The Hope of the Ages
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. Romans 5:5, 6. Through the long centuries of “trouble and darkness” and “dimness of anguish” (Isaiah […]
Sacrifices and Ordinances Revealed God’s Divine Love
Every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God. Hebrews 10:11, 12, RSV. In patriarchal times the sacrificial offerings connected with divine worship constituted a […]
A Perfect Sacrifice
An altar of earth you shall make for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you. Exodus 20:24, RSV. When Adam, according to God’s special directions, made an […]
Christ Alone Satisfies the Claims of God’s Law
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Jesus Christ; who gave himself a ransom for all. 1 Timothy 2:5, 6. The Son of God was next in authority to the great Lawgiver. He knew that His life alone could be sufficient to ransom fallen man. He was of as […]
A Door of Hope for Sinners
We have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be Saviour of the world. 1 John 4:14. The angels of God were commissioned to visit the fallen pair and inform them that although they could no longer retain possession of their holy estate, their Eden home, because of their transgression of the […]
The Way to Salvation
I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me. John 14:6. Sorrow filled heaven, as it was realized that man was lost…. The whole family of Adam must die. I saw the lovely Jesus and beheld an expression of sympathy and sorrow upon His countenance. Soon I […]
