Chapter 3—Angels in Heaven, Before the Rebellion
Christ as Creator-God
Before men or angels were created, the Word was with God, and
was God.
The world was made by Him, “and without Him was not anything
made that was made.” If Christ made all things, He existed before
all things. The words spoken in regard to this are so decisive that
no one need be left in doubt. Christ was God essentially, and in the
highest sense. He was with God from all eternity, God over all, blessed
forevermore.
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.—
The Review and Herald, April 5, 1906
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Through Solomon Christ declared: “The Lord possessed Me in
the beginning of His way, before His works of old. I was set up
from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.... When
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He gave to the sea His decree, that the waters should not pass His
commandment; when He appointed the foundations of the earth; then I
was by Him, as one brought up with Him; and I was daily His delight,
rejoicing always before Him.” [
Proverbs 8:22-25, 29, 30
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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 ... had been
with God as one brought up with Him.—
The Signs of the Times,
August 29, 1900
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What is the work of angels in comparison with His [Christ’s]
condescension? His throne is from everlasting. He has reared every
arch and pillar in nature’s great temple.—
In Heavenly Places, 40
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Christ the Word, the Only Begotten of God, was one with the
eternal Father—one in nature, in character, and in purpose—the only
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