Good and Evil Angels During Christ’s Ministry
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The Resurrection of Lazarus
Christ could have commanded the stone to remove, and it would
have obeyed His voice. He could have bidden the angels who were
close by His side to do this. At His bidding, invisible hands would
have removed the stone. But it was to be taken away by human hands.
Thus Christ would show that humanity is to cooperate with divinity.
What human power can do divine power is not summoned to do.—
The
Desire of Ages, 535
.
Jesus Hunted From City to City During His Ministry
Jesus was hunted from place to place during His ministry. Priests
and rulers were on His track. They misrepresented His mission and
labor. He came unto His own and His own received Him not. Angels
watched the conflict at every step. They saw the spirit and work of
the enemy. They looked with amazement upon the devices of Satan
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against the divine Son of God. They saw that he who had only been
second to Jesus in power and glory had fallen so low that he could
influence men to hunt the steps of Christ from city to city.—
The Signs
of the Times, November 25, 1889
.
Again and again He [Jesus] would have been killed had it not been
for the heavenly angels who attended Him and guarded His life until
the time when the case of the Jews as a nation should be decided.—
The
Review and Herald, October 12, 1897
.
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