the sanctuary--for by turning to
Lev. xxiii: 27-32 verses, we see the type of affliction was always on the
tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement, and it continued
all the time that the high priest was in the most holy place, cleansing
the sanctuary. The reason for this is obvious; if we turn to Lev. xvi:
15--"And he shall make an atonement for the holy place _because_ of the
_uncleanness_ of the _children_ of _Israel_, and _because_ of _their
transgressions in all their sins_," &c.; see also 29-34 verses,
particularly the 30th verse. Then the true meaning of the cleansing of the
sanctuary is, Christ our high priest in the sanctuary which the Lord
pitched and not man; Heb. xiii: 2, that is, the new Jerusalem in the
heavens, making atonement, or blotting out the sins of his true waiting
people; and while he is doing this, they are in their trial. "Here is the
patience of the Saints," as it was in the type referred to, with this
difference--their day and trial and atonement was "from even to even," just
twenty-four hours, whereas ours is to be from the tenth "day of the
seventh month, until God roars out of Zion and utters his voice from
Jerusalem," then Jerusalem will be _holy_, the atonement will be
finished.--Joel iii: 16, 17--God's people be cleansed, sealed, and the
captivity of Zion turned. This will be the shaking of the Heavens and the
earth, the sea and all nations. Matt. xxiv: 29; Amos i: 2; Hagg. ii: 6-7;
Jer. xxv: 30, 31; Heb. xii: 26; Eze. xiii: 25, 28. According to the signs
given by Jesus, the next after this will be the sign of the son of man in
heaven; "And then the son of man."--Matt. xxiv: 30. But as the world is to
be taken by surprise, "crying peace and safety," they will not long be
troubled with the shaking of the heavens and earth, it will pass from the
mind, most likely, as has the _cry at mid-night_, so that after this,
Christ will "come as a thief." But I do not design now to take up the
argument, but merely refer to these points to show our position. For
further reference, see Way Marks. I now propose to show the certain
failure and confusion of all those Adventists who have denied the past,
and the ending of the 2300 days. As I have already shown, they have
prolonged, or, as in Prov. x: 27, "added to the days." The 2300 days, all
the time from where they ended, Oct. 1844, to the extreme end of 1847,
which would be three and a half years. Hosea calls this removing the
bounds; we