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Chapter 28
1
. See
EGW comment on Mark 16:1, 2
.
2. Mightiest Angel Caused Earthquake
—Before anyone had
reached the sepulcher, there was a great earthquake. The mightiest
angel from heaven, he who held the position from which Satan
fell, received his commission from the Father, and clothed with the
panoply of heaven, he parted the darkness from his track. His face
was like the lightning, and his garments white as snow. As soon as
his feet touched the ground it quaked beneath his tread. The Roman
guard were keeping their weary watch when this wonderful scene
took place, and they were enabled to endure the sight, for they had a
message to bear as witnesses of the resurrection of Christ. The angel
approached the grave, rolled away the stone as though it had been a
pebble, and sat upon it. The light of heaven encircled the tomb, and
the whole heaven was lighted by the glory of the angels. Then his
voice was heard, “Thy Father calls Thee; come forth” (
Manuscript
115, 1897
).
2-4 (
chs. 24:30
;
27:52, 53
;
Isaiah 24:20
;
John 5:28, 29
;
1
Thessalonians 4:16
;
Revelation 6:14-17
). A Lively Image of
Glory
—In this scene of the resurrection of the Son of God is given
a lively image of the glory that will be revealed at the general res-
urrection of the just at the second appearing of Christ in the clouds
of heaven. Then the dead that are in their graves shall hear His
voice and come forth to life; and not only the earth, but the heav-
ens themselves, shall be shaken. A few graves were opened at the
resurrection of Christ; but at His second coming all the precious
dead, from righteous Abel to the last saint that dies, shall awake to
glorious, immortal life.
If the soldiers at the sepulcher were so filled with terror at the
appearance of one angel clothed with heavenly light and strength,
that they fell as dead men to the ground, how will His enemies stand
before the Son of God, when He comes in power and great glory,
accompanied by ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of
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