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Then Shall the Sanctuary Be Cleansed - Donald K. Short

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When we are told in Jeremiah 17:9 that <strong>the</strong><br />

"heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately<br />

wicked," we have a preview of Christ's word in<br />

Mat<strong>the</strong>w 15:19, that "out of <strong>the</strong> heart proceed evil<br />

thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, <strong>the</strong>fts,<br />

false witness, blasphemies." A grim catalog of<br />

horrible crimes that never actually take place<br />

except that <strong>the</strong>y exist in <strong>the</strong> mind. This tells us that<br />

<strong>the</strong> cleansing of <strong>the</strong> sanctuary must deal with far<br />

more than meets <strong>the</strong> eye.<br />

"The books of heaven," Ellen White tells us,<br />

"record <strong>the</strong> sins that would have been committed<br />

had <strong>the</strong>re been opportunity." Therefore sin is much<br />

more than an act; it is a condition of <strong>the</strong> mind. This<br />

means that <strong>the</strong> 144,000 are spiritually mature and<br />

understand that <strong>the</strong> root of sin must be eradicated.<br />

Not only <strong>the</strong> conscious mind will be restored and<br />

rebeautified, but <strong>the</strong> "inner sanctuary of <strong>the</strong> soul,"<br />

<strong>the</strong> deepest recesses of <strong>the</strong> human heart, <strong>the</strong> very<br />

unconscious mind of this remnant must be purged.<br />

This select group will stand in <strong>the</strong> same relation to<br />

sin as Christ stood when He said, "The prince of<br />

this world cometh, and hath nothing in me" (John<br />

143

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