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Chapter 17
1-3 (
Mark 9:2-4
;
Luke 9:28-31
). Fittest to Minister to
Christ
—The Father chose Moses and Elijah to be His messengers to
Christ, and glorify Him with the light of heaven, and commune with
Him concerning His coming agony, because they had lived upon
earth as men; they had experienced human sorrow and suffering,
and could sympathize with the trial of Jesus, in His earthly life.
Elijah, in his position as a prophet to Israel, had represented Christ,
and his work had been, in a degree, similar to that of the Saviour.
And Moses, as the leader of Israel, had stood in the place of Christ,
communing with Him and following His directions; therefore, these
two, of all the hosts that gathered around the throne of God were
fittest to minister to the Son of God (
The Spirit of Prophecy 2:329
).
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