PART ONE

THE MEANING AND SCOPE OF

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ROBERT D . BRINSMEAD (Canada)

ED . -We have asked Brother Robert Brinsmead to

write a series of expository articles on subjects of
tical Concordance . William Miller once
immediate concern to the church . The Atonement is said that he would rather have a humble
certainly one such subject. These articles are not prayer and an English Bible than all the
written or published to be any final word on the Greek, Latin, and Hebrew his opponents
subject but a conscientious attempt to think God's ever knew .
thoughts after Him . Questions, suggestions or objections
will be welcome and seriously considered . In examining the passages where
kaphar is used, it becomes apparent that
N VIEW OF current theological the word is employed with different shades
developments in our midst, it of meaning.
is time to heed the injunction : Kaphar is most frequently used in con-
"Lengthen thy cords and strength- nection with the sanctuary ritual . The
en thy stakes ." In considering this repentant sinner came to the sanctuary
subject, we will survey the use of the to receive kaphar, and was thereby par-
word atonement in the Old Testament, doned, forgiven, cleansed, and reconciled
New Testament, the English language, the to God . (Leviticus 4 :20 ; 16 :30; 6 :30) .
Spirit of Prophecy, and in the sanctuary In the sanctuary ritual, kaphar embraces
service. The reader is asked to observe the both the concept of justice and mercy,
following abbreviations : i.e ., making satisfaction for the claims of
LXX - Septuagint Version of the Old a broken law, covering the penitent sinner
Testament so that he could be restored to an accepta-
KJV - Our Authorized or King James ble standing with a Holy God whose law
Versionof the Bible he had transgressed .
OT -- Old Testament
NT -New Testament
In 2 Samuel 21 :3 we find David seek-
ing to make kaphar for the wrong com-
THE ATONEMENT IN THE HEBREW
mitted by Saul in the slaughter of the
Gibeonites . When the seven sons of Saul
The Hebrew word from which atone- were hanged, "God was entreated for
ment is translated in the OT is kaphar . the land ." Here the word implies
Related forms of this word are used more making reparation by giving an equivalent
than 100 times in the Law and the for an injury, making amends for an
Prophets . It appears in its simplest form in offense or crime .
Genesis 6 :14, where it means to cover, In Numbers 25:6-13 there is the record
although rendered pitch in the KJV . of Phineas making the kaphar for Israel by
Although the root meaning of kaphar destroying Zimri and the Midianitish
may have meant to cover, it seems that woman who was brought into the camp .
this was only a symbolic understanding Here kaphar is associated with removing
of the word . We know that in our own the offensive act and actors .
English language words c h a n g e their If kaphar does basically imply cover,
shades of meaning with usage and the pass- Leviticus certainly emphasizes that cover-
ing of time . The same thing happened ing is provided for the sinner, and the
with the Hebrew language . For this sin was sent away into the sanctuary . To
reason it is more rewarding to study the send away is the literal meaning of the
textual context where the word kaphar Leviticus 114; 4 :20, 26, 31, 35 ; 5 :6, 10, 13, 16,
occurs than to consult linguistic authorities 18 ; 6 :7 ; 9 :7 ; 10 :17 ; 12:9 ; 12 :8 ; 14 :18, 19, 31, 53 ;
on the word itself. Any layman can do 15 :15, 30 ; 16:30; 17 :11 ; 19 :22; Numbers 8 :21 ; 15 :28 ;
this with an English Bible and an Analy- 16 :47 ; 28 :22 ; 1 Chronicles 6 :49 ; 29 :24.

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Hebrew word for forgive as recorded in their references are as follows :

Leviticus . The penitent was therefore not be merciful - Deuteronomy 21 :8; 32 :43
covered while in sin, but he was covered
reconcile, reconciliation - Leviticus 6 :30 ;
from sin . God could not cover sin as such, 16 :20 ; Ezekiel 45 :20 ; Leviticus 8 :15 ; Ezekiel
for every sin brought an irrevocable death 45 :15 ; 45 :17 ; Daniel 9 :24 .
penalty . forgive - Psalms 78 :38 ; Jeremiah 18 :23 ;
Deuteronomy 21 :8 .
THE ATONEMENT IN THE GREEK
purge, purged - Psalms 65 :3 ; 79 :9 Ezekiel
There is no direct equivalent for kaphar 43 :20 ; 43 :26 ; Proverbs 16 :6 ; Isaiah 6 :7 ;
in the Greek language . However, the 22 :14 ; 27 :9 ; I Samuel 3 :14 .
ancient Greek translation of the OT' con- pardon - 2 Chronicles 30 :18 .
sistently uses forms of the Greek verb pacify -Ezekiel 16 :63 ; Proverbs 21 :14 ; 16 :14 .
hilaskomai for kaphar . This word appears put off -Isaiah 47 :11 .
twice in the NT : appease - Genesis 32 :20 .
"to make reconciliation for the sins of disannulled - Isaiah 28 :18 .
the people" Hebrews 2 :17 cleansed - Numbers 35 :33 .
"God be merciful to me, a sinner ." Luke
18 :13 In the face of the difficulty to define
In keeping with the LXX, we could and translate kaphar, let us see what is
translate these passages as follows : accomplished by the kaphar . This is far
more important . One may not be able to
"to make atonement for the sins of the
people ." define electricity, but if he is going to
"God make an atonement for me, a benefit by it, it would be to his advantage
sinner ." and safety to know what electricity will
Our KJV of Romans 5 :11 reads as do. Here we can place our lexicons and
follows : translations aside and proceed with
William Miller's "humble prayer and
"We also joy in our Lord Jesus Christ,
by whom we have now received the English Bible." In the OT we read :
atonement."
"the priest shall make an atonement for him, and
The word rendered atonement is from he shall be clean ." Leviticus 14 :20
the Greek katallage, elsewhere translated "the priest shall make an atonement for him that
more accurately as reconciliation (Romans is to be cleansed before the Lord ." Leviticus
14 :31
11 :15; 2 Corinthians 5 :18, 19) . "he shall . make an atonement for the
house and it shall be clean ." Leviticus 14 :53
THE ATONEMENT
"and the priest shall make an atonement for her
AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE before the Lord for the issue of her uncleanness ."
Leviticus 15 :30
If the NT writers found difficulty in "make an atonement for you, to cleanse you,
bringing kaphar over into the Greek, we that ye may be clean from all your sins before
should sympathize with the translators who the Lord ." Leviticus 16 :30
had to bring it over into the English . The "the priest shall make an atonement for them,
favorite choice of the KJV translators was and it shall be forgiven them ." Leviticus 4 :20
atonement. At the time of translation, "and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the
atonement signified at-one-ment or recon- horns of the altar round about with his finger,
It implied the agreement and and purified the altar, and poured the blood at
ciliation . the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make
concord of two parties after argument or reconciliation [kaphar] upon it." Leviticus 8 :15
controversy . Since atonement was used to "And they made reconciliation with their blood
designate the sacrificial death of Christ, upon the altar to make atonement for all Israel."
it has also come to mean "expiation, 2 Chronicles 29 :24
satisfaction or reparation made by giving `'And he shall go out unto the altar that is
an equivalent for an injury, or by doing before the Lord, and make atonement for it
or suffering that which is received in and he shall sprinkle with his finger seven
satisfaction for an offence or injury ." times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the
uncleanness of the children of Israel." Leviticus
Webster's University Dictionary . 16 :18, 19 .
Although kaphar was translated as "Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for
atonement in the majority of cases, other the altar, and sanctify it ." Exodus 29 :37
words were used in a number of instances . "And the priest shall . make an atonement
The alte rnative translations of kaphar with for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and
~ The OT was translated into Greek more than 100 shall hallow his head that same day ." Numbers
years B .C . 6 :11

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"Forgive [kaphar] not their iniquity, neither "Jesus refused to receive the homage of His people
blot out their sin from my sight ." Jeremiah until He knew that His sacrifice had been
18 :23 accepted by the Father, and until He had received
"It is the blood that maketh atonement for the the assurance from God Himself that His atone-
soul ." Leviticus 17 :11 ment for the sins of His people had been full
and ample ." Ibid ., p . 1150 .
From the foregoing information we "In His sufferings and death Jesus had made
may know that the work of atonement is atonement for all sins of ignorance :' Ibid .,
to cleanse, purge, sanctify, purify, hallow, p . 1145 .
and reconcile our souls to Cod ; and " . as the Father beheld the cross, He was
satisfied . He said, `It is enough, the offering
through the blood of atonement forgive, is complete ." Ibid., p . 1138 .
pardon, and blot out our sins . It is " . when the Father beheld the sacrifice of
important that we remember this in our His Son, He bowed before it in recognition of its
study of the atonement . perfection . `It is enough,' He said, `the atone-
ment is complete ."' Questions on Doctrine, p.
THE ATONEMENT 663.
AND THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY "The ransom paid by Christ-the atonement on
the cross, -is ever before them ." Testimonies,
As with the Bible, the Spirit of prophe- Vol . 5, p . 190.
cy's use of atonement varies with the con-
text. One cannot give a set definition of In the books "The Great Controversy,"
the word from the writings of the servant "Patriarchs and Prophets," and "Early
of the Lord . Consider the use of the word Writings", (and other places) which are
in the following statements : the great exponents of the sanctuary
question, the Spirit of Prophecy follows
"And they determined that, so far as possible, Leviticus closely in applying the atone-
they would atone for their unbelief by bravely ment to the work of our High Priest in the
confessing Him before the world ." Acts of the
Apostles, p. 36 . sanctuary.
Here the servant of the Lord is not "Our Saviour is in the sanctuary making an atoning
using the word in a theological sense, but sacrifice for us, pleading in our behalf the
in a more common, everyday usage . Here efficacy of His blood ." Fundamentals of Christian
Education, p . 370 .
atone obviously means to make amends . "Today He is making the atonement for us
"All who comprehend the spirituality of the law, before the Father ." Questions on Doctrine, p .
all who realize its power as a detector of sin, are 685 .
in just as helpless condition as is Satan himself, 11
. in 1844, Christ then entered the most
unless they accept the atonement provided for holy place . . . to perform the closing work
them in the remedial sacrifice of Jesus Christ, of atonement ." The Great Controversy, p . 422 .
who is our atonement - at-one-ment with God .'-
Bible Commentary, Vol . 6, p . 1077 .
". . .Jesus entered the most holy of the heavenly
. in 1844, to make a final atonement for all
who could be benefited by His mediation ."
This is an interesting statement because Early Writings, p . 253, (See Patriarchs and
the servant of the Lord defines atonement, Prophets, pp . 355-8) .
indicating her preference for the original
English concept of at-one-ment . Man is These, and many other statements show
separated from God through sin . Jesus that the work of atonement not only in-
suffered the death that was the sinner's cludes the shedding of blood, but the
by bearing the curse of the sin and the sprinkling of blood in the sanctuary for the
awful sense of separation from God . In benefit of the believer . Thus the atone-
Him, fallen man may find at-one-ment ment embraces the mediation and inter-
with God . The idea of at-one-ment per- cession of Jesus in the sanctuary .
vades the NT. (Ephesians 2 :6, 13-16 ; Finally, the servant of the Lord uses the
Colossians 1 :20-22 ; John 17 etc) . word atonement to take in the whole sweep
Again, the Spirit of prophecy employs of salvation and redemption, which is
atonement to designate the death of Christ accomplished through the incarnation, life,
-His sacrifice, offering, and ransom for death, and intercession of Christ :
the sins of the world . "The Father demonstrates His infinite love for
"The sacrifice of Christ as an atonement for Christ, who paid our ransom with His blood,
sin is the great truth around which all other by receiving and welcoming Christ's friends as
truths cluster . Those who study the His friends . He is satisfied with the atonement
Redeemer's wonderful sacrifice grow in grace made . He is glorified by the incarnation, the
and knowledge ." Bible Commentary, Vol . 5, p . life, the death, the mediation of His Son ."
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"Science is too limited to comprehend the atone- "Justice and Mercy stood apart, in opposi-
ment ; the mysterious and wonderful plan of tion to each other, separated by a wide
redemption is so far reaching ." Questions on
Doctrine, p . 663 gulf ." Questions on Doctrine, p . 673 .
"To human reasoning the whole plan of salvation When the blood of Calvary was presented,
is a waste of mercies and resources . They are each attribute of Deity bowed in reverence,
provided to accomplish the restoration of the perfectly satisfied and perfectly blended
moral image of God in man . The atonement is so as to form the rainbow around the
abundantly able to secure to all who receive it,
mansions in heaven ." Bible Commentary, Vol . throne of God . (See Bible Commentary,
5, p . 1101 . Vol . 6, p . 1071 .)
THE ATONEMENT AND THE MERCY SEAT
In the ancient ritual service, pardon
was granted the repentant sinner from
The pure gold covering of the sacred the mercy seat, by virtue of the atone-
ark was called the kapporeth, the basic ment. (Patriarchs and Prophets, p . 349) .
meaning of which was place o f covering . "As in that typical service the priest looked
The word kapporeth was very closely by faith to the mercy-seat which he could
associated with kaphar in form and mean- not see, so the people of God are now to
ing . It could be translated place of atone- direct their prayers to Christ, their great
ment . High Priest . . ." Ibid ., p . 353 . Christ is our
While kaphar is translated by the Greek Mercy-Seat (Romans 3 :25) . "In the midst
verb hilaskomai in the LXX, kapporeth of the throne" there stands "a Lamb as it
is translated with a noun form of the had been slain ." Revelation 5 :6. Here is
same word, hilasterion . In the NT, our kapporeth - the place from whence
hilaskomai is used twice, and hilasterion is we receive the atonement - in response
used twice : to the cry, "God be merciful Lmake atone-
Hilasokmai (from Hebrew kaphar )
ment] to me, a sinner ." Luke 18 :13.
"to make reconciliation for the sins of the people ." THE ATONEMENT
Hebrews 2 :17 AND THE SANCTUARY SERVICE
"God be merciful to me, a sinner ." Luke 18 :13
By now the reader will understand
Hilasterion (from Hebrew kapporeth ) that no single definition will suffice for
"Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation atonement. It is the great light of the
through faith in His blood ." Romans 3 :25
11 cherubims of glory overshadowing the mercy
Bible, and at best we can see only various
seat ." Hebrews 9 :5 facets of this great light, just as the scientist
breaks down the light of the sun in its
This illustrates that the kapporeth spectrum .
was the place o f atonement or place o f Perhaps the most adequate single word
reconciliation . Because of its obvious rela- for atonement is at-one-ment, as this em-
tion to atonement, Luther called it the braces everything in the atonement-
gnadenstuhl meaning, mercy seat . This cleansing, purging, reconciling, sanctifying,
was evidently because mercy figured etc . The story of the Bible from cover to
largely in Luther's concept of the atone- cover is the at-one-ment of God and man .
ment . Tyndale borrowed the expression In Genesis we find the record of how
mercy seat from Luther, and this was sin separated man from the presence of
handed down to the KJV . God . Adam could no longer look upon
While it is true that the mercy seat is the face of God . The atonement bridges
a place of mercy, it is no less a place the awful gulf of alienation . The work of
of justice . The blood, which represented atonement is not only the building of this
the forfeited life of the sinner, had to be bridge, but the work of God in Christ
sprinkled upon the mercy seat in the bringing the sinner across this bridge which
tabernacle ritual to make full satisfaction leads from sin to righteousness . The Bible
for the claims of the broken law . Only by climaxes with the words :
virtue of this shed blood could mercy be "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with man, and
extended to the repentant sinner . Justice He will dwell with them . and they shall see
and Mercy are the two pillars of God's His face ." Revelation 21 :3 ; 22 :4 .
government . When man sinned, justice
demanded that he pay the price, Mercy The way from absolute sin to absolute
pleaded that he be forgiven . The two righteousness is found alone through Jesus
attributes of the Deity were in conflict . (Continued on page thirty-seven)

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 Still another embraced a leg and declared
that the elephant was definitely like a tree .
The man who felt the trunk insisted that
the beast was like a snake .
"And so these men of Indostan,
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right
And all were in the wrong ."
Let us not render a modern version of
"The Blind Men and the Atonement ."
For one in studying the atonement lights
upon the altar in the outer court and says :
"Here is the atonement ." Another finds
his way into the first apartment where the
blood is sprinkled daily, and says, "This is
the atonement ." Yet another views the
great day of atonement service in the most
holy place and declares, "Here is the atone-
ment ."

THE ATONEMENT "And each is partly in the right,

And all are in the wrong."
(Continued from page thirteen)
The sanctuary service is the atonement .
in the sanctuary, as it is written, "Thy way, The entire service is the work of atone-
0 God, is in the sanctuary ." Psalms 77 :13 . ment . The whole yearly round of the
It is not possible to understand the way service in the ancient ritual was but a
of atonement without understanding the demonstration of the full scope of the
-way of the sanctuary . The sanctuary atonement, Every part of the service was
service is God's revelation of the atone- concerned with the . work of atonement-
ment . The blood was shed in the outer cleansing, purging, sanctifying, reconciling,
court, ministered daily in the first apart-
and restoring the sinner to at-one-ment
ment upon the altar of incense, and minis- with God . The work in the outer court,
tered once a year in the second apartment first apartment, and second apartment each
before the mercy seat . represented definite and distinct phases of
Now which was the atonement? Was the atoning work of our Lord . Each
it the shedding of blood, the daily division of the service was perfect, com-
sprinkling of blood, or the yearly sprinkling plete, and satisfactory in its sphere ; yet
of blood in the most holy place? Did each phase was to be complemented by
Christ make the atonement on Calvary, the other phases of the service .
and complete His work of atonement there, The tabernacle was a type of Jesus
or does He make the atonement in the (John 2 :19-21) . Every part of the service
sanctuary? These questions are causing was a symbol of Him . (Desire o f Ages, p .
no small contention in our midst today . 29) Jesus is our atonement - our atone-
Which is the correct position? ment with God (Bible Commentary, Vol .
I am reminded of the poem about 6, pp . 1073, 1077) . But Christ is our
`The Blind Men and the Elephant ." The atonement only as we follow Him by faith
six blind men of Indostan chanced to in every step of His heavenly ministry for
touch six different parts of the elephant . us . If we are to receive the atonement,
The one who felt the tail satisfied himself we must work in harmony with our High
that the elephant was like a rope, while Priest, and co-operate with Him in the
his colleague who felt its ear was equally work He is doing in heaven for us . When
convinced that the elephant was like a we follow Jesus by faith into His final work
fan . To the man who fell against the side of atonement in the most holy place, we
of the beast, the elephant was mighty like will receive the final atonement (Early
a wall . Yet another, upon seizing the tusk Writings, p . 253) . Then when the service
thought the elephant was very like a spear . of the sanctuary is complete in heaven, the

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work of cleansing, purging, blotting out,

and reconciling will be complete in our
hearts ; and upon our foreheads will be
inscribed the seal of our eternal at--one-
ment with God.

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PART TWO
THE MEANING AND SCOPE OF

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ROBERT D . BRINSMEAD (Canada)

HAT ARE WE to understand shall build the temple of the Lord : even
by Christ's words on calvary, he shall build the temple of the Lord ; and
~ mgin "It is finished"? What bearing he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and
do these words have on the ,rule upon his throne ; and he shall be a
atonement? priest upon his throne : and the counsel of
To understand these important ques- peace shall be between them both ." Zech-
ariah 6 :12, 13 .
tions, it will help us if we go back to the
building of the earthly tabernacle, and Where did Jesus erect this sanctuary?
then consider its bearing on the work As Moses came down from the mount to
which Jesus came to this earth to accom- pitch the tent among the children of Israel,
plish . so Jesus came down from Mount Zion to
build the temple of the Lord among the
Building the Earthly Sanctuary children of men . This is no contradiction
"And let them make me a sanctuary ; to John's evidence of seeing the temple and
that I may dwell among them ." Exodus its service in heaven . Before there could
25 :8 . be any service in the great sanctuary in
heaven, there had to be a work of "build-
Grad's parable of the atonement was in ing" down here on earth .
the sanctuary ritual . But before there
could be a service to reconcile men to In the fulness of time, when the earthly
God, there had to be a sanctuary. Moses ritual had become so perverted that the
received the instructions concerning the whole system had to be swept away,'
tabernacle while in the mount with God, a voice was heard in heaven, saying :
but he erected it among the children of "Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not,
Israel . but a body hast thou prepared me ." (Heb-
rews 10 :5) . The erection of the earthly
In the Lord's directions to Moses, it temple was a clear type of the incarnation
is important to observe that the most holy of Jesus, as the Scripture says : "The Word
place was first described, then the holy was made flesh, and dwelt among us,
place, then the outer court . (Exodus 25 to (and we beheld his glory, the glory as
27) . In the account of the construction of of the only begotten of the Father,) full
the sanctuary, we find the same order . of grace and truth ." John 1 :14 . The
(Chapters 37-39) . When the sanctuary word translated dwelt is from a verb form
was erected, the most holy place was first of the noun skene, meaning tabernacle,
furnished, then the first apartment, and and is an allusion to the ancient taber-
finally the outer court . (Chapter 40) . It nacle.' What an appalling thing that the
was after Moses had furnished the outer Jews who boasted in the temple did not
court that we read : "So Moses finished discern the One who was symbolized in
the work ." (Verse 33) . The divine pre- every part of the service!'
sence signified the Lord's approval of the
building, and the service for sinners began . "Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy
this temple, and in three days I will raise it up .
Building the Heavenly Sanctuary Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was
this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up
Moses was a type of Jesus, the builder in three days? But he spake of the temple of
of the heavenly sanctuary . "Behold the his body." John 2 :19-21 .
man whose name is The BRANCH ; and he
shall grow up out of his place, and he The two apartments of the earthly

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 temple represented our divine-human the power within Himself . (John 10 :18) .
Saviour. The most holy place with its In the atonement, the humanity of
sacred ark and Shekinah pointed to the Jesus is just as essential as His divinity .
divinity of Jesus . He who was the living Fallen man must be united to sinless God .
expression of the character of the law of In Himself, Jesus bad to unite the two
God, came to show men the height and natures . The Spirit of Prophecy says :
depth, and length and breadth of God's
love-His law. But sinful man could "In Christ were united the divine and the
human - the Creator and the creature . The
not look upon that law and live (1 Samuel nature of God, whose law had been transgressed,
6 :19) ; neither could he look upon Him and the nature of Adam, the transgressor, meet
who was the brightness of His Father's in Jesus -the Son of God, and the Son of man ."'
glory and the express image of His person . "Though He had no taint of sin upon His
(Hebrews 1 :3) . When Moses descended character, yet He condescended to connect our
fallen human nature with His divinity. By
the mount with shining face and holy thus taking humanity, He honored humanity .
law, the people could not commune with Having taken our fallen nature, He showed what
him until the glory was veiled . So Jesus, it might become, by accepting the ample pro-
in order to draw near to man, con- vision He has made for it, and by becoming
partaker of the divine nature ."'
descended to take a veil of human flesh .
(Hebrews 10 :20) . If, as some contend, Christ did not par-
The humanity of our Lord was repre- take of our fallen nature, then we must state
sented by the holy place of the tabernacle . emphatically that there is no at-one-ment .
The angel said to Mary : "The Holy Ghost It has been the devil's special work to
shall come upon thee, and the power of the tamper with the ladder of salvation, the top
Highest shall overshadow thee : therefore rung of which is the divinity of Jesus, the
also that holy thing which shall be born base of which is the humanity of Jesus .
of thee shall be called the Son of God ." While modernism destroys the top rung,
(Luke 1 : 35) . papal error removes the bottom rung ; but
the end result of either error is the same .
The humanity which Jesus assumed is "In taking upon Himself man's nature
explicity set forth in Hebrews 2 :14, 17 : in its fallen condition, Christ did not in the
"Forasmuch then as the children are least participate in its sin ."' In the loom
partakers of flesh and blood, he also of heaven and with the fabric of a de-
himself likewise took part of the same ; . . . teriorated' human nature, Christ wove a
Wherefore in all things it behooved him to pattern of a perfect life, free from all sinful
be made like unto his brethren ." passions, propensities, and inclinations to
There could be no atonement without a sin . '
divine-human mediator. "In that `holy place' the love of God
If Christ was not the eternal God, above was continually burning on the altar of
all law, and the source of all life, His His heart ." tl The holy incense of a pure and
sacrifice would have been of no value to unselfish life was as heavenly fragrance in
fallen man . No angel could pay the debt a sin-polluted world . In His humanity,
of transgression, for they, like man, are Christ was the candlestick of divine light,
under the yoke of obligation to the law for upon Him rested the "seven Spirits of
and the Creator .' Only One equal to the God" without measure - "the spirit of the
law could make an atonement for its Lord . the spirit of wisdom and
transgression . Only the infinite sacrifice understanding, the spirit of counsel and
and suffering of the Law-giver could might, the spirit of knowledge and of the
satisfy infinite justice . "The finite can fear of the Lord ." (Revelation 4 :5, Isaiah
only endure the finite measure, and human 11 :2) .
nature succumbs ; but the nature of Christ Christ was the living "table of shew-
had a greater capacity for suffering ; for bread." He demonstrated the truth He
the human existed in the divine nature, had enunciated to ancient Israel : "Man
and created a capacity for suffering to doth not live by bread only, but by every
endure that which resulted from the sins word that proceedeth out of the mouth
of a lost world ."' If Christ was not Him- of the Lord ." Deuteronomy 8 :3 . "He
self the source of all life, He could not would hear every word that proceeds from
have suffered the pains of the second the mouth of God ; but He could not obey
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know the Scriptures from beginning to The Atonement o f Calvary

end . . .
11 12
By the Word Jesus knew He "When Jesus therefore had received the
was the Sop. of God, through the Word vinegar, he said, It is finished : and he bowed
He resisted the devil, stilled the storm, fed his 'head, and gave up the ghost ." "And the
the multitudes, healed the sick, cast out veil of the temple was rent in twain from the
top to the bottom ." John 19 :30, Mark 15 :38 .
devils . He was the Word made flesh
(John 1 :14), the living Bread ,vhicb came These words are deeply significant, and
down from heaven . (John 6 :32-38) . lest there should be any misunderstanding
Until He was thirty years of age, Jesus as to their import, we will refer to two
of Nazareth was not only building as a statements from the Spirit of Prophecy :
carpenter, He was building a temple that " . when the Father beheld the sacrifice
would meet the divine approval . When of His son, He bowed before it in recognition of
the time spoken of by Daniel the prophet its perfection . `It is enough,' He said . `The
Atonement is complete .""'
was fulfilled, Jesus was led by the Spirit "Christ made a full atonement, giving His life
to be baptized of John in Jordan . By as a ransom for us ."
revelation of the Spirit, John perceived He
was the Christ, and shrank from baptizing The words, "It is finished," signified
One so pure and holy . But Jesus gently a complete atonement in a four-fold sense :
insisted, for well He knew that there could First
be no temple service without a laver .
The at-one-ment of the Father and the
The last and climactic step in the build- man Christ Jesus was complete . It may
ing of a temple service was Calvary . From objected that "from the days of eternity
the most holy place to the altar we see the z Lord Jesus Christ was one with the
path of our Lord's atonement . Leaving Father."" That is perfectly true . Also, at
the throne of God, veiling His divinity with His incarnation Jesus was still one with the
humanity, Jesus went step by step down Father. And during His earthly life there
the pathway of loving self-sacrifice and remained that unbroken unity and fellow-
self denial . The climax was reached when ship between them both, for Jesus "walked
He "became obedient unto death, even the in the light of God's presence ." " Jesus
death of the cross ." (Philippians 2 :8) . could say : "I and my Father are one ."
Having "lived out the character of God (John 10 :30) . But when Jesus entered
through the human body which God had Gethsemane to become the sin-bearer,
prepared for Him," " Christ "through the He stood in a different attitude from that
eternal Spirit offered himself without spot in which He had ever stood before . " Here
to God." Hebrews 9 :14 . He was numbered with the transgressors,
When our Lord entered Gethsemane, and as a sinner He was shut out from God's
He entered upon a new phase of His work . presence . The following statements from
At his incarnation, Christ took upon Him the Spirit of Prophecy depict the awful
our fallen nature, but here He took upon reality of the separation of the Father and
Himself our sins . "He bath made him to be the Son :
sin for us, who knew no sin ; that we might "So dreadful does sin appear to Him, so
be made the righteousness of God in him ." great is the weight of guilt which He must
(2 Corinthians 5 : 21) . Justice demanded bear, that He is tempted to fear it will shut Him
that the death sentence be executed upon out forever from His Father's love .
the transgressor, but now the sinless One "He felt that by sin He was being separated
from His Father. The gulf was so broad, so
takes the load of guilt, and invites justice black, so deep, that His spirit shuddered before it .
to deal with Him as the sinner's substitute . " . . . Christ's soul was filled with dread of
Having undergone infinite suffering and separation from God . Satan told Him that if He
humiliation in behalf of the human race, became the surety for a sinful world, the separa-
having drained to the last dregs the bitter tion would be eternal . He would be identified
with Satan's kingdom, and would never-more be
cup, Jesus cried : "It is finished ." (John one with God.
19 :30) . "In His agony He clings to the cold ground,
Christ had been building the new as if to prevent Himself from being drawn
covenant tabernacle service, and now the farther from God .""
work which He came to accomplish was "Could mortals view the amazement and
sorrow of the angels as they watched in silent
finished . There would be a heavenly grief the Father separating His beams of light,
sanctuary service for the lost race . love, and glory, from His Son, they would better

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understand how offensive is sin in His sight . in that trying hour. . . . The awful moment
As the Son of God in the Garden of Gethsemane had come,-that moment which was to decide
bowed in the attitude of prayer, the agony of the destiny of the world . The fate of humanity
His spirit forced from His pores sweat like great trembled in the balance . Christ might even
drops of blood . It was here that the horror now refuse to drink the cup apportioned to guilty
of great darkness surrounded Him . The sins of man . It was not yet too late . He might
the world were upon Him . He was suffering wipe the bloody sweat from His brow, and
in man's stead, as a transgressor of His Father's leave man to perish in his iniquity. He might
law . Here was the scene of temptation . The say, Let the transgressor receive the penalty of
divine light of God was receding from His vision, his sin, and I will go back to My Father ." -'
and He was passing into the hands of the powers
of darkness . Three times He prayed that the cup
. He cannot see the Father's reconciling of suffering might pass from Him, but as
ace . The withdrawal of the divine countenance the vision of a perishing world rose up
from the Saviour in this hour of supreme anguish before Him, He determined to save man at
i .ierced His heart with a sorrow that can never any cost to Himself. When He yielded His
I-se fully understood by man. So great was this
.cony that His physical pain was hardly felt . . life for the lost race, the veil of the temple
!te feared that sin was so offensive to God, that was rent from top to bottom by a bloodless
'heir separation was to be eternal . hand . This not only signified that the
"And in that dreadful hour Christ was not earthly service had ceased, but that the
io be comforted with the Father's presence . He veil of Christ's flesh was rent ." Now
i i od the wine press alone, and of the people there divinity was eternally united to humanity .
was none with Him .
"Then Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Through Christ's death that union was
Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?' `My God, my consummated . "For he is our peace, who
God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?' " bath made both [man and God] one ."
Now at what point was the Father (Ephesians 2 :14) .
reconciled to His Son? The following
Third
words graphically describe the completion
of the atonement : Christ's death reconciled justice and
Mercy . These two great attributes of the
"Suddenly the gloom lifted from the cross,
and in clear, trumpet-like tones, that seemed to Deity have from eternity been the founda-
resound throughout creation, Jesus cried, `It is tion of the throne of God, the fruit of the
finished .' 'Father, into Thy hands I commend divine law. When sin entered, just-lee
Miy spirit .' A light encircled the cross, and the demanded that the sentence of death be
face of the Savionr shone with a glory like the
sun . fle then bowed His head upon His breast, executed, Mercy pleaded for the sinner's
and died . . And as in submission He pardon . To the greatest intellect in the
connoitted Himsclf to Cod, the sense of the loss universe outside the Godhead, it seemed
of His Father's jaoor teas withdraicn . B y faith, impossible to reconcile the prerogatives
Christ rcas eictor ." -
of justice and Mercy . Lucifer argued
Christ, as the representive of the human that the only way out was to abolish the
race, was again one with the Father as law of God . For this reason he led
f ie had been from the days of eternity . In angels and men into sin, calculating that
Jesus, God and man became one . by so doing, God would be forced to
concede that "the righteousness of God's
Second
law is an enemy of peace ."''
At Calvary there was the at-one-ment of But God had a plan kept in secret since
divinity and humanity . It is true that at times eternal (Romans 16 :25, RV) ; and
Christ's incarnation, divinity and humanity this plan was Calvary . As the Substitute
were united as represented by the most and Surety for sinful man, Christ suffered
21
holy and holy places of the sanctuary . But under divine justice . "Voluntarily our
while the veil existed, the union of divinity divine Substitute bared His soul to the
with humanity was not consummated and sword of justice, that we might not perish
sealed . During His life on earth, Christ but have everlasting life ."
could have used His divinity at any time "Justice and Mercy stood apart, in opposition
to escape from the encumbrance of human to each other, separated by a wide gulf. The
nature . As the sins of the world were laid Lord our Redeemer clothed His divinity with
upon His humanity, it was a terrible humanity, and wrought out in behalf of man a
temptation for Him to use His divine character that was without spot or blemish . He
planted His cross midway between heaven and
power to escape from the consequences of earth, and made it the object of attraction which
man's sin . reached both ways, drawing both Justice and
"The humanity of the Son of God trembled (Continued on page thirty-two)

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THE ATONEMENT expressed by the apostle Paul when he

(Continued from page fourteen) says that "the blood of his cross" was "to
reconcile all things unto himself," even
Mercy across the gulf . justice moved from its "things in heaven ." Colossians 1 :20 .
exalted throne, and with all the armies of heaven
approached the cross . There it saw One equal Conclusion
with God bearing the penalty for all injustice
and sin . With perfect satisfaction justice bowed Christ's expiring words, "It is finished,"
in reverence at the cross, saying, It is enough . signified that He had established the
"God bowed His head satisfied . Now justice heavenly sanctuary, reconciled the pre-
and mercy could blend . . . . He [God] looked
upon the victim expiring on the cross, and said, rogatives of justice and mercy, united God
`It is finished .' " a and man in Himself, and established the
government of the universe on a basis of
Fourth eternal security. This atonement was not
When Christ cried "It is finished," the limited to His death ; it was consummated
at-one-meet of God and the angelic hosts by His death . It included every step from
was complete . This is not to infer that the most holy to the altar in the outer court
there was any antagonism between God - embracing His incarnation, sinless life,
and the loyal angels, but not until the and sacrificial death . When He bowed
death of Christ could they fully understand His head and died, the atonement was
the nature of Satan's rebellion . complete .

Satan had been the highest of all created REFERENCES

beings, and greatly loved by the angels . 1. See Desire of Ages, p . 36 .
The loyal angels could not answer Satan's 2. See Ibid ., p . 23 .
3. See Ibid ., p . 29 .
subtle arguments, but we might say they 4. See Early Writings, p . 150 .
followed God in the controversy by faith . 5. Bible Commentary, Vol . 5, p . 1103 .
6. Ibid ., Vol . 7, p . 926 .
It was only through the incarnation, life 7.
8.
Questions on Doctrine, p . 657 .
Selected Messages, Vol . 1, p . 256 .
and death of Jesus that God could demon- 9. Ibid ., p . 253 .
strate the righteous principles of His 10 . Bible Commentary, Vol . 5, p . 1128, 1129 .
11 . The Acts of the Apostles, p . 334.
government . The climax was reached 12 . The Desire of Ages, p . 85 .
13 . Bible Commentary, Vol . 7, p . 924 .
at Calvary . "At the cross of Calvary, love 14 . Questions on Doctrine, p . 663 .
and selfishness stood face to face . Here 15 . Bible Commentary, Vol . 7, p . 925 .
16 . The Desire of Ages, p . 19 .
was their crowning manifestation . Christ 17 . Ibid ., p . 681 .
had lived only to comfort and bless, and in 18 . Ibid ., p . 686 .
19 . Ibid ., pp . 685-687 .
putting Him to death, Satan manifested the 20 . Bible Commentary, Vol . 5, p . 1124 .
21 . The Desire of Ages, pp . 753, 754 .
malignity of his hatred against God ." 22 . Ibid ., pp. 755, 756 .
Satan was uprooted from the affection of 23 . Ibid ., p . 686 .
24 . Ibid ., p . 690 .
the loyal angels forever, and God's govern- 25 . Bible Commentary, Vol . 5, p . 17 05 .
26 . The Desire of Ages, p. 762 .
ment was vindicated in the eyes of the 27 . Ibidem .
heavenly hosts . ,2 "By love's self-sacrifice, 28 . Ibid ., p . 686 .
29 . Selected Messages Vol . 1, p . 322 .
the inhabitants . . . of heaven are 30 . Questions on Doctrine, pp . 673, 674 .
31 . The Desire of Ages, p . 57 .
bound to their Creator in bonds of 32 . See Ibid ., pp . 758-761 .
indissoluble union ."" This is the thought 33 . Ibid ., p . 33 .

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PART THREE -

I&e 4eemee
aaa
AS MADE BY CHRIST IN THE SANCTUARY

ROBERT D . BRINSMEAD (Canada)

O MOSES finished the work . petitioner . , . but as a conqueror claiming

Then a cloud covered the tent His victory ." _ His atonement on Calvary
of the congregation, and the was complete . As a man Ile had identified
glory of the Lord filled the Himself with sinful humanity . He had
tabernacle," Exodus 40 :33, 34 . become sin for us . (2 Corinthians 5 :21) .
~o runs the sacred record concerning He had made full satisfaction for the
the completion of the ancient tabernacle . claims of a broken law ; and as He had
Now a service was ready to commence - bowed His head and died, He had broken
a service that typified the reconciliation of down that mid-wall of partition . The
sinful men to God . Father was now reconciled to His Son .
Jesus ascended to heaven possessing the
"After this, Jesus knowing that all things were same oneness with the Father which was
now accomplished . . . saith . . . It is finished ."
john 19 :28, 30 . His from the days of eternity .
"Suddenly the gloom lifted from the cross, When Jesus left heaven He was one
and in clear trumpet-like tones, that seemed to with the Father as the Son of God . But
resound throughout creation, Jesus cried, `it is when Jesus returned to heaven He was
finished .' `Father, into Thy hands I commend
My Spirit .' A light encircled the cross, and the one with the Father in a new sense . As
face of the Saviour shone with a glory like the a representative of the fallen race He was
suit . He then bowed His head upon His breast, one with the Father . In Himself on the
and died . . . . by faith, Christ was victor ." cross Jesus had reconciled fallen, sinful
So Jesus completed His work of build- man to God . In Himself He had con-
ing his temple . He had -won the right to nected earth with heaven, finite man with
commence a service in the great sanctuary infinite God . In Jesus the at-one-ment
in heaven - a service that would be the was complete .
new and living way to reconcile sinful men
The Prayer of Christ
to Cod . Says the apostle : "But Christ
being come an high priest of good things John 17 is a lesson of the intercession of
to come, by a greater and more perfect Christ within the sanctuary .
tabernacle, not -made with hands, that is
to say, not of this building ; neither by the "Father, the hour is come ; glorify thy Son, that
thy Son also may glorify Tee : As thou hast given
blood of goats and calves, but by his own him power over all flesh, that he should give
blood he entered in once into the holy eternal life to as many as thou least given him .
dace, 'Greek, holy places or sanctuary] And this is life eternal, that they might know
,having obtained eternal redemption for us ." thee the only true God, and _Jesus Christ,
whom thou has sent . I have glorified thee
Hebrews 9 :11, 12 . on the earth : I have finished the work which
There is a real sanctuary in heaven . thou gayest me to do . And now, 0 Father,
glorify thou me with thine own self with the
John saw it in vision . (Revelation 4 :1-5; glory which I had with thee before the world
8 :2-03 ; 11 :19, etc) . The earthly was a pat- was ." j ohn 17 :1-.5 .
tern or shadow of it . (Hebrews 8 :5 ; 10 :1 ;
CAC .) . This heavenly sanctuary was built This prayer of esus was "in regard to
by virtue of the incarnation, 'life, death, a glory possessed in His oneness with
and resurrection of Jesus . After com- God ." ' ;esus refused to receive the
pleting His work upon earth, Jesus as- homage of His people or the angelic hosts
cended to be our High Priest in this until He had the personal assurance from
temple . He ascended not "as a mere the Father that His atonement was corn-

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plete, ' that as a man He would possess should hereafter sustain to heaven, and to His
that oneness with the Father which was Father. His church must be justified and ac-
His from the days of eternity . This is the cepted before He could accept heavenly honor .
I-le declared it to be His will that where He
glory for which Christ prayed, a glory that was, there His church should be ; if He was
no cherubim or seraphim can comprehend . to have glory, His people must share it with Him .
It was this glory of oneness and fellow- They who suffer with Him on earth must finally
ship with the Godhead that Lucifer had reign with Him in His kingdom . In the most
explicit manner Christ pleaded for His church,
coveted . As soon as the Father had identifying His interest with theirs, and advoca-
signified that this part of Christ's prayer ting, with love and constancy stronger than death,
was accepted, Christ had another request their rights and titles gained through Him .
to prefer concerning His people upon "God's answer to this appeal goes forth in the
earth : proclamation : `Let all the angels of God worship
Him .' Every angelic commander obeys the royal
"I have manifested thy name unto the men mandate, and Worthy, worthy, is the Lamb that
which thou gayest me out of the world : . was slain ; and that lives again a triumphant
And now I am no more in the world, but these conqueror! echoes and re-echoes through all
are in the world, and I come to thee . Holy heaven. The innumerable company of angels
Father, keep through thine own name those prostrate themselves before the Redeemer . The
whom thou bast given me, that they may be request of Christ is granted . . . " 6
one, as we are . . . . That they all may be one ;
as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that The Two Phases of the Atonement
they also may be one in us : that the world may
believe that thou has sent me . And the glory This prayer of Christ illustrates the
which thou gayest me I have given them ; that two great phases of the atonement.
they may be one, even as we are one : I in them, Through Calvary Christ Jesus as a man in
and thou in me, that they may be made perfect our place had become one with the Father;
in one ; and that the world may know that thou
bast sent me, and bast loved them, as thou hast through His intercession in the heavenly
loved me . Father, I will that they also, whom sanctuary the individual believer is made
thou bast given me, be with me where I am ; one with the Father . That this work in the
that they may behold my glory, which thou sanctuary is also called the atonement is
bast given me : for thou lovedst me before the
foundation of the world ." Tohn 17 :6, 11, 21-24 . evident from the Levitical record :

Let the imagination take in the scene . "And the priest that is anointed shall bring
of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the
Christ was not satisfied to return to heaven congregation : and the priest shall dip his finger
to share the glory of that oneness with the in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times
Father which was His from eternity . He before the Lord, even before the vail . And he
wants His brethren to share the glory of shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the
altar which is before the Lord, that is in the
this at-one-ment . It is a union and fellow- tabernacle of the congregation . . . and the priest
ship with the Godhead closer than the shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be
angels can ever know. The fellowship of forgiven them ." Leviticus 4 :16-20 .
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the Godhead that was coveted by Lucifer the blood is brought into the tabernacle
is now through Jesus to be shared with the of the congregation to reconcile [Hebrew, atone]
human family . Jesus has become one with withal in the holy place . . . ' Leviticus 6 :30 .
the human family, and nothing less than "And there shall be no man in the tabernacle
the human family becoming one with Him of the congregation when he goeth in to make an
atonement in the holy place, until he come out
on the throne of the universe can satisfy . . . And the bullock for the sin offering, and the
the infinite love of our elder Brother . This goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought
is the glory that Christ shares with His in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one
people, the glory of His oneness with God . carry forth . . . " Leviticus 16 :17, 27 .
What an amazing thing is this! Who can The above texts are cited to demon-
describe the destiny of the saved? Who strate that it is perfectly Scriptural to say
can utter the inestimable privilege of be- that Christ makes the atonement in the
coming a child of God? "Behold, what sanctuary. This is the clear teaching of the
manner of love the Father bath bestowed type . There are some who have no little
upon us, that we should be called the sons difficulty in comprehending that the atone-
of God ." 1 John 3 :1 . ment of Christ was completed on the cross
The Spirit of Prophecy portrays the in one sense, and that in another sense it is
thrilling scene that followed Christ's as- completed in the heavenly sanctuary . They
cension to heaven : feel that they must reject either one con-
"He also had a request to prefer concerning cept or the other . But this is a fatal mis-
His chosen ones upon earth . He wished to have take . There is no contradiction between
the relation clearly defined that his redeemed the truth of Christ's atonement on Calvary

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and His work of making the atonement in HIGHER EDUCATION
the heavenly sanctuary .
Dr . Harry Ironside as a young
There are two great phases of the atone-
ment. The first was completed on Calvary ; preacher visited the aged Alexander
Fraser and listened enthralled as one
the second is completed in the sanctuary .
In the first man and God became one in truth after another was opened up from
God's Word by Fraser until Ironside
Christ ; in the second this at-one-went be- could restrain himself no longer .
comes the personal experience of the in-
dividual believer . In the first the blood He cried out, "Where did you learn
was shed ; in the second the blood is ap- all these things?"
plied . In the first the fountain was "opened "On my knees on the mud floor of a
to the house of David and to the inhabi- little sod cottage in the north of Ireland,"
tants of Jerusalem for sin and uncleanness" ; replied Fraser . "There, with my Bible
in the second the sinner plunges into the open before me, I used to kneel for hours
cleansing stream . at a time and ask the Spirit of God to
The first was God's provision ; the second reveal Christ to my soul and to open the
is the individual's acceptance . In the first Word to my heart . He taught me more
was traced the experience of Christ from on my knees on that mud floor than I
the throne step by step down the pathway could ever have learned in all the colleges
of humiliation to the altar of sacrifice from and seminaries in the world ."
whence He cried, "It is finished ." In the
second we trace the experience of the the second went the high priest alone once
repentant sinner from the altar step by step every year, not without blood, which he
through the service with His Lord until offered for himself, and for the errors of
He reaches the judgment throne of God in the people ." Hebrews 9 :6, 7 .
the most holy place from whence come "Christ Jesus is represented as continually
the same words in behalf of the believer,
"It is finished standing at the altar, momentarily offering up
." the sacrifice for the sins of the world . He is a
"When the Lord's people reach this mark minister of the true tabernacle which the Lord
[perfection] they will be sealed in their fore- pitched and not man . The typical shadows of
heads . Filled with the Spirit, they will be com- the Jewish tabernacle no longer possess any
plete in Christ, and the recording angel will virtue . A daily and yearly typical atonement
declare, 'It is finished .' " is no longer to be made, but the atoning
sacrifice through a mediator is essential because
For the benefit of distinction we might of the constant commission of sin . Jesus is
call the first "the sacrificial phase of the officiating in the presence of God, offering up
His shed blood, as it had been a lamb slain .
atonement," and the second "the mediator- Jesus presents the oblation offered for every
ial phase of the atonement ." As touching offense and every shortcoming of the sinner .
the relative importance of these two great
phases of the work of redemption, the As we proceed with our study of the
Spirit of Prophecy says : atonement, we will see that the daily and
"The intercession of Christ in man's behalf yearly service typified two distinct di-
visions of the work of atonement in the
in the sanctuary above is as essential to the heavenly sanctuary . Each is essential to
plan of salvation as was His death upon the cross .
By His death He began that work which after salvation, and should be intelligently
His resurrection He ascended to complete in understood by all of God's people . For the
heaven ."' present we quote the words of O . R . L .
Crosier which very appropriately sum-
"theThe Two Divisions o f
Mediatorial Atonement" marize the significance of the two ministra-
tions
From the texts just cited from Leviticus "The atonement is the great idea of the Law,
it is clear that the priests made the atone-
ment in the first apartment daily, while as well as the Gospel ; and as the design of that
of the Law was to teach us that of Gospel, it
the High Priest made the atonement in the is very important to be understood. The atone-
second apartment yearly . Paul specifically ment which the priests made for the people in
refers to this "daily and yearly typical connection with their daily ministration was
atonement" when he says : "The priests different from that made on the tenth day of
the seventh month . In making the former, they
went always into the first tabernacle, ac- went no further than in the Holy ; but to make the
complishing the service of God . But into latter they entered the Holy of Holies -the

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former was made for individual cases, the latter a year ago, the Brother Crosier had the true
for the whole nation of Israel collectively -the light, on the cleansing of the Sanctuary, etc ;
former was made for the forgiveness of sins, and that it was his will that Brother C .
the latter for blotting them out-the former should write out the view which he gave us in
could be made at any time, the latter only on the the Day-Star, Extra February 7, 1846 . I feel
tenth day of the seventh month . Hence the authorized by the Lord, to recommend that
former may be called daily atonement and the Extra to every Saint ." io
latter the yearly, or the former the individual, and
the latter the national atonement ." s REFERENCES

Crosier wrote the first complete treatise 1.

2.
The Desire of Ages, pp . 755, 756 .
Questions on Doctrine, p . 683 .
on the Sanctuary which became the basic 3. Bible Commentary, Vol . 5, p. 1145 .
teaching of the Advent movement after 4. Ibid ., p . 1146 .
5. Ibid ., p . 1150 .
1844 . Concerning this presentation Sister 6. Ibidem .
7. Review and Herald, June 10, 1902 .
White wrote : 8. The Great Controversy, p. 489.
9. Crosier, Day-Star Extra, February 7, 1846 .
"The Lord shew me in vision, more than 10. A Word to the Little Flock, p . 12.

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PART THREE

THE DAILY IN TYPE AND ANTITYPE

ROBERT D . BRINSMEAD (Canada)

ND EVERY priest standeth daily pened following Christ's inauguration as

ministering and offering oftentimes Priest of the heavenly sanctuary . A con-
the same sacrifices, which can never tinual service in the sanctuary commenced
take away sins . The priests went - a service that was to be the new and
always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the
service of God." Hebrews 10 :11 ; 9 :6 . living way to reconcile sinful men to God .
Jesus took His censer full of the fire of
Here the apostle carries our minds back divine love and cast this fire into the earth .
to the continual service of the tabernacle He sent forth His Representative, the Holy
ritual . In this daily service the priests not Spirit, with no modified energy, but with
only offered up the morning and evening the fulness of divine power (the seven
sacrifices (Exodus 29 :38-42), but minister- Spirits of God) to prosecute His work upon
ed the blood of the sin offerings before earth . Through the power of His Spirit,
the golden altar of incense in the first Ile sent forth the Word of His salvation,
apartment . By this ceremony atonement the Bread of life, unto the ends of the
was made for the repentant sinner, he was earth . As the angels bowed before their
forgiven, and his guilt was transferred to returned Conqueror with love and adora-
the sanctuary . (See Leviticus 4) . The tion, Jesus enlisted them to co-operate
priests also offered incense upon the golden with Him in His supreme interest-the
altar, and tended the lamps and table salvation of the lost . See the great temple
of shewbread . All this comprised "the in heaven, the millions of cherubim and
daily ." seraphim forming a vast theatre around
Evidence is not wanting to show that the throne of God, going to and returing
Christ entered upon His continual ministry from their mission of salvation like the
after His ascension . Daniel's prophecies flash of lightning. See the elders, the four
bring to view the wicked work of "the living beings, and in the midst of all, the
man of sin" in taking away from the Lamb of God, not in solitude or idleness,
Christian church the knowledge of "the but with one great pulse of harmony all co-
daily" ministration of the "Prince of the operating in the work of man's redemption .
host" in the heavenly sanctuary . (Daniel All the agencies of heaven are employed
8 :11, 12) . In the book of Revelation we in presenting before men the Lamb of
are given glimpses of this ministration in God, the sacrifice for the sins of the world .
the first apartment of the heavenly (See Revelation 1 :13 ; chapters 4 and 5 ;
sanctuary . (See Revelation 1 :13 ; 4 ; 8 :24) . 8 :3-5 ; Hebrews 1 :14) .
The book of Hebrews directs our minds to The Holy Spirit took charge of Christ's
"the daily" in the heavenly sanctuary . work on earth . Jesus had said to His
disciples :
"But this man, because he continueth ever,
hath an unchangeable priesthood . Wherefore he "It is expedient for you that I go away : for if
is able also to save them to the uttermost I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto
that come unto God by him, seeing he ever you . But if I depart, I will send Him unto you .
liveth to make intercession for them ." Hebrews And when he is come, he will reprove the
7 :24, 25 . world of sin, and of righteousness, and of
judgment : . he shall not speak of himself
Uplifting the Cross lie shall glorify me : for he shall receive
It is necessary that we clearly under- of Mine, and shall shew it unto you ." John
16 :7, 8, 13, 14 .
stand the relationship of Christ's continual
ministry in heaven to His great sacrifice We know very little concerning the
on Calvary . Let us consider what hap- Third Person of the Godhead, the reason

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being that "He shall not speak of Him- warning :
self." It is His work to glorify Christ, to "Though we, or an angel from heaven,
uplift before men the glory of the cross of preach any other gospel unto you than that
Christ . "As Moses lifted up the serpent which we have preached unto you, let him
in the wilderness, even so must the Son be accursed ." Galatians 1 :8 .
of man be lifted up ." John 3 :14 . The
sinner's only hope is to see Calvary . But The work of the Holy Spirit, sent by
Calvary is not seen with the physical eye . heaven's High Priest, is to uplift before
Most of those people who saw Jesus of men the cross of Christ . The Word of
Nazareth put to death had eyes which God, the living Bread, is sent by the Minis-
saw not . The natural mind, the fleshy ter of the true sanctuary to uplift before
brain cells, cannot comprehend the cross . men the cross of Christ . The angels are
Flesh and blood cannot reveal it . Only sent by Jesus to draw our minds to the
the Holy Spirit can reveal Calvary to the cross of Christ . All who yield their lives
soul . This is His office . When the gospel to God likewise join in the gospel com-
was preached to the Galatians, Paul could mission to uplift before the world the cross
say to them, "Jesus Christ bath been of Christ. The one great purpose of "the
evidently set forth, crucified among you ." daily" ministry in the heavenly sanctuary
Galatians 3 :1 . The Holy Spirit bad pre- is to reflect the light from the cross of
sented Calvary to these heathen with Calvary.
such reality, that it was verily as tangible "The intercession of Christ in man's behalf
to them as if they were that dying thief in the sanctuary above is as essential to the plan
who saw the King on the cross, and who of salvation as was His death upon the cross .
cast his helpless, dying soul upon the By His death He began that work which after
His resurrection He ascended to complete in
Saviour . heaven . We must by faith enter within the
The Holy Spirit uses men. He used veil, whither the Forerunner is for us entered .'
the apostle Paul . What was the message There the light from the cross of Calvary is
reflected . There we may gain a clearer insight
of the Holy Spirit through Paul? into the mysteries of redemption."'
"We preach Christ crucified . . . for I Receiving the Atonement
determined not to know anything among you,
save Jesus Christ, and him crucified ." 1 Cor- Here is a sinner - the object of Christ':,
inthians 1 :23 ; 2 :2 . surpreme love. He may be a rank un-
"But God forbid that I should glory, save in believer, or a respectable church member
the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom who is unrenewed by divine grace . Christ
the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the can do nothing for him until he is stripped
world ." Galatians 6 :14 . of all self-sufficiency and realizes his help-
We are not to regard Paul as being less condition . He therefore sends forth
over enthusiastic about the cross . Perhaps His Spirit to convince him of sin . (John
if Paul were here today we might wonder 16 :8) . "He lays heavy burdens upon the
if he were going off on a tangent in conscience of the wrongdoer, and pierces
emphasizing this doctrine to the exclusion the soul with arrows of conviction ."' See-
of others . But here we must think soberly, ing the spiritual nature of the law, the
and think carefully. Are we guilty of em- convicted one exclaims : "I was alive with-
phasizing other doctrines to the exclusion out the law once : but when the command-
of the cross? To Paul there was one truth ment came, sin revived, and I died .""
and one gospel - Christ crucified . Every Romans 7 :9 .
other gem of truth which he preached was Now he sees himself dead in trespasses
but a ray of light from the cross, a facet and sins, under the wrath of the divine law .
of this one central truth . The Holy Spirit Realizing that "the law is holy, and the
had so enlightened his mind to the reality commandment holy, and just, and good,"
of the cross, that the whole Scripture shone he sets out in earnest upon a new life . He
with the glory of the crucified One . The cries to God for pardon, holding out as
one consuming interest of his life was to a pledge of his sincerity his promises and
make all men see the mystery of God's resolutions to reform . He determines with
love as revealed in the sacrifice of His all that lies in him to keep the command-
Son . This was his gospel . Lest we think ments - with God's help . He verily thinks
that this was merely his peculiar approach that this is righteousness by faith . What
to presenting the gospel, let us heed his is the result?

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 "For we know that the law is spiritual : but 1 were far off are made nigh by the blood of
am carnal, sold under sin . For that which I do I Christ . For he is our peace, who hath made both
allow not : for what I would, that do I not; [God and man] one, and hath broken down
but what I hate, that do I . for the good the middle wall of partition between us ; Having
that I would I do not : but the evil which I abolished in his flesh the enimity, even the law
would not, that I do ." Romans 7 :14, 15, 19 . of commandments contained in ordinances; for
to make in himself of twain [God and man]
In vain are his endeavors to free him- one new man, so making peace ; And that he
self from the condemnation of sin or to might reconcile both [Jews and Gentiles] unto
break its power . The law is his school- God in one body by the cross, having slain
the enmity in himself [margin] ; and came and
master (Galatians 3 :24), goading him, con- preached peace to you which were afar off, and
victing him, and giving him no peace . to them that were nigh ." Ephesians 2 :13-17.
Finally he realizes that such religion is
worth nothing-it is much talk, dry The sinner pauses to take in the
formality, and heavy drudgery . Deep in significance of this Scripture . Here was
his soul he knows that he has no hearty Jesus in his place-with his fallen nature,
love for God, and that his best efforts are with all his sins . In Jesus on the cross
slavish, not better than glittering sins . He his old sinful nature was crucified (See
is still by nature at enmity with God . He Romans 6:6) . In Jesus on the cross his
longs for freedom from sin, peace and sin was purged (See Hebrews 1 :3) . In
reconciliation with God . Himself Jesus made the sinner nigh to
God whilst he was a stranger from "the
The Holy Spirit now turns the mind of covenants of promise." In Himself Jesus
the sinner to the cross of Jesus . With made peace between man and God whilst
humble heart he surveys the atonement . he was an alien and an enemy of the
Here he sees that in the choice gift of the heavenly household . In Himself Jesus
Father, the whole treasury of heaven has smashed down the middle wall of partition
been opened for him . With the eye of whilst he was shut out from God . In Him-
faith he sees Jesus, the King of glory, self Jesus abolished the enmity, whilst
plunge to infinite depths of humiliation be- his mind was at enmity with God and His
cause He considered heaven not a place to law. In Himself Jesus made the sinner
be desired while the sinner was without one with God whilst he was vainly strug-
God and without hope in the world . gling to be at-one with God by hu-
At Bethlehem he sees the King of glory man effort ("the law of commandments
take upon His divine nature the sinner's contained in ordinances") . In Himself
fallen nature . Then in Gethsemane and on Jesus reconciled the sinner to God whilst
Calvary he sees Jesus take upon that he was by nature a child of wrath . In
fallen nature all of the sinner's guilt . By Himself on the cross Jesus slew the enmity
faith he sees Jesus on the cross, completely whilst he was alienated and an enemy in
in his place -as weak as he is, as sinful his mind by wicked works (See Colossians
as he is (We use this expression reverently 1 :20-22) .
in the sense that Jesus became sin for us, And now, having accomplished all this
2 Corinthians 5:21 .) . In Jesus he sees on the cross with the completeness of
that his sinful life has been lifted up and
nailed to the cross, just as the serpent was eternal salvation, Jesus announces to the
lifted up in the wilderness . In Jesus on sinner : "Peace to you which were afar off ."
the cross he sees that life of his which He announces the good news that the
Jesus has taken upon himself bearing the sinner need not vainly struggle to get over
bolts of wrath, suffering the dreadful the wall of separation to find peace and
acceptance with the Father, "for by grace
penalty of eternal separation from God . are ye saved through faith ; and that not of
He sees the mysterious Victim drinking the yourselves : it is the gift of God ." Ephesians
cup of suffering for him while His soul 2:8. Jesus announces the good news that
is enveloped in impenetrable darkness . in Himself the work is done, the atonement
Finally he sees the darkness part, and the is made, salvation is obtained, peace is
face of the Saviour shine forth like the established, reconciliation is complete, and
glory of the sun as He cries : "It is finished!" all this once and for all . The sinner is
What do these words mean for him? The not called upon to make his peace and
Holy Spirit directs his mind to the Word of atonement with God ; he is invited to accept
God:
Jesus as his peace and atonement . (See
"But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes Additional Notes at end of article.)

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The sinner is overwhelmed with God's This work of atonement is a continual

love for such a rebel . Here is love with- ministration . The believer is now to
out parallel. It attracts him to the foot of follow on to know the Lord . Day by day
the cross . As the light of Christ's self- he is to enter into a deeper experience of
sacrificing love penetrates his soul, the repentance, death to sin, cleansing, and
selfishness, enmity, and moral deformity of renewing of life . Entering by faith into
his own life becomes painfully distinct . the great at-one-ment with God is a pro-
"He loathes himself as he views the pure, gressive experience . "There will be a
spotless character of Christ ."' Yet in spite continual reaching out of the soul after
of his humiliating position, he knows that God, a continual, earnest, heart-breaking
Jesus loves him as he is . He realizes that confession of sin and humbling of the
"he has nothing of his own but what is heart before him ."" Through prayer (the
tainted and corrupted, polluted with sin, altar of incense), the study of the Word
utterly repulsive to a pure and holy God ."' (the table of shewbread), and the recep-
But as he looks upon his Sin Offering, his tion of the Spirit into the heart (the seven
faith takes hold of Jesus as his atonement . lamps of fire), the believer daily pro-
Upon the Lamb of God he confesses the gresses in his knowledge of God's will and
burden of his guilt . By faith he dies character, and the awareness of the sinful-
upon the altar of sacrifice with his Victim . ness of his own nature . Each day be may
He surrenders his sinful life at the foot of gain new victories in the greatest battle
the cross . In heart-broken penitence, be that can ever be fought . Such victories
exclaims in tears mingled with joy : will be gained in no other way than the
way in which he made the first start -in
"Love so amazing, so divine, penitence, humiliation, and self=surrender
Demands my life, my soul, my all ." at the foot of the cross . There is no higher
Thus a "clear, steady view of the cross place to which he can attain,""
of Christ," a true appreciation of the atone- Taking Away the Daily
ment of Christ, has led the sinner into an
experience of true repentance, true faith, "Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince
and true crucifixion of self . of the host, and by him the daily* was taken
away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast
Swiftly the agencies of heaven act to down . And an host was given him against the
set the soul free in Christ. The Minister daily* by reason of transgression, and it cast down
the truth to the ground ; and it practised, and
of the heavenly sanctuary "stands in the prospered." Daniel 8 :11, 12 .
presence of God, saying, Father, I take
upon Myself the guilt of that soul . It "And anus shall stand on his part, and they
shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall
means death to him if he is left to bear take away the daily,' and they shall place the
it . . . he shall be forgiven . My blood abomination that maketh desolate ." Daniel
shall cleanse him from all sin . I gave My 11 : 31 .
life for the sins of the world ."' As Christ
sprinkles His blood before the altar in the From the birth of the early Christian
sanctuary of heaven, the Spirit sprinkles church and the commencement of Christ's
the sanctuary of the soul from an evil continual ministry in heaven, Satan bent
conscience (Hebrews 10 :22), and re- his efforts to obliterate from the minds of
surrects a "new being in the image of men the knowledge of the cross of Christ .
God ." The love of God is kindled upon To do this he had to turn the eyes of the
the altar of the heart ; ' the Spirit strikes church from Christ's continual ministry
the chords of the soul and draws out the in heaven, a ministry which reflected to
prayers and praise which ascend from men the light from the cross .
the believer as incense to the heavenly In the papal system be forged a
sanctuary;' the lamps of the soul are counterfeit to Christianity-the abomina-
trimmed and lighted; ' and the truth, the tion that maketh desolate . "To fasten
living Bread, takes possession of the mind . them in the deception, the,sjgne of the cross
The sinner is now pardoned, forgiven, would be exalted and worshiped, to the
cleansed, justified, created anew in Christ utter exclusion of tthe truth, of the cross .
Jesus . He loves God . He loves God's law .
He has received the ATONEMENT . God * NOTE - The word sacrifice has been omitted after
the word daily, because it is a supplied word and does
and the angels rejoice . (Leviticus 4 :35, not belong to the text -See Early Writings, page 74 .
Romans 5 :11) . (Continued on page thirty-nine)

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 THE ATONEMENT singing about the cross, wearing the cross,
(Continued from page ten) even worshiping the cross, just so long as
Thus, from the days of Constantine, the understanding the Cross is eluded . What
sign of the cross became the emblem of more clever deception has Satan perfected
professed Christianity, while the doctrines to take the sign of his utter defeat, and
of Rornanism, a subtle and deceptive transform it into the vehicle of his vic-
counterfeit of righteousness by faith, tory ." '-
wrought desolation in the human heart . Thus the early church was plunged into
The shadow was offered in place of the the bondage of Babylonish captivity.
substance . . . . So confident is Satan of Additional Notes
his plans that he freely permits preaching
about the cross, praying about the cross, "The atoning sacrifice is full and sufficient ."
"The atonement that has been made for us
by Christ is wholly and abundantly satisfactory
\lAkc11-APRIL, 1962 to the Father." "
"No one less holy than the Only Begotten of
the Father could have offered a sacrifice that
would be efficacious to cleanse all -- even the
most sinful and degraded - who accept the
Saviour as their atonement
"The repentant soul realizes that his justifica-
tion comes because Christ, as His substitute and
surety, has died for him, is his atonement and
righteousness ." "
"All who comprehend the spirituality of the
law, all who realize its power as a detector of sin,
are in just as helpless a condition as is Satan him-
self, unless they accept the atonement provided
for them in the remedial sacrifice of Jesus Christ,
who is our atonement - at-one-ment with God ." 11
"Jesus is our atoning sacrifice . We can make
no atonement for ourselves; but by faith we can
accept the atonement that has been made .""
"The believer is not called upon to make his
peace with God; he never has nor ever can do
this . He is to accept Christ as his peace, for
with Christ is God and peace .""
REFERENCES
1. The Great Controversy, p . 489 .
2. The Desire of Ages, p . 104.
3. Steps to Christ, p . 29 .
4. Selected Messages I, p . 342 .
5. Questions on Doctrine, p . 684 .
6. The Desire of Ages, p. 173 .
7. Testimonies, Vol . 5, p . 166.
8. Selected Messages I, p. 344 .
9. Testimonies to Ministers, p . 511 .
10. Acts of the Apostles, p . 561 .
11 . Bible Commentary, Vol . 5, p . 1133 .
l - 2p Unpublished Manuscript .
13 . Bible Commentary, Vol . 5, p . 1102 .
14 . Ibid ., Vol . 6, p . 1071 .
15 . Selected Messages I, p . 309 .
16 Bible Commentary, Vol . 6, p . 1073 .
17 . Ibid ., p . 1077 .
18 . Selected Messages 1, p . 321 .
19 . Ibid ., p . 395 .

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74 0,04

ROBERT D . BRINSMEAD (Canada)

HOW ADVENTIST HISTORY IS A COMMENTARY ON

~~e j%arr4usg 4 flee Sawt"

"And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days ; then
shall the sanctuary be cleansed." Daniel 8 :14 .

DVENTIST history is a com- claimed with the energy that had marked
mentary on Daniel 8 :14 . the preaching of the first message, for the
In 1818 William Miller studied people of God could not rise above their
this prophecy and concluded that disappointed hopes . Then during August
the 2300 days would end on or before of 1844, while many of them were gathered
the Jewish year 1843 . Believing that the at a camp-meeting at Exeter, a Brother
cleansing of the sanctuary pointed to the Snow presented before the waiting Ad-
second Advent of Christ, a sense of duty ventists conclusive evidence that the 2300
and conviction urged him to publicly pro- days would end on October 22nd, in
claim his faith . After the falling of the harmony with the type of the day of atone-
stars in 1833, the same year as Miller ment on the 10th day of the Jewish 7th
received a license to preach from the month .
Baptist church, thousands in the United Snow's Explanation
States were convinced as to the truth of
his message. Many joined Miller in preach- Snow explained the past and present
ing the warning of the first angel of position of the Adventists in the light of
Revelation 14 - "Fear God, and give Christ's parable of the ten virgins who
glory to him ; for the hour of His judgment went forth to meet the bridegroom . A
is come." (Verse 7) . wave of irresistible conviction swept over
the Advent company as Snow gave the
First Disappointment call of mid-night, "Behold, the Bride-
When the expected time of the Advent groom cometh ; go ye out to meet Him ."
passed in the spring of 1844, the Advent Matthew 25 :6 . Like a tidal wave, the mid-
believers were thrown into a position of night cry swept over the land, producing
uncertainty and perplexity . The "wise the greatest revival and return to primitive
virgms among them held fast to their godliness that had been witnessed since
faith, believing that they must wait for apostolic times .
the fulfillment of the vision, "though it
tarry ." (Habakkuk 2:3) . At this time Birth of Sanctuary Truth
the churches in general reached such a On October 22 came the crushing
pitch of opposition to the Advent doctrine, disappointment referred to in Revelation
that in the summer of 1844, some 50,000 10. The eating of Daniel's great time
Advent believers were forced to withdraw prophecy was sweet as honey to the wait-
from these churches . Observing the mark- ing people of God, but the passing of time
ed spiritual declension that befell the was bitter to the belly . The morning after
churches as a result of this "Exodus", the the disappointment, one Hiram Edson was
Advent believers began to proclaim the walking through a corn field with a com-
second angel's message of Revelation 14 : panion, reflecting on their Advent ex-
"Babylon is fallen, is fallen ." (Verse 8) . perience, when light dawned in Edson's
This message, however, was not pro- mind that Christ had on this antitypical

6 THE CHURCH TRIUMPHANT

day of atonement entered for the first 3. As soon as men sin, angels record
time into the most holy place of the the sins in the books of heaven . (The
heavenly sanctuary to perform a special Great Controversy, pp. 486-7) . When they
work of atonement for His people before repent and claim the blood of Jesus as
the mercy-seat preparatory to His second their atoning sacrifice, their guilt is trans-
coming. ferred to the heavenly sanctuary . (The
This idea led the Advent believers who Great Controversy, p . 421) . Pardon is
held fast their faith, to study the meaning entered against their names in the records
of the cleansing of the sanctuary . They of heaven, but the sin still remains re-
found that on the 10th day of the Jewish corded on the books of record . (The
7th month the high priest entered for the Great Controversy, p. 421) .
first time into the most holy place to 4 . In 1844 began the work of blotting
make a special atonement for Israel, after out these records of sin from the books
which he came out of the sanctuary and of heaven . This work will continue to the
blessed the waiting congregation . So they close of human probation. (The Great
understood that Christ had entered the Controversy, p . 486; Early Writings, p .
most holy place of the heavenly temple in 48) . This is what is comprehended in the
1844 to commence the work typified by cleansing of the sanctuary. (The Great
the earthly day of atonement, and after Controversy, pp. 421-422) . This is also
completing this work He would return to called the final or special atonement.
earth to bless His waiting people with (Patriarchs and Prophets, p . 358 ; Early
eternal life . This doctrine was embodied Writings, pp . 251, 253) .
in 0. R . L . Crozier's article, "The Sanc- 5. Before the sins can be blotted from
tuary," written in the Day Star Extra,
the books of record, there must be a
1846 . Through Mrs . E . G. White, the work of examination to determine who
Lord recommended this presentation of
is entitled to the benefits of this final
the sanctuary question to every saint (See atonement, or blotting out of sins . Hence
A Word to the Little Flock, page 12) . the cleansing of the sanctuary involves
The light which came to the minds of a work of "investigative judgment" as
God's people as they diligently studied the
brought to view in Daniel 7 :9-10 . This
question of the cleansing of the sanctuary judgment would be concerned only with
was complemented by clarifying visions God's professed people of all ages . (The
given to Mrs . White, and was later written Great Controversy, pp . 422, 480) .
out in such books as Early Writings,
Patriarchs and Prophets, and The Great 6 . When the cases of the dead and
Controversy . living have thus been decided, and the sins
of all the faithful have been blotted from
Foundation o f Advent Faith the records of heaven, probation will close .
Continually the servant of the Lord In His character of a Mediator, Christ
admonished the church that the light will tarry a moment in the first apart-
which came to God's people after 1844 ment of the heavenly sanctuary, take
on the cleansing of the sanctuary stood up the sins of God's people that have
"in truth and righteousness", and was the been transferred into the sanctuary, and
foundation of the Advent faith . Let us place them upon Satan the originator of
therefore review these fundamental con- sin . He will suffer their final punishment
cepts of the cleansing of the sanctuary that in banishment to the desolate earth during
have been the heritage of the Advent the thousand years, and in the fires of the
movement since 1844 . last judgment. (The Great Controversy,
1 . The sanctuary referred to in Daniel pp . 422, 485, 658 ; Early Writings, pp . 178,
8 :14 is the new covenant sanctuary, or 280 ; Patriarchs and Prophets, p . 358) .
the heavenly sanctuary, where Christ
ministers as High Priest . The earthly Progressive Revelation o f Daniel Eight
sanctuary was a copy, pattern, or -shadow The foregoing constitutes a very brief
of this sanctuary . (The Great Controversy, synopsis of the basic truth which came to
pp . 414-417) . the Advent movement after 1844, and since
that time has remained the fundamental
2 . Christ ministered in the first apart-
ment of the heavenly sanctuary until 1844 . teaching of Seventh-day Adventism .
(The Great Controversy, p . 421) . This study of Christ's work in the most

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holy place of the heavenly sanctuary since Revelation 18 :1 is the destined finale
brought the ark of God before the atten- of the Advent message, we must expect
tion of His people . "The temple of God that this last mighty movement will simply
was opened in heaven, and there was seen be God's commentary on Daniel 8 :14 .
in His temple the ark of His testament ."
Revelation 11 :19 . Thus the minds of the An Unfolding Revelation
Advent believers were drawn to God's In view of what we have just con-
down-trodden law, and they perceived the sidered, it must be evident that the full
great work of Sabbath reform in Revela- light on the cleansing of the sanctuary was
tion 14 and the solemn warning against not unfolded to God's people in 1.844 .
"the mark of the beast ." So came about Christ had come with the unsealed pro-
the birth of the third angel's message : "And phecy of the 2300 days in his hand to give
the third angel followed them, saying with to His people the revelation of Himself.
a loud voice, If any man worship the beast But the Sun of Righteousness, like Moses
and his image, and receive his mark in his in type, had to veil the great revelation of
forehead, or in his hand, the same shall truth . (See Revelation 10 :1 .) . When
drink of the wine of the wrath of God, the veil is fully removed from Daniel 8 :14,
Here is the patience of the saints : the Sun of Righteousness will no longer
here are they that keep the commandments be "clothed with a cloud ." Then "the
of God, and the faith of Jesus ." Revelation triumph of truth will be like the appearing
14 :9-12 . of the sun at noonday . The Sun of
Righteousness shall shine forth with heal-
Revelation Eighteen ing in His wings, and the whole earth shall
The important point for us to observe be filled with His glory." (Selected Mes-
is that each important stage of develop- sages, Vol . 2, p . 108) . This event awaits
ment of the Advent movement was in "an ethical, spiritual, and practical under-
direct response to a certain understanding standing of the cleansing of the sanctu-
of Daniel 8 :14 . As Daniel 8 :14 unfolded, ary ."'
the Advent movement developed . The The following observations by D . K .
first angel's message began in response to Short give a very accurate appraisal on
a certain understanding of Daniel 8 :14 : the subject of the cleansing of the sanctu-
the second angel's message and mid-night ary :
cry came in response to increased under-
standing of Daniel 8 :14 : the third angel's Some misapprehensions in the history of God's
message was born in response to further people . From the time of the very first promise
to the parents of the race (Genesis 3 :15), down
light on Daniel 8 :14 . But the story of to the present day, there have been sundry
the great second Advent movement did not misunderstandings of God's declared purpose . It
end in 1844 . Another mighty angel is to would seem that the participants of history some-
join the third angel's message as the mid- how had their eyes blinded to that which later
generations came to see with great clarity . The
night cry joined the second angel's message evidence is so real and so overwhelming in this
in the summer of 1844 . In this movement respect, that the present generation may well
the whole earth will be lightened with the ponder wherein discernment is possibly lacking .
glory of God, for the gospel message is "It was not given to the prophets to under-
destined to close with the mightiest man- stand fully the things revealed to them," affirms
ifestation of the power and glory of God Ellen G . White, (The Great Controversy, p . 344),
that has ever been witnessed (Revelation even though they were diligent in their search .
18 :1) . Thus it was when the disciples of Christ walked
and talked with Him . When they were sent
Now since the first, second, and third forth to preach, "the time is fulfilled, and the
angel's messages each came in response to kingdom of God is at hand : repent ye, and
believe the gospel," (Mark 1 :15), they were
an unfolding of the significance of Daniel imbued with a popular misconception of the Mes-
8 :14, is it not reasonable and logical siah as a temporal prince (The Great Controversy .
to conclude that the coming of that other p . 345) . The very message they bore was based
mighty angel with the full dory of truth on the ninth chapter of Daniel, but they failed
will be in response to the full understand- to grasp that "after threescore and two weeks
shall the Messiah he cut off ." Their eyes were
ing of Daniel 8 :14 on the part of God's fixed upon the glories of a worldly kingdom .
people? Indeed, since the cleansing of the A similar kind of reasoning led John the
sanctuary is the only original contribution Baptist into the same error . He did not fully
that this people has made to theology, and understand the nature of Christ's kingdom, and

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 looked for the Jewish nation to be delivered from The above remarks are very much in
her national foes . . . . harmony with the counsel of the Spirit of
A nineteenth century parallel . Reference has Prophecy. Discussing the cleansing of the
been made to the fact that the Millerites saw in sanctuary in connection with the contro-
their experience the direct leading of God . The verted message of righteousness by faith,
fruit in changed lives had been too marked to
ignore . Though this cannot be denied, yet there Mrs . White wrote in 1890 :
was a deficiency, and the parallel is drawn by "The mediatorial work of Christ, the grand
Ellen G. White : and holy mysteries of redemption, are not studied
"Like the first disciples, William Miller and or comprehended by the people who claim to
his associates did not, themselves, fully compre- have light in advance of every other people on
hend the import of the message which they the face of the earth . Were Jesus personally
bore . Errors that had long been established in upon earth, He would address a large number
the church prevented them from arriving at a who claim to believe present truth with the
correct interpretation of an important point in the words He addressed to the Pharisees : 'Ye do err,
prophecy. Therefore, though they proclaimed not knowing the Scriptures, or the power of
the message which God had committed to them God ."' Review and Herald, February 4, 1890 .
to give to the world, yet through a misappre- That we as a people need to under-
hension of its meaning, they suffered disappoint-
ment." (The Great Controversy, pp . 351, 352) . stand more fully the significance of the
cleansing of the sanctuary, and that such
The fact that the disciples of Christ, and an understanding will prepare the way for
later the Millerites, were deficient in their under-
standing of spiritual truths does not detract the finishing of the work of God on earth,
from their God-given call . The point is, there is clearly set forth in the following state-
was "an acceptance of, or adherence to, popular ment :
errors that blinded the mind to the truth ." (The
Great Controversy, p . 353) . "The great plan of redemption, as revealed
in the closing work for these last days, should
These examples make it abundantly clear that receive close examination . The scenes connected
time, place, or position in no way makes any with the sanctuary above should make such an
group of individuals immune from spiritual error impression upon the minds and hearts of all that
and misapprehension even though the group may they may be able to impress others . All need
be called directly by God and have credentials to become more intelligent in regard to the work
from Heaven . It is in this kind of light that the of the atonement, which is going on in the sanctu-
great truth of the sanctuary should be examined . ary above . When this grand truth is seen and
That which was "present truth" one hundred understood, those who hold it will work in harmo-
years ago is still truth, but it is hardly "present" ny with Christ to prepare a people to stand in the
or current in the sense of being a larger under- great day of God, and their efforts will be
standing of God and the principles of His govern- successful . By study, contemplation, and prayer
ment . It would therefore be tragic if the God's people will be elevated above common,
Remnant Church should in the least consider earthly thoughts and feelings, and will be brought
that the delay of the Lord in returning has to do into harmony with Christ and His great work
with the work of cleansing in heaven . Akin to of cleansing the sanctuary above from the sins of
this would be the equally disastrous concept that the people . Their faith will go with Him into the
the advent of Christ is contingent upon a larger sanctuary, . . ." (Testimonies, Vol. 5, p . 575) .
membership, more institutions, greater schools,
and in general those things by which the world Conclusions
measures progress and achievement .
Light on Daniel 8 :14 produced the first
Sacred history gives no example of failures angel's message .
due to an inadequate supply of resources or mater-
ial deficiency - but it is replete with examples of More light on Daniel 8 :14 produced the
miserable failures due to spiritual poverty. The second angel's message and the midnight
Last Church, the Seventh Church, the Laodicean cry .
Church, has not been indited because she has no
"works," for the True Witness says plainly that Light on the cleansing of the sanctuary
He knows the "works ." The indictment is, gave birth to the third angel's message .
"thou . . . knowest not ." (Revelation 3 :14-22) .
There is still more light to be brought
to the attention of God's people in regard
Few would deny that the world has made
tremendous advancement in scientific knowledge to the cleansing of the sanctuary . Such
during the past one hundred years . This is light will be the light of that other angel
true in every field of human endeavor . There whose glory shall fill the whole earth .
might be some question, however, as to whether A consideration of these things should
the church has made a complementary advance
in spiritual discernment, or if spiritual light is lead us to a renewed and diligent study
any brighter, any keener today than it was when of the cleansing of the sanctuary, knowing
the pioneers began to retrieve and assemble the that before us lies the secret that will be
truths of the denomination a century ago . ` (Continued on page eleven)

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THE ATONEMENT present truth . The truth of Einstein's equation
has not altered nor diminished one particle to
(Continued from page nine) this day, yet the real truth of his formula was
proved in the product that it created . That
the unfolding of the greatest truth to made it `present truth .' The truth of the formula
shine forth upon the understanding of man in the hands of the Remnant Church, is to he
found in the product that it creates . Though one
since the days of Pentecost . D . K . Short hundred years have gone by, and the earth still
graphically illustrates the tremendous po- waits to be `lightened with His glory', the
tential of this subject by way of a striking equation still is only a theory ; yet it will be
illustration : proved, the product is certain and the result
sure ." s
"In recent years in scientific circles, there has
been an eloquent portrayal of the immense poten- In our next installment we will study
tial in the hands of the Remnant Church . In the the meaning and scope of the cleansing of
year 1905, Albert Einstein formulated his equa- the sanctuary, and will seek to understand
tion of the theory of special relativity . Forty how the theory of the 2300 days is to be
years later, in the year 1945, as a direct result of
the theory, the first atomic bomb was exploded translated into an experience that will be
and the atomic age was born . In 1905, only a the fulfillment of Revelation 18 :1 .
theory existed, only a few symbols recorded on
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"A little over one hundred years ago, there Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary,
Washington, D . C ., 1958, and quoted in The
was given to the Seventh-day Adventist fore- Sanctuary _ Institute Syllabus, No . 1, pp . 385-388 .
fathers, a formula, an equation, that is still to 3 . Ibid ., pp . 434, 435 .
a large degree but a record on paper . To date
the equation has not been truly tried . Yet
inherent in this equation, is the sum total of
the power of the Creator of the universe . Advent-
ists have within their reach a power that is to
lighten the whole earth with a glory never before
seen by mortal man . The truth in the possession
of this people, is fit to overshadow every gem
of thought conceived by all the philosophers of
past ages . It is not simply a pleasing rhetorical
phrase that this people is to be the `head .'
"The pioneers of this message, by prayer,
faith and study of God's Word, established a
bastion of truth that cannot be gainsaid by Satan
and all his angels . The pioneers had `present
truth,' and it is still true today, but it is not

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