Every symbol defined across the study, gathered into one dictionary. Each is proven Bible-first; pioneer/EGW references corroborate.
- altar of incense = the place of intercession before God, the golden west-side piece set at the inner vail (Exo. 30:1, 6; Exo. 40:5; Psa. 141:2; Rev. 8:3; CIHS 39.1).
- candlestick (lampstand) = the Holy-Place light-bearer, one beaten piece of pure gold; locating the works of God's people in the daily walk (Exo. 25:31; Heb. 9:2; Rev. 1:20; SSP 367.2).
- dead faith = a profession that produces no works — faith reduced to a corpse the moment it stands alone (Jas. 2:17; Jas. 2:26; Jas. 2:14; FW 47.1).
- faith (= the gate-mechanism) = the receiving hand that lays hold on Christ and appropriates His merit, the means of entry, earning nothing (Heb. 11:1; Eph. 2:8; Rom. 5:2; DA 175.4; 2MCP 531.2).
- good works (= the light) = the visible, Spirit-lit deeds of the believer, faith and the Word made visible, whose end is the Father's glory (Matt. 5:16; Eph. 2:10; Tit. 2:14; John 15:5, 8; Jas. 2:18).
- incense (= prayer) = the prayers of the saints ascending to God (Psa. 141:2; Rev. 5:8; Rev. 8:3-4; CIHS 54.1).
- justification (= the entering) = being accounted righteous and accepted before God on Christ's merit, received by faith at the gate (Gal. 2:16; Rom. 5:1; SC 62.2).
- light = the visible, outward shining of the lamp, defined as good works (Exo. 25:37; Matt. 5:14-16).
- oil (= the Spirit) = the supplied fuel — the Holy Spirit — by which the lamp shines continually, never self-generated (Lev. 24:2; Zech. 4:6; COL 406.3; TM 509.1).
- peace = Christ's own bequeathed gift of rest and reconciliation, given by His word and presence, unlike the world's (John 14:27; John 16:33; Eph. 2:14; DA 672.2; AA 84.1).
- peace (= a Person) = Christ Himself, who is our peace and reconciles those afar off (Eph. 2:14, 17; RC 27.1).
- peace (= fruit of the Spirit) = the rest and reconciliation produced in the heart by the indwelling Spirit, not manufactured by the believer (Gal. 5:22; John 14:16-17; Phil. 4:6-7; MH 199.2).
- peace (= reconciliation with God) = the objective, finished reconciliation Christ made by His blood, slaying the enmity (Col. 1:20; Eph. 2:15-16; RC 27.1).
- peace (= the Spirit's atmosphere) = the life, fruit, and kingdom-condition produced by the indwelling Spirit (Rom. 8:6; Gal. 5:22; Rom. 14:17; DA 671.2).
- peace (= what is carried through the gate) = the rest with God that justification yields, the believer's standing in grace borne forward into the Holy Place (Rom. 5:1; Eph. 2:14; Isa. 26:3; FW 107.2).
- peace (active) = the indwelling Spirit's keeping, ruling, guarding power over heart and mind (Isa. 26:3; Phil. 4:7; Col. 3:15).
- peace (of Christ) = the abiding Holy Spirit, Christ's own presence given to the believer (John 20:21-22; John 14:27; John 14:16-18; Eph. 2:14; DA 669.2; 6LtMs, Ms 40, 1890, par. 51).
- peace with God = the standing of reconciliation enjoyed by the one justified by faith, entered through Christ (Rom. 5:1-2; Col. 1:20; TMK 109.3; FW 107.2; DA 336.4).
- perpetual incense = the continual, morning-and-evening prayer of the sanctuary life (Exo. 30:8; 1 Thess. 5:17; GW 254.4).
- prayer (the altar) = the appointed channel by which the Holy Spirit is asked for and given (Luke 11:13; Matt. 7:7-11; Jas. 1:5; AA 50.2; SC 93.2).
- shewbread (= the Word) = the Word of God as the bread of life, set before the soul to be eaten and assimilated (Matt. 4:4; Deut. 8:3; John 6:48-51; Jer. 15:16; CIS 56.3; SSP 366.1).
- table of shewbread = the place where the Word of God is set continually before His people, to be received and eaten (Exo. 25:23-30; Lev. 24:5-9; Heb. 9:2; CIS 58.1).
- the altar of incense (= prayer) = the prayers of the saints ascending to God as incense, by which more of the Spirit is asked down (Rev. 8:3-4; Psa. 141:2; Luke 11:13; Matt. 7:7; AA 50.2; CIS 65).
- the candlestick (= good works) = the believer as the light of the world, whose good works shine out, glorify the Father, and draw others back to the gate (Matt. 5:14-16; TM 510.1; FW 59.2).
- the circuit (altar ↔ table) = prayer-opened Word and Word-fed prayer, the two pieces feeding each other in the one Holy Place (John 16:13; John 15:7; COL 147.2).
- the Comforter = the Holy Ghost, the Spirit of truth, sent to abide in and teach the believer (John 14:16-17; John 14:26; DA 277.4).
- the door (= the gate) = Christ Himself, the one and only entrance into salvation and into the sanctuary (John 10:7-9; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Exo. 27:16).
- the gate = faith in Christ, by which the believer enters and stands in grace, receiving peace (John 10:9; Rom. 5:1-2; John 14:27; AA 476.2).
- the Holy Place = the one chamber where the believer's daily walk is lived, holding the gate, the table, the altar of incense, and the candlestick together (Heb. 9:2; Exo. 40:22-27; CIS 60.3).
- the living circuit = the four pieces as one turning loop — each receiving from the one before and feeding the one after, the last drawing the next soul back to the first — run daily as abiding (Heb. 9:2; Gal. 5:6; Jas. 2:26; John 15:5, 7, 11; SC 70.1).
- the peace (= the Comforter) = the indwelling Spirit of truth, given at the gate and abiding for ever, the engine that drives every other piece (John 14:16-17; John 14:27; Pr 11.3).
- the table (= the Word) = the bread of God's every word, Spirit and life, opened by the indwelling Spirit and eaten as daily food (John 16:13; John 6:63; Matt. 4:4; 1 Cor. 2:12; CE 59.1; SSP 366.1).
- the Word (as food) = spirit and life = the living bread is not dead letter but the Spirit Himself, so to eat the Word is to receive the Spirit, and only the Spirit opens it (John 6:63; John 16:13; 1 Cor. 2:10-14; Psa. 119:18; GW92 310.2).
- works (= fruit) = faith made visible — the manifest evidence by which living faith is known, borne by abiding and not earned by striving (Jas. 2:18; Matt. 7:20; Matt. 5:16; John 15:5; MB 149.2; AA 563.1).