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The Truth About Angels
works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me.... I and
my Father are one.” ...
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The Jews understood His [Christ’s] meaning, ... and they took up
stones to stone Him. Jesus looked upon them calmly and unshrinkingly,
and said, “Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for
which of these works do ye stone me?”
The Majesty of heaven stood, calmly assured, as a God before His
adversaries. Their scowling faces, their hands filled with stones, did
not intimidate Him. He knew that unseen forces, legions of angels,
were around about Him, and at one word from His lips they would
strike with dismay the throng, should they offer to cast upon Him a
single stone.—
The Signs of the Times, November 27, 1893
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Although Jesus gave evidence of His divine power, yet He was not
permitted to teach His lessons without interruption. The rulers sought
to hold Him up to ridicule before the people. They would not allow
Him to state His ideas and doctrines in a connected way, but, although
frequently interrupted, light flashed into the minds of hundreds, and
when the rulers heard the words of Jesus, that were clothed with power
and held the people spellbound, they were angry, and said, “Thou
art a Samaritan, and hast a devil.” Jesus met these charges with quiet
dignity, fearlessly and decidedly claiming that covenant rights were
centered in Himself, and were not received through Abraham. He
declared, “Before Abraham was, I am.” The fury of the Jews knew no
bounds, and they prepared to stone Him, but the angels of God, unseen
by men, hurried Him out of their assembly.—
The Signs of the Times,
May 26, 1890
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Evil Angels in Human Form Were Among Christ’s Hearers
Mingling with His [Christ’s] hearers were angels in the form of
men, making their suggestions, criticizing, misapplying, and misin-
terpreting the Saviour’s words.—
The Review and Herald, August 11,
1903
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Christ was the instructor in the assemblies of these angels before
they fell from their high estate.—
Selected Messages 3:410
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