INTRODUCTION INCE THAT TRAGIC DAY IN THE GARDEN of Eden when our first parents sinned against God through disobedience, a loving heavenly Father has ever been seeking to regain the love and fellowship of His wayward children in this world. Even before the curse was pronounced on Adam and Eve, the promise was made concerning “the Seed of the woman,” who would give Him- self as a propitiation for the sins of the world, and finally triumph over Satan, the serpent, who led mankind into rebellion against God. In harmony with the divine plan, Abel brought of the firstlings of his flock as a sacrifice to God; and down through the centuries until the coming of the “Seed,” those who accepted the gospel of salvation expressed their faith in the coming Saviour by taking the life of innocent animals. All these sacrifices pointed forward to “the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” Through these animal sacrifices, the great truth was kept vividly in mind that without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin (Heb. 9:22), that only by the offering of the life of the provided Substitute could sinful men be reconciled to God. When the people of Israel were being established as a nation, to be the depositaries of divine revelation and to give God’s message of love to the ancient world, the Lord instructed Moses, “Make Me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.” The sanctuary was built according to the “pattern” shown to Moses, and God gave the ritual for the continual service. ; : This “worldly sanctuary,” the place where, in a special 9