"God is a God of justice, and before either the sins of the faithful
or the names of the unfaithful are blotted from the books of heaven, (Rev. 3:5) there will be an examination of the records,–an investigative judgment.
The service in the second apartment of the sanctuary was a type of this work. It was called the day of atonement, or the cleansing of the sanctuary.
The record states: On that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the Lord. (Lev. 16:30).
When men and angels were placed on probation, a time of judgment was appointed when they would be judged.
--The resurrection of Christ is a pledge, or assurance, of the judgment. God hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness, by that man whom He hath ordained; whereof He hath given assurance unto all men, in that He hath raised Him from the dead. (Acts 17:31).
--The day of judgment is a definite time set apart in which to perform a specific work.
It is a period of time.
God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose, and for every work. (Eccl. 3:17)
--God did not leave the world in darkness in regard to the time of the day of judgment, of which the day of atonement, or the cleansing of the sanctuary, was a type; but through the prophet Daniel He foretold when that event would take place.
While the prophet was watching this little horn persecuting the people of God on the earth, his attention was arrested by a conversation between two heavenly beings, which he records as follows: Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto the Numberer of secrets, or the Wonderful Numberer, which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? And He [the Wonderful Numberer, the Prince of hosts] said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. (Dan. 8:1-14, margin).
--A day in prophetic time represents a year of real time. (Num. 14:34) Seven years make a week of years. (Gen. 29:27).
--During Gabriel's first visit to Daniel, he explained the symbols of the ram, the rough goat, and the four horns, and gave an account of the work of the little horn; but Daniel fainted before he had
explained the two thousand three hundred days; therefore when he returns to give the prophet skill and understanding and asks him to consider the vision, he immediately introduces the subject of time. His first words are, Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, and upon thy holy city.
*The word "determined" signifies cut off from some longer period of time.
*The only time period under consideration is the two thousand three hundred days. Therefore, seventy weeks were to be cut off from that period, and allotted to the Jews and their holy city. (Dan. 9:24-27)
Four hundred and ninety years were determined upon the Jewish people to accomplish six things; viz.,
In 1844 the great Court from which there is no appeal convened in the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary.
This wonderful prophecy of two thousand three hundred years began with the restoration of God's people to their earthly possessions, and the rebuilding of the holy city Jerusalem; but again the Jews proved unfaithful to their trust, and the land of promise with the holy city passed from their control into the hands of the heathen.The coming of Christ and His death on Calvary, like a great seal, fixes definitely the entire prophecy, and insures the inheritance of the earth to the faithful; and the judgment which opened at the close of that wonderful period of prophetic time will give to the faithful a "court title" to the eternal inheritance and the city of God, the New Jerusalem."
Stephen Haskell
The service in the second apartment of the sanctuary was a type of this work. It was called the day of atonement, or the cleansing of the sanctuary.
The record states: On that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the Lord. (Lev. 16:30).
When men and angels were placed on probation, a time of judgment was appointed when they would be judged.
--The resurrection of Christ is a pledge, or assurance, of the judgment. God hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness, by that man whom He hath ordained; whereof He hath given assurance unto all men, in that He hath raised Him from the dead. (Acts 17:31).
--The day of judgment is a definite time set apart in which to perform a specific work.
It is a period of time.
God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose, and for every work. (Eccl. 3:17)
--God did not leave the world in darkness in regard to the time of the day of judgment, of which the day of atonement, or the cleansing of the sanctuary, was a type; but through the prophet Daniel He foretold when that event would take place.
While the prophet was watching this little horn persecuting the people of God on the earth, his attention was arrested by a conversation between two heavenly beings, which he records as follows: Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto the Numberer of secrets, or the Wonderful Numberer, which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? And He [the Wonderful Numberer, the Prince of hosts] said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. (Dan. 8:1-14, margin).
--A day in prophetic time represents a year of real time. (Num. 14:34) Seven years make a week of years. (Gen. 29:27).
--During Gabriel's first visit to Daniel, he explained the symbols of the ram, the rough goat, and the four horns, and gave an account of the work of the little horn; but Daniel fainted before he had
*The word "determined" signifies cut off from some longer period of time.
*The only time period under consideration is the two thousand three hundred days. Therefore, seventy weeks were to be cut off from that period, and allotted to the Jews and their holy city. (Dan. 9:24-27)
Four hundred and ninety years were determined upon the Jewish people to accomplish six things; viz.,
- 1. "To finish the transgression," to commit the crowning act of all transgression,– take the life of the sinless Son of God.
- 2. "To make an end of sin." Christ partook of death, "that through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil," and thus forever end all sin. (Heb. 2:14)
- 3. "To make reconciliation for iniquity." Christ "made peace through the blood of His cross," and reconciled "all things unto Himself." (Col. 1:20)
- 4. "To bring in everlasting righteousness." The death of Christ opened the way by which every son and daughter of Adam could obtain everlasting righteousness if he desired it.
- 5. "To seal up the vision" Events transpired within those four hundred-ninety years that sealed, or established, the entire vision of the two thousand three hundred years.
- 6. "To anoint the most holy." When the time came to begin the service in the earthly sanctuary, the entire sanctuary was anointed; (Ex. 40:9) and when Christ entered the heavenly sanctuary to perform the work of which the earthly service was a type, the heavenly sanctuary was anointed, before He began His ministry in the first apartment. The heavenly sanctuary is spoken of as most holy to distinguish it from the earthly.
In 1844 the great Court from which there is no appeal convened in the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary.
This wonderful prophecy of two thousand three hundred years began with the restoration of God's people to their earthly possessions, and the rebuilding of the holy city Jerusalem; but again the Jews proved unfaithful to their trust, and the land of promise with the holy city passed from their control into the hands of the heathen.The coming of Christ and His death on Calvary, like a great seal, fixes definitely the entire prophecy, and insures the inheritance of the earth to the faithful; and the judgment which opened at the close of that wonderful period of prophetic time will give to the faithful a "court title" to the eternal inheritance and the city of God, the New Jerusalem."
Stephen Haskell
