their life in going to the cross with the true Lamb.
This remains a future experience for modern Israel.
Until this experience can reach our hearts and
purge our consciences and bring repentance, God
can do nothing further. Heaven has nothing more it
can give to awaken our consciences.
Our act has been recorded in a "book." If in
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