A Cleansed SanctuaryA Sealed Righteous Remnant

By Dionne Sabbay Thompson

October 22, 2014 (Revised)
"Seventy ee!s are determined "pon thy peop#e and "pon thy ho#y city, to $inish the
trans%ression, and to ma!e an end o$ sins, and to ma!e reconci#iation $or ini&"ity, and to
brin% in ever#astin% ri%hteo"sness, and to sea# "p the vision and prophecy, and to anoint
the most 'o#y" (Danie# )*24.
+hat is e,tra specia# abo"t the date* Oct- 22, 1.44/ 0esh"a be%an 'is antitypica#
'i%h 1riest#y or! in the "Most Holy" apartment o$ the heaven#y sanct"ary direct#y
a$ter the abovementioned date- 2o##oin% the "3reat Disappointment" mentioned in
Rev- 10*10, 4hrist has been c#eansin% the sanct"ary $rom sin (ca"sed by 'is 5amb6s boo!
o$ #i$e 4onverts) $or one h"ndred and seventy years- The sanct"ary i## be $"##y c#eansed
hen 144,000 h"man so"#s obtain comp#ete victory over sin (Dan- .*14, 'eb- .*174,
Rev- 18*., 34 chap- 24, 34 p-49:-
+hen the or! o$ investi%ation sha## be ended, hen the cases o$ those ho in a##
a%es have pro$essed to be $o##oers o$ 4hrist have been e,amined and decided,
then, and not ti## then, probation i## c#ose, and the door o$ mercy i## be sh"t-
Th"s in the one short sentence, "They that ere ready ent in ith 'im to the
marria%e* and the door as sh"t," e are carried don thro"%h the Savio"r6s
$ina# ministration, to the time hen the %reat or! $or man6s sa#vation sha## be
comp#eted- ;n the service o$ the earth#y sanct"ary, hich, as e have seen, is a
$i%"re o$ the service in the heaven#y, hen the hi%h priest on the Day o$
<tonement entered the most ho#y p#ace, the ministration in the $irst apartment
ceased- 3od commanded* There sha## be no man in the tabernac#e o$ the
con%re%ation hen he %oeth in to ma!e an atonement in the ho#y p#ace, "nti# he
comes o"t-" 5ev. 1=*1:- So hen 4hrist entered the ho#y o$ ho#ies to per$orm the
c#osin% or! o$ the atonement, 'e ceased 'is ministration in the $irst apartment-
B"t hen the ministration in the $irst apartment ended, the ministration in the
second apartment be%an- +hen in the typica# service the hi%h priest #e$t the ho#y
on the Day o$ <tonement, he ent in be$ore 3od to present the b#ood o$ the sin
o$$erin% in beha#$ o$ a## ;srae# ho tr"#y repented o$ their sins- So 4hrist had on#y
comp#eted one part o$ 'is or! as o"r intercessor, to enter "pon another portion
o$ the or!, and 'e sti## p#eaded 'is b#ood be$ore the 2ather in beha#$ o$ sinners-
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Re%ardin% probation c#os"re, in accordance ith Reve#ation 22*11712, see the $o##oin%*
So hen the irrevocab#e decision o$ the sanct"ary has been prono"nced, and the
destiny o$ the or#d has been $orever $i,ed, the inhabitants o$ the earth i## !no
it not- The $orms o$ re#i%ion i## be contin"ed by a peop#e $rom hom the Spirit
o$ 3od has been $ina##y ithdran> and the Satanic ?ea# ith hich the prince o$
evi# i## inspire them $or the accomp#ishment o$ his ma#i%nant desi%ns, i## bear
the semb#ance o$ ?ea# $or 3od.
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;t is proven that 3od6s ri%hteo"s harvest are c"rrent#y de#ayin% the ret"rn o$
4hrist (21et- 8*12719, Rev. 1)*1171=, 34 p- 49:- S"bstantiatin% this c#aim, be#o is a
bib#ica##y cited composition, e,posin% that once the 'eaven#y Sanct"ary is $"##y c#eansed,
then the peop#e o$ 3od i## a## be sea#ed, $i,ed in 4hrist, mani$estin% 'is character
per$ect#y, tri"mphin% over sin> ca"sin% the c#ose o$ probation $or the or#d> #oosenin% the
+inds o$ Stri$e, the o"tpo"rin% o$ the @Seven #ast p#a%"esA onto p#anet earth (Rev. :*174,
19*=7., 1=*1721, 22*11.
Danie# .*14 is the $o"ndation $or the <dventist Bovement, edi$yin% earthCs
pop"#ace abo"t the 2800 day prophetic messa%e and the c#eansin% o$ the 'eaven#y
Sanct"ary- Thro"%h this !no#ed%e, 3od as ab#e to brin% 'is peop#e to tr"th re%ardin%
'is movement $rom <partment one to <partment to ithin the 'eaven#y Sanct"ary
(3reat 4ontroversy chapter 24)- The <ncient chi#dren o$ ;srae# ere warned ten days in
advance be$ore the Day o$ <tonement, and conse&"ent#y, a## sinners ere c#eansed $rom
ini&"ity, by means o$ the earth#y Sanct"aryCs 'i%h 1riest, a 5evite- <t present, ithin the
'eaven#y Sanct"ary, 3od is prepared to c#eanse the Sanct"ary comp#ete#y $rom sin
hoever, 'e re&"ires that 'is ri%hteo"s remnant, by ay o$ 'is ri%hteo"s robe, mani$est
comp#ete VICTORY OVR SI!, "nto their irreversib#e sea#in% by the #ivin% 3od (Dph.
4*80, 1Eohn 8*), Testimonies to Binisters and 3ospe# +or!ers pa%e 449.
3od sent a messa%e thro"%h +i##iam Bi##er> a %reat stream o$ #i%ht emer%ed $rom
the throne o$ 3od (Rev-10*178, 14*=7:- The 2irst <n%e#Cs messa%e be%an in 1.81 <-D-,
Dar#y +ritin%s pa%es 282728:, 3reat 4ontroversy pa%e 881. 'oever, sad#y, O"r 3reat
'i%h 1riest has not achieved 'is p"rpose o$ comp#ete#y c#eansin% 'is peop#e and their
bodies $rom sin, as many are sti## ho#din% on to ini&"ity ithin their character
e,periences, $ai#in% to "ti#i?e 'is per$ect, imp"ted ri%hteo"s %i$t "nto eterna# sa#vation (
Batt. 9*4., 3a#. 8*24, 1hi#- 8*)711- '"man bodies are a Temp#e o$ 3od 14or. =*1)- 3od
re&"ires that the <dventist or#d (those aaitin% 4hristCs ret"rn, 'is second comin%)
ta!e heed, reprod"cin% the character o$ 4hrist Rev- 14*4- The responsibi#ity has been
1 E.G.White The Great Controversy p. 428
2 Ibid. p. 615
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o"rs, as e can be empoered by the 'o#y Spirit, a##oin% 4hrist to c#eanse and per$ect
"s (Batt. 9*4.-
4hapter 24 o$ the 3reat 4ontroversy "#ree online $reat Contro%ersy&
disc"sses the 'o#y o$ 'o#ies- "Thy ay oh 3od is in the Sanct"ary---" (1sa- ::*18- 3od
be%ins 'is or! in the Sanct"ary, as it as created to prevent sin $rom re7enterin% o"r
#ives, and it i## be "sed to sho the heart o$ 3odCs %overnment- 3reat 4ontroversy 428
denotes that 4hrist no is in the second apartment, hich opens the mystery o$ the
<"t"mn o$ 1.44, more speci$ica##y October 22nd o$ 1.44, i##"stratin% that 4hrist, the
3reat 'i%h 1riest, is en%a%ed in a c#eansin% process- O"r patient, compassionate
Ba%ni$icent, 'i%h 1riest i## soon be appearin% as Fin% and De#iverer ('eb. =*20, .*87
4- 3od aims to de#iver a## 'is inhabitants o$ earth $rom sin (1Thess. 9*28, E"de 1*24719.
The Second <dvent o$ 4hrist i## invo#ve 'is ret"rn $or 'is ri%hteo"s remnant (
Bar! 4*2=72), Rev. 14*1471=- 'is peop#e are 'is temp#e, and in order $or the 'o#y Spirit
to de## in them, they m"st be re$ined, character per$ect, and sin7$ree (Batt. 9*4.,
1Eohn 8*), 4hrist ObGect 5essons pa%e 880, SD< Bib#e 4ommentary vo#"me = pa%e 10)=,
Testimonies $or the 4h"rch vo#"me 8 pa%e 48-
Danie# .*14 $orete##s the c#eansin% o$ the 'eaven#y Sanct"ary- +ithin Batthe
29, 4hrist instr"cted the <dventist be#ievers to prepare $or 'is ret"rn- This symbo# o$ a
per$ect marria%e "nion described by 4hrist is a poer$"# parab#e re#atin% to the <dventist
or#d, those aaitin% 4hristCs ret"rn (Dph- 9*21781- Dan- .*14, :*18 Ba#. 8 and Batt. 29,
point to or! that needs to be comp#eted by 4hrist thro"%h 'is peop#e re%ardin% their
c#eansin% be$ore 'e can ret"rn, as 'e cannot ret"rn be$ore s"ch a tas! is comp#ete on
earth, as ho i## 'e be ret"rnin% to reap/ 4hrist is th"s preparin% "s $or 'is Second
<dvent Rev. 14*1471=- 4hrist i## not ret"rn i$ 'is peop#e are not ready, th"s 'is
righteous harvest have been de#ayin% 'is ret"rn (Rev. :*174, Dar#y +ritin%s pa%es 8=.
The <dvent be#ievers m"st "nderstand the or! and Binistry o$ 4hrist, bein%
revived by the 'o#y Spirit, movin% $orard con&"erin% sin and per$ectin% character-
+ithin oneCs character e,perience, %reater #i%ht i## emer%e once one permits 3od to
dra them to 1resent Tr"th- The $irst an%e#Cs messa%e pointed to 3od6s $orthcomin%,
c#eansin% or! in the Bost 'o#y 1#ace ('eb. =*20, .*874, )*1272..
4hrist as represented by the 1rophet Danie#- <#i%nin% ith the boo! o$
Reve#ation, many o$ Danie#6s ritin%s ere critica#, pointin% to vita# prophetic,
eschato#o%ica# data> ca"sin% even 3odCs prophet to $aint in one instance (Dan- .*2:- 3od
as shoin% Danie# that an event o"#d occ"r, ta!in% 2800 years to accomp#ish its
or!s- 3od %ave Danie# the vision, as a means o$ pointin% to 4hristCs $"t"re p"rpose o$
c#eansin% the 'eaven#y Sanct"ary $rom a## sin-
Re%ardin% the 3reat 4ontroversy, 3odCs desires i## not be achieved by "se o$
$orce, as 3od has %iven his s"bGects $ree i## "The 'esire o( Ages )age **+ ,-.&/ By
history, 3odCs peop#e have mismana%ed 3odCs or!, $ai#in% to remain $aith$"# as a
co##ective body $rom the ch"rches o$ Dphes"s to 5aodicea (Rev- 1*11- By 2aith, 4hristCs
peop#e m"st $o##o the directions o$ the 3reat 'i%h 1riest, abstainin% $rom sin, as 'e
see!s to comp#ete#y c#eanse the 'eaven#y Sanct"ary- ;t is in $act those hose names are
ritten in the 5ambCs boo! o$ #i$e that are c"rrent#y po##"tin% the 'eaven#y Sanct"aryCs
Bost 'o#y <partment- O"r characters th"s m"st be )uri(ied by the sprin!#in% o$ the
B#ood o$ 4hrist- 3odCs remnant m"st p"t aay sin, tri"mphin% over its demonic poer,
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choosin% to stand $or 4hrist, earin% 'is ri%hteo"s robe (1hi#. 8*)711, Testimonies to
Binisters and 3ospe# +or!ers pa%e )17)2, 90=- Their imp"rities m"st be p"r%ed by 3od
the 2ather, the '"sbandman, and 1r"ner Eohn 19*17:- '"mans th"s, m"st reach
4haracter 1er$ection, as sin henever it is $inished, brin%s $orth death, and the ri%hteo"s
harvest i## #ive to see the ret"rn o$ 4hrist (see Eames 1*1:, Rev. =*1:, :*174.
The ri%hteo"s remnant6s robes m"st be p"r%ed and spot#ess, as they can be
con&"erors thro"%h the batt#e o$ evi#, tri"mphin% over sin Dph-9*2:, Tit"s 2*11- 3odCs
remnant m"st di#i%ent#y pray and reach the point o$ $i,in% their minds on 4hrist so#e#y (
Rev. 14*179, Testimonies to Binisters and 3ospe# +or!ers pa%e 449- The ri%hteo"s
harvest m"st be di#i%ent in their 4hristian a#!, on %"ard, resistin% temptation (see
Eames 4*:- Thro"%h the %race o$ 3od, they m"st reprod"ce the character o$ 4hrist Rev-
14*174- 3od cannot resist temptation $or "s, as it o"#d not assist ith the ri%hteo"s
remnantCs character deve#opment and their re&"ired vindication o$ 'is 3overnment and
4haracter- <#tho"%h their #ives ere not comp#ete#y sin#ess $rom birth, both D#iGah and
Dnoch ere event"a##y ab#e to mani$est comp#ete victory over sin and they ere
conse&"ent#y trans#ated- D#iGah and Dnoch both symbo#i?e the ri%hteo"s, end7time
remnant (3en. 9*24, 2Fin%s 2*11, 'eb. 11*9, 14or. 19*9792, 1Thess. 4*1=71.- There is a
specia# or! o$ p"ri$ication, a p"ttin% aay o$ sin, evidenced in the THR A!$0S1
MSSA$S A!' 0O2' CRY (Rev. 14*=712, 1.*174.
0esh"a O2R $RAT+ MA$!I#IC!T HI$H 3RIST is no, at or!,
patient#y c#eansin% o"r sins $rom the Hea%enly Sanctuary, a specia# or! o$
p"ri$ication (1sa#ms ::*18, 'ebres =*20, .*874)- 5et "s $o##o in 'is per$ect ays,
p"ttin% on 'is ri%hteo"s %arments, hastenin% 'is ret"rn to reap "s as 'is sea#ed7
ri%hteo"s harvest (21et.8*12719, Rev- 14*1471= (see A Soul Sealed at Character
3er(ection p- 9.
Character 3urity Ministries, #ocated in 1e#ham, He 0or! (+estchester 4o"nty),
aims to edi$y the %#obe abo"t the Three <n%e#s6 Bessa%es, the 5o"d cry and a## re#evant
end7time present Tr"th, as 4hrist6s ret"rn is imminent* and, 'e hopes to c"t 'is or!
short in ri%hteo"sness (Rom- )*2.> Rev- 14*=712, 1.*174-
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