The Sanctuary has only one entrance. Symbolizing that only through one does one have salvation.
Then said Jesus unto them again...
I am the door:
by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved,...
John 10:7,9
FREE WILL is Required as a component for the Sanctuary Outlay.
You would just have a rigged system or a waste of time.
--The Sanctuary Doctrine drives a stake through the heart of all other types of Soteriology.
--By holding up the Sanctuary Outlay as a prism to guide your study it is easy to see False Doctrines.
For example,
Sacramentalism: The idea that the sacraments of the church can save you doesn't fit when held up to the sanctuary. Penance can't replace the blood sacrifice. Intercessory prayers of dead "saints" can't replace the Holy Spirit's role in that nor does any church on earth have power to forgive sins.
Predestination: Obviously with an actual Judgment, if one was
predestined to be saved or lost before they were born, a real judgment is pointless.
Once-Saved-Always-Saved: A real Judgement is irrelevant as this soteriology boils down to just a naughty or nice list. Your either on one list or the other.
Universalism: The idea that everyone universally is saved. Again, no judgement necessary.
Pluralism: The idea that many paths lead to God. But back to the door of the Sanctuary--there is only one way--symbolizing Christ. There isn't a door on the sides for the Buddha, one for Shiva, another for Allah, one for Mother Earth, one for Zeus, etc.
This is why many denominations hate the Sanctuary Doctrine.
It drives a stake through the heart of their soteriology.
Q: Why would God call people to RETURN back to Him if they didn't have FREE WILL to follow Him, then leave Him?
Obviously FREE WILL is a component.
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions,
and, as a cloud, thy sins:
return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
Return, ye backsliding children,
and I will heal your backslidings.
Isaiah 44:22/Jeremiah 3:22
Elijah believed in Choice:
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said,
How long halt ye between two opinions?
if the LORD be God, follow Him:
but if Baal, then follow him.
1 Kings 18:21
Joshua believed in making a Choice:
....choose you this day whom ye will serve;
whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Joshua 24:15
--The Sanctuary Doctrine drives a stake through the heart of all other types of Soteriology.
--By holding up the Sanctuary Outlay as a prism to guide your study it is easy to see False Doctrines.
For example,
Sacramentalism: The idea that the sacraments of the church can save you doesn't fit when held up to the sanctuary. Penance can't replace the blood sacrifice. Intercessory prayers of dead "saints" can't replace the Holy Spirit's role in that nor does any church on earth have power to forgive sins.
Predestination: Obviously with an actual Judgment, if one was
Once-Saved-Always-Saved: A real Judgement is irrelevant as this soteriology boils down to just a naughty or nice list. Your either on one list or the other.
Universalism: The idea that everyone universally is saved. Again, no judgement necessary.
Pluralism: The idea that many paths lead to God. But back to the door of the Sanctuary--there is only one way--symbolizing Christ. There isn't a door on the sides for the Buddha, one for Shiva, another for Allah, one for Mother Earth, one for Zeus, etc.
This is why many denominations hate the Sanctuary Doctrine.
It drives a stake through the heart of their soteriology.
Q: Why would God call people to RETURN back to Him if they didn't have FREE WILL to follow Him, then leave Him?
Obviously FREE WILL is a component.
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions,
and, as a cloud, thy sins:
return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
Return, ye backsliding children,
and I will heal your backslidings.
Isaiah 44:22/Jeremiah 3:22
Elijah believed in Choice:
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said,
How long halt ye between two opinions?
if the LORD be God, follow Him:
but if Baal, then follow him.
1 Kings 18:21
Joshua believed in making a Choice:
....choose you this day whom ye will serve;
whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Joshua 24:15