A simplified version of
THE DAY-STAR EXTRA
Saturday, February 7, 1846
which contained
The article on the sanctuary
by
O. R. L. Crozier
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1st edition June 1999
ISBN 1-877158-51-8
2nd edition December 2011
With paraphrase notes
This edition June 2013
In this edition
Bible references have been added where needed,
and all the text modernised for easier understanding.
The spelling errors in the original printing
and the factual mistakes have also been corrected.
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The shadow tabernacle
in the wilderness
CONTENTSSection heading / The Simplified
version / The Original
version
Prologue / 9 / -
Prologue and Preface from the 1st edition / 13 / 5
The Law of Moses / 21 / 13
The legal types and antitypes / 23 / 17
The Passover – the rebirth / 24 / 18
The Feast of Unleavened Bread - education / 25 / 19
The First Fruits – of the new life / 26 / 20
The Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) –power to witness / 26 / 20
The sanctuary – the plan of redemption / 27 / 23
The priesthood of Christ – and the believers / 33 / 32
The atonement – the judgment / 36 / 37
The leper (= the sinner with inward sin) / 37 / 38
The individual atonement - forgiveness / 39 / 40
The national atonement – the cleansing / 41 / 42
The anti-types – the spiritual realities / 44 / 49
Entering the second apartment – for the judgment / 46 / 51
The atonement made at Calvary / 48 / 55
The Age to come – the millennium / 50 / 59
The cleansing of the sanctuary – the removal of sins / 54 / 64
The scapegoat – the destination of the forgiven sins / 57 / 69
The transition – from the old to the new / 60 / 74
The overlapping – two at once / 62 / 77
A further letter on the autumn types / 66 / 83
The memorial of trumpets – the warnings / 66 / 84
The trumpet of the Jubilee – the last trump / 67 / 85
The Jubilee year – the restoration / 67 / 85
The feast of tabernacles – the 1,000 years / 68 / 87
Epilogue / 71 / -
Appendix A – some details of the services / 77 / 89
Appendix B – the feasts of the LORD / 90 / 103
Appendix C – the Passover ritual / 94 / 107
What Solomon’s temple may have looked like.
Prologue
In his article Crozier revealed some major new points of doctrine for that time which, if accepted, would have led the small group of Adventists who had survived the Great Disappointments of 1843 and 1844, in to the NEW world very quickly.
Some of the new doctrines were:
1.The sanctuary of the new covenant is in heaven and we are to attend it by faith, knowing what our High Priest has already done, and learning what He is going to do, from the old covenant sanctuary.
2.The rituals of the old covenant earthly sanctuary pictured spiritual events, some of which have begun, and others which are yet to be fulfilled.
3.These events took only a day (or a few days) in the earthly type, but in the spiritual fulfilments have, and will, occupy many years during the Gospel and subsequent Dispensations!
4.Bible history is divided into Dispensations (periods of time containing certain activities), and these periods overlap each other, so that while one is finishing another is beginning. This explains why some periods in the future can be confusing. One major overlap (apart from the transformation from the Jewish to the Christian period), is the change from the daily to the yearly sections of the sanctuary rituals. In the spiritual system both can operate at the same time! Another is the changeover from the Gospel Dispensation to the sounding of the trumpet of the 7th angel. Revelation 11:15.
5.The sanctuary in heaven (in the New Jerusalem) needs to be “cleansed” before the Second Advent. After that, the “host” of God’s people will still be persecuted as part of the prophecy of Daniel 8:13-14.
6. He also makes the point early in his article that the Old and the New Covenants are not the same as the everlasting covenant. All are founded on the “This do and live” principle, for the two later ones are performance based, with the Old requiring a Passover and animal sacrifices, and the New needing baptism and the LORD’s supper. (Leviticus 18:5; Luke 10:28.) But this also applies to the everlasting covenant which has need of the exercise of faith in a Creator who can do what He says He will do, including the new birth. (Genesis 15:6.)
It will become apparent as you read that the church has actively accepted some of these doctrines, neglected others, and even rejected some in favour of old Protestant ideas, one of which Crozier meets head on!! Because of this, we have been “wandering in the wilderness” and will continue to do so until we accept all. This is not say that Crozier was 100% correct in all his ideas, but he was so far in advance of the Bible scholars of his day that what he did have could have changed Christian history, or at the very least SDA history.
We are told:
“The Lord shew [showed] me in vision, more than one year ago, that Brother Crozier had the true light, on the cleansing of the sanctuary, &c; and that it was his will, that Brother C. should write out the view which he gave us in the Day-Star, Extra, February 7, 1846.
“I feel fully authorized by the Lord, to recommend that Extra, to every saint”.
A Word to the Little Flock, Page 12.
From this to this
And then where?
Inserted
Prologue and Preface from the 2nd edition
This is probably the most important book written to Seventh-day Adventists apart from the writings of Ellen G. White.
Have you ever heard of it?
Or of him?
In Early Writings, pages xvii, xviii, and xix in the Historical Prologue contain the following:-
Two groups of Adventists
“At first only a few were identified with this group who were moving forward in advancing light. By the year 1846 they reckoned their number as about fifty.”
“The larger group who turned from confidence in the fulfillment of prophecy in 1844 numbered approximately thirty thousand. Their leaders came together in 1845 in a conference in Albany, New York, April 29 to May 1, at which time they restudied their positions. By formal action they went on record as warning against those who claim “special illumination”, those who teach “Jewish fables” and those who establish “new tests” (Advent Herald, May 14, 1845). Thus they closed the door to the light on the Sabbath and the Spirit of Prophecy. They were confident that prophecy had not been fulfilled in 1844, and some set time for the termination of the 2300-day period in the future. Various times were set, but one after another they passed away . . . “
Dawn on the light of the sanctuary
“But we must now turn back to those who tenaciously clung to their confidence that prophecy had been fulfilled on October 22, 1844, and who with open minds and hearts stepped forward into the Sabbath and the sanctuary truths as the light of heaven illuminated their pathway. These people were not localized in any one place but were individuals or very small groups here and there throughout the north central and north-eastern part of the United States.”
“Hiram Edson, one of this group, lived in central New York State at Port Gibson. He was the leader of the Adventists in that area. The believers met in his home on October 22, 1844, to await the coming of the Lord.
Calmly and patiently they awaited the great event. But as the hour of midnight came and they realized the day of expectation had passed, it became clear that Jesus would not come as soon as they had thought. It was a time of bitter disappointment. In the early morning hours Hiram Edson and a few others went out to his barn to pray, and as they prayed, he felt assured that light would come.”
“A little later, as Edson and a friend were crossing a cornfield to visit fellow Adventists, it seems as if a hand touched his shoulder. He looked up to see - as if in a vision - the heavens opened, and Christ in the heavenly sanctuary entering into the most holy place, there to begin a work of ministry in behalf of His people, instead of coming forth from the most holy place to cleanse the world with fire, as they had taught. Careful Bible study by Hiram Edson;
F. B. Hahn, a physician; and O. R. L. Crozier, a schoolteacher, soon revealed that the sanctuary to be cleansed at the end of the 2300 years was not the earth but the tabernacle in heaven, with Christ ministering in our behalf in the most holy place. The mediatorial work of Christ answered to the “hour of God's judgment” call sounded in the message of the first angel (Rev. 14:6,7). Mr. Crozier, the schoolteacher, wrote the findings of the study group.
These were printed locally, and then in a fuller form in an Adventist journal known as the Day-Star, published in Cincinnati, Ohio. A special number dated February 7, 1846, was devoted entirely to this Bible study on the question of the sanctuary.”
Truths Confirmed by Vision
”While this study was in progress, and before their work was made known, far to the east in the State of Maine, a vision was given to Ellen Harmon in which she was shown the transfer of the ministry of Christ from the holy place to the most holy place at the end of the 2300 days. The record of this vision is found in Early Writings, pages 54-56 . . .”
PREFACE
This article, “The Sanctuary”, by O. R. L. Crozier, was originally printed in the Day-Star Extra newspaper on 7 February, 1846. Regarding it, Ellen White wrote in a letter to Eli Curtis on 21 April, 1847:
“I believe the Sanctuary, to be cleansed at the end of the 2300 days, is the New Jerusalem Temple, of which Christ is a minister. The Lord shew [showed] me in vision, more than one year ago, that Brother Crozier had the true light, on the cleansing of the Sanctuary, &c; and that it was his will, that Brother C. should write out the view which he gave us in the Day-Star, Extra, February 7, 1846. I feel fully authorized by the Lord, to recommend that Extra, to every saint”. A Word to the Little Flock, Page 12.
His thoughts on the overlapping of the dispensations will, no doubt, be of great interest to present-day students of the Bible. Also his comments on the atonement being completed at the cross.
The Day-Star was a weekly paper published by E. Jacobs, and although Crozier was a regular contributor to the paper this article was considered so important that an extra edition was used for its publication. In this printing the Bible quotes have been italicized and the abbreviated references used have been changed to give the full name of each Bible book. The smaller size words in square brackets have been added by the compiler, but the words in the curved brackets are in the original. All emphasis is in the original. Also the long paragraphs in the article have been broken into smaller ones for easier reading. Some obvious spelling mistakes have been corrected. Crozier corrected many mistakes made in the original printing in a later letter.
A letter from Crozier explaining his thoughts on the “autumnal types” is also included. In reference to these types EGW wrote:
“Arguments drawn from the Old Testament types also pointed to the autumn as the time when the event represented by the ‘cleansing of the sanctuary’ must take place . . . These types [those of the spring, March/April] were fulfilled, not only as to the event, but as to the time . . . In like manner the types which relate to the second advent must be fulfilled at the time pointed out in the symbolic service [September/October].”
The Great Controversy, pages 399-40.
And in another place:
“In the prophecies the future is opened before us as plainly as it was opened to the disciples by the words of Christ. The events connected with the close of probation and the work of preparation for the time of trouble, are clearly presented . . . He [the Christian] has a chart pointing out every waymark on the heavenward journey, and he ought not to guess at anything.”
The Great Controversy, pages 594 and 598.
The word “dispensation” as used in this book indicates a period of time or the granting of a special attribute of God. For instance, there are:-
The Dispensation of the Fullness of Times ...... Eph 1:10
the Dispensation of Grace ...... Eph 3:2
the Gospel Dispensation ...... 1 Cor 9:17
the Dispensation of God ...... Col 1:25
every dispensation from Adam ...... 4T 476
the Old Testament Dispensation ...... 7BC 953
the Mosaic Dispensation ...... ……...... AA 189
the Jewish Dispensation ...... GC 324
the New Testament Dispensation ...... 7BC 953
the Christian Dispensation ...... 6BC 1061
the Gospel Dispensation ...... 7BC 971
the Dispensation of Mercy ...... DA 243
the Dispensation of the Holy Spirit ...... TM 511
Dispensations overlap by various time-periods
“The restoration of the Spirit is the covenant of grace”. ST August 7, 1901.
What this book is about.
A very brief résumé
Owen R. L. Crozier was one of the first Seventh-day Adventists to recognise that there was a sanctuary in heaven and that Jesus had moved into the second apartment of it on 22 Oct 1844.
His book was endorsed by EGW as recommended by God for every Seventh-day Adventist to read.
In the book he lays out three major truths.
The first section of the book explains that the “law of Moses”, the ceremonies of the Old Testament were in fact, acted-out prophecies of the work of Jesus on earth and in heaven.
He divides the sanctuary service into TWO major portions.
The first, occupied the early part of the year and is called the spring or “vernal” types. They began in the early part of the gospel “dispensation” and have been operating in the 1,844 years since Calvary. BUT THEY ARE ALSO TO CONTINUE ON INTO THE LATTER YEARS until the close of probation for the world just before the second coming.
The second portion of the ceremonies are called autumn types, and they did not commence until 1844, but they will continue on until AFTER the second coming and right up to the earth made new after the lake of fire. This view harmonises well with the understanding that there are two rooms in the heavenly sanctuary which have two different functions.
Crozier then allocates quite a few pages to proving that the “sanctuary” is not the earth as was commonly believed in his day, but is an actual building in heaven in which Jesus operates as a high priest. He made the point that the Day of Atonement ceremony pointed forward to a heavenly event which will CONTINUE INTO THE THOUSAND YEARS OF REVELATION 20.
The second major truth he presents is that the various dispensations into which the history of the Bible is divided OVERLAP EACH OTHER. There is no abrupt movement from one to another, and in the case of the end of the Jewish dispensation and the beginning of the Christian, there was an overlap period of seven years. This was the last period of Daniel 9:27.
Likewise, in the changeover from “the gospel dispensation” at the close of probation for the world, and the beginning of “the dispensation of the fullness of times”, (which began in October 1844), there is/was a similar period but not necessarily the same length.
THAT PERIOD HAS NOW LASTED 156 YEARS (2000)–167 years (2011)
This overlap explains why Jesus on earth sometimes held rigidly to the old ways and at other times moved in union with the Christian era. He knew that He was operating in both dispensations. This is highlighted by such actions as sending lepers to be examined by the priests and to make suitable offerings in the temple. At the same time, He ordained twelve men as leaders in the new branch of His church and taught them to move on from the Old Testament rituals.
Crozier sees the 1,000 years as a time of cleansing (learning?) AFTER THE PEOPLE OF GOD ARE SINLESS AND RESURRECTED.
He spends some time proving that the scapegoat could not be Jesus but is actually a type of Satan, and clearly shows that he is not destroyed at the second coming but left to wander the wilderness earth during the 1,000 years.
The third point he makes is that the “host” (God’s people) are still to suffer persecution in “the last end of the indignation” AFTER the sanctuary is cleansed. This includes the period of the seven last plagues.
It is important to realise that this was the first in-depth understanding of the heavenly sanctuary and its prophecies that God had ever been able to give to His people since the time of Calvary. Because of this we may expect that we may not agree with some of his statements and conclusions, but this should not alter the main points. See Appendix A, page 89 in which we have supplied some newer details regarding the sacrificial offerings.
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