Why Yahushua had to die

Why did Yahushua have to die? So many people ONLY understand Yahushua‟s Sacrifice
from the HUMAN LEVEL -- of one dying in another's stead. This is most certainly TRUE,
and is IMPORTANT for us to understand. But it is NOT all that there is to it!

"All we like sheep have gone astray"

Isa. 53:6

"... we are all as an unclean thing,

and all OUR Righteousness are as filthy rags,
and we all do fade as a leaf;
and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away."
Isa. 64:6

"ALL have sinned and come short of the Glory of God"

Rom. 3:23

The Scriptures say that: "the wages of sin is death" (Rom. 6:23). And this death is most
certainly the "Second Death". We all are subject to the "First Death." That is, we all grow old
and die, or die from some other cause. But this is NOT the "Wages of Sin". This first death is
not a Divine Judgment for our personal sins. Babies die. Do they die because they are
wicked and are being punished by God? No! They die because we live in a world in which
Satan has caused all manner of disease, disasters, war, murder, accidents, etc… But none of
these are a Divine Judgment from God against OUR sins.

Too many Christians have viewed God as some tyrannical dictator who insists that we
behave in a very exact manner - and if we do not behave as He dictates, He will squash us out
like He was stepping on an ant. Too many Christians believe that God is sitting up there on
His Throne in Heaven just waiting for us to make a mistake so that He can Punish us!
NOTHING could be FURTHER from the Truth! And the reason we have this view of God
is because we have not understood the Controversy that exists between CHRIST and
SATAN (a controversy, or war, in which we have all become embroiled) and we have not
looked at the BIGGER picture!

Long ago, at a time BEFORE this world was even Created, a marvelous, powerful, and
highly exalted Angel named Lucifer decided that HE should be honored with an honor above
that which was already his. He became PRIDEFUL and ARROGANT and SELFISH. He
believed that he was being treated UNFAIRLY and that HE should be EQUAL with Christ.
He felt that God was being UNFAIR to him and that HE could do a better job of Ruling
God's created beings than God could. He insisted on being Equal with God's Son, and this
eventually led him to believe that HE should be "God". He thought HE would be a better
ruler than God and that all of the Angels would be better off if only he was their supreme
leader. And THIS is what STARTED the whole controversy between Christ and Satan. Satan
accused God of being UNFAIR, a DICTATOR, a God that had made ARBITRARY
RULES that were UNJUST and UNFAIR. And these accusations caused a great amount of
confusion and turmoil in Heaven.

Christ, their Creator, and the Father Himself, did everything they could to explain the True
nature of things and to RESTORE Lucifer to a Right Relationship with them. But Lucifer
became set in his Rebellion and, unfortunately, was able to convince 1/3 of the Angels to
follow HIM in that rebellion.
When God (Christ) created THIS EARTH, creating MAN in His Own Image, Satan was
determined to SEPARATE Man from the Love of God. He accomplished this by getting
Adam and Eve to distrust God - to Doubt Him - and, instead, to trust himself (Satan). When
Adam and Eve "Sinned", what they actually did was SEPARATE themselves from God by
distrusting Him. And THIS led to their disobedience in eating of the Fruit that God had told
them not to eat. It was NOT the act of disobedience, in and of itself, that brought on the curse
of death - it was the act of SEPARATING THEMSELVES FROM TRUSTING IN GOD
that brought the curse. You see, apart from God we simply cannot do that which is right and
we simply cannot be Righteous!

When Satan was successful in getting Adam and Eve to separate themselves from God
through their Distrust (which then resulted in their disobedience), Satan then tried to get God
to Kill them -- Satan well knew that the wages of Sin (separation from God) is Death (and he
knew that he, himself, was under that penalty), and he then tried to Force God's hand by
saying that either God must be JUST by enforcing the penalty of Death upon Man, OR he
must be Merciful and let him (Satan) and his angels back into heaven and restore them to
their previous positions. He made the case that God could NOT be FAIR (Just) AND Forgive
Man for what He had done. Either He would have to do away with His Law (in order to
extend Mercy and "Forgiveness") or He would have to enforce "Justice" and Kill Man! This
was the case that Satan brought against God and Christ. Once Satan had gotten Man to "Fall",
He then said that God could NOT be both Just AND Merciful - that God must be One or the
Other. And this is what brought the whole human family into this controversy between Christ
and Satan. Once Adam had "Separated" himself from God, he had nothing to pass on to his
posterity but this separation. And this is why we are ALL born into Sin (Separation from
God). Fortunately for us, God had already devised a way for Him to be BOTH Just AND
Merciful!!!

In order to be JUST, God could NOT lay aside His Law or simply "Turn the other cheek".
The Law of His Government HAD TO MAINTAIN ITS FORCE. Anything short of this
would mean CHAOS! The "wages" (or penalty) of Sin (Separation from God) is Death. It can
be NO OTHER WAY! To SEPARATE from God and to try to exist and live on our own,
apart from HIS life-giving power, inevitably is an impossibility and, if allowed, would lead
to untold misery throughout the Kingdom of God. The PROOF of that misery can be seen on
our Earth today! So the Penalty for Separating from God (which exhibits itself in
disobedience and wrong acts) MUST be the extinction of those who insist on continuing on
without God. It is a lot like a dog who has Rabies. You cannot simply allow him to keep on
living in misery and being a threat to those around him, so you have to put him down. This is
ultimately an act of LOVE, although a very painful act to follow through on. God is in that
same position when it comes to the sin problem existing between man and Himself.

When Lucifer FIRST SINNED, God could NOT execute IMMEDIATE JUSTICE and
impose the sentence of DEATH upon him. Had God done this, ALL of the rest of God's
created beings would NOT BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND "WHY". The rest of His created
beings did not have the benefit of being "All-KNOWING" and could not possible understand
why Lucifer's disobedience would warrant his Death. Nor could they understand what the end
RESULT of that disobedience would be, where it would lead, or the pain and the suffering
that it would cause. Therefore, God HAD to give Lucifer TIME develop his character, apart
from God, and to take his "independence" to its full conclusion. It had to be PROVEN that his
assertions were WRONG and that HIS way would only lead to Suffering and Death. This is
WHY God gave Satan the opportunity to develop his ways fully. And this is why we have
seen so much suffering and misery and death on this earth for so long!
God has given Satan the opportunity to "PROVE" where HIS GOVERNMENT would lead,
and has given ALL of His (God's) Created Beings an opportunity to decide FOR
THEMSELVES which side they wish to be on. The Angels in Heaven have made their choice,
and so have the beings on other worlds! Only we, on Earth, are still in the process of
"deciding" which "God" we will serve. And the only reason that God has let this go on so long
is because He "is not willing that ANY should PERISH, but that all should come to repentance"
[or change their ways] (2 Pet. 3:9). He wants to SAVE as many of us as He can. He takes no
pleasure even in the death of the wicked, but wants us to return to Him and LIVE!

But let's be clear about one thing...God is NOT going to have untold universes existing in
some sort of "Star Wars" scenario, where there is a "Good Force" and a "Dark, or Evil Force".
Good and EVIL are not going to continue to "coexist" forever. God is determined that Sin
shall not rise up a second time (Nah. 1:9). Since Satan was successful in causing the Fall of
our founding parents (Adam and Eve), the earth has become his "proving ground". They
did, in effect, hand this world over to Satan's control. However, since God is a God of BOTH
Justice and Mercy, He has determined that He would provide a way of escape for man and
would make it possible for Man to be reconciled to Himself once again. But the CHOICE
would have to lie with US. He will NOT FORCE us to give our allegiance to Him or to obey
Him. God is a God of LOVE. Love cannot be FORCED or COERCED! God intends that
ALL of His Created beings will serve Him out of LOVE, and not FEAR. Love must be
CHOSEN, and that "Choice" He has given to each of us. But the consequences of that choice
are dire. We will either Live Eternally as His Loyal Loving Subjects, under His Kind and
Loving direction, or we will choose to "have our OWN WAY", live only for OURSELVES, and
DIE eternally - ceasing to exist.

So it should be plain that when God tells us that the "Wages of Sin is death" that He is
referring to the "SECOND DEATH", which is the final punishment and result of sin. Only
the SECOND DEATH is the Divine Judgment from God against our sin. And from this death
there is NO RESURRECTION! WE cannot pay the penalty for our OWN sin AND Live! We
either must have a Substitute pay the penalty for us, or WE must suffer the consequences -
Which is the END of OUR EXISTENCE! We have ALL fallen short of the Divine
requirement! We have ALL made the choice to Separate from God and live for
OURSELVES (we are all "Selfish"). And, consequently, we have ALL fallen under the
sentence of DEATH. We must all pay the "Wages of Sin". BUT! Christ has stepped into the
gap and has RELEASED us from the penalty of the Second Death - "IF" we choose to
accept it. He took upon HIMSELF the consequence of your sin and mine, and has made it
possible for us to escape the final judgment against that sin, which is the Second and
permanent death, by receiving that "final judgment" Himself. This much, most every
Christian has understood.

Unfortunately, MOST Christians have only understood the Death that Christ suffered on our
behalf as being running along this line: Christ left the Glory of Heaven and became a MAN
and as a MAN He died in our place. Then He returned to Heaven and RESUMED HIS
ORIGINAL EXISTENCE AS GOD. This is NOT TRUE! And because we have believed this
to be True, because we have believed that this was ALL that was involved in Christ's Death,
we have almost completely MISSED the ENORMITY of the SACRIFICE that Christ made
in order to Save you and me.
Because we have believed that the Sacrifice that Christ made was ONLY TEMPORARY
(i.e. that He only had to sacrifice about 33 1/2 years of His Life in becoming Human and then
died the Human Death and then returned to His original existence -- which, in the life of an
ETERNAL GOD would seem, at least to me, to be only a split-second of time), has caused us
to lightly esteem the MAGNITUDE of the Sacrifice of Christ on our behalf! We simply
haven't understood ALL that was done, and all that was "given up", in order for Christ to
make our Salvation possible!

You see, most of us have understood Yahushua‟s Sacrifice, his Death, as something He did to
APPEASE the Father's ANGER. We believe that Yahushua came and suffered the Father's
WRATH against Sin, in order to Satisfy His need for Justice and Vengeance. We believe that
Yahushua came and "stood in our place" in order to satisfy an ANGRY GOD - and to "settle
Him down" so that He would accept us. We believe that it is kind of like a Creditor who has
loaned us a bunch of money and who, because we have not paid our debt, has showed up at
our door DEMANDING PAYMENT - and Christ has stepped in like a good friend and
offered to make the payment for us. And with that, the creditor has gone away satisfied. What
a bunch of GARBAGE! Yahushua did not come in order to satisfy the anger of the Father!
Yahushua did not come in order to make Him Love us! Yahushua did not come in order to try
and make "Peace" between us and God! NO! Yahushua came, in order to RESTORE US to a
right RELATIONSHIP with God - and He came, at the behest of His Father!

"For God (the Father) so loved the World

that He GAVE His only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him shall NOT PERISH, but have ETERNAL LIFE"
John. 3:16

"For the FATHER Himself Loves you"

John 1:27

"God (the FATHER) was in Christ reconciling the World to Himself"

2 Cor. 5:19

Christ came (and died) in order to restore US to a proper Relationship with God. In order to
do this, He had to pay the penalty for our transgressions (so that we would not have to -
remember, if we were to pay the penalty for our own transgressions, we would DIE
eternally!), AND, Christ came in order to RESTORE A RIGHT SPIRIT within us so that
we could REJOIN the Family of God AS HIS CHILDREN!

Christ's DEATH paid the penalty for our transgressions, but that is not all it did! It is TRUE
that He paid a DEBT that we COULD NOT PAY. But Christ DIED for MUCH MORE than
that! Christ DIED in order to give us the POWER to Live in a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP
with Him and His Father. And that "Death" was MUCH MORE than the death that we
normally equate with Christ. That "Death" involved MUCH MORE than Christ giving His
HUMAN Life for us. That "Death" involved MUCH MORE than His merely "taking a
bullet" for us! His Death involved His "giving up" the Life that was once His. His Death
involved His giving up the "Oneness" that He once shared with the Father in "the Beginning"
- when He was both "WITH" God and "WAS" GOD! (see Jn. 1:1 cf. Jn. 1:14).
 “Christ was treated as we deserve,
that we might be treated as He deserves.
He was condemned for our sins,
in which He had no share,
that we might be justified by His righteousness,
in which we had no share.
He suffered the death which was ours,
that we might receive the life which was His.”
{Desire of Ages - 25.2}

You are about to hear the "Rest of the story" -- that most people have never realized or
known concerning the Sacrifice of Christ, Why He had to Die, and exactly How He Died!

The Bible clearly states that Yahushua "Became Flesh (became Human) and dwelt among us"
(Jn. 1:14). What most of us have NOT REALIZED is that the PROCESS of His "Becoming
Flesh" (or Human) began LONG BEFORE His actual "Incarnation". It began long before
this World was ever created. In fact, it began before ANYTHING was created! You can read
about it in Proverbs 8:22-30. There you will find these very remarkable statements which
Ellen G. White confirms in Patriarchs and Prophets, page 34. “And the Son of God declares
concerning Himself:

"From everlasting I was established (Lit. "consecrated").

From the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.
When there were no depths I was BROUGHT FORTH (Lit. "Born").
When there were no springs abounding with water.
Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills I was BROUGHT FORTH (Lit. "Born").
While He had not yet made the earth and the fields,
Nor the first dust of the earth"
Prov. 8:23-26

What in the world does that mean - He was "Brought forth" or "Born"?!? Some people have
taken this to mean that Christ was "Created, but this is COMPLETELY UNBIBLICAL and
does a Great Injustice to the person of Yahushua, the Christ. Yahushua, our Christ was, in
fact, GOD, and existed as God Long before the Creation of any Intelligent Life. But when
God decided to create intelligent life forms (i.e. angels, Humans, etc.) God had to have a way
of communicating with and interacting with these life forms (who would be created with the
"Freedom of CHOICE) in a way that would permit them to make Mistakes without being
IMMEDIATELY CONSUMED by an infinitely PURE and HOLY God! And the ONLY
way that God could accomplish this is if Christ consented to "Become" like the creatures He
was about to create. This would provide a "Being" that could communicate the Will of God to
His created beings AND who could communicate (and exist in the very presence of) God
Himself. But in order to accomplish this, Christ would have to undergo a very DRASTIC
CHANGE in the NATURE OF HIS "BEING"! Christ would have to "Empty" Himself of
much of His Divine Attributes in order to exist with and communicate with the beings He
intended to create. Otherwise, His OWN DIVINE PURITY and OMNIPOTENCE would
consume any of His created beings that made any mistakes, immediately. So Christ consented
to being "BROUGHT FORTH" from the Father to become a "MEDIATOR" between God
and His created beings. This action of being "Brought Forth" involved a very substantive
change in HIS very being. It involved His taking on the very "nature" of the beings He was
about to Create! So that, while He did maintain His "DIVINE CHARACTER" and His
"DIVINE ORIGIN", He consented to accept most of the limitations of the beings He would
Create. This is why the Bible describes HIM as being the "Firstborn of all Creation" (Col.
1:15).
But we must never forget that, although He voluntarily accepted this humiliating limitation,
He was most assuredly "The SON OF GOD" -- with all the AUTHORITY and RESPECT
and HONOR deserving of God.

It is because „MICHAEL‟ had accepted these limitations that Lucifer had the AUDACITY
to think that HE should be EQUAL WITH MICHAEL. Lucifer didn't clearly understand
WHO Michael (Christ) was! And even after it had all been made clear to him, he still
persisted in thinking that he was as good as Christ and that he should be included in all the
councils of God. And this is what brought about his Fall.

Have you ever wondered, what were the reasons for the statements of the angels in the
following scene? Why had Lucifer to be convinced „thereof‟?

“Angels that were loyal and true sought to reconcile this mighty, rebellious angel to the will
of his Creator. They justified the act of God in conferring honor upon Jesus Christ, and with
forcible reasoning sought to convince Satan that no less honor was his now than before the
Father had proclaimed the honor which He had conferred upon His Son. They clearly set
forth that Jesus was the Son of God, existing with Him before the angels were created; and
that He had ever stood at the right hand of God, and His mild, loving authority had not
heretofore been questioned; and that He had given no commands but what it was joy for the
heavenly host to execute. They urged that Christ's receiving special honor from the Father, in
the presence of the angels, did not detract from the honor that he [Satan] had heretofore
received.” {The truth about Angels – page 35.2}

The question must be asked then, "Why would Christ consent to do such a thing?" Why
would He consent to leave the glory of His original Nature and take on a nature that was far
inferior to His original Nature? Why would He consent to "Give Up" the Power and Glory of
His Own, Inherent, Nature and become a being that looked very much like the beings He
intended to Create? Why would Yahushua do such a thing?

First, we must realize that if Yahushua had NOT consented to "humble Himself" and take on
the form of His Created beings - NOTHING (that is None of His Intelligent created beings)
could have been Created in the first place! Had He maintained His original Nature and Glory,
it would have consumed any of His Created beings the moment they doubted or made any
mistakes. And, although He created all of His intelligent created beings "PERFECT, they not
only still had to "LEARN" of God and GROW, they also had to have been created with the
FREEDOM OF CHOICE. In order to experience LOVE, in order to experience GOD (who
IS Love), they HAD to be created with the Freedom of Choice (because Love IS a choice).
The Bible, speaking of Lucifer, states: "Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day thou wast
created, till (or until) iniquity was found in thee" (Eze. 28:15). In other words, Lucifer was a
perfect being until he became PROUD and SELFISH. In order for God to be FAIR to
Lucifer (and later to Adam and the whole human family - you and me included), He had to
provide a means for him to become educated (or re-educated) and preserve his life. There
ABSOLUTELY HAD TO BE A MEDIATOR between God (and His absolute purity) and
the beings He intended to Create. And this is where we find CHRIST stepping in and
fulfilling that role.
 "From everlasting he was the Mediator of the covenant"
(RH April 5, 1906; par. 5)

"Christ is mediating in behalf of man,

and the order of unseen worlds also is preserved by His mediatorial work."
(Message to Young People, p. 254)

"It was for them [unfallen worlds and Angels]

as well as for us that the great work of redemption had been accomplished.
They with us share the fruits of Christ's victory."
(Desire of Ages, p. 758)

"Christ was appointed to the office of Mediator from the creation of God,
set up from everlasting to be our substitute and surety."
(1 Selected Messages, p. 250)

But in order to fulfill that role Christ had to "lay aside" some of His original glory (or divine
nature) and humble Himself and partake of the very nature of the creatures He intended to
Create! In other words, Christ had to DIE TO SELF - that is, He had to die to the "SELF"
that, before the creation had existed both "WITH GOD" and "AS GOD". He had to "give up"
His original existence as GOD in order to mediate between God and His Creations! Now I
don't want to be MISUNDERSTOOD here: Christ was of DIVINE ORIGIN even when He
humbled Himself and was "BROUGHT FORTH" from the Father in order to mediate
between the Father and His Created Beings. Christ was NOT Created! And His DIVINITY
remained as His Birthright. But He did NOT continue to have ALL of His divine attributes
remaining WITHIN HIMSELF in His Brought-forth Nature. He simply COULDN'T!

It would have been IMPOSSIBLE for Christ to have maintained the FULLNESS of His
TOTALLY DIVINE NATURE and act as a MEDIATOR between God and His Created
Beings. Had He done so, He would have CONSUMED them just as surely as the Father's
presence would have consumed them. So Yahushua "emptied Himself and took upon Him the
FORM of a bond servant" (Phil. 2:7). THIS is why Christ is described as the "Lamb SLAIN
FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE EARTH"! (Rev. 13:8). And it is THIS death that comprises
the "Rest of the Story" which we have almost TOTALLY MISSED!

We must remember that God is OMNISCIENT (that He is ALL-KNOWING, knowing the

End from the Beginning) and that He KNEW that Satan would be successful in causing the
Fall of the Human race. He KNEW that man would become "SINFUL" and that he would
"SEPARATE" himself from God. He also KNEW that HE was going to do something about
that and that He would Make a way possible for Man to RETURN to a RIGHT
RELATIONSHIP with Him and Live Eternally. And this was one of the PRIMARY reasons
that Christ consented to, and was "Brought-forth" from the Father prior to the Creation in
order that He could serve, not only as a "MEDIATOR" but also as a "SACRIFICE for Man.
There is TREMENDOUS LOVE in all of this!!! God Himself (Christ) would consent to
become ONE OF US in order to pay the penalty for our transgression AND in order to bring
us back into a right relationship with God! This required a TREMENDOUS SACRIFICE on
the part of Christ (and on the part of the Father!). And here is WHY this "SELF-SACRIFICE"
was necessary.

As I stated at the beginning of this study, most of us understand, at least partially, the
NECESSITY of Christ's Sacrifice in giving His Life a ransom for man. Christ HAD to
become a MAN and He HAD to DIE in our place in order to pay the penalty for OUR sin
and make Forgiveness POSSIBLE for us.
But Christ had to "DIE" for another reason. Christ had to make it possible for us not just to
be FORGIVEN, He had to make a way possible for us to STOP SINNING!! Christ had to
make a way possible for us to OVERCOME our SINFUL NATURES. And Christ Knew
that this would require us to receive a NEW NATURE from above. That "NEW" Nature, is
CHRIST'S NATURE (His DIVINE NATURE) which is to be imparted to us through the
"New Birth" experience.

Christ incarnated Himself into the Human Family in order that He might rightfully become
the HEAD of that family. He also incarnated Himself into the Human Family in order to
SHOW US that it is POSSIBLE to Live Without Sin! Christ adopted HUMAN NATURE
in order to show us what a MAN can do through COMPLETE DEPENDENCE upon God.
Christ, as a Man, depended TOTALLY upon His FATHER in order to receive the Wisdom,
Strength and POWER that He needed to defeat the Devil and Live a SINLESS Life! He
could NOT use HIS OWN Divine Power in order to accomplish this, or He would be asking
US to do something that it is NOT IN OUR POWER TO DO! The Fact that Christ
ACTUALLY DID THIS can be found in the Bible. Christ said:

"I can of mine own self do nothing" (Jn. 5:30).

Now, if Christ's OWN DIVINE POWER were residing within Himself at this time, He
would have to be LYING! Christ also said, concerning His Second Coming:

"But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no,

not the angels which are in heaven,
neither the Son, but the Father" (Mk. 13:32).

If Yahushua had maintained His Omniscience within Himself, then He would have to be
lying in this statement also! Christ also made it clear that it was to the Disciples
ADVANTAGE that He return to Heaven in order for the Holy Spirit to be with them (see Jn.
16:7). Christ, when He left this world left in His HUMAN NATURE. It is in that HUMAN
NATURE that the both Stephen and the Apostle John saw Yahushua "IN HEAVEN"(see Acts
7:56; Rev. 1:13; 14:14), and who the Apostle Paul makes it clear is "interceding" on our
behalf there:

"For there is One God,

and one Mediator also between God and man,
the MAN JESUS CHRIST" (1 Tim. 2:5).

In Matthew 16:28 it is clear that Yahushua is also going to RETURN to this earth a Second
Time and that He is going to return AS A MAN!

“And I looked, and behold a white cloud,

and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of MAN…” (Rev. 14:14)

So Christ clearly has taken on Human Nature and has carried that Nature to the Throne of
God. It was in THAT NATURE that He overcame the Devil, lived the victorious life, and
died for our sins - and He STILL RETAINS THAT NATURE!

Yahushua, as a Human Being -- as a MAN, partook of His FATHER'S DIVINE NATURE

and was able to live a life of perfect obedience and victory! This is the victory and obedience
that Christ wants to give US! But Christ could only provide us with the DIVINE POWER
needed for us to live the victorious life by SHARING HIS DIVINITY with us.
And the only way that He could do both (pay the penalty for our transgression and leave us a
perfect EXAMPLE of what we must do - AND give us the POWER of His own Divine
Nature) was for Him to SEPARATE Himself from His own Fully Divine Nature so that it
could be GIVEN TO US. By partaking of HIS DIVINE NATURE we may overcome all
hereditary and cultivated tendencies toward SIN and may live a life truly and WHOLLY
UNTO GOD. In becoming "HUMAN", Christ could pay the penalty for our Sin and could
give us a perfect example of what WE may become by partaking of HIS divine nature.

This "Divine Nature", which Christ "gave up" in order to become Human and take our place
(and become the rightful HEAD of the Human Race which Adam had sacrificed), is what we
commonly refer to as THE HOLY SPIRIT!

“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter,
that he may abide with you for ever!
Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive,
because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him:
but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.”

(John 14:16-18)

It was the Sacrifice of BOTH His Body and His SPIRIT that enables man (US) to be
RECONCILED to God. Christ accomplished our JUSTIFICATION through His Death on
the Cross in our place, and He accomplishes our SANCTIFICATION through the
impartation of HIS SPIRIT within us, that enables us to live a life of HOLINESS. Our
JUSTIFICATION is our "Title" to Heaven, our SANCTIFICATION is our "Fitness" for
Heaven. And BOTH are the work of CHRIST through His Humananity and through His
Spirit, that were "sacrificed" for you and me!

"The great gift of salvation has been placed within our reach
at an infinite cost to the Father and the Son"
(RH: March 10, 1891; par. 2)

“Man is the crowning glory of the Creator's works, and he has been redeemed at an
inconceivable cost to the Son of God”
(ST: January 6, 1887; par. 3)

"Yahushua has done everything for you; he withheld not even himself"
(ST: November 20, 1884; par. 20).

This is WHY CHRIST HAD TO DIE. This is the LOVE that passes understanding! And
this is what He has done because He LOVES YOU and because He wants YOU to be WITH
HIM throughout ALL ETERNITY!

Will you accept His invitation?

Will you accept His sacrifice?
 What else do the Scriptures tell us about this incredible event?

Does God‟s Word says that our Redeemer, Yahushua is ALSO the holy Spirit?

“For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth,
(as there be gods many, and lords many,)

But to us [there is but] one God, the Father, of whom [are] all things, and we in him;
and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom [are] all things, and we by him.”
1. Corinthians 8:5.6 KJV

“Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father

and the Lord Jesus Christ.” Philemon 1:3 KJV

“Now the Lord is that Spirit:

and where the Spirit of the Lord [is],
there [is] liberty.” 2. Corinthians 3:17 KJV

“But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord,
are changed into the same image from glory to glory,
[even] as by the Spirit of the Lord.” 2. Corinthians 3:18 KJV

“ This comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.“ 2 Corinthians 3:18 God‟s Word

„… even as from the Lord the Spirit.” 2. Corinthians 3:18 American Standard Version

Do the Scriptures tell us that Yahushua BECAME a Spirit?

„And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul;
the last Adam [was made] a quickening spirit.” 1. Corinthians 15:45 KJV

“So also it has been written, "The" first "man", Adam, "became a living soul;"
the last Adam a life-giving Spirit.” 1. Corinthians 15:45 Literal Translation

“This, indeed, is what is written: "The first man, Adam, became a living being."
The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.”
1. Corinthinas 15:45 International Standard Version

When did he become a life-giving spirit?

“And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book
of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” Revelation 13:8 KJV

“Everyone living on earth will worship it, everyone whose name is not written in the Book of
Life. That book belongs to the lamb who was slaughtered before the creation of the
world.” Revelation 13:8 God‟s Word

“And all those dwelling in the earth will worship it, those of whom the names had not been
written in the Book of Life of the Lamb having been slain from the foundation of the
world.” Revelation 13:8 Literal Translation
 Where does the Bible report, that Yahushua gave his Spirit as a sacrifice?

“… how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered
himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve
the living God?” Hebrews 9:14 KJV

“Since this is true, how much more is accomplished by the blood of Christ!
Through the eternal Spirit he offered himself as a perfect sacrifice to God. His blood
will purify our consciences from useless rituals, so that we may serve the living God.”
Hebrews 9:14 Good News Bible

“… how much rather shall the blood of the Christ, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself
spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works to worship the living God?”
Hebrews 9:14 Darby

Does the Bible speak about a „dual‟ Christ or that he exists parted in two,
as Human and as Spirit?

“Yahushua answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of
the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, WE
speak that WE do know, and testify that WE have seen; and ye receive not OUR
witness.” John 3:5.11 KJV

Christ speaks in a „WE-form‟ about himself and the holy Spirit!

“If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe,
if I tell you of heavenly things?
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven,
even the Son of man WHICH IS IN HEAVEN.” John 3:12.13 KJV

Yahushua indicated in a personal conversation with Nicodemus that the SON OF MAN
in that moment (also) is in heaven – something of him is in that moment in heaven!

The whole conversation is about the work of the holy Spirit. Did he want to say that he
separated from a part of himself for all eternity?

“I have yet many things to say unto you,

but ye cannot bear them now.” John 16:12 KJV

Who wants to come to us, be with us and in uns?

“I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more;
but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father,
and ye in me, and I in you.” John 14:18-20 KJV

“… and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.” Matthew 28:20 KJV
 Is the holy Spirit, which Christ gave for us, a so called „heritage‟?

“That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of
wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened;
that ye may know what is the hope of his calling,
and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance IN the saints…” Ephesians 1:17.18

Why did I always thought that a DIFFERENT third Person of the Godhead will come?

“Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations,
but now is made manifest to his saints:
To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the
Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory…” Colossians 1:26.27 KJV

What did Ellen White mean with those three highest powers, persons or the trio?

“We are to co-operate with the three highest powers in heaven,--the Father, the Son, and
the Holy Ghost, --and these powers will work through us, making us workers together with
God.” Evangelism – page 617

“There are three living persons of the heavenly trio…” Evangelism – page 615

What else did Ellen White wrote about the „third person of the Godhead‟?

“In describing to His disciples the office work of the Holy Spirit, Jesus sought to inspire them
with the joy and hope that inspired His own heart. He rejoiced because of the abundant help
He had provided for His church. The Holy Spirit was the highest of all gifts that He could
solicit from His Father for the exaltation of His people. The Spirit was to be given as a
regenerating agent, and without this the sacrifice of Christ would have been of no avail. The
power of evil had been strengthening for centuries, and the submission of men to this satanic
captivity was amazing. Sin could be resisted and overcome only through the mighty
agency of the Third Person of the Godhead, who would come with no modified energy,
but in the fullness of divine power. It is the Spirit that makes effectual what has been wrought
out by the world's Redeemer. It is by the Spirit that the heart is made pure. Through the Spirit
the believer becomes a partaker of the divine nature. Christ has given His Spirit as a
divine power to overcome all hereditary and cultivated tendencies to evil, and to impress His
own character upon His church.” Desire of Ages – page 671

“Christ declared that after His ascension, He would send to His church, as His crowning
gift, the Comforter, who was to take His place. This Comforter is the Holy Spirit--the soul of
HIS life, the efficacy of His church, the light and life of the world. . . .
In the gift of the Spirit, Jesus gave to man the highest good that heaven could bestow.
. . . It is the Spirit that makes effectual what has been wrought out by the world's Redeemer.
It is by the Spirit that the heart is made pure. Through the Spirit the believer becomes a
partaker of the divine nature. Christ has given HIS Spirit as a divine power to overcome
all hereditary and cultivated tendencies to evil, and to impress His own character upon the
church. . . . It is the privilege of every son and daughter of God to have the indwelling of the
Spirit.” Our high Calling – page 150
“The Holy Spirit is the breath of spiritual life in the soul. The impartation of the Spirit is the
impartation of the life of Christ. It imbues the receiver with the attributes of Christ. Only
those who are thus taught of God, those who possess the inward working of the Spirit, and in
whose life the Christ-life is manifested, are to stand as representative men, to minister in
behalf of the church.” Desire of Ages – page 805

“Cumbered with humanity, Christ could not be in every place personally; therefore it was
altogether for their advantage that He should leave them, go to His father, and send the Holy
Spirit to be His successor on earth. The Holy Spirit is Himself divested of the personality
of humanity and independent thereof. He would represent Himself as present in all places
by His Holy Spirit, as the Omnipresent. "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom
the Father will send in My name, He shall (although unseen by you), [THIS PHRASE WAS
ADDED BY ELLEN WHITE.] teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance,
whatsoever I have said unto you" [John 14:26]. "Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is
expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will come not unto you;
but if I depart, I will send Him unto you" [John 16:7].” Manuscript Release 14 – page 23

“The Holy Spirit is the Comforter, in Christ's name. He personifies Christ, yet is a distinct
personality.” Manuscript Release 20 – page 324

“They have one God and one Saviour; and one Spirit--the Spirit of Christ--is to bring unity
into their ranks.” Testimonies 9 – page

“All who consecrate soul, body, and spirit to God will be constantly receiving a new
endowment of physical and mental power. The inexhaustible supplies of heaven are at their
command. Christ gives them the breath of His own spirit, the life of His own life. The
Holy Spirit puts forth its highest energies to work in heart and mind.” Desire of Ages – page
827

“The influence of the Holy Spirit is the life of Christ in the soul. We do not see Christ and
speak to Him, but His Holy Spirit is just as near us in one place as in another. It works in
and through every one who receives Christ. Those who know the indwelling of the Spirit
reveal the fruits of the Spirit--love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith.”
SDA Bible Commentary Vol. 6 – page 1112

“And Pentecost brought them the presence of the Comforter, of whom Christ had said, He
"shall be in you." And He had further said, "It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go
not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you."
John 14:17; 16:7. Henceforth through the Spirit, Christ was to abide continually in the
hearts of His children. Their union with Him was closer than when He was personally with
them. The light, and love, and power of the indwelling Christ shone out through them,
so that men, beholding, "marveled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been
with Jesus." Acts 4:13.” Steps to Christ – page 74

“He suffered the death which WAS ours, that we might receive the life which WAS His.”
Desire of Ages – page 25

“Laying aside His royal robe and kingly crown, He clothed His divinity with humanity, that
humanity through His infinite sacrifice might become partakers of the divine nature, and
escape the corruption that is in the world through lust.” Evangelism – page 613

“… that the love [with] which You loved Me may be in them,

and I in them.” John 17:26 KJV