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Chapter 10
2-5
. See
EGW comment on Matthew 24:23, 24
.
4
. See
EGW comment on 2 Corinthians 11:14
.
17, 18 (
Isaiah 6:8
;
Philippians 2:6-8
; see
EGW comment on
Mark 16:6
). Christ Man’s Surety
—Not one of the angels could
have become surety for the human race: their life is God’s; they
could not surrender it. The angels all wear the yoke of obedience.
They are the appointed messengers of Him who is the Commander
of all heaven. But Christ is equal with God, infinite and omnipotent.
He could pay the ransom for man’s freedom. He is the eternal self-
existing Son, on whom no yoke had come; and when God asked,
“Whom shall I send?” He could reply, “Here am I; send Me.” He
could pledge Himself to become man’s surety; for He could say
that which the highest angel could not say,—I have power over My
own life, “power to lay it down, and ... power to take it again” (
The
Youth’s Instructor, June 21, 1900
).
18
. See
EGW comment on John 1:4
;
20:17
.
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