Following the Great Disappointment of 1844, Ellen White was shown a vision that helped her and the Millerites explain why Christ did not return. Here is an excerpt:
"Sabbath, March 24, 1849, we had a sweet and very interesting meeting with the brethren at Topsham, Maine. The Holy Ghost was poured out upon us, and I was taken off in the Spirit to the city of the living God. Then I was shown that the commandments of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ relating to the shut door could not be separated, and that the time for the commandments of God to shine out with all their importance, and for God’s people to be tried on the Sabbath truth, was when the door was opened in the most holy place in the heavenly sanctuary, where the ark is, in which are contained the ten commandments. This door was not opened until the mediation of Jesus was finished in the holy place of the sanctuary in 1844. Then Jesus rose up and shut the door of the holy place, and opened the door into the most holy, and passed within the second veil, where He now stands by the ark, and where the faith of Israel now reaches." [EW 42.1].
Based on her vision, Christ moved from the Holy place to the MOST HOLY PLACE. However, Mark 16:19 states: "After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God."
My understanding of the biblical tabernacle and temple, which was a representation of the original one above, is that God dwells in the MOST HOLY PLACE. If Christ went to heaven and "sat at the right hand of God," who dwells in the MOST HOLY PLACE, how is He then moving from the HOLY PLACE to the MOST HOLY place in 1844?
"Sabbath, March 24, 1849, we had a sweet and very interesting meeting with the brethren at Topsham, Maine. The Holy Ghost was poured out upon us, and I was taken off in the Spirit to the city of the living God. Then I was shown that the commandments of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ relating to the shut door could not be separated, and that the time for the commandments of God to shine out with all their importance, and for God’s people to be tried on the Sabbath truth, was when the door was opened in the most holy place in the heavenly sanctuary, where the ark is, in which are contained the ten commandments. This door was not opened until the mediation of Jesus was finished in the holy place of the sanctuary in 1844. Then Jesus rose up and shut the door of the holy place, and opened the door into the most holy, and passed within the second veil, where He now stands by the ark, and where the faith of Israel now reaches." [EW 42.1].
Based on her vision, Christ moved from the Holy place to the MOST HOLY PLACE. However, Mark 16:19 states: "After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God."
My understanding of the biblical tabernacle and temple, which was a representation of the original one above, is that God dwells in the MOST HOLY PLACE. If Christ went to heaven and "sat at the right hand of God," who dwells in the MOST HOLY PLACE, how is He then moving from the HOLY PLACE to the MOST HOLY place in 1844?