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ground of making Christ altogether human, such an one as ourselves;
for it cannot be.—
The S.D.A. Bible Commentary 5:1128, 1129
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What opposites meet and are revealed in the person of Christ! The
mighty God, yet a helpless child! The Creator of all the world, yet, in
a world of His creating, often hungry and weary, and without a place
to lay His head! The Son of Man, yet infinitely higher than the angels!
Equal with the Father, yet His divinity clothed with humanity, standing
at the head of the fallen race, that human beings might be placed on
vantage-ground! Possessing eternal riches, yet living the life of a poor
man! One with the Father in dignity and power, yet in His humanity
tempted in all points like as we are tempted! In the very moment of
His dying agony on the cross, a Conqueror, answering the request of
the repentant sinner to be remembered by Him when He came into His
kingdom.—
The Signs of the Times, April 26, 1905
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