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is hope and eternal life to all who receive Him and believe in Him
(
Letter 31, 1898
).
Under Satan’s Black Banner
—Each son and daughter of
Adam chooses either Christ or Barabbas as his general. And all
who place themselves on the side of the disloyal are standing under
Satan’s black banner, and are charged with rejecting and despitefully
using Christ. They are charged with deliberately crucifying the Lord
of life and glory (
The Review and Herald, January 30, 1900
).
22, 23 (
Mark 15:12-14
;
Luke 23:20-23
;
John 19:14, 15
). A
Representative Scene
—The scene transacted in Jerusalem at the
betrayal and rejection of Christ represents the scene which will
take place in the future history of the world, when Christ is finally
rejected. The religious world will take sides with the first great rebel,
and will reject the message of mercy in regard to the commandments
of God and the faith of Jesus (
Manuscript 40, 1897
).
25, 26 (
Mark 15:14, 15
;
Luke 23:23, 24
;
19:15, 16
). Angels
Could Not Interfere
—Be astonished, O heaven, and be everlast-
ingly ashamed, O inhabitants of earth! With sorrow and indignation
the angels heard the choice made by the people and the sentence
passed upon Christ. But they could not interfere; for in the great
controversy between good and evil, Satan must be given every op-
portunity to develop his true character, that the heavenly universe
and the race for whom Christ was giving His life might see the
righteousness of God’s purposes. Those under the control of the
enemy must be allowed to reveal the principles of his government
(
Manuscript 136, 1899
).
32 (
Mark 15:21
;
Luke 23:26
). A Means of Conversion
—The
cross he [Simon] was forced to bear became the means of his conver-
sion. His sympathies were deeply stirred in favor of Jesus; and the
events of Calvary, and the words uttered by the Saviour, caused him
to acknowledge that He was the Son of God (Undated
Manuscript
127
).
37 (
Psalm 85:10
;
Mark 15:26
;
Luke 23:38
;
John 19:19
).
An Arranged Superscription
—Look at the superscription writ-
ten above the cross. The Lord arranged it. Written in Hebrew,
Greek, and Latin, it is a call for all, Jew and Gentile, barbarian and
Scythian, bond and free, hopeless, helpless, and perishing, to come.
Christ has made of none effect the power of Satan. He laid hold