Sanctuary

The High Priest Parts the Veil

Name: The High Priest Parts the Veil
Brand: Advent Images

Leviticus 16

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He stands at the threshold between two worlds — the high priest draws back the cherubim-embroidered veil, censer smoke curling from his hand and the golden menorah burning to his left, while beyond this curtain the mercy seat waits where only one man, once a year, may dare to stand — this richly detailed oil painting renders the Levitical high priest entering the Most Holy Place on Yom Kippur faithful to Exodus 26:31, carrying the full weight of the SDA investigative judgment doctrine and pointing to Christ's entry into the heavenly Most Holy Place as our eternal High Priest, and this high-resolution Adventist wall art is perfect for devotional display, sanctuary doctrine teaching series, or Great Controversy themed church 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.