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This was the accusation that Satan made against God in heaven; and after
he continually
charged the Lord with exacting service which
He would not render Himself. Christ came to the world
the evil one was expelled from heaven,
to meet these false accusations, and to reveal the Father. {1SM 406.2}
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Messengers Preface: The focus of this message is to again review the messages and doctrines
taught so far, in light of what they reveal concerning character of the Godhead of Self-Sacrificing
Love. This is the principle and the importance of these messages and why they are sent as
testing truths now according to the promise: at the end it (The Vision) shall speak and not lie
Habakkuk 2:3
To know the Infinite Sacrifice which God the Father and Jesus made truly melts our hearts with
contrition and love towards Them for true sacrifices They devised to convince Their intelligent
creation that, emphatically YES - God does indeed make the greatest Sacrifice for our good,
even as He is also calling us to be the same, to be like Him. The focus on this message is the
Sacrifice of the Father in giving us Jesus.
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experience more advanced progress in making the choices and sacrifices that are
necessary on our part to receive more and more of the Latter Rain of Gods Spirit as
it is even now being poured out - until we will be filled to the full measure by the full
revelation of grace of Jesus Christ.
With these purposes in mind, let us contemplate more of what we can know
about the eternal sacrifices of the Father and the Son.
The Eternal sacrifice of Jesus Christ:
Though He is still God Almighty, Jesus is eternally a human man; and as a
man, He will forever be subject to and dependent upon God the Father whereas in
the beginning He was equal to God the Father in every way and was not subject to
law or dependent upon the Father for life.
From eternity past Christ was God in the Highest Sense
Christ was God essentially, and in the highest sense. He was with
God from all eternity, God over all, blessed forevermore. The Lord Jesus
Christ, the divine Son of God, existed from eternity, a distinct person, yet one
with the Father. He was the surpassing glory of heaven. {Selected Messages
Volume 1 page 247.3}
Christ was God in the Highest sense; before His incarnation as a man, He was in
the form of God.
Christ was under no obligation to become man's sacrifice. He was
above law. But he took upon him the form of a servant, and went without
the camp, bearing our reproach. {The Sign of the Times, July 15, 1880 par.
12}
The Son of God came voluntarily to accomplish the work of atonement.
There was no obligatory yoke upon Him, for He was independent and
above all law. The angels, as God's intelligent messengers, were under the
yoke of obligation; no personal sacrifice of theirs could atone for the guilt of
fallen man. Christ alone was free from the claims of the law to
undertake the redemption of the sinful race. He had power to lay down His
life and to take it up again. "Who, being in the form of God, thought it not
robbery to be equal with God."
Yet this glorious Being loved the poor sinner and took upon Himself the
form of a servant, that He might suffer and die in man's behalf. Jesus might
have remained at His Father's right hand, wearing His kingly crown and royal
robes. But He chose to exchange all the riches, honor, and glory of heaven for
the poverty of humanity, and His station of high command for the horrors of
Gethsemane and the humiliation and agony of Calvary. He became a man of
sorrows and acquainted with grief, that by His baptism of suffering and blood
He might purify and redeem a guilty world. "Lo, I come," was the joyful
assent, "to do Thy will, O My God." {Testimonies Volume 4 page 120.3,
121.1}
Christ consented to make Himself subject to God the Father forever
Christ was independent (not dependent) and not a subject, whose
responsibility it is to obey.
But now, since His incarnation, death and resurrection, behold what the Bible says
about His estate now:
1 Corinthians 15:24-28 Then cometh the end, when (Christ) shall have
delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when He shall have
put down all rule and all authority and power.
For He must reign, till He hath put all enemies under His feet.
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
For He hath put all things under His feet. But when He saith all things are
put under Him, it is manifest that He is excepted, which did put all things
under Him.
The Fathers sacrifice did not end at the resurrection of Jesus Christ, His
Son
Few
will make him an help meet for him." God declared that even in the perfection
and glorious bliss of Eden, man could not be completely satisfied, being alone.
But was Adam alone in the normal sense we think of as being alone; did he
have no creature to talk to but the beasts of the earth, who could not respond in his
manner of communication?
No! Adam held communion with Jesus and with angels from heaven!
The holy pair [Adam and Eve] were not only children under the fatherly
care of God, but students receiving instruction from the all-wise Creator.
They were visited by angels, and were granted communion with
their Maker, with no obscuring veil between. {Christian Education page
207.1}
Adam had fellowship with angels and God Himself. They could talk to each
other and freely communicate, yet God said It is not good that the man should
be alone What is the principle God is referring to here? And as we understand
this, we shall begin to understand more of the infinite sacrifice made by the Father
in giving us Jesus, for Adam in his perfection had the mind of God.
A social being desires one of the same nature to experience satisfying
companionship
Consider this revelation from the Spirit of Prophecy:
Man was not made to dwell in solitude; he was to be a social being.
Without companionship the beautiful scenes and delightful employments of
Eden would have failed to yield perfect happiness. Even communion with
angels could not have satisfied his desire for sympathy and
companionship. There was none of the same nature to love
and to be loved. {Patriarchs and Prophets page 46.1}
Here it is revealed that God understood that only when holding communion
with one of the same nature is a social being satisfied in his desire for
sympathy and companionship.
Jesus became our Companion
Immediately following the quote above, EGW uses these words: God
Himself gave Adam a companion. We belief that here EGW clearly uses a
literary allusion to the prophetic words Abraham spoke to Isaac concerning what
God would do, saying, God will provide Himself a Lamb for a burnt offering.
God Himself did give Adam a companion in Eve, who became Adams wife. Most
Servant? (Isa.
53:11) Because of sin, God the Father from henceforth, must be God Alone.
Said our Lord Jesus,
And this is life eternal, that they might know Thee
God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent. John 17:3
The eternal sacrifices of the Father and the Son demonstrate the Divine
attributes of Justice and Mercy
The eternal sacrifices of the Father and the Son are called forth by the
character of the Living God. The great Mercy shown to us in the gift of Christ and
the sacrifice endured by the Persons of the Godhead demonstrates before all the
universe that God is Love. Yet, Mercy could not have been exercised in our behalf
unless the full claims of Justice had been satisfied. God is Love, but His character of
Love is revealed no less in the majesty of His Justice than in His great Mercy He is
honoring the precepts of His Holy Law demonstrating His perfect character, which
is a perpetual safeguard to the inhabitants of His everlasting Kingdom which shall
have no end. In the sacrifices of Jesus Christ, God the Father and the Holy Ghost we
see revealed, Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace
have kissed each other.
This is the combined power of Mercy and Justice {RH, Dec. 13, 1892 par. 7}:
intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered." As the "whole creation
groaneth and travaileth in pain together" (Romans 8:26, 22), the heart of the infinite
Father is pained in sympathy. Our world is a vast lazar house, a scene of misery that
we dare not allow even our thoughts to dwell upon. Did we realize it as it is, the
burden would be too terrible. Yet God feels it all.