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Book of the Ages, July 10
For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.
Psalm 119:89
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The Word of God covers a period of history reaching from the Creation
to the coming of the Son of man in the clouds of heaven. Yea, more, it
carries the mind forward to the future life, and opens before it the glories of
Paradise restored. Through all these centuries the truth of God has remained
the same. That which was truth in the beginning is truth now. Although
new and important truths appropriate for succeeding generations have been
opened to the understanding, the present revealings do not contradict those
of the past. Every new truth understood only makes more significant the
old
Commencing with the Fall, down through the patriarchal and Jewish
ages even to the present time, there has been a gradual unfolding of the
purposes of God in the plan of redemption. Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob,
and Moses understood the gospel through Christ; they looked for the
salvation of the race through man’s substitute and surety. These holy men
of old held communion with the Saviour who was to come to our world
in human flesh, and some of them talked with Christ and heavenly angels
face to face, as a man talks with his friend
As time has rolled on from Creation and the cross of Calvary, as
prophecy has been and is still fulfilling, light and knowledge have greatly
increased.... In the life and death of Christ, a light flashes back upon the
past, giving significance to the whole Jewish economy, and making of the
old and the new dispensations a complete whole. Nothing that God has
ordained in the plan of redemption can be dispensed with. It is the working
out of the divine will in the salvation of man
All the truths of revelation are of value to us, and in contemplating
things of eternal interest, we shall gain true perceptions of the character
of God.... The entire character will be elevated and transformed. The soul
will be brought into harmony with Heaven
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14
The Review and Herald, March 2, 1886
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15
Signs of the Times, February 21, 1911.
16
The Review and Herald, March 2, 1886
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17
Signs of the Times, February 21, 1911.
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