1. The book of Psalms presents the fourth of the seven tools we need to understand Bible prophecy: «When I thought to know this, it was too for me, until I went into the of God.»

2. The first sacrifice of an animal instituted the sacrificial system, which was foreshadowing the death of Jesus, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. When did this first sacrifice take place?
   After the disobedience of Adam and Eve.
   When God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac.
   At the first Passover, before the exodus of Israel from Egypt.
   At the time of the sanctuary’s inauguration, in the Wilderness of Sinai.

3. As time passed, the meaning of this sacrificial system was lost, and paganism transformed it into idolatry. It was thus necessary to restore the original meaning of this system, through which men could demonstrate their faith in the Savior to come. This is why, in the book of Exodus, God told Moses, «Let [the children of Israel] make Me a , that I may among them.»

4. The first sanctuary, or tabernacle, was portable. Later, a permanent Temple in Jerusalem replaced it. The sanctuary was made up of all the following parts, except one. Which one?
   The courtyard.
   The purgatory.
   The Holy Place.
   The Most Holy Place.

5. Among the following list, please check off all the items which were placed in the first part of the sanctuary, called «Holy Place»:
   The laver of bronze.
   The seven-branch candlestick.
   The mercy seat.
   The table of showbread.

6. In the Most Holy Place - the Holiest of All - were placed the ark of the containing the two tablets of stone on which God had written the , and the seat, serving as a lid to the ark.

7. The Epistle to the Hebrews makes a good summary of the two services taking place in the sanctuary: «The priests went always into the tabernacle [the Holy Place], accomplishing the service of God. But into the [the Most Holy Place] the high priest went alone once every year, not without , which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people.»

8. The Epistle to the Hebrews says, «The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing.» Since the Hebrew sanctuary is called «the first tabernacle», we must then conclude that there is a second one. According to the Bible, where is that second sanctuary?
   In Jerusalem.
   In the depths of the earth.
   In heaven.
   The Bible does not say.

9. The existence of this second sanctuary is confirmed in the book of Revelation: «I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in was opened.» In fact, the Epistle to the Hebrews states that Jesus is now working as «a High Priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the , a Minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the pitched, and not man.»

10. Finally, let’s remember that there are many little temples where the Holy Spirit dwells. What are these little temples? The First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians answers, «What? Know you not that your is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which you have of God, and you are not your own? For you are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your and in your , which are God’s.» We are therefore called to watch over the holiness of our bodies, just as the priests had to watch over the holiness of the earthly sanctuary.

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