Then Shall the Sanctuary Be Cleansed - Donald K. Short

the same way he had the Jews deceived. As they
were enveloped in the routine of the sanctuary
services being the goal of life and guaranteeing
their salvation, so we have been content to have the
blood of the Lamb provide a legal cancellation of
the record in the books of heaven without the law
being written in the heart. In each case truth has
been compromised, for these were only a shadow
of the real heart-cleansing God intended to teach.
People who appeared as adults were actually
children in their understanding. And so are we.
Growing out of this there have been thousands
of sermons about the deplorable condition of
Laodicea while the root has been untouched and
left intact. The real problem is satisfaction with
self; we have all we need, we are content, we know
the plan of salvation as verily as the Jews knew
Abraham. But they received not the promise and
they are all in their graves and they will stay there
until we understand that God has provided some
better thing for us, "that they without us should not
be made perfect" (Hebrews 11:40). This
consummation of redemption rests upon the
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