Chapter 18—Angels From Pentecost to the Last Days
Angels Protect Vital Truths
I saw the angels of God were commissioned to guard with special
care the sacred, important truths which were to serve as an anchor
to the disciples of Christ through every generation. The Holy Spirit
especially rested upon the apostles, who were witnesses of our Lord’s
crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension—important truths which were
to be the hope of Israel. All were to look to the Saviour of the world
as their only hope, and walk in the way which He had opened by
the sacrifice of His own life, and keep God’s law and live. I saw the
wisdom and goodness of Jesus in giving power to the disciples to
carry on the same work for which He had been hated and slain by
the Jews. In His name they had power over the works of Satan. A
halo of light and glory centered about the time of Jesus’ death and
resurrection, immortalizing the sacred truth that He was the Saviour
of the world.—
Early Writings, 196, 197
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Peter and John Delivered From Prison
A short time after the descent of the Holy Spirit, and immediately
after a season of fervent prayer, Peter and John, going up to the temple
to worship, saw a distressed and poverty-stricken cripple.... The dis-
ciples regarded him with compassion. “And Peter, fastening his eyes
upon him with John, said, Look on us.” “Silver and gold have I none;
but such as I have give I thee. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth
rise up and walk.”—
The Spirit of Prophecy 3:275, 276
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As the Sadducees, who did not believe in a resurrection, heard
the apostles declaring that Christ had risen from the dead, they were
enraged, realizing that if the apostles were allowed to preach a risen
Saviour, and to work miracles in His name, the doctrine that there
would be no resurrection would be rejected by all, and the sect of the
Sadducees would soon become extinct.—
The Acts of the Apostles,
78
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