Then Shall the Sanctuary Be Cleansed - Donald K. Short

sin and all its terrible results when he first began to
question the right and authority of God. However,
this does not change the fact that the moment he
agreed to the mental proposal, he "was a
murderer."
As the serpent had promised, the eyes of Adam
and Eve were opened. They knew they needed
some clothing and the Lord in His mercy, even in
the hour of their sin, came to their rescue. He
provided clothing made from skins and this meant
the death of some innocent creature. The next step
for man as he began to understand "good and evil,"
was to take the life of a creature by his own hand—
take life which only God could give. "To Adam,
the offering of the first sacrifice was a most painful
ceremony." It was the first time he had witnessed
death. He trembled at the thought of his sin being
so great as to shed blood. But he began to be
instructed with regard to offering living sacrifices
and there unfolded to him the foundation of the
sanctuary service that was not to be known by the
children of Israel until many centuries later. The
terrible truth that sin caused death began to be
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