Sanctuary

The Day of Atonement

Name: The Day of Atonement
Brand: Advent Images

Leviticus 16

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Once a year in the deepest silence the universe has ever known, the high priest stood before the Ark of the Covenant — the Shekinah blazing between the cherubim — and sprinkled blood seven times before the mercy seat, justice beneath it, mercy above it, a life poured out between them — and this dramatic oil painting captures that climactic moment of Leviticus 16:14–15 from behind the high priest, placing the viewer inside the Most Holy Place as the atoning blood meets the golden ark and renders in a single composition the theological heart of the SDA sanctuary message and the investigative judgment, making this high-resolution Adventist digital download ideal for devotional wall art, sanctuary doctrine study series, or Great Controversy themed media.

Bible background: The Sanctuary

God told Moses, “Let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them,” and gave a pattern for the tabernacle in the wilderness: the courtyard with the altar of burnt offering and the laver, the Holy Place with the table of shewbread, the golden lampstand and the altar of incense, and the Most Holy Place with the ark of the covenant beneath the mercy seat.

Every piece of furniture and every service pointed to Jesus. The daily sacrifices showed the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, and the yearly Day of Atonement pictured the final cleansing of sin. The book of Hebrews explains that Christ is now our High Priest, ministering in the heavenly sanctuary of which the earthly one was a copy.

Key passages

Exodus 25:8-9 — “Let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.”
Exodus 25:10-22 — The ark of the covenant and the mercy seat.
Exodus 25:23-30 — The table of shewbread, with bread set before the Lord always.
Exodus 25:31-40 — The golden lampstand.
Exodus 27:1-8 — The altar of burnt offering in the courtyard.
Exodus 30:1-10, 17-21 — The altar of incense and the bronze laver.
Leviticus 16 — The Day of Atonement, the mercy seat and the scapegoat.
Daniel 8:14 — “Then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.”
Hebrews 8:1-2; 9:11-12 — Christ, our High Priest in the true tabernacle in heaven.
Hebrews 4:14-16 — Come boldly to the throne of grace.