Then Shall the Sanctuary Be Cleansed - Donald K. Short

unconscious folly was revealed, and the antitype
became the truth of his life. He had to go from
mental symbols of grandeur to the sobering
knowledge of real life substance. He had to learn
repentance, and with heart-felt anguish proclaim, "I
will arise and go to my father, and say to him,
Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before
thee" (Verse 18). When he saw his sin was "against
heaven" things could change. It was then he was
given the "seal" of his father's approval. And so it
will be with the last church.
Immaturity in a child or a youth is normal. But
there comes a time when this must give way to
responsibility, and the accountability of an adult is
not only expected but demanded. Childhood
fantasies, bedtime stories and nursery rhymes must
be replaced with the real issues of life. "For when
for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need
that one teach you again which be the first
principles of the oracles of God; and are become
such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the
word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong
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