What were some of the outstanding features of the ministry on the Day of Atonement?
Lev. 16:30, 33. On the typical Day of Atonement, the tenth day of the seventh Bible month, when the high priest ministered the last rites in the most holy place in the Levitical sanctuary, he performed a thorough cleansing of the sanctuary, and a complete cleansing of the sins of all the people of Israel. This day was a cleaning-up time. • At what time did the angel Gabriel say the sanctuary would be cleansed? Dan. 8:14. The angel Gabriel told the prophet Daniel that at the end of the twenty-three hundred days the sanctuary would be cleansed. This long period of time . ended in the seventh Bible month of the year 1844. It was in the seventh Bible month of the year 1844, our month October, that Jesus, our great High Priest, completed His ministry in the holy place in the heavenly sanctuary. • When, therefore, must the great antitypical day of atonement have begun, during which our High Priest will complete His ministry as mans intercessor? 1 Cor. 15:24-28. The great antitypical day of a
