Study the Subject of the Sanctuary

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for August 27
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Study the Subject of the Sanctuary

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


We should be earnest students of prophecy; we should not
rest until we become intelligent in regard to the subject
of the sanctuary, which is brought out in the visions of
Daniel and John. This subject sheds great light on our
present position and work, and gives us unmistakable proof
that God has led us in our past experience. It explains our
disappointment in 1844, showing us that the sanctuary to be
cleansed was not the earth, as we had supposed, but that
Christ then entered into the most holy apartment of the
heavenly sanctuary, and is there performing the closing
work of His priestly office, in fulfillment of the words of
the angel to the prophet Daniel. 

The 2300 days had been found to begin when the commandment
of Artaxerxes for the restoration and building of
Jerusalem, went into effect, in the autumn of B.C. 457.
Taking this as the starting point, there was perfect
harmony in the application of all the events foretold in
the explanation of that period in Daniel 9:25-27. . . . The
seventy weeks, or 490 years, were to pertain especially to
the Jews. At the expiration of this period, the nation
sealed its rejection of Christ by the persecution of His
disciples, and the apostles turned to the Gentiles, A.D.
34. The first 490 years of the 2300 having then ended, 1810
years would remain. From A.D. 34, 1810 years extend to
1844. "Then," said the angel, "shall the sanctuary be
cleansed." 

Our faith in reference to the messages of the first,
second, and third angels was correct. The great waymarks we
have passed are immovable. Although the hosts of hell may
try to tear them from their foundation, and triumph in the
thought that they have succeeded, yet they do not succeed.
These pillars of truth stand firm as the eternal hills,
unmoved by all the efforts of men combined with those of
Satan and his host. We can learn much, and should be
constantly searching the Scriptures to see if these things
are so. 

>From Maranatha - Page 247