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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 6, 1900

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 77, No. 6.

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BEREAN LIBRARY STUDY.

(February 11-17.)
THE study this week is but a continuation of the previous lesson, and the entire prophecy should be carefully reviewed. The question of the sanctuary is here introduced. When we consider that the origin of every Bible doctrine is revealed in the sanctuary and its service, it would seem that no other exhortation to careful study would be needed. The importance of this subject has been most fittingly illustrated by a drawing that represents the sanctuary as the centerpiece of truth, the rays of light proceeding from it radiating in every direction, each ray developing into a completed subject of present truth. Would you understand the work of Christ in this dispensation? Study the type—the sanctuary service.

Lesson 11.

(Dan. 8:14-27; “Thoughts on Daniel,” pages 160-182.)
1. Why is not the period of days spoken of in Dan. 8:14 next considered?
2. What reasons may be given to show that the sanctuary is not this earth?
3. Study the following texts, and determine for yourself whether or not they teach that the land of Canaan is the sanctuary: Ex. 15:17; Ps. 78:53, 54, 68, 69; Isa. 63:18.
4. Is the church the sanctuary? Ps. 114:1, 2.
5. What would Daniel understand by the term “sanctuary”?
6. What was the earthly sanctuary? Describe it briefly as first constructed, and also in its more permanent form.
7. Give proof of the existence of a pattern for the first sanctuary; and also show that that pattern is the heavenly sanctuary.
8. To which sanctuary must Dan. 8:14 refer?
9. Describe the process by which the earthly sanctuary became defiled, and the ceremony that cleansed it.
10. Describe a similar work carried on in the heavenly sanctuary.
11. Note one important distinction between the two ministrations, with reference to the completed round of service.
12. What, then, is the nature of the work that is to be done in the heavenly sanctuary when the twenty-three hundred days are ended?
13. What was the further experience of Daniel in connection with the vision?
14. Give Gabriel’s interpretation of the vision, noting especially the description of the power symbolized by the little horn.

Review Topics.

1. Give a brief summary of Dan. 8:1-27.
2. Define the word “sanctuary,” according to its use in the Bible. Show that the term cannot properly be applied to the earth, to the land of Canaan, or to the church.
3. Describe briefly the earthly sanctuary, the service by which sin was transferred to it, and the ceremony by which it was cleansed.
4. Give Bible proof of the existence of a sanctuary in heaven, and of the priestly service of Christ. How is the heavenly sanctuary to be cleansed?
5. Review the additional facts brought out in this chapter concerning the development of the Roman power.
6. Sketch briefly the history of the earthly sanctuary from the erection of the tabernacle in the wilderness to the final destruction of the temple at Jerusalem.
See notes on these studies in the Youth’s Instructor of February 8.