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discover their mistake. As they could see no

error in their reckoning of the prophetic

periods, they were led to examine more

closely the subject of the sanctuary.

In their investigation they learned that there

is no Scripture evidence sustaining the

popular view that the earth is the sanctuary;

but they found in the Bible a full explanation

of the subject of the sanctuary, its nature,

location, and services; the testimony of the

sacred writers being so clear and ample as to

place the matter beyond all question. The

apostle Paul, in the Epistle to the Hebrews,

says: “Then verily the first covenant had also

ordinances of divine service, and a worldly

sanctuary. For there was a tabernacle made;

the first, wherein was the candlestick, and

the table, and the shewbread; which is called

the sanctuary. And after the second veil, the