Daniel and Revelation Committee Series

Volume 5

Doctrine of the Sanctuary

A Historical Survey

(1845–1863)

Editor

Frank B. Holbrook

Biblical Research Institute

General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

Silver Spring, MD 20904

Copyright © 1989 by the

Biblical Research Institute

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The authors assume full responsibility for the accuracy of all quotations cited in this book.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Doctrine of the Sanctuary.

(Daniel and Revelation Committee series; v. 5)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Sanctuary doctrine (Seventh-Day Adventists)—History of doctrines—19th century. 2. Seventh-Day Adventists—Doctrines—History—19th century. 3. Adventists—Doctrines—History—19th century. I. Holbrook, Frank B. II. Series

ISBN 0-925675-04-0 (Volume 5)

ISBN 0-925675-03-2 (7 Volume Set)

Contents

To the Reader

I. Historical Background (Early Nineteenth Century)

P. Gerard Damsteegt

II. Among Sabbatarian Adventists (1845–1850)

P. Gerard Damsteegt

Early Expositions

An Expanding Doctrinal System

III. Continued Clarification (1850–1863)

P. Gerard Damsteegt

Sanctuary Polemics

Christ’s Second Apartment Ministry

Sanctuary and Salvation

IV. The Investigative Judgment: Its Early Development

C. Mervyn Maxwell

Appendixes

A. William Miller’s Use of the Word “Atonement”

Dalton D. Baldwin

B. Ellen G. White’s Use of Scripture to Explain the Sanctuary Doctrine

P. Gerard Damsteegt

C. Challengers to the Doctrine of the Sanctuary

Arnold V. Wallenkampf

D. Statement on the Desmond Ford Document

Sanctuary Review Committee, 1980

E. Christ in the Heavenly Sanctuary (Consensus Document)

Sanctuary Review Committee, 1980

Index

To the Reader

In 1888 Ellen White wrote, “The subject of the sanctuary was the key which unlocked the mystery of the disappointment of 1844. It opened to view a complete system of truth, connected and harmonious, showing that God’s hand had directed the great advent movement and revealing present duty as it brought to light the position and work of His people” (The Great Controversy, 1888 ed., p. 423).

Since this central truth came to our people through an extended process of study and clarification over a period of several years, the Committee agreed that one volume of its series should treat the historical development of the sanctuary doctrine. This would enable the present membership to look over the shoulders of the pioneers, as it were, and to evaluate for themselves the reasoning and the biblical support that the pioneers found for the doctrine.

The published doctoral studies by Dr. P. Gerard Damsteegt in this area (Foundations of the Seventh-day Adventist Message and Mission [Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1977]) especially qualified him to develop this doctrinal picture from the original sources. The results of his research appear in the first three chapters of this volume. A fourth chapter by Dr. C. Mervyn ...