Sanctuary Question and the Defection in Holland
The report of the sad defection in Holland, in Brother Conrad’s article this week, shows again how truly the sanctuary question is the key to the truth that has given us a definite message for this time. When the early pioneers in this work received the light on Christ’s ministry in the temple of God in heaven, they went forth proclaiming the message of Rev. 14:6-12, with the power of God. Still the same message is to go, in clear-cut, well-defined lines, showing that Christ’s work before the Father’s throne in the most holy place in the heavenly sanctuary is drawing to its close. The judgment hour is passing. The warning cry is to go to all the earth. And now Satan would delight to throw a veil of mysticism over the whole question. The brethren in Holland, who were led into the idea that man’s body is the only sanctuary, necessarily became confused, and let go of the spirit of prophecy and the vital prophetic truths of the third angel’s message. The enemy would be glad to throw this confusing issue into all the ranks. But let all press together, holding forth the definite message that has made us a people, and the same message by which God’s work is to be finished in our day.