Sanctuary 1 - The Sacrifice 

Study given by W. D. Frazee - July 11, 1969

A few days ago at the Denver airport I was sitting in the plane ready to take off for Minneapolis. We were all strapped in, and the plane was backing out getting ready to take off. Instead it went back in and stopped.

Presently the voice of the captain came over the public address and said, "There is something wrong with one of the generators. We will either have to repair it or replace it. That will take a little while. We trust you will be patient."

We sat there about an hour, and the captain's voice came again. He said, "We think we have it fixed now, and we ought to be off in ten minutes."

As we sat there I and the person next to me agreed that we were willing to sit there until they had the plane safe and ready.

For a hundred twenty-five years the Advent movement airship has been waiting to take off. There are some people who wonder why it doesn't get going. But the Captain thinks everything isn't quite ready yet.

I wonder if you will agree that it would be a good thing to wait until the Captain sees that everything is ready?

We are going on a flight a lot further than a thousand miles, or around the world. We are going further than these fellows who are shooting for the moon. We are going through Orion to the

center of the universe. We need a safe ship.

The other day all I and my fellow passengers could do was to sit there waiting for the word that we were ready to take off. I am afraid that is the way some people look at this matter today. They suppose all we need is patience, while someone does something that will give us the signal we are ready to go.

The difference is fundamental. We are not waiting for the Captain. The Captain is waiting for us. He shows us in the sanctuary how we can cooperate with Him in getting ready a people who will welcome Him with joy, and be ready to take off. And there will not be one bit of trouble when we get going. The ship will be space worthy. It will be perfectly successful in its trip.

What does the sanctuary show us? It shows us how to solve the sin problem. That is all that is holding us to this planet. Sin is all that is making the problem.

Sin. Sin started with Lucifer. What came into his heart? Pride. Notice what is in the middle of that word. It is I. This is the problem.

In the sanctuary we find God's method of dealing with this problem of sin, self, pride, and disharmony with God.

The great work of the sanctuary is to provide for the atonement. That is divided into three parts - AT-ONE-MENT. Who is to be brought together? Man and God. What separated God and man? Sin.

"But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid His face from you, that He will not hear. Isaiah 59:2.

Sin always separates between the sinner and God, for God is righteousness, and sin is unrighteousness. So the only way God and man can be brought together is to get rid of sin.

That is a great problem. Have you ever tried to get rid of sin? When you were a little child did you ever try to run away from your shadow? Can you do it? No. The faster you run the faster it runs. If you stop, it stops.

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But this is something more than a shadow. It is deep within. How to get rid of sin. How to get man and God together again with no sin in between. If God would burn up all the sin and sinners in the world, that would take care of it. But God doesn't want to do that because He loves us. To open the gates of heaven and say, Come on in sin, wouldn't solve anything. It would only turn heaven into hell. So what can God do?

Well, I can tell you that to solve it in the way of the sanctuary is a very expensive business. It has already cost an infinite price. And as we shall see, the suffering and pain has not ended yet.

But thank God, He is going to get what He is after. In that wonderful chapter in Isaiah that tells us of the great sacrifice of Jesus to make all this possible, it is written:

"He shall see of the travail of His soul, and shall be satisfied" Isaiah 53:11.

The way of salvation is in the sanctuary.

"Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary" Psalm 77:13.

It is in the sanctuary. As we study the sanctuary we will be looking for the way of salvation. That is what we are studying it for.

Where is the sanctuary? It is in heaven. Paul tells us that in the Hebrews 8:1-5. In order that we might understand what is going on there, and work with God in the sanctuary service, God had Moses make a copy here in this world.

In Hebrews 9:1-5 you will find a description of it. It has two rooms - the holy place and the most holy place. Surrounding the sanctuary there is a large court in which the animals were slain, and various preparatory services were carried on. So the sanctuary, with the court, gives us three theaters of operation.

Why are there three places? Because there are three jobs to do. In your home you have more than one room. Why? There are various activities to be carried on. Are any of you interested in the kitchen? Oh, yes. Most of us like the kitchen and what comes

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out of it.

In God's great plan of salvation as revealed in the sanctuary we see the court, the holy place, and the most holy place. And there are three great activities that take place in those three places. I hope that by the time this series is over we will all be better acquainted with each one of those three places, and the activity that centers in them.

What is the work of the sanctuary? As we have indicated, it is to get rid of sin; to solve the sin problem.

"For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: Nor yet that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; For then must He often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself" Hebrews 9:24-26.

Christ didn't go into these earthly places in Jerusalem and sprinkle blood on the altar and before the veil. Christ has not entered into the holy places made with hands, but into heaven itself.

What has He come for? To put away sin. That expression is quite strong. The Bible speaks of a man putting away his wife. It is separation. And God is in the business of divorcing sin from you and me and from the universe. Christ is the one who does the work. You and I need to understand how we participate in these blessings, and how we share in what He is doing.

Does it take a sacrifice? That is what it says. He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. Notice this emphasized again:

"For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this Man have somewhat also to offer" Hebrews 8:3.

In the ancient service the high priest took the blood of various sacrifices into the earthly sanctuary. This was an

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example and shadow of heavenly things (Hebrews 8:4,5). Jesus ministers for us in the heavenly sanctuary not with the blood of an animal from this world.

"Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us" Hebrews 9:12.

I want you to see how important this offering of blood is:

"But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people" verse 7.

The high priest couldn't go into the sanctuary without blood. Why? Because blood is the sacrifice for sin.

"For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins" Hebrews 5:1.

These verses show that when the priest went into the sanctuary to represent the people he had to have a sacrifice, and it was the sacrifice of blood.

Various animals were used. No matter what kind it was, when the blood was taken in it stood for the life of the substitute.

"For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

"For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof" Leviticus 17:11,14.

Do you want to make an atonement with God? Do you want to get sin out of the way that has separated you and God. It is the blood that makes the atonement. Without shedding of blood is no remission (Hebrews 9:22).

I want you to see what was done in the ancient sanctuary that will help us to understand the true work of getting rid of sin. Keep in mind this was an outline, a shadow, a copy.

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Do you think the blood of a goat or a bullock or a lamb could actually take away anyone's sin? Oh, no. Paul says it is not possible (Hebrews 10:1-4). But it represented the blood of Christ. And as we study the example we learn something about the true work.

In Leviticus chapters four, five, and six we have the description of various offerings men brought. In each case the individual must bring his offering to the court, and lay his hand upon the head of the sacrifice. Notice what it meant:

"And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him" Leviticus 1:4.

It was accepted for him. Who then took the place of the man who brought the offering? The sacrifice did. By putting his hand upon the sacrifice it was accepted for him.

That is why you and I must come to Jesus. We must see that He is our substitute.

"And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing" Leviticus 5:5.

Notice what else the man did. He confessed. We are to be specific. We are to confess whatever we have sinned.

Suppose I came here into this community and stole from different people. I stole ten dollars from this man, twenty-five dollars from another man, and a horse.

My conscience gets to bothering me and I get up in meeting and say, Dear friends, if I have ever hurt any of you I hope you will forgive me. If I have ever taken anything from you I hope you will forgive.

Will that take care of the matter? No. I have asked everyone to forgive me, but I have not been specific.

Someone gets up and says, If I have ever said anything against anyone I hope they will forgive me. How much is that confession worth?

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A man has brought an offering. He has put his hand upon it, and confessed his sin. Now where is the sin? It is on the animal. The animal stands in place of him.

The animal was innocent, but the man has put his hand upon it and confessed his sin. Now the animal is treated as if it were guilty.

What are the wages of sin? Death. What did the man deserve? Death. Now what does the lamb deserve? The lamb must die so the man can go free. Is there any other way? No.

Who was to kill the sacrifice? Look in Leviticus 4 and tell me who it was. The sinner. The man that brought the sacrifice and confessed his sin had to slay the sacrifice.

I wouldn't like that. I would rather have someone else do that.

Can I leave it to the priest to do? I say, Sir, I am very busy today, and I have to leave. I don't like to see blood shed anyway. I have confessed my sin. I have put it on the lamb. Will you please slay the sacrifice so I can hurry home?

No, I can't do that. And it is right at the beginning of this series of studies that we need to get hold of the key to the sin problem. We will never stop sinning and stay stopped until we learn the cost of sin. And the great lesson of the sanctuary from the court right into the most holy place is the terrific cost, the tremendous cost, the infinite cost of sin.

This is what God was trying to teach those people back there. This is what He is trying to teach us today. Until we learn it we will stay right here on this planet. God is not going to have the whole universe infected with this deadly contagion. Until we learn it we are quarantined right here. The cost of sin will cure it.

So the man takes the knife and slays the sacrifice. What it would be to look into the eyes of the innocent creature and think, It shouldn't have to die. It hasn't done anything. I am the one that deserves to die, but it is going to die for me.

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On the cross the Son of God, the true Lamb, died. He died with my sin upon Him.

Would He have died if sin had not been put upon Him? No. There was no other reason for Him to die. He had never done anything wrong. He died with my sin upon Him like the lamb back there died with a man's sin upon him.

As I approach the cross I must see Christ dying for me, slain by my hand, killed by my sin. There is no other solution for the sin problem.

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This isn't the end of the story. It is the beginning. But people have never come to the beginning. They don't know

it means to be sorry for sin.

As long as sin makes us laugh we will never get very far away it. Until sin hurts us it is pretty hard to get separated it. But the thing that will cause our sleepy minds to wake

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up over this thing is to come to Calvary and see what sin does to Jesus, and realize that it is our sin.

I want to tell you about one of the saddest funerals I ever preached in all my life. There was a little girl in the casket. There were a host of mourning relatives. Among them there were two who were responsible for the death of that little girl. Two members of the family had been left to watch that little girl. They were sleeping on the side of the lake while she wandered away and drowned.

Do you know how they felt? You can try to imagine. Think if it was your baby lying there in the casket, drowned because of your carelessness. It would break your heart, wouldn't it?

"And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon Me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for Him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn" Zechariah 12:10.

Who is talking? Jesus. He is the one who has been pierced. Where? On the cross. He says He is going to help people to see what has happened at Calvary, and they are going to mourn. They

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are going to look upon the One whom they have pierced.

Is Jesus your Lamb? Is He accepted for you? Does He die for you? Does He die in your place? Does He die with your sins upon Him? Then I ask you, Who killed Him?

I am the one. That I is right in the middle of sin. That I is the heart of pride. I have slain Him. I have broken His heart. When I see that, am I willing for the I to be abased, the I to be removed, the I to be crucified, the I to be taken out of the way? Yes, when I see what it has done to Jesus. This is the beginning of the work of the sanctuary.

Where are your sins? Are you carrying the load yourself, or have you confessed them and put them upon the Lamb? It is true He has already died upon the cross. It is also true that He waits to take your sins until you give them to Him. He will never snatch them from you in an unguarded moment. He will never sneak up when you are not looking and pull them away.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us.

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Continue by clicking on the study below

Study 1 The Holy Spirit & The Sanctuary  - The Sacrifice

Study 2 The Holy Spirit & The Sanctuary  - The Priest

Study 3 The Holy Spirit & The Sanctuary  - Day of Atonement

Study 4 The Holy Spirit & The Sanctuary  - Sanctuary Closed

Study 5 The Holy Spirit & The Sanctuary  - Sprinkled Blood

Study 6 The Holy Spirit & The Sanctuary  - House of God