Then Shall the Sanctuary Be Cleansed - Donald K. Short

has been washed away. At last there is unfettered
contentment that the veil has been rent, that his sin
has been fully exposed and he can stand before
God unashamed, with love unbounded.
This whole experience will make the true
people of God, the remnant, "the very elect,"
understand and confess that it is their sin which has
defiled the sanctuary. By their hand the Lamb was
slain and it is His blood which is sprinkled before
the veil in the holy place and thus by the pattern
given the sin is recorded.
Crosier told the early Advent believers: "The
necessity of cleansing the heavenly things, is
induced by the atonement being made therein by
the blood of Christ for the remission or forgiveness
of sins and purifying of our consciences." In this
way man's sin was recorded at the ascension of
Christ and stands on the record. That sin, recorded
with the blood shed by us, awaits its removal. It
has not yet been blotted out. However, since 1844,
in harmony with the type, that work was to have
been completed and it is now past time for the final
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