Fascinating EGW statement

[tall73]

When the loud cry, "It is finished," came from the lips of Christ, the priests were officiating in the temple. The lamb prefiguring Christ has been brought in to be slain. Clothed in his significant and beautiful dress, the priest stands with lifted knife, as did Abraham when about to slay his son. With intense interest the people look on. But the earth trembles and quakes; for the Lord himself draws near. With a rending noise the veil of the temple is torn from top to bottom by an unseen hand, throwing open to the gaze of the multitude a place once filled with the presence of God. In this place the Shekinah once dwelt. Here God had once manifested his glory above the mercy-seat. No one but the high priest ever lifted the veil separating this apartment from the rest of the tabernacle; and he entered in but once a year, to make atonement for the sins of the people. But lo! the veil is rent in twain. No longer is there any secrecy there. {YI, June 21, 1900 par. 6} All is terror and confusion. The priest is about to plunge his knife into the heart of the victim; but the knife drops from his hand, and the lamb, no longer fettered, escapes. {YI, June 21, 1900 par. 7}

By the rending of the veil of the temple, God said, I can no longer reveal my presence in the most holy place. A new and living Way, before which there hangs no veil, is offered to all. No longer need sinful, sorrowing humanity await the coming of the high priest. {YI, June 21, 1900 par. 8}



Here EGW apparently

a. identifies the veil as the SECOND veil, hiding the ark.
b. Says that in the new and living way (reference to Hebrews 10) there IS no veil obscuring the way.

There is no second veil in the heavenly. There was a new and living way made by Christ in the new temple when He ascended and there was no obscuring the way to Christ right in the Most Holy Place.

 

[StormyOne]

which causes problems for those who insist that there are two compartments and that Christ entered the MHP in 1844.... as I have said numerous times the IJ concept makes no logical sense...

 

[RC_NewProtestants]

Her view is kind of interesting also in that she seems to think only one passover lamb is offered:

The lamb prefiguring Christ has been brought in to be slain.

But this was a sort of assemble line thing going on because the lambs were then taken by people for their meals after the blood was removed. Though we can assume the people who were ceremonially clean could sacrifice their own lambs at home.

From the Jewish Encylopedia

Paschal Lamb.
The Passover lamb was killed, in the time of the Second Temple, in the court where all other "ḳodashim" were slaughtered, in keeping with the Deuteronomic prescription, and it was incumbent upon every man and woman to fulfil this obligation. The time "between the two evenings" ("ben ha-'arbayim") was construed to mean "after noon and until nightfall," the killing of the lamb following immediately upon that of the "tamid," the burning of the incense, and the setting in order of the lamps, according to daily routine. The killing was done with great caution, to avoid contact with ḥameẓ. After the carcass had been properly prepared, and the blood properly disposed of, it was taken home by its owner and roasted and eaten at eventide. The owners of the lambs were divided into three sets ("kittot") of at least thirty each, and during the slaughtering never less than thirty could be present in the courtyard. When the first group had entered the courtyard the doors were closed, and while the Levites sang the "Hallel" the lambs were killed, the psalms being sung, if necessary, three times.