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The Sanctuary in Heaven

We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne
of the Majesty in heaven, and who serves in the sanctuary, the true
tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man. Heb. 8:1, 2, NIV. {

The subject of the sanctuary and the investigative judgment should be
clearly understood by the people of God. All need a knowledge for themselves
of the position and work of their great High Priest. Otherwise it will be
impossible for them to exercise the faith which is essential at this time or
to occupy the position which God designs them to fill. Every individual has
a soul to save or to lose. Each has a case pending at the bar of God. Each
must meet the great Judge face-to-face. . . .

The sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ's work in behalf of
men. It concerns every soul living upon the earth. It opens to view the plan
of redemption, bringing us down to the very close of time and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and sin. It is of the
utmost importance that all should thoroughly investigate these subjects and
be able to give an answer to everyone that asketh them a reason of the hope
that is in them.

The intercession of Christ in man's behalf in the sanctuary above is as
essential to the plan of salvation as was His death upon the cross. By His
death He began that work which after His resurrection He ascended to
complete in heaven. We must by faith enter within the veil, "whither the
forerunner is for us entered" (Heb. 6:20). There the light from the cross of
Calvary is reflected. There we may gain a clearer insight into the mysteries
of redemption. The salvation of man is accomplished at an infinite expense
to heaven; the sacrifice made is equal to the broadest demands of the broken
law of God. Jesus has opened the way to the Father's throne, and through His
mediation the sincere desire of all who come to Him in faith may be
presented before God.

"He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and
forsaketh them shall have mercy" (Prov. 28:13). If those who hide and excuse
their faults could see how Satan exults over them, how he taunts Christ and
holy angels with their course, they would make haste to confess their sins
and to put them away. Through defects in the character, Satan works to gain
control of the whole mind, and he knows that if these defects are cherished,
he will succeed. Therefore he is constantly seeking to deceive the followers
of Christ with his fatal sophistry that it is impossible for them to
overcome. But Jesus pleads in their behalf His wounded hands, His bruised
body. . . . Let none, then, regard their defects as incurable. God will give
faith and grace to overcome them (The Great Controversy, pp. 488, 489).

>From Lift Him Up - Page 330

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