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of the Old Testament, agreeing with the facts of His life and death,
presented unquestionable evidence of that truth. When the object of
His labors with the two disciples was gained, He revealed Himself
to them, that their joy might be full, and then vanished from their
sight (
The Signs of the Times, October 6, 1909
).
15, 16. Jesus Smooths Hard Paths
—This mighty conqueror
of death, who had reached to the very depths of human misery to
rescue a lost world, assumed the humble task of walking with the
two disciples to Emmaus, to teach and comfort them. Thus He ever
identifies Himself with His suffering and perplexed people. In our
hardest and most trying paths, lo, Jesus is with us to smooth the
way. He is the same Son of man, with the same sympathies and love
which He had before He passed through the tomb and ascended to
His Father (
The Spirit of Prophecy 3:212
).
39 (
Acts 1:9-11
). Christ Took Humanity With Him
—Christ
ascended to heaven, bearing a sanctified, holy humanity. He took
this humanity with Him into the heavenly courts, and through the
eternal ages He will bear it, as the One who has redeemed every
human being in the city of God, the One who has pleaded before
the Father, “I have graven them upon the palms of my hands.” The
palms of His hands bear the marks of the wounds that He received.
If we are wounded and bruised, if we meet with difficulties that are
hard to manage, let us remember how much Christ suffered for us.
Let us sit together with our brethren in heavenly places in Christ. Let
us bring heaven’s blessing into our hearts (
The Review and Herald,
[1126]
March 9, 1905
).
Jesus took the nature of humanity, in order to reveal to man a
pure, unselfish love, to teach us how to love one another.
As a man Christ ascended to heaven. As a man He is the sub-
stitute and surety for humanity. As a man He liveth to make inter-
cession for us. He is preparing a place for all who love Him. As
a man He will come again with power and glory, to receive His
children. And that which should cause us joy and thanksgiving is,
that God “hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world
in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained.” Then we
may have the assurance forever that the whole unfallen universe is
interested in the grand work Jesus came to our world to accomplish,
even the salvation of man (
Manuscript 16, 1890
).