Christ is our High Priest. From that position, Christ provides much help especially to one who is in the depths of temptation.
In this audio, Elder Cox, gives an overview of this help that we receive from our Heavenly High Priest.
One thing that is interesting about relatively recent Adventist study of the book of Revelation is that they have found and teach the obvious and extensive Sanctuary imagery in the Biblical book. Such imagery demonstrates that a knowledge of the Sanctuary, as well as much of the Old Testament, is needed to understand the last [...]
This is the first of a number of videos to discuss the sanctuary. When was the sanctuary instuted and why?
Wrong, Right, or Irrelevant? You know there is no greater crime than to preach an irrelevant message. An irrelevant message is by definition unimportant and a waste of time.
Does the discourse in the church match the reality? Are we presenting a slanted view of the doctrines that imply that they inhibit us to live the Christian life?
A few years ago, an elder presented a series of studies on the Sanctuary to a church that I was visiting. In this particular presentation, the elder attempted to provide a synopsis of the Sanctuary message. In that presentation the elder decided to take a “celestial geography” approach to the Sanctuary message and went on and on about each piece of the sanctuary.
We have killed the Sanctuary Message. We all have contributed to its demise. From the local elder who drones on and on about the color of the tassel the priest was wearing to the pastor who oftentimes just ignores the whole message. From the Bible Teacher who made it merely a mathematical calculation to the lay person who goes to sleep every time it comes up. We have Killed the Sanctuary Message!
I was talking to a friend about the presentation of Adventist fundamentals by some. It appears that often these teachings are ignored by many of our pastors and preachers, but when they actually do preach or teach them, the sermon turns into a theological lecture to enlighten the mind but not inspire the soul.
The Burnt Offering provides many lessons for our perusal. First of all, the burnt offering was a voluntary offering. (Leviticus 1:3) It was not necessarily done in response to sin, although it could be added to the sin or trespass offering. It was something that demonstrates complete consecration. The whole of the offering was consumed. Interestingly enough the sacrifice was washed in water and set in order on the alter before it was consumed.
Sacrifice was an important component of the Ancient Hebrew System. It was through that symbol that the people gained a glimpse at the great cost to the well being of the community that sin played. Sin hurt the one who is sinned against. Sin hurt everyone connected to that one sinned against. Sin hurt the community. In addition, sin hurt the sacrifice. Sin presumably hurt the sinner who felt the pain of killing the sacrifice and making amends to the one sinned against.
