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The Plan of Redemption Is Unveiled
The fall of Adam and Eve filled all heaven with sorrow. There
appeared no escape for those who had transgressed the law. Angels
stopped singing their songs of praise.
The Son of God was touched with pity for the fallen race as
the woes of the lost world rose up before Him. Divine love had
designed a plan to save the helpless ones. The broken law of God
demanded the life of the sinner, and only one equal with God could
make atonement for its transgression. No one but Christ could save
sinners from the curse of the law and bring them again into harmony
with Heaven. Christ would take upon Himself the guilt and shame
of sin to rescue the ruined race.
The plan of salvation had been established before the creation of
the earth, for Christ is “the Lamb slain from the foundation of the
world” (
Revelation 13:8
); yet it was a struggle for the King of the
universe to give up His Son to die for the guilty race. But “God so
loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever
believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (
John
3:16
). Oh, the mystery of redemption! The love of God for a world
that did not love Him!
God was to be revealed in Christ, “reconciling the world to Him-
self” (
2 Corinthians 5:19
). Human beings had become so degraded
by sin that it was impossible for them to bring themselves into har-
mony with God, whose nature is purity and goodness. But Christ
could give divine power to unite with human effort, so by repentance
toward God and faith in Christ, the fallen children of Adam might
once more become “children of God” (
1 John 3:2
).
The angels were sad as Christ explained the plan of redemption
to them. In grief and wonder they listened as He told them how He
must come in contact with the degradation of earth, to endure sorrow,
shame, and death. He would humble Himself as a man and become
acquainted with the sorrows and temptations that men and women
would have to endure in order that He might be able to help those
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