By John Thiel, The Sanctuary Series, study 19, mp3 We are studying God’s way in the sanctuary. Thy way, O
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Hebrews 10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
10:20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
What is this saying to us? That we now are to come to the heavenly Sanctuary which is a new and living way. While the earthly Sanctuary was made of inanimate objects, it was a dead representation. This is a new and living way. We would therefore expect that everything of the heavenly Sanctuary was living – correct? Not symbolic, not shadow, but the very image. A living representation.
This launches out our thinking, the living way. The Hebrews was inanimate, Gods must be animate. In the Hebrew symbolism, the activity of the inanimate was to picture the activity of the animate. In the Hebrew Sanctuary, sins were transferred in symbol.
How Many Shall Be Saved?
A question was posed to Jesus. Luke 13:23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that
The Remedy for Gossip
It pains me to say that there are unruly tongues among church members. There are false tongues that feed on mischief. There are sly, whispering tongues. There is tattling, impertinent meddling, adroit quizzing. Among the lovers of gossip some are actuated by curiosity, others by jealousy, many by hatred against those through whom God has spoken to reprove them. All these discordant elements are at work. Some conceal their real sentiments, while others are eager to publish all they know, or even suspect, of evil against another. {5T 94.2}