kingdom of glory has
not yet been ushered in. Not until His work as a mediator shall be ended,
will God "give unto Him the throne of His father David," a kingdom of
which "there shall be no end."(680) As a priest, Christ is now set down
with the Father in His throne.(681) Upon the throne with the eternal,
self-existent One, is He who "hath borne our griefs, and carried our
sorrows," who "was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin,"
that He might be "able to succor them that are tempted." "If any man sin,
we have an Advocate with the Father."(682) His intercession is that of a
pierced and broken body, of a spotless life. The wounded hands, the
pierced side, the marred feet, plead for fallen man, whose redemption was
purchased at such infinite cost.

"And the counsel of peace shall be between Them both." The love of the
Father, no less than of the Son, is the fountain of salvation for the lost
race. Said Jesus to His disciples, before He went away, "I say not unto
you, that I will pray the Father for you: for the Father Himself loveth
you."(683) God was "in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself."(684)
And in the ministration in the sanctuary above, "the counsel of peace
shall be between Them both." "God _so loved_ the world, that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but
have everlasting life."(685)

The question, What is the sanctuary? is clearly answered in the
Scriptures. The term "sanctuary," as used in the Bible, refers, first, to
the tabernacle built by Moses, as a pattern of heavenly things; and,
secondly, to the "true tabernacle" in heaven, to which the earthly
sanctuary pointed. At the death of Christ the typical service ended. The
"true tabernacle" in heaven is the sanctuary of the new covenant. And as
the prophecy of Dan. 8:14 is fulfilled in this dispensation, the sanctuary
to which it refers must be the sanctuary of the new covenant. At the
termination of the 2300 days, in 1844, there had been no sanctuary on
earth for many centuries. Thus the prophecy, "Unto two thousand and three
hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed," unquestionably points
to the sanctuary in heaven.

But the most important question remains to be answered: What is the
cleansing of the sanctuary? That there was such a service in connection
with the earthly sanctuary, is stated in the Old Testament Scriptures. But
can there be anything in heaven to be cleansed? I