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Chapter 16
1, 2 (
Matthew 28:1
;
Luke 24:1
;
Romans 6:3-5
;
1 Corinthi-
ans 11:26
). Resurrection Did Not Consecrate First Day
—Christ
rested in the tomb on the Sabbath day, and when holy beings of
both heaven and earth were astir on the morning of the first day of
the week, He rose from the grave to renew His work of teaching
His disciples. But this fact does not consecrate the first day of the
week, and make it a Sabbath. Jesus, prior to His death, established a
memorial of the breaking of His body and the spilling of His blood
for the sins of the world, in the ordinance of the Lord’s supper,
saying “For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do
shew the Lord’s death till he come.” And the repentant believer, who
takes the steps required in conversion, commemorates in his baptism
the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. He goes down into the
water in the likeness of Christ’s death and burial, and he is raised
out of the water in the likeness of His resurrection—not to take up
the old life of sin, but to live a new life in Christ Jesus (
The Spirit of
Prophecy 3:204
).
6 (
John 1:1-3, 14
;
Philippians 2:5-8
;
Colossians 2:9
;
He-
brews 1:6, 8
;
2:14-17
;
Hebrews 4:15
). Deity Did Not Die
—Was
the human nature of the Son of Mary changed into the divine nature
of the Son of God? No; the two natures were mysteriously blended
in one person—the man Christ Jesus. In Him dwelt all the fullness
of the Godhead bodily. When Christ was crucified, it was His human
nature that died. Deity did not sink and die; that would have been
impossible. Christ, the sinless One, will save every son and daughter
of Adam who accepts the salvation proffered them, consenting to
become the children of God. The Saviour has purchased the fallen
race with His own blood.
This is a great mystery, a mystery that will not be fully, com-
pletely understood in all its greatness until the translation of the
redeemed shall take place. Then the power and greatness and effi-
cacy of the gift of God to man will be understood. But the enemy is
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