The subject of the sanctuary was the key which unlocked the mystery of the disappointment of 1844. It opened to view a complete system of truth, connected and harmonious, showing that God’s hand had directed the great advent movement and revealing present duty as it brought to light the position and work of His people. As the disciples of Jesus after the terrible night of their anguish and disappointment were “glad when they saw the Lord,” so did those now rejoice who had looked in faith for His second coming. They had expected Him to appear in glory to give reward to His servants. As their hopes were disappointed, they had lost sight of Jesus, and with Mary at the sepulcher they cried: “They have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid Him.” Now in the holy of holies they again beheld Him, their compassionate High Priest, soon to appear as their king and deliverer. Light from the sanctuary illumined the past, the present, and the future. They knew that God had led them by His unerring providence. Though, like the first disciples, they themselves had failed to understand the message which they bore, yet it had been in every respect correct. In proclaiming it they had fulfilled the purpose of God, and their labor had not been in vain in the Lord. Begotten “again unto a lively hope,” they rejoiced “with joy unspeakable and full of glory.” - CIHS 101.1

1. Glory of the Lord in the
Sanctuary
Episode 1
Historical Prelude

2. Why Sanctuary
• Psalms 73 (KJV)
• ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
• ¹⁶ When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
• ¹⁷ Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
• ¹⁸ Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
• ¹⁹ How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
• ²⁰ As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
• ²¹ Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
• ²² So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
• ²³ Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
• ²⁴ Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
• ²⁵ Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
• ²⁶ My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
• ²⁷ For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from
thee.
• ²⁸ But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all
thy works.

3. Why Sanctuary?
• Psalms 27 (KJV)
• ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
• ⁴ One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I
seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the
LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty
of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
• ⁵ For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his
pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he
hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
• ⁶ And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine
enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in

4. Why The Sanctuary ?
• God chose Israel to reveal His character to men. He desired them
to be as wells of salvation in the world. To them were committed
the oracles of heaven, the revelation of God’s will. In the early
days of Israel the nations of the world, through corrupt practices,
had lost the knowledge of God. They had once known Him; but
because “they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful;
but became vain in their imaginations, ... their foolish heart was
darkened.” Romans 1:21. Yet in His mercy God did not blot them
out of existence. He purposed to give them an opportunity of
again becoming acquainted with Him through His chosen people.
Through the teachings of the sacrificial service, Christ was to be
uplifted before all nations, and all who would look to Him should
live. Christ was the foundation of the Jewish economy. The whole
system of types and symbols was a compacted prophecy of the
gospel, a presentation in which were bound up the promises of
redemption. - AA 14.1

5. Why The Sanctuary?
• When thus searched out and brought together,
they will be found to be perfectly fitted to one
another. Each Gospel is a supplement to the others,
every prophecy an explanation of another, every
truth a development of some other truth. The
types of the Jewish economy are made plain by the
gospel. Every principle in the word of God has its
place, every fact its bearing. And the complete
structure, in design and execution, bears testimony
to its Author. Such a structure no mind but that of
the Infinite could conceive or fashion. - Ed 123.3

6. Why the Sanctuary
• The Bible contains all the principles that men need to
understand in order to be fitted either for this life or for
the life to come. And these principles may be
understood by all. No one with a spirit to appreciate its
teaching can read a single passage from the Bible
without gaining from it some helpful thought. But the
most valuable teaching of the Bible is not to be gained
by occasional or disconnected study. Its great system of
truth is not so presented as to be discerned by the
hasty or careless reader. Many of its treasures lie far
beneath the surface, and can be obtained only by
diligent research and continuous effort. The truths that
go to make up the great whole must be searched out
and gathered up, “here a little, and there a little.” - Ed
123.2

7. Why the sanctuary?
• The subject of the sanctuary was the key which unlocked the mystery of the
disappointment of 1844. It opened to view a complete system of truth,
connected and harmonious, showing that God’s hand had directed the great
advent movement and revealing present duty as it brought to light the position
and work of His people. As the disciples of Jesus after the terrible night of their
anguish and disappointment were “glad when they saw the Lord,” so did those
now rejoice who had looked in faith for His second coming. They had expected
Him to appear in glory to give reward to His servants. As their hopes were
disappointed, they had lost sight of Jesus, and with Mary at the sepulcher they
cried: “They have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid
Him.” Now in the holy of holies they again beheld Him, their compassionate
High Priest, soon to appear as their king and deliverer. Light from the sanctuary
illumined the past, the present, and the future. They knew that God had led
them by His unerring providence. Though, like the first disciples, they
themselves had failed to understand the message which they bore, yet it had
been in every respect correct. In proclaiming it they had fulfilled the purpose of
God, and their labor had not been in vain in the Lord. Begotten “again unto a
lively hope,” they rejoiced “with joy unspeakable and full of glory.” - CIHS 101.1

8. Pioneers
• Men will arise with interpretations of scripture which are to
them truth, but which are not truth. The truth for this time,
God has given us as a foundation for our faith. He himself
has taught us what is truth. One will arise, and still another
with new light, which contradicts the light that God has
given under the demonstration of His Holy Spirit. A few are
still alive who passed through the experience gained in the
establishment of this truth. God has graciously spared their
lives to repeat and repeat, till the close of their lives, the
experience through which they passed, even as did John the
apostle till the very close of his life. And the standard-
bearers who have fallen in death are to speak through the
re-printing of their writings. I am instructed that thus their
voices are to be heard. They are to bear their testimony as
to what constitutes the truth for this time. - PC 208.1

9. Pioneers
• We are not to receive the words of those who come
with a message that contradicts the special points of
our faith. They gather together a mass of scripture,
and pile it as proof around their asserted theories.
This has been done over and over again during the
past fifty years. And while the Scriptures are God’s
word, and are to be respected, the application of
them, if such application moves one pillar of the
foundation that God has sustained these fifty years, is
a great mistake. He who makes such an application
knows not the wonderful demonstrations of the Holy
Spirit that gave power and force to the past messages
that have come to the people of God. - PC 208.2

10. Pioneers
• Elder Ballenger’s proofs are not reliable. If received
they would destroy the faith of God’s people in the
truth that has made us what we are. We must be
decided on this subject; for the points that he is
trying to prove by scripture are not sound. They do
not prove that the past experience of God’s people
was a fallacy. We had the truth; we were directed
by the angels of God. It was under the guidance of
the Holy Spirit that the presentation of the
sanctuary question was given. It is eloquence of
every one to keep silent in regard to the features of
our faith in which they acted no part. - PC 208.3

11. Pioneers
• God never contradicts himself. Scripture proofs are
misapplied if forced to testify to that which is not
true. Another and still another will arise, and bring
in supposedly great light, and make their
assertions. But we stand by the old landmarks. - PC
208.4

12. EGW authority
• I will not state any further particulars, but you will need to know
that I have not changed my ideas, or my position. The way I
viewed things I plainly stated to you at Minneapolis. I am the
same in mind, in spirit and in faith. Because of the ideas that had
been started and were prevailing, being sent by letters from the
conference and afterwards reported, I stated by experience and
work for the last forty five years before you at Minneapolis and
Battle Creek. But since some of my brethren hold me in the light
they do, that my judgment is of no more value than that of any
other, or of one who has not been called to this special work, and
that I am subject to the influence of my son Willie, or of some
others, why do you send for Sister White to attend your camp-
meetings or special meetings? I cannot come. I could not do you
any good, and it would only be trifling with the sacred
responsibilities the Lord has laid upon me. - 1888 252.1

13. ELder G E Fifield
• The presence of the Lord was in the meeting. I felt
the power of the Lord upon me. Elder Fifield was
greatly blessed. He grasped my hand after the
season of prayer and praised the Lord for His
goodness and His rich blessing. The universal
testimony was that they had been blessed of the
Lord, that this was a visitation for Danvers that they
had never had before. When I see how much the
testimony God has given me is really needed, and
with but one or two exceptions duly appreciated, I
feel wholly reconciled to visit these places where I
have never been. - 1888 751.3

14. Elder G E Fifield
• I never saw Elder Fifield appear as well as now.
Certainly he has success in arousing an interest. He
feels the burden of souls on this occasion. He reins
them up to a decision and then he says, I weep
with sorrow of soul as I see the difficulties that
obstruct their way. If anyone feels the love of souls
and is brought in interested connection with these
souls who long to obey and do not have faith to
venture, it will cause soul agony. - 1888 737.1

15. Elder G E Fifield
• I was urged by our ministering brethren to return to
Lynn and speak on Tuesday and Wednesday
evening. I have consented to do this. Brother Fifield
is doing all he can to get the people to the meetings
on these two evenings. May the Lord move upon
their hearts, is my prayer. On Thursday night we go
to Boston, take the sleeper for Washington, and
arrive in that city on Friday at eleven o’clock.—
Letter 43, 1890. - 1888 749.1

16. Robert Daniel Brinsmead
• Sanctuary Awakening Message of the 1960s

17. God's Eternal Purposes by R D
Brinsmead
• Pg 60
• God had a very real purpose both in the institution
of
• the sanctuary service for ancient Israel, and in the
recording of this service for modern Israel . The
sanctuary service
• is one of the grand themes of scripture, for it
embraces the
• entire gospel

18. God's Eternal Purpose by Robert
Daniel Brinsmead
• Pg 61
• The entire tabernacle was an object lesson of
heavenly
• realities. To us it is rich in spiritual truth,
demonstrating
• more clearly the work of Jesus in His heavenly
ministry

19. God's Eternal Purpose by Robert
Daniel Brinsmead
• Pg 62
• God designed that the sanctuary and its service would
• teach every Israelite how He would dwell in his heart and
• life as surely as He dwelt in the sacred tent . The Lord is a
• living God : He desires living temples to dwell in . God is
• Spirit : He desires His people be His spiritual house . God is
• a person : He purposes to dwell in our soul temples . Men
• were created to be living temples of the living God, yet every
• man has gone his own way, setting up idols in his temple
• and separating himself from God . But the Lord, being rich
• in mercy, and for the great love wherewith He loved His
• people, gave them a sanctuary to show them the way of
• cleansing their hearts from idols in order that His Spirit
• could regain possession of His rightful soul-temple . " or
• thus saith the High and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity,
• Whose name is Holy ; I dwell in the high and holy place,

20. God's Eternal Purpose by Robert
Daniel Brinsmead
• The sanctuary service was designed to teach Israel
of
• the union of divinity with humanity

21. God's Eternal Purpose by Robert
Daniel Brinsmead
• The sanctuary service, being the typical mediator and
• the symbol of the union of divinity with humanity, was a
• type of the incarnation of Christ . John alludes to this when
• he said, "The Word became flesh and tabernacled among
• us." John 1
• :14 R .V.
• "God commanded Moses for Israel, `Let them make Me a
• sanctuary that I may dwell among them,' and He abode in
• the sanctuary, in the midst of His people . Through all their
• weary wandering in the desert, the symbol of His presence
• Page Sixty- our
• was with them
• of our human encampment
• . So Christ set up His tabernacle in the midst
• . He pitched His tent by the side
• of the tents of men, that He might dwell among us, and
• make us familiar with His divine character and life
• . `The
• Word became flesh, and tabernacled among us (and we
• beheld His glory, the glory as Gf the only begotten of the
• ather) full of grace and truth' ."l

22. Elder G E Fifield Review and Herals
1895 articles on the Sanctuary