Lesson 1 · July 6, 1901
The Services of the Sanctuary
A Transfer of Sins
- 1.What were connected with the worldly sanctuary? .
- 2.Who performed this service? Whose service was it? .
- 3.On whose behalf was it performed? ; .
- 4.Of what was the service of the earthly priest a type or shadow? .
- 5.What, then, must be connected with the heavenly sanctuary? . Note 1.
- 6.Who performs this service? Whose service is it? And on whose behalf? .
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- 7.In what two places was the service performed in the earthly sanctuary? .
- 8.How often was the service in the first apartment, or holy place, performed? ; .
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- 9.Of what did this daily service consist? . Note 2.
- 10.What was the purpose of these services and offerings? .
- 11.What did the priests do when they presented the offerings for the people? .
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- 12.What are the purpose and work of our High Priest? .
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- 13.How were the sanctuary and the priests affected by the services in the holy place? ; . Note 3.
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- 14.What was the result to the person who refused to be separated from his sin? . Note 4.
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- 15.What was made necessary by this figurative transfer of sins to the earthly sanctuary? .
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- 16.What is made necessary by the actual transfer of our sins to the heavenly sanctuary? .
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1. There were ordinances of divine service connected with the worldly sanctuary. These are described in Leviticus and Numbers, and briefly summarized in . That sanctuary was a figure (), or pattern (), of the sanctuary, or true tabernacle, which is in heaven. . And the services of the worldly sanctuary were an example or shadow of the services in the heavenly sanctuary. Verses 3-5. The worldly sanctuary and the service of the priests were to teach us by illustration in regard to the heavenly sanctuary and the work of our great High Priest.
2. "The daily service consisted of the morning and evening burnt-offering, the offering of sweet incense on the golden altar, and the special offerings for individual sins. And there were also offerings for sabbaths, new moons, and special feasts."—.
3. "The repentant sinner brought his offering to the door of the tabernacle, and placing his hand upon the victim's head, confessed his sins, thus in figure transferring them from himself to the innocent sacrifice. By his own hand the animal was then slain, and the blood was carried by the priest into the holy place and sprinkled before the vail, behind which was the ark containing the law that the sinner had transgressed. By this ceremony the sin was, through the blood, transferred in figure to the sanctuary. In some cases the blood was not taken into the holy place, but the flesh was then to be eaten by the priest. . . . . Both ceremonies alike symbolized the transfer of the sin from the penitent to the sanctuary. Such was the work that went on day by day throughout the year. The sins of Israel being thus transferred to the sanctuary, the holy places were defiled."—. So the ordinances of divine service connected with the heavenly sanctuary are for the purpose of separating the sinner from his sins. "By faith the sins of the repentant are placed upon Christ and transferred, in fact, to the heavenly sanctuary."
4. When a person sinned, the sanctuary was in a sense defiled, as brought to view in these verses; because it contained the law that had been transgressed. But until that sin was confessed it did not become a part of the "iniquity of the sanctuary," referred to in ; for the sinner still bore his own sin, and his own blood would be required to atone for it. But when confession was made, and his offering presented, the priest, through the blood, or the flesh, took the sin and bore it in a figure into the sanctuary. Thus the sinner was left free, and the priest stood responsible.
Bible texts in this lesson
Hebrews 9:1 · Hebrews 9:6 · Hebrews 9:7 · Hebrews 7:27 · Hebrews 8:4 · Hebrews 8:5 · Hebrews 2:17 · Hebrews 8:1 · Hebrews 8:2 · Hebrews 10:11 · Exodus 29:38-42 · Exodus 30:7 · Exodus 30:8 · Leviticus 15:31 · Leviticus 9:22 · Numbers 6:23-27 · Deuteronomy 21:5 · Acts 3:26 · Matthew 1:21 · Psalms 103:12 · Exodus 28:38 · Leviticus 16:16 · Leviticus 10:17 · Leviticus 10:18 · Isaiah 53:11 · Hebrews 9:28 · Numbers 19:13 · Numbers 19:20 · 1 Corinthians 3:16 · 1 Corinthians 3:17 · Hebrews 9:22 · Hebrews 9:23 · Ezekiel 43:18-20 · Hebrews 9:9 · Numbers 18:1
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