Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered

A Type of the Heavenly Sanctuary

What was this earthly sanctuary and its round of service? BR-ASI9 165.4

“Which was a figure for the time then present.” Hebrews 9:9. BR-ASI9 165.5

Of what sanctuary, or tabernacle, is Christ the minister? BR-ASI9 165.6

“A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.” Hebrews 8:2. BR-ASI9 165.7

Of what was the blood of all the sacrifices of the former dispensation only a type? BR-ASI9 165.8

“Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.” Hebrews 9:12. (See Ephesians 5:2.) BR-ASI9 165.9

Note.—Through the sacrifices and offerings brought to the altar of the earthly sanctuary, the penitent believer was to lay hold of the merits of Christ, the Saviour to come. BR-ASI9 165.10

At Christ’s death, what miracle signified that the priestly services of the earthly sanctuary were finished? BR-ASI9 166.1

“Jesus, when He had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.” Matthew 27:50, 51. BR-ASI9 166.2

Note.—Type had met antitype; the shadow had reached the substance. Christ, the great sacrifice, had been slain, and was now to enter upon His final work as our great high priest in the sanctuary in heaven. BR-ASI9 166.3

How are the heavenly and earthly sanctuaries related? BR-ASI9 166.4

“Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith He, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.” Hebrews 8:5. BR-ASI9 166.5

By what comparison is it shown that the heavenly sanctuary will be cleansed? BR-ASI9 166.6

“It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.” Hebrews 9:23. BR-ASI9 166.7

When Christ has finished His priestly mediatorial work in the heavenly sanctuary, what decree will go forth? BR-ASI9 166.8

“He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.” Revelation 22:11. BR-ASI9 166.9

According to Daniel’s vision of the judgment, what is to be given to Christ while still before the Father? BR-ASI9 166.10

“I saw . . . , and, behold, one like the Son of man came . . . to the Ancient of days, and they brought Him near before Him. And there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve Him.” Daniel 7:13, 14. BR-ASI9 166.11

What will occur when the Lord descends from heaven? BR-ASI9 166.12

“For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17. BR-ASI9 166.13

What statement immediately following the announcement mentioned in Revelation 22:11, indicates that a judgment work had been in progress before Christ comes? BR-ASI9 167.1

“And, behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be.” Revelation 22:12. BR-ASI9 167.2

Note.—The typical sanctuary service is fully met in the work of Christ. As the atonement day of the former dispensation was really a day of judgment, so the atonement work of Christ will include the investigation of the cases of His people prior to His coming the second time to receive them unto Himself. BR-ASI9 167.3