Eternal Pre-existence of Christ
11
A human being lives, but his is a given life, a life that will be
quenched. “What is your life? It is even vapor, that appeareth for a
little time, and then vanisheth away.” But Christ’s life is not a vapor;
it is never-ending, a life existing before the worlds were made.—
The
Signs of the Times, June 17, 1897, p. 5
.
From the days of eternity the Lord Jesus Christ was one with the
Father; He was “the image of God,” the image of His greatness and
majesty, “the outshining of His glory.”—
The Desire of Ages, 19
.
He was one with the Father before the angels were created.—
The
Spirit of Prophecy 1:17
.
Christ was God essentially, and in the highest sense. He was with
God from all eternity, God over all, blessed forevermore.—
The Review
and Herald, April 5, 1906, p. 8
.
The name of God, given to Moses to express the idea of the eternal
presence, had been claimed as His own by this Galilean Rabbi. He
had announced Himself to be the self-existent One, He who had been
promised to Israel, “whose goings forth have been from of old, from
the days of eternity.”
Micah 5:2
, margin.—
The Desire of Ages, 469,
470
.
In it [God’s Word] we may learn what our redemption has cost
Him who from the beginning was equal with the Father.—
Counsels to
Parents, Teachers, and Students, 13
.