Then Shall the Sanctuary Be Cleansed - Donald K. Short

image being apostate Protestantism and his mark,
the spurious sabbath, there may be a more serious
problem facing us. If we place anything ahead of
the true God, or allow anything to overshadow His
place, just so surely we are rendering worship to
the beast. Any rejection of truth means a rejection
of the Author of truth. Worship of the beast in its
ultimate and most sinister form is none other than
worship or homage paid to "self." This "self" is
what psychology calls the "ego" and this has
implications which are very large and very subtle
and largely unknown.
Over the years it has been relatively easy to
proclaim the messages of the first and second
angel. The message of the third angel is
progressively more difficult. This has a bearing on
the cleansing of the sanctuary. The special relation
that the third angel's message holds to the
sanctuary cleansing may be seen in the following
counsel:
Those who rejected the first message could not
be benefited by the second; neither were they
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