Then Shall the Sanctuary Be Cleansed - Donald K. Short
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given a people <strong>the</strong> greater <strong>the</strong> responsibility.<br />
Circumstances demand end-time proof of <strong>the</strong><br />
gospel as all mankind plunges into moral<br />
bankruptcy. Where sin abounds, grace much more<br />
abounds. There is more than ample reason for such<br />
a standard in <strong>the</strong> last generation.<br />
This work could not be undertaken until <strong>the</strong><br />
great day of <strong>the</strong> final atonement and that had to be<br />
after 1844. No previous generation had <strong>the</strong> three<br />
angels' messages and <strong>the</strong>se messages are bound up<br />
with <strong>the</strong> sanctuary cleansing. Truth itself is a type<br />
of information and this must be taught; it does not<br />
just happen. The three angels' messages are <strong>the</strong><br />
culmination of all information at <strong>the</strong> end of <strong>the</strong><br />
ages concerning salvation, and this is mankind's<br />
graduation day. Even <strong>the</strong> prophets of old with all<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir honor did not have <strong>the</strong> end-time<br />
understanding, for <strong>the</strong>y did not have <strong>the</strong> three<br />
angels' messages and so "<strong>the</strong>y without us should<br />
not be made perfect" (Hebrews 11:40). Only by<br />
faith could <strong>the</strong>y anticipate our day, but <strong>the</strong>re was<br />
no way for <strong>the</strong>m to have <strong>the</strong> accumulated evidence<br />
of all truth of all ages that is in our hands.<br />
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