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and said, “It is finished. The human race shall have another trial.”
The redemption price was paid, and Satan fell like lightning from
heaven.—
The Youth’s Instructor, June 21, 1900
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The only-begotten Son of God took upon Him the nature of man,
and established His cross between earth and heaven. Through the
cross, man was drawn to God, and God to man. Justice moved from
its high and awful position, and the heavenly hosts, the armies of
holiness, drew near to the cross, bowing with reverence; for at the
cross justice was satisfied. Through the cross the sinner was drawn
from the stronghold of sin, from the confederacy of evil, and at every
approach to the cross his heart relents and in penitence he cries, “It
was my sins that crucified the Son of God.” At the cross he leaves his
sins, and through the grace of Christ His character is transformed. The
Redeemer raises the sinner from the dust, and places him under the
guidance of the Holy Spirit.—
The Signs of the Times, June 5, 1893
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