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Christ the Revelation of God, February 1
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is
in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
John 1:18
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Christ came to the world to reveal the character of the Father and to
redeem the fallen race. The world’s Redeemer was equal with God. His
authority was as the authority of God. He declared that He had no existence
separate from the Father. The authority by which He spoke and wrought
miracles was expressly His own, yet He assures us that He and the Father
are one....
Jesus had imparted a knowledge of God to patriarchs, prophets, and
apostles. The revelations of the Old Testament were emphatically the
unfoldings of the gospel, the unveiling of the purpose and will of the infinite
Father. Through the holy men of old, Christ labored for the salvation of
fallen humanity. And when He came to the world it was with the same
message of redemption from sin, and restoration to the favor of God
What speech is to thought, so is Christ to the invisible Father. He is
the manifestation of the Father, and is called the Word of God. God sent
His Son into the world, His divinity clothed with humanity, that man might
bear the image of the invisible God. He made known in His words, His
character, His power and majesty, the nature and attributes of God
As legislator, Jesus exercised the authority of God; His commands
and decisions were supported by the sovereignty of the eternal throne.
The glory of the Father was revealed in the Son; Christ made manifest
the character of the Father. He was so perfectly connected with God, so
completely embraced in His encircling light, that he who had seen the Son
had seen the Father. His voice was as the voice of God.... He says, “I
am in the Father, and the Father in me.” “No man knoweth the Son, but
the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to
whomsoever the Son will reveal him.” “He that hath seen me hath seen the
Father” (
John 14:11
;
Matthew 11:27
;
14:9
)
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1
The Review and Herald, January 7, 1890
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2
Manuscript 77, 1899
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3
The Review and Herald, January 7, 1890
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