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Then Shall the Sanctuary Be Cleansed - Donald K. Short

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of <strong>the</strong> truth, became representatives of Satan. The<br />

manifest glory of <strong>the</strong> living God which had once<br />

dwelt in <strong>the</strong>ir midst and given divine benediction to<br />

<strong>the</strong> sanctuary service was now gone. The Enemy of<br />

God and man brought darkness to <strong>the</strong> nation.<br />

We may wonder how such blindness should<br />

overtake <strong>the</strong>m. How could Israel fail to recognize<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir wickedness? The very system founded with<br />

<strong>the</strong> intent of revealing Messiah is manipulated into<br />

rejecting and murdering Him. What has happened<br />

once in sacred history is a warning to modern Israel<br />

at <strong>the</strong> time when <strong>the</strong> sanctuary shall be cleansed.<br />

The God-given sanctuary service which Israel<br />

had followed for centuries and which in principle<br />

had been given at Eden was faced now with a<br />

radical change. To those who lacked <strong>the</strong> "eyesalve"<br />

it appeared that <strong>the</strong> "new" would destroy <strong>the</strong> "old."<br />

With our keen 20/20 hindsight we know that<br />

nothing was destroyed, only fulfilled. The True<br />

Lamb was emphatic, "I came not to destroy . . . but<br />

to fulfill. . . . Verily I say unto you, till heaven and<br />

earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass<br />

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