THE SANCTUARY, ITS SERVICE, ETC.
History of the Earthly Sanctuary.
(Lesson 5. Sabbath, February 4.) 1. How many years before Christ, did Israel leave Egypt? 1491. (See Exodus 12, margin.) 2. How long was it from the exodus to the setting up of the tabernacle by Moses? "And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up." Ex. 40: 17. 5. In what place was it first pitched after entering the land of Canaan? Josh. 4: 19. 6. Where was it next located? "And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there; and the land was subdued before them." Josh. 18: 1. 7. What finally took the place of the sanctuary that Moses built? 1 Kings 6: 1, 2. 8. Where was this temple erected? "Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem in Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite." 2 Chron. 3: 1. 9. What remarkable event occurred on this spot nine hundred years before? Gen. 22: 2. 11. How long was this captivity to continue? "To fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her Sabbaths; for as long as she lay desolate she kept Sabbath, to fulfill threescore and ten years." 2 Chron. 36: 21. 12. After the close of this captivity, what provision was made for another temple? Ezra 1: 1, 5. 13. When was the work completed? "And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king." Ezra 6: 15. (Margin, B. C. 515.) 14. What next occurs in the history of the sanctuary? (See note.) 15. What mournful words did our Saviour utter with reference to this building? "Behold, your house is left unto you desolate." Matt. 23: 38. 16. What miraculous event occurred indicating that the sacredness of the sanctuary was forever gone? "And, behold, the vail of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent." Matt. 27: 51. 17. When and by whom was the sanctuary destroyed? By the Roman army under Titus, A. D. 70. 18. How many years had now passed since Moses set up the sanctuary in the wilderness of Sinai?