When Rev. 4 describes the Apostle John as beholding " the seven lamps of fire burning before the throne," the angel " having a golden censer " (Rev. 8:33And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. (Revelation 8:3)), Mrs. White's interpretation is: "Here the prophet was permitted to behold the first apartment of the sanctuary in heaven."
Why the first? This is a plain example of her ability to give details of " greater minuteness than is set forth in any existing records," even when the existing records are those of the Holy Scriptures.
Why the inner veil? Mrs. White further says: "Thus those who were studying the subject found indisputable proof of the existence of the Sanctuary in heaven."
Assumption, No Proof
Why indisputable proof? Assumption is no proof. Such a clumsy piecing of ill-assorted patches one can scarcely imagine. Daniel writes of a Sanctuary trodden under foot. But, say they, the Sanctuary is in heaven. Who can tread it under foot there? They say the Sanctuary is cleansed. But, say they, the Sanctuary is in heaven. Is defilement in heaven? So blind can men become when they start to build a theological house of cards. Aye, and worse than blind.
The following extracts from the "Great Controversy" will surely open the eyes of all sincere followers of the truth. Seventh-Day Adventism deserves no quarter at our hands. It is an anti-Christian system, defiling, debasing, deceiving. Read carefully: "It was the work of the priest in the daily ministration to present before God the blood of the sin-offering, also the incense which ascended with the prayers of Israel. So did Christ plead His blood before the Father on behalf of sinners, and present before Him also, with the precious fragrance of his own righteousness, the prayers of penitent believers. Such was the work of ministration in the first apartment of the sanctuary of heaven."