What is meant by the closing of the door in the holy place of the sanctuary by Jesus in 1844?
If our inquirer has access to the book, "Man's Sin and Saviour," by Elder Uriah Smith; or "Christ Our Advocate," by Elder M. H. Brown, the latter a ten-cent pamphlet published by this office, he will find this question explained. In 1844, when the 2,300 days of Dan. 8:14 ended, Jesus Christ as High Priest changed His ministration in the plan of salvation; or, in other words, reached an advanced step in the plan of salvation. Previous to that time He had ministered in the holy place, as did the priests of old. On the closing day of the year, or the great day of atonement, the sanctuary itself was cleansed, the judgment took place, and the priest's work in the holy place closed up. Leviticus 16. No door in particular was closed, but ministration for sins in the holy place of the sanctuary ceased; men must look beyond that to the most holy place, where the priest ministered before the holy law of God. The former department was closed to service, the latter was open, as in the type, when our Lord's mediation was closed in the holy place. These books to which reference is made will explain much more fully than it is possible to explain it in this department.