Adventists Affirm Dan 8:14, Lev 16 Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, Judgment

[BobRyan]

Dan 8:14 references the cleansing of the Sanctuary

Dan 7 and Dan 8 - both deal with the problem of "the little horn" persecuting the saints. In Dan 7 the solution is the pre-advent judgment (according to the chapter). You can discuss those details for Dan 7 on the following thread.

Adventists affirm Dan 7 pre-advent Investigative judgment (and then Dan 8 and Dan 9 for it being started in 1844)

Dan 7 describes the pre-advent Investigative judgment - vs 9-10 Pre-Advent Investigative (review of books, records in heaven by "the court") -- vs 21-22 "Judgment passed in favor of the saints" -- so they are being evaluated/reviewed/discussed (as Rom 2:4-16 describes it)...

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In Dan 8 that same solution is called the cleansing of the Sanctuary in Dan 8:14. IN this thread we are looking at why it is that Christ's work as our High Priest in the Sanctuary in heaven (Day of Atonement - cleansing of the sanctuary) is called the judgment in Dan 7.


Lev 16 is about the "Day of Atonement" - Yom Kippur - at the end of every year.

To "make atonement" is to Cleanse

Ezek 45
18 ‘This is what the Lord God says: “In the first month, on the first of the month, you shall take a bull without blemish and cleanse the sanctuary from sin….21 “In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall have the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.

Ezek 43
20 And you shall take some of its blood and put it on its four horns and on the four corners of the ledge, and on the border all around; so you shall cleanse it and make atonement for it. 21 You shall also take the bull as the sin offering, and it shall be burned in the appointed place of the house, outside the sanctuary. 22 ‘And on the second day you shall offer a male goat without blemish as a sin offering, and they shall cleanse the altar from sin as they cleansed it with the bull.

Cleanse: not as in "soap and water to remove blood stains" but rather "blood" to remove/resolve the record of guilt. In Gospel God is the one who offers His blood to pay for the sins of the guilty - but as Christ points out in Matt 7 "not everyone who SAYS 'Lord Lord' shall enter. So then an evaluation of each case using the rules/criteria of Rom 2:4-16 and a court room event as in Dan 7:9-10, 22 is necessary.


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Dan 8 NASB​

13 Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to that particular one who was speaking, "How long will the vision (about the regular sacrifice) apply, while the transgression causes horror, so as to allow both the holy place and the host to be trampled?"​

14 He said to me, "For 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the holy place will be properly restored."​

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Dan 8 KJV​

13 Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who was speaking, “How long will the vision be, concerning the daily sacrifices and the transgression of desolation, the giving of both the sanctuary and the host to be trampled underfoot?”​

14 And he said to me, “For two thousand three hundred days; then the sanctuary shall be cleansed.”​

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Heb 9​

22 And according to the Law, one may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.​

23 Therefore it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.​

24 For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;​

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Heb 9​

11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation; 12 and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.NASB/KJV​

It is a two phase ministry just as God's model points out. The second phase is the "Day of Atonement" phase - the first is the Passover Lamb, the daily sacrifice phase.

God the Father and God the Son are seated next to each other in the Holy Place (the 12 loaves of bread 6 + 6) in heaven itself, seated on the throne. For the second phase of that ministry they start the "Day of Atonement" service (that includes the judgment) which concludes before the 2nd coming according to Daniel 7:9-10 and also the end of that chapter.

Heb 9:12​

12 and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all time, having obtained eternal redemption. (NASB/KJV)​

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Heb 9:24-25​

24 For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;​

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Heb 10​

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19 Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh,NASB ​

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Lev 16​

29 ""This shall be a permanent statute for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls and not do any work, whether the native, or the alien who sojourns among you;​

30 for it is on this day that atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you; you will be clean from all your sins before the LORD.​

31 ""It is to be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, that you may humble your souls; it is a permanent statute.​

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Lev 16 KJV​

32And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:​

33And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation.​

34And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.​

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Yom Kippur - Wikipedia

Forgiveness and vidduy​

According to the Talmud, God opens three books on the first day of the year; one for the thoroughly wicked, another for the thoroughly pious, and the third for the large intermediate class. The fate of the thoroughly wicked and the thoroughly pious is determined on the spot; the destiny of the intermediate class is suspended until Yom Kippur, when the fate of everyone is sealed. The liturgical piece Unetaneh Tokef (attributed to Rabbi Amnon of Mainz) states:

God, seated on His throne to judge the world, at the same time Judge, Pleader, Expert, and Witness, opens the Book of Records. It is read, every man's signature being found therein. The great trumpet is sounded; a still, small voice is heard; the angels shudder, saying, "this is the day of judgment": for God's very ministers are not pure before God. As a shepherd musters his flock, causing them to pass under his rod, so does God cause every living soul to pass before Him, to fix the limit of every creature's life and to ordain its destiny. On New-Year's Day the decree is written; on the Day of Atonement it is sealed; who shall live and who are to die....But penitence, prayer, and charity may avert the harsh decree."

According to Maimonides, "all depends on whether a man's merits outweigh the demerits put to his account," so it is therefore desirable to multiply good deeds before the final account on the Day of Atonement (Yad, Laws of Repentance 3:4). Those that are found worthy by God are said to be entered in the Book of Life, hence the prayer: "Enter us in the Book of Life." Hence also the greeting, "May you be sealed [in the Book of Life] for a happy year" ("Gemar Chatima Tovah"). In letters written between New-Year and the Day of Atonement, the writer usually concludes by wishing the recipient that God may seal his fate for happiness.

 

[BobRyan]

As noted above "cleanse" is not to take soap and water and remove blood stains - but cleanse is with blood (as Heb 9 points out) to remove/resolve sin.

The books of Dan 7 contain the deeds , the witness. As Matt 7 states "the good tree is known by its fruit".

IT also contains the record of bad fruit.

Rev 20, 2 Cor 5:10 all state that it is out of the record of what one has done that judgment is rendered.

You see the same thing in Rom 2:4-16 where it describes the basis on which decisions are made.

 

[BobRyan]

Heb 8 informs us that "the main point is this" - Jesus is our High Priest in heavens Sanctuary -
Heb 7 tells us that high priests also ministered daily - offering UP sacrifices (offered up in smoke)
Heb 9 tells us not only about the inauguration of the Sanctuary, but of Christ's work in the Holy Place (NASB)

The main point:

In this current phase of the Gospel work of Christ – the MAIN Point is that He is our High Priest in heaven.

Heb 8:1 Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, 2 a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.

3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this One also have something to offer. 4 For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law; 5 who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, “See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

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High priests ministered "daily" offering up sacrifices on the altar. Offer up in smoke on the altar - sin offerings. Burnt offerings Lev 1:9,

Ex 30:20 NASB 1955
20 when they enter the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, so that they will not die; or when they approach the altar to minister, by offering up in smoke a fire sacrifice to the Lord


Heb 7: 23 Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing. 24 But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. 25 Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
26 For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens; 27 who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.

"offers up" this sacrifice on the cross "once for all"

 

[BobRyan]

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Two phase ministry just as in the model on Earth

Heb 9: 2 For a tabernacle was prepared: the first part, in which was the lampstand, the table, and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary; 3 and behind the second veil, the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All, 4 which had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant; 5 and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing

6 Now when these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services. 7 But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people’s sins committed in ignorance; 8 the Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing.


Christ enters the Holy Place - in heaven - at His ascension. To begin the first phase of His work as Intercessor, daily ministry


Because there is only one sacrifice - all sacrifices collapse into that one.
And so only one entry from the altar of sacrifice into the Sanctuary/temple. At Christ's ascension

NASB 1955, and NASB

11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things having come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made by hands, that is, not of this creation; 12 and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all time, having obtained eternal redemption.​

Heb 9:13 For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify for the cleansing of the flesh, 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?​

Compares the Inauguration model on Earth

Heb 9:18 Therefore even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood.​

Notes that "cleansing" is done 'with blood'. And blood is about forgiveness of sin

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Heb 9:22 And according to the Law, one may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.​

Cleansing type - also applies in heaven

Heb 9:23 Therefore it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;​

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Only ONE offering. (offered himself only once... it is completed. He is now seated at right hand of the Father)

25 nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place year by year with blood that is not his own. 26 Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.​

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Death - and then judgment ... not Death-then-more-chances

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Heb 9:27 And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment, 28 so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many​

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1. Dan 9 affirms the two phase ministry component on Earth as applicable in heaven
2. It shows Christ entering the Holy Place ministry phase
3. It shows the initial inauguration work
4. It does not show the final (second phase) work since it was not underway at the time of the writing of Heb 9