Then Shall the Sanctuary Be Cleansed - Donald K. Short

from the law, till all be fulfilled" (Matthew 5:17,
18). But this was hard to accept.
For 4000 years God's people had received
assurance in His prescribed way, but the plan was
now being turned upside down. The whole
sacrificial system with its beauty and immense
symbology was on the verge of ending. The temple
that had stood at the center of their spiritual hopes
and dreams was about to give way to a more
perfect temple not built with hands. To the best and
honest God-fearing Israelite such a transition
presented a spiritual crisis. Everything he had
depended upon for salvation appeared to be
threatened. Consequently, the followers of Christ
and the disciples themselves faced great internal
anguish when the veil of the temple was rent in
twain from the top to the bottom.
The light which had in former times been
reflected only dimly over the top of the veil was
now to be seen in full splendor as the Light of the
world was manifested in the "true tabernacle," the
Saviour Himself. All that had been hidden in the
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