Chapter 2—Eternal Pre-existence of Christ
The Lord Jesus Christ, the divine Son of God, existed from eternity,
a distinct person, yet one with the Father. He was the surpassing glory
of heaven. He was the commander of the heavenly intelligences, and
the adoring homage of the angels was received by Him as His right.
This was no robbery of God.—
The Review and Herald, April 5, 1906,
p. 8
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In speaking of His pre-existence, Christ carries the mind back
through dateless ages. He assures us that there never was a time when
He was not in close fellowship with the eternal God. He to whose
voice the Jews were then listening had been with God as one brought
up with Him.—
The Signs of the Times, August 29, 1900
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Here Christ shows them that, although they might reckon His life
to be less than fifty years, yet His divine life could not be reckoned by
human computation. The existence of Christ before His incarnation is
not measured by figures.—
The Signs of the Times, May 3, 1899
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From all eternity Christ was united with the Father, and when He
took upon Himself human nature, He was still one with God.—
The
Signs of the Times, August 2, 1905, p. 10
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When Christ passed within the heavenly gates, He was enthroned
amidst the adoration of the angels. As soon as this ceremony was com-
pleted, the Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples in rich currents,
and Christ was indeed glorified, even with the glory which He had
with the Father from all eternity.—
The Acts of the Apostles, 38, 39
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But while God’s Word speaks of the humanity of Christ when
upon this earth, it also speaks decidedly regarding His preexistence.
The Word existed as a divine being, even as the eternal Son of God,
in union and oneness with His Father. From everlasting He was the
Mediator of the covenant, the One in whom all nations of the earth,
both Jews and Gentiles, if they accepted Him, were to be blessed. “The
Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Before men or angels
were created, the Word was with God, and was God.—
The Review
and Herald, April 5, 1906
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