Key to the 1843 Prophetic Chart
half by his own personal ministry, and the last half of that period "by them that heard him." Heb.ii (2),3. 3. The one week shown cut off at the end of the second line of the diagram, is again represented on a larger scale in the third line, showing its commencement, division, and termination. It commenced with the ministry three and a half years, to the midst, or middle, of the week, where by the cross he caused the sacrifice and oblation to cease, as represented. The remaining three and a half years extend to A.D.34, where the 70 weeks, or first 490 years of the 2300, expire, as already shown. For a full application of this argument, and the event to mark the termination of these days, see pamphlet on the sanctuary and 2300 days.
THE SANCTUARY
The beautiful illustration of Sanctuary, seen in the lower central portion of the Chart, is, as the reader will at once understand, a floor view; though the furniture is represented in perspective. At the left as we pass the entrance or door, stands the golden candlestick with its seven lamps. Opposite that on the other side of the building stands the table of shew-bread. Further on in the center of the Holy Place, we see the golden alter of incense. Beyond that the second vail divides the Holy from the Most Holy Place. Passing in through this vail, we behold as the furniture of the second apartment the ark of God's testament, so called because in it were deposited the tables of stone, on which were written the ten commandments. The cover of the ark was called the mercy-seat. On either end of the mercy-seat were two small cherubim of beaten work of solid gold. And when the Sanctuary was incorporated into the temple of Solomon, large cherubim, overlaid with pure gold, were placed on each side of the ark, as shown in the illustration. A full description of the Sanctuary and its instruments, is found in Ex.chapters xxv-xxxi. We present here only a brief synopsis of the arguments and scriptures which show what constitutes the Sanctuary, and the important place it occupies in the great plan of redemption.
1. Sanctuary is defined to be a holy or sacred place. (Cruden, Walker, Webster.) It is a dwelling-place for the Most High. Ex.xxv (25),8. 2. It cannot therefore be the earth; for the earth will not bear one of the above definitions; and of the 146 times of the occurrence of the word sanctuary in the Bible, it is not once applied to the earth.
3. It is not the land of Canaan. Substitute "the land of Canaan"for "the earth," and read the above. See also Josh.xxiv,26. For an explanation of Ex.xv (15),17, see Ps.lxxviii (78),53,54,69. 4. It is not the church; if it is, who are the "host" or worshipers, that are invariably connected with it; Dan.viii (8),13. Compare Dan.ix (9),26, with Matt.xvi (16),18.
5. It was built by the children of Israel. Ex.xxv (25),8,9;xxxv-xl; 2 Chron.xx (20),8. 6. It had two apartments - the Holy Place and the most Holy Place. Ex.xxvi (26), 33,34; Lev.xvi (16),2. In the first apartment were the candlestick, the table of shew- bread, and the altar of incense. In the second, were the ark which contained the tables of the covenant, and the cherubim. Heb.ix (9),1-5. That the covenant here