Cleansing the Sanctuary of the Heart is filled with the stories of real people who have had the courage to face the pain of their abuse, addictions and relational challenges. They have chosen to walk the path to healing. We do not claim that they live a life free from emotional pain today, but they have learned that on the journey of life in this fallen world, they are not alone. They have the promise of a loving God who has said that he will never leave them nor forsake them (Hebrews 13:5), that he would be with them in the darkest of times (Psalm 23:4), and even that he is suffering with them and carrying them while they are suffering (Isaiah 63:9). These courageous people are maturing and growing into the men and women that God created them to be. They are learning to be honest with themselves and others, humble and repentant as they face the truth about themselves, open to receiving the comfort and healing of God, and forgiving as they have been forgiven (Ephesians 4:32). On this journey, they are being healed but also equipped to be used as instruments of healing in the lives of others (2Cor. 1:3-5) and to be used to prepare this world for the second coming of Jesus Christ.

Struggling to pluck the sin from your life but having trouble conquering your past? Biblical counseling is a resource for Christians who need help locating the sin in their lives and cutting it out. David and Beverly Sedlacek offer the truths they have learned through years of clinical practice in this comprehensive guide to Cleansing the Sanctuary of the Heart. This book is a distillation of the biblical principles the Sedlaceks have used to heal others who have sought counseling for addictions, mental and emotional disorders, relationship problems, and abuse. "Having personally experienced this cleansing of the heart, I recommend highly a heartfelt immersion in this book by the Sedlaceks...As I wallowed near the end of a self-destructive path, the Sedlaceks poured into my heart the transforming message of a loving God who can indeed cleanse one's heart; of a God who can mend torn relationships; of a God who can extinguish the flames of hurt, bitterness, and resentment with Living Water...My prayer for every reader would be to experience the peace I have found." --Fred A. Moore, Public Relations and Communications Expert

"My brethren, we have reached an awful era in the onward sweep of time. The greatest conflict of all is now breaking upon us. Instead of one of the antichrist religions to combat, the next is a confederation of them all." "The church of God is from above. It is the holy Jerusalem which ''came down from God out of heaven.'' Ages before it appeared upon earth, it was prepared in the plan of God, and hid in his infinite wisdom and knowledge. It cast its shadow upon earth in the form of the Jewish sanctuary. As there must be a substance to produce a shadow, the church already existed. But when the fullness of time came, it came down to earth. Its builder, head, door, foundation, and governor came from heaven. Its law, the truth, ''came by Jesus Christ.'' Its garments of salvation are from God. Its members are all born "from above." It is animated with "the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven." The conversation of all its members "is in heaven.'' Their names "are written in heaven." Their affections are "fixed on things above, not on things on the earth." This is the heavenly Jerusalem. Being a spiritual, divine, and heavenly church, denominated the kingdom of heaven, its affinities and attractions are all heavenward. "Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth.'' The mind and heart of the Christian is naturally reaching out into the eternal world. Earth loses its attraction. Its jewels and diamonds, its silver and gold, lose their luster and brilliancy, as the Christian, with an eye of faith sees his riches in heaven. He beholds the sparkling diamonds, the unsearchable riches of Christ that await him over there." CONTENTS PREFACE. THE FIRST COVENANT SANCTUARY THE DESTRUCTION OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE, AND ITS REBUILDING UNDER ZERUBBABEL. THE DEFILING OF ZARUBBABEL'S TEMPLE BY THE "LITTLE HORN" OF DANIEL 8. THE REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE BY HEROD, AND ITS FINAL, DESTRUCTION -- THE END OF THE WORLDLY SANCTUARY. THE COVENANT SANCTUARY THE ADVENTIST THEORY? THE SANCTUARY OF THE FIRST COVENANT AS A TYPE OR FIGURE. THE COURT. FIRST AND SECOND VAIL. THE GOLDEN PILLARS. THE HOLY AND MOST HOLY PLACE. THE BRAZEN ALTAR. THE LAVER AND SEA. TABLE OF THE SHEW-BREAD. THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK. THE GOLDEN ALTAR. THE ARK OF THE COVENANT. THE MERCY SEAT, AND CHERUBIMS OF GLORY. THE GOLDEN POT OF MANNA. AARON'S ROD THAT BUDDED. THE VESSELS OF THE TEMPLE. THE HIGH PRIEST OF OUR PROFESSION. A CHANGE OF PRIESTHOOD AND LAW. HOW AND WHEN CHRIST BECAME PRIEST. WHEN DID CHRIST BEGIN HIS PRIESTLY MINISTRATION? THE LOWER ORDER OF CHRIST'S PRIESTHOOD AND ITS EFFECTS. HOW AND WHEN HE ENTERED THE HOLIEST. OUR ROYAL, PRIEST. THE ROYAL PRIESTHOOD WHEN WAS THE WAY INTO THE HOLIEST MADE KNOWN TO THE CHURCH? THE CHURCH PROVED TO BE THE SANCTUARY BY THE PROPHETS. THE TRUE TEMPLE OF GOD. DOES GOD DWELL IN HIS CHURCH ON EARTH ? THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH. THE DIVINITY OF THE CHURCH. THE CHURCH IS AN ORGANIC STRUCTURE. WE CONSIDER NEXT THE VISIBILITY OF THE CHURCH. ONENESS IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF GOD'S CHURCH. UNITY IS ONE ATTRIBUTE OF THE CHURCH. COMPLETE BASIS OF ONENESS. UNIVERSALITY. EXCLUSIVENESS. HOLINESS. UNCHANGEABLENESS. INDESTRUCTIBILITY. PAGANISM UNDER THE ROMAN POWER. POPERY. THE HUMBLE EQUALITY OF THE APOSTOLIC MINISTRY. PROTESTANTISM. DOWNFALL OF SPIRITUAL BABYLON. GOG AND MAGOG, OR, THE FINAL CONFLICT. THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION. THE CLEANSING OF THE SANCTUARY. THE DAILY SACRIFICE. THE BOOK SEALED WITH SEVEN SEALS. THE ETERNAL HOME OF THE CHURCH. THE FINAL AND ETERNAL DOOM OF THE BEAST.

In "THE CROSS AND ITS SHADOW," the type and the antitype are placed side by side, with the hope that the reader may thus become better acquainted with the Saviour. It is not the intention of the author of this work to attack any error that may have been taught in regard to the service of the sanctuary, or to arouse any controversy, but simply to present the truth in its clearness. This is a reprint of an important early Advent book, which explains the sanctuary and its services. - SECTION I. THE SANCTUARY. SECTION II. FURNITURE OF THE SANCTUARY. SECTION III. THE PRIESTHOOD. SECTION IV. SPRINGTIME ANNUAL FEASTS. SECTION V. VARIOUS OFFERINGS. SECTION VI. SERVICES OF THE SANCTUARY. SECTION VII. THE AUTUMNAL ANNUAL FEASTS. SECTION VIII. LEVITICAL LAWS AND CEREMONIES. SECTION IX. THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL