Thursday, September 29, 2022

SDA History - Forgotten Debate Once Upon A Time Within Christendom

A Little Flashback to a debate within Christendom in America when Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore and Franklin Pierce sat in the oval office.
Once upon a time there were some Christians who erroneously thought that the Land of Canaan was the "Sanctuary". Here is how our Church responded----
 
"Q: Is THE LAND OF CANAAN THE SANCTUARY ?
A: No
 
1. The land of Canaan was the mountain of the inheritance. 
Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established. Ex. 15:17
2. That mountain was the border of the sanctuary. 
And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased. Ps. 78:54
3. In that border God built His sanctuary. 
And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever. Ps. 78:69. 
4. In that sanctuary God dwelt. 
And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. Ex.25:8
5. In that border the people dwelt. 
And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased. Ps. 78:54.
---These texts perfectly harmonize, not only with each other, but with the entire testimony of the Bible, respecting the sanctuary.
We are compassed about with a great cloud of witnesses. To the law and to the testimony.
The sanctuary of the Bible
 is the habitation of God
It includes, first, the tabernacle pitched by man, which was the pattern of the true ; and second, the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched and not man.
J.N. Andrews