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Then Shall the Sanctuary Be Cleansed - Donald K. Short

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God abides is a sacred place.<br />

The importance of this can be considered in<br />

ano<strong>the</strong>r way. One was man's sanctuary and one<br />

was God's sanctuary. Man's sanctuary provided an<br />

old covenant refuge from guilt and sin; a "legal"<br />

shelter. God's sanctuary programmed a new<br />

covenant confrontation with guilt and sin which<br />

would create a new experience for human hearts.<br />

Both <strong>the</strong> portable structure in <strong>the</strong> wilderness and<br />

Solomon's magnificent temple in Jerusalem were<br />

man-made. But <strong>the</strong> Lord made a tabernacle that is<br />

His creation, befitting God and His exalted position<br />

in <strong>the</strong> universe. One is "earthly" and <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r is<br />

"heavenly." As surely as God is higher than man<br />

just so surely is <strong>the</strong> tabernacle that He made more<br />

exalted than <strong>the</strong> one man made; His is "not made<br />

with hands."<br />

The record states clearly that <strong>the</strong> "new<br />

covenant" has a vital connection with <strong>the</strong> character<br />

of God's people: "I will put my laws into <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

minds, and write <strong>the</strong>m in <strong>the</strong>ir hearts" (Hebrews<br />

8:10). Therefore <strong>the</strong> sanctuary of Daniel 8:14<br />

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