Then Shall the Sanctuary Be Cleansed - Donald K. Short

whole Jewish economy had been built around the
temple services. Yet when the true Lamb came He
was not recognized. The sanctuary services had
become a ritual, an end in themselves. The
ceremonies were a refined kind of salvation by
works. The participants failed to see the need of
their own hearts and to understand the result of sin
as revealed in each sacrifice—death. But Christ
took the disciples even beyond the rending of the
veil and gave them a view of His future work. They
caught a glimpse of His coming work in heaven at
the "right hand of God."
The 19th/20th Century Muddle
The record of history makes it plain that the
Millerites saw in their experience the direct leading
of God. Many lives had been changed and
characters remade, yet the same blindness that
obscured God's purpose for Abraham's physical
children now assails his spiritual offspring and
confirms their lineage. Note the parallel drawn by
Ellen White:
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