Page 3 - 24 The Sanctuary & Its Service

THE STORY OF THE SEER OF PATMOS

Stephen N. Haskell

“Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at
hand” Revelation 22:10.

complete without a chapter on the sanctuary

and its service.

The earthly sanctuary was a type of the

heavenly one. In it, men divinely appointed by

the Lord served “unto the example and

shadow of heavenly things.” The sanctuary

was surrounded by a court. In this court the

people assembled and the offerings were

slain. No blood was ever shed within either

the holy or the most holy place. This was the

type, and plainly revealed the antitype. Christ

came and offered His life in the antitypical

court,-this earth,-where His people, dwell. He

then entered the heavenly sanctuary with His

own blood, to present it before the Father in

man’s behalf. The people could enter only the