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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