TIMELINES IN THE SANCTUARY - ACCORDING TO THE APPOINTED TIMES - PART II - submitted by odette boily

 TIMELINES IN THE SANCTUARY

ACCORDING TO

THE APPOINTED TIMES

PART II

INTRODUCTION

The sanctuary not only contains the plan of redemption in pictures, it also contains timelines to guide God`s people throughout history. These timelines may be found :

• the appointed times from Passover to Tabernacles

THE CALENDAR OF APPOINTED TIMES IN THE SANCTUARY

The sanctuary was not given to Moses after sin as an after-thought in the mind of the Creator. The Bible is clear that the plan of salvation, as so wonderfully pictured in the sanctuary, was before the foundation of the world. The calendar Moses gave to the Israelites can be easily found throughout the sanctuary as it forms the very physiology or functioning of the Jewish economy. All of their festivals including the 7th day Sabbath were represented in the sanctuary through the pieces of furniture, sacrifices and ceremonies. (Numbers 28, Leviticus 23).

This calendar, based on the luni-solar Barley Harvest Mosaic law, was revealed to the Millerites to be restored for the last generation. This is indeed the fulfillment of Daniel 7:25, "He shall think to change times and laws".

Christ not only kept the Sabbath as it was his custom, but also the Feasts that He himself instituted in order to teach the full and complete plan of salvation. We can follow Him in the sanctuary:

• as the Passover Lamb offered on the cross in the Court
• to His ascension and High Priesthood coronation in the Holy Place in heaven, with the sending of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost to confirm it
• and the Great Day of Atonement in the Most Holy Place entry on October 22, 1844
•  He only needs  to stand up and come out of the Most Holy Place
• after the Judgment of the living saints is done
• probation closes
• and He returns in the cloud of glory to take us Home.

Christ not only kept the festivals but He is the fulfillment of the Feasts as He:

• Died on Passover AD 31 Abib 14. As established by the Millerites through the prophecy of Daniel 8:14 and 9:24-27.
• Rested on Unleavened Bread Abib 15, which is also a 7th day Sabbath by luni-solar calendar reckoning.
• Resurrected on Firstfruits Abib 16
• Sent the Holy Spirit at Pentecost fifty days after Firstfruits Sivan 9
• Inspired the Millerites from 1834-1844 to give the Trumpets sound, which will be repeated through the Loud Cry under the Sunday Law still to come.
• Entered the Most Holy Place on the Great Day of Atonement on October 22, 1844, to begin the Judgment of the dead, while soon, no one knows how soon, the Judgment of the living will start.
• And He is coming again to take us Home at the Feast of Tabernacles.

The Heavenly Father wants to sanctify us on His Sabbaths. (Exodus 31:13; Ezekiel 20:12). These are His Sabbaths including the 7th day Sabbath. Numbers chapter 28 indicates clearly the calendar of the sanctuary along with Leviticus 23. The calendar of the Creator can be found:

• Daily: Genesis 1 and 2
• Weekly: Genesis 1 and 2
• Monthly: Genesis 7 and 8; Exodus 9, 12
• Yearly: Exodus 9: 31, 32; Leviticus 23; Numbers 28
• 7th year Sabbatical and Jubilee year: Genesis 7 and 8;Leviticus 25; Revelation 20
• Millennium:  Revelation 20

All of the Feasts are to be fulfilled in the believers who follow the Lamb wheresoever He goes. It is false to declare that these Feasts were finished at the cross, since the Great Day of Atonement has been proclaimed by the Adventists only since 1844. Except for Passover, Christ still fulfilled them after His death in resting on Abib 15 (first day of Unleavened Bread) and resurrecting on Abib 16 (Firstfruits). The type of the Passover Lamb met the antitype at the cross. Passover was fulfilled and was replaced by the Lord`s Supper. No longer is there a need for a lamb to be sacrificed. Christ is the Lamb of God. However, the other feasts types met their antitype after the cross and were not nailed to the cross.

With His love,

odette