My many thanks to both the Author and his Publisher. (John B)
The second printing was in 1997. CHJ Publishing 1103 West Main Middleton, Idaho 83644. They may still have some books on hand John B.
NOTE(JB): Would anyone disagree with this statement... "Earth has been contaminated by sin, as all humans are sinners, when judged against the Ten Commandments in their fullest meaning"?
Who, in their right mind would this sin ,and all the grief and heartache it causes, to continue in Heaven forever? Who would want to be there? This is the reason why, no sin, nor a sinner, be allowed entry in the Kingdom! There shall not be sin...period! As God knows our hearts and reads our thoughts! Thus none shall con God Now to the story!
Let us mention again that one of the most fundamental factors of the Christian life is CONVERSION, {of the heart/mind/character}. Every professed Christian needs to experience the peace of mind that conversion brings. This is indeed the longing of the heart. Repentance and conversion is urged by Peter as a prerequisite to the blotting out of sins. The blotting out, or the overcoming of sins, is another very important factor in the plan of God's Salvation.
NOTE(JB): For this we need to daily, or as often as needed, to invite the Holy Spirit, into our minds, as we can't do none of this by our own powers. We need to pray and ask for Heaven's help, daily!
The foundation for this chapter's study is found in...
Acts 3:19 " Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;"
Note (JB) Please note the when, this event will occur in the course of human's search, for truth, remember people lie, God can't! Satan can only lie steal deceive, and kill, God uses only love and truth, but men pervert both the Bible and what it stands for, Christian Faith.We need only to look at all the different churches, that use the Word og God, to suit their own interpretations, YET the Bible proves itself, within itself, but they delete, change or ignore many parts. Read Revelation's 22 last few verses!
When we realize, within, that we can't have true "Peace of Mind", unless and until we are assured, that all our wrongs are forgiven and blotted out, and we by the powers of self, can not do this alone!
NOTE(JB) The Hebrew word "Blotted OUT", means in reality, as if never existed, the same term is used for all those who refuse to accept Christ as their Savior, Blotted Out! Thus the ones who love their sins, in the end, it shall be as if you never ever lived, nor existed! Is that empty or what?
This time has been defined by inspiration as the time of judgment, the Latter Rain, from the Holy Spirit and then the sealing of persons.. This comes to us only from Heaven's powers.
If is for these reasons we, each, must study carefully, what takes place within the Sanctuary, concerning the sins which have been brought in by virtue of christ's blood and His work of Substitution.....
Hebrews 9:6-7 " Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God. But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:"
Who ministered in the First Apartament? The Priest. How often? Every day. Who went into the most Holy Place the Holy of Holies" Only the High Priest. How often? Only once a Year on Yom Kippur, the day of Atonement. What did he take with him? He took the atoning blood. You see, the path into the sanctuary is a blood-stained path, and inside there's more blood, on the horns of brazen alter,j and there's blood on the Mercy Seat. The Blood always represents the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. This is brought out very beautifully in the Great Controversy, page 416.
"His (Christ's) intercession is that of a pierced sine, the the marred feet plead for the fallen man, whose redemption was purchased at such infinite cost."
This, the earthly Sanctuary had to be purified, or cleansed by the blood of animals. But not the Heavenly Sanctuary!
Hebrews 7:27 " Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself."
This refers, of course, to the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ, and the shedding of His blood..not pp 417-418 IBID. "The cleansing, both in the typical and in the real service, must be accomplished with blood: In the former, with the blood of animals, in the latter, with the blood of Christ."
Hebrews 9:22 "And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission."
What is remission? Ellen White continues: "Remission of sin, is the work to be accomplished."
Hebrews 9:23-24 "It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:"
The words highlighted, above are just so comforting, to me and should be to Y O U as well. For it tells us, that Jesus was NOT just "LOANED" to us for a few years, some 2,000 years ago, as a gift, but even forever! When He ascended back to Heaven He did so as our Older Brother, to personally present us to The Father. Therefore as He entertd Heaven, He carried all sins of the world, by virtue of His blood into the First Apartment, of the Heavenly Sanctuary, of which the earthly was but a copy! BUT NOW NOTE THE CHANGE. Once a year the High Priest went into the second apartment. Just so, Christ entered into the second Apartment in 1844 A.D.
Now a question: "How often did the high priest, go into the Second Apartment, the Most Holy of Holies? Only Once A Year! Will Jesus Christ do this every year?
NO! Absolutely not. Why not? He will do this once, and in the times of the end! He shall continue His work, His ministry in the Holy Apartment, until His work is finished. Read.......
Hebrews 9:26 " For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself."
Note(JB): in the end of the world, This word used as end, is the Greek word Sunteleia [ soon-tel'-i- ah] 4931 String's, entire completion; Consummation of a dispensation (of time).. A careful reading of Revelation will show all, that this same earth, shall be the heaven of eternity.[Revelation 21: 1-2.] It is for this reason we can say "Only those with Christ within will ever leave this planet, the wicked never shall!
Note also the underlined: He ..Jesus, put away sin by the Sacrifice of Himself." In Hebrews 9:26.
This term to put away, is the same used in the Bible to describe a man putting away his wife i n a divorce! So you see, that Jesus is in the business, of "Divorcing " us from all our sins, from His won, in this the the times of the end of this dispensation.. There's no other way to secure this earth, from Satan's grasp, sin.No peace conferences by the U.N, will last, in fact as of 12/2017, This U.N has put 20 some odd, declarations of wrongs against Israel, and none against the their constant antagonists the Palestinians! Note.....
Genesis 27:29 " Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee."
Note(JB): All that have Christ's Spirit within are "Spiritual Israelis," thus grafted int the Tree of Israel, therefore this covers all true believers. Can you not see how of the "peace of mind," He gives, the world can't match?
This world shall not know peace, until He returns, after the final Judgment is rendered! So+what's been going on in Heaven that we can know about? Since 1844 our High Priest Jesus has been preforming the work of the Investigative Judgement, and making atonements for all who are shown to be entitled to its benefits.
In the book, "The Great Controversy," p. 422 we read: "This is the termination of the 2300 days in 1844, Christ then entered the most Holy place (The First Apartment) to preform the closing work of atonement preparatory, to His return ." (Second coming.)
IBID p.421: "This is the service which began when the 2300 days ended. mAt the time, as foretold by daniel the prophet, our High Priest entered the most Holy, to preform the last division of His solemn work- to cleanse the Sanctuary.
Plus in Testimonies, Vol. 5, P 520 are these challenging words: "The sacred work of christ for the people of God that is going on at the present time in the Heavenly Sanctuary should be our constant study,"
From all these references we can see there was a big difference between what when on in the Two Apartments. In the first apartment, the sins of the penitent were transferred into the Sanctuary, by the substitute. Bur in the Second apartment, the Most Holy of Holies, the blood was sprinkled upon the Mercy Seat, in order to erase or blot out the sin. This is what took place during the Annual day of Atonement.....
Leviticus 16:5 "And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering."
There we discovered what the ancient priest did in the most holy place ( 2nd Apartment) note that there's two goats! They were brought in to the nmpriest, and lots were cast to see which one would represent the Lord's goat and which one would represent the Scapegoat, or Azazel (The devil) .
Leviticus 16:7-10 "And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat. And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD'S lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering. But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness. "
AS the "Scapegoat" was symbolic of Satan, the people could see and learn that the devil shall not always be with us, he shall die,at God's time.
Leviticus 16:12-16 " And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail: And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not: And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness."
SMOKE: from the candelabra, and the alter of Incense,, are both symbolic of the Holy Spirit.
So, Blood of the Lord;s goat was taken into the Sanctuary, into the second apartment ,the most holy of holies, and sprinkle it on the Mercy Seat and before the Mercy Seat. Yet that's not all...
Leviticus 16:20-22 "And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat: And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness."
Let's look at how Ellen White puts this in Patriarchs and Prophets P.356. "On tje Dsa\y of Atonement, the High Priest, having taken an offering for the congregation, went into the most holy place with the blood and sprinkled it upon the Mercy Seat, above the tables of the law. Thus the claims of the law, which demanded the life of the sinner, were satisfied. Then, in his character of mediator, the priest took the sins upon himself, and, leaving the Sanctuary, he bore with him the burden of Israel's guilt. At the door of the tabernacle, he laid his hands upon the head of the scapegoat,... And as the goat bearing these sins was sent away, as they were with him, regarded as forever separated from the people. Such was the service performed "unto the example and shadow of Heavenly things"
The scapegoat represented Satan, so, in the final act taking place on the Day of Atonement, the scapegoat was led into the wilderness, and left there to die!
Note(JB): When our Savior Jesus returns,all the just will be resurrected, and the living will be changed "in the blink of an eye", 1 Corinthians 15:50 -55. and the unjust will perish, all shall be upon this earth with Satan and his unholy angels, for a 1,000 years. During this time the just shall be with Jesus, learning why so and is there, but he nor she is there, and why and why not! After the 1,000 years {The Millennium] Satan will again rule all of the unjust, who are now resurrected, with same body and illnesness the died with, and will surround the New Jerusalem {rev. 21:2} in a attempt to steal
brimstone /sulfur, and purify this earth by fire, while Jesus has then transferred all sins upon Satan, who shall be cast into this Lake of Fire! Along with all the Unjust!
After the 1,000 years, i n the fires of the Second death.......
Revelation 21:8 " But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death."
........ Satan and all his shall receive the punishment of the Second death, not only for his own sins, but for the sins of all the redeemed saints, that were placed upon his head in the closing act of the Final Atonement. We are told in the Spirit of Prophecy that he shall suffer longer than any other being.
May I paint this picture for you? We are watching a man, leading a scapegoat away from the sanctuary.
WHY?
Because the scapegoat has upon it the, confessed and forsaken sins of God's own people. Who placed them on the scapegoat? The high priest. Where did the priest get these sins? It is interesting to note that he carried a portion of the sins in his own body: because according to the instructions, sometimes he was to eat part of the burnt sacrificial offering. The other sins he carried from the Holy Place of the Sanctuary. Do Y O U remember hows the sins came to be there? Yes, they were put there by means of the blood that was carried into the sanctuary by the priest.. These were the sins that the sinner had confessed over the head of the Substitute. Thus, transferring the sins to the Substitute, and the lamb, or the sacrifice offered.and slain by the sinner. So now we can see that there are two steps that must be taken i n separating sin from the sinner.
First, the sin must be transferred from the sinner, into the First compartment, of the Sanctuary, and in the Second Apartment, the second step there is a work to be done getting those sins out of the Sanctuary.
Here's a simple illustration of the separation process. Every City has a laundry and on Monday's, we shall find people bringing in their laundry's dirty clothing to be cleaned. That's what the a laundry does , right? Paul used the same idea in....
Ephesians 5:25-29 " Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:"
The Sanctuary therefore gives us a "Laundry service, for the "Church", enabling the people of God to be cleansed so they can welcome the return of the Lord, without fear His return! The Church members are to be waiting for His return... fully washed and clean, of sins. BUT God and God only can wash and cleanse us from all sins, this NO MAN can do! Therefore it MUST be up to us as individuals, to make sure that ALL our dirty laundry gets to God's Laundromat, to be fully cleaned, and no dirty clothes are left in the hamper, period!
Seeing there no earthly Tabernacle today, how are we to do this?
Verily [truly], it is by our repenting, and giving up our sins, and then asking our High Priest Jesus Christ, to take them away from us! We must go, by faith, to Calvary and behold Jesus, shedding His blood for you and all others.Then , by faith, we must follow our Resurrected Savior as He stansfers our sins through the efficacy of His Blood to the Heavenly Sanctuary. Then, on the Final Day of Atonement [ JB , this shall be at the close of man's Probation Period] the Jesus will, asw He sprinkles His blood upon the Mercy Seat, and blots out every trace of even our record of sins! In His last act He will carry the from the sanctuary, and place them upon the Scapegoat, ... Satan!
Here comes a big..big question: "Why is ti when we confess our sins, they are are not blotted out then and there?
Let's try this: Pretend that I am holding a whiteboard, and I write i n it the word SIN. Can you see it, i n your mind? The word, represents a sin, of a man, that's just come to the lord Jesus, and seeks forgiveness. What does Jesus then do? The Lord's desire, it that this man never "sees", this sin again, so He takes the sin into the Sanctuary and sprinkles His blood over it. If you could look into the record of heaven now, you would find that this sin is indeed covered with the priceless blood of Jesus. The ma n is forgiven, and is pardoned,, To illustrate this, suppose I take a handkerchief and hold it over the word sin. Now you can't see the word.
WHY?
Because it is covered by the handkerchief, SIN is still there... So, there is something further that must be done! The word SIN, must be erased, or blotted out. Now imagine that I take the same handkerchief and erase the word SIN, from the whiteboard, it's no longer there, no longer visible!
Psalms 32:1 " Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered."
Dear reader , when we confess, repent, and ask for forgiveness, and do this with all honesty, the sin is removed! Our Heavenly record, has been overwritten by the word, PAID IN FULL BY JESUS CHRIST.
Acts 3:19-21 "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began."
This should,nay MUST,tell all, that before Jesus returns again, He is going to "Blot out" the sins that have been covered, provided, of course, that you and I have met the conditions. Look at Jacob from Patriarchs and Prophets p.202 for the conditions of Salvation:
"Had not Jacob previously repented of his sin in falsely obtaining his birthright, by fraud, God could not have heard his prayer and mercifully preserved his life."
THESE WORDS ARE FOR US NOW!
"SO, in the time of trouble, [the tribulations of the time of the end] if the people of God had unconfessed sins to appear before them, while tortured with fear and anguish, they would be over-whelmed; despair would cut off their faith, and they could not have the confidence to plead with God for deliverance. But while they have a deep sense of their unworthiness, they will have no concealed wrongs to reveal.
WHY?
Their sins will have been blotted out by the atoning blood of Christ and they cannot bring them into remembrance!
WE, EACH, MUST BE AWARE OF THE ENEMY, SATAN'S TACTICS.
IBID: "Satan leads many to believe that God will overlook their unfaithfulness in the minor affairs of life; but the Lord shows in his dealing with Jacob, that He in no wise sanction or tolerate evil,[JB no matter how small ,or light] All who endeavor to excuse or conceal their sins, and permit them to remain on the Books of Heaven, unconfessed and unforgiven, will be overcome by Satan!"
Revelation 20:12-13 "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works."
Note(JB): I have used tobacco, for some 40 years, and I told many, many times, "Oh I can quit anytime I want" Yes even several times in one day" Yet is was not until my wife, since 1961, got ill, and quite smoking, that I got on my knees, after tossing out all the fixings, including lighters and ash trays, and ask The Father in Jesus' name to remove this craving from me. This was at least 15 years ago, and to this day, I've not ever unconsciously reached in my shirt pocket for another fix! Thank YOU FATHER! I was amazed at the better taste of all foods, and that fact that neither of us smell like old dirty ashtrays! Have YOU seen the price of a pack of smokes lately?
You may ask, does prayer help? Well as the Dad, of an alcoholic son, who has lost more that a few good jobs, and is still today looking foe life's answers in the bottoms of a bottle or can, prayers has not yet dried-up his "thirst". but at least I know that all we can do is to keep loving him, and praying for him to find that alcohol has no answers in it!
I. L. M. Nelson, must tell you that Jesus Christ is now in the heavenly sanctuary for the purpose of taking sin out of our lives.
WHY?
Because, He bore our sins i n His body on the Cross, and continues to bear our sins until he completion of the Final Atonement, when He places them upon the head of Satan, just before he is cast into the lek of Fire, when death and sin shall never ever arise again!
It is only possible through the Christ's actions, that the bands of sin can be broken. It is only through Christ's work in the heavenly Sanctuary, with our co-operation, that sin can be separated from the sinners, for the eternity!
Thanking Y O U for your time.
Questions? Comments" John at servant@frontier.com
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NEXT: Chapter 6: "Christ The Advocate". Note: in some tongues this word means- Lawyer!
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