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Then Shall the Sanctuary Be Cleansed - Donald K. Short

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time would have no spiritual resources and would<br />

be bound up in <strong>the</strong> cold legal symbols of <strong>the</strong><br />

Sabbath which were so manifest among <strong>the</strong> Jews.<br />

They despised Jesus for what He did on <strong>the</strong><br />

Sabbath because <strong>the</strong> spiritual truth of <strong>the</strong> Sabbath<br />

had eluded <strong>the</strong>m. Similar perils face us.<br />

This should help us understand that when<br />

Christ tried to tell <strong>the</strong> Jews that new wine cannot<br />

be put into old bottles He was stating a principle.<br />

He was proclaiming that truth is not static. It grows<br />

or it turns to corruption. The character of God<br />

Himself will evermore increasingly be revealed.<br />

Eternity will be unending progress, everlasting<br />

advancement and success. The character of God<br />

must be seen in this setting. Even mortal man<br />

senses with his finite comprehension that <strong>the</strong><br />

universe is infinite, ever expanding in harmony<br />

with an infinite Creator. This provides <strong>the</strong> basis for<br />

a ceaseless challenge in a new earth, a re-creation<br />

with sin blotted out. But for now, "at <strong>the</strong> time of<br />

<strong>the</strong> end," when "<strong>the</strong> mystery of God should be<br />

finished," our understanding must be enlarged. The<br />

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