The Eternal Sacrifices of the Father and the Son

7/31/2019 The Eternal Sacrifices of the Father and the Son

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testing truths now according to the promise: at the end it(The ision! shall spea" and not lie#

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To "now the nfinite Sacrifice which God the )ather and *esus made truly melts our hearts with

contrition and love towards Them for true sacrifices They devised to convince Their intelligent

creation that, emphatically + S - God does indeed ma"e the greatest Sacrifice for our good,

even as $e is also calling us to %e the same, to %e li"e $im. The focus on this message is the

Sacrifice of the Father in giving us Jesus.

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The character o God the Father $indicated %) His infnite sacrifce

(s s+eech is to thought, so do the maniestations o -esus re&eal to us >he

Father. >he Father and -esus are one? The) are one in !ur!ose" in mind" in

character. >hereore as we ha&e discussed -esus ma*ing an eternal, infnite

sacrifce it is maniest that each @erson o the odhead has also made an EternalSacrifce or our redem+tion. We would do well to consider that od ma*es

sacrifces, then we shall understand that we also must heed the inAunction to be e

thereore ollowers o od, as dear children 3E+h. #:07 and ma*e unselfsh sacrifces

or Bo&e.

Satan made accusation against od that He re


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e+erience more ad&anced +rogress in ma*ing the choices and sacrifces that are

necessar on our +art to recei&e more and more o the Batter ain o ods S+irit as

it is e&en now being +oured out G until we will be flled to the ull measure b the ull

re&elation o grace o -esus Christ.

With these +ur+oses in mind, let us contem+late more o what we can *nowabout the eternal sacrifces o the Father and the Son.

The Eternal sacrifce o .esus #hrist/

>hough He is still od (lmight, -esus is eternall a human man? and as a

man, He will ore&er be subAect to and de+endent u+on od the Father whereas in

the beginning He was ehe Bord -esus

Christ, the di&ine Son o od, eisted rom eternit, a distinct +erson, et one

with the Father. He was the sur+assing glor o hea&en. !Selected 4essages

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Christ was od in the Highest sense? beore His incarnation as a man, He was in

the orm o od.

Christ was under no obligation to become manDs sacrifce. He wasabove law. 8ut he too* u+on him the orm o a ser&ant, and went without

the cam+, bearing our re+roach. !>he Sign o the >imes, -ul 0#, 0661 +ar.

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>he Son o od came &oluntaril to accom+lish the wor* o atonement.

There was no obligatory yoke u!on Him, for He was inde!endent and

above all law">he angels, as odDs intelligent messengers, were under the

o*e o obligation? no +ersonal sacrifce o theirs could atone or the guilt o

allen man. Christ alone was ree rom the claims o the lawto

underta*e the redem+tion o the sinul race. He had +ower to la down Hislie and to ta*e it u+ again. Who, being in the orm o od, thought it not

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the +o&ert o humanit, and His station o high command or the horrors o

ethsemane and the humiliation and agon o Cal&ar. He became a man o

sorrows and ach will, L 4 od. !>estimonies olume $ +age 0)1.",

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#hrist consented to ma(e Himsel su%2ect to God the Father ore$er

Christ was inde+endent 3not de+endent7 and not a subAect, whose

res+onsibilit it is to obe.

8ut now, since His incarnation, death and resurrection, behold what the 8ible sas

about His estate now:

0 Corinthians 0#:)$G)6 >hen cometh the end, when #Christ$ shall have

delivered u! the kingdom to God, e&en the Father? when He shall ha&e

+ut down all rule and all authorit and +ower.

For He must reign, till He hath +ut all enemies under His eet.

>he last enem that shall be destroed is death.

For He hath +ut all things under His eet. 8ut when He saith all things are

+ut under Him, it is maniest that He is ece+ted, which did +ut all things

under Him.

(nd when all things shall be subdued unto Him, then shall the

Son also Himself be sub%ectunto Him that +ut allthings under Him, that od ma be all in all.

Can we e&er trul com+rehend the eternal wonder that -esus, Who was od

essentiall and in the Highest sense would become a man ore&er to win our

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The Father4s sacrifce did not end at the resurrection o .esus #hrist" His

Son

Few gi&e thought to the suKering that sin has

caused our Creator. (ll hea&en suKered in ChristDsagon? but that suKering did not begin or endwith

His maniestation in humanit. >he cross is a

re&elation to our dull senses o the +ain that, rom its

&er ince+tion, sin has brought to the heart o od.!Education +age )9".0%

>o understand moreo the eternal sacrifce the Father made, and is et

enduring, in that He (E -esus to us 3For unto usa child is born, unto us a son is

given Isa. /:97 we must loo* at what has been re&ealed concerning another one oods sons2 (dam.

hat we can learn rom the e,!erience o Adam a%out the sacrifce o the

Father

When (dam was created He was +erect in e&er wa, He was made in the

image o od. >he most im+ortant as+ect o being made in the image o od was

that He was +arta*er o the 'i&ine Oature: He had the 4ind o od and o Christ.

>his was maniest when od caused all o the animals to +resent beore(dam so that He might name them. It was then that the Bord od brought them

unto (dam to see what he would call them: and whatsoe$er Adam called e$er)

li$ing creature" that was the name thereof.

(dams mind was so in tune with the 'i&ine mind, that whate&er name (dam

called e&er li&ing creature, that was the name od had alread intended it should

ha&e. 8ut od had another +ur+ose in mind in causing all o the li&ing creatures to

+ass beore (dam. (s this ha++ened (dam intentl obser&ed something. (ter

e&er li&ing creature was brought beore him to recei&e its name? he saw that to

each had been given a com!anion, but among them there was not ound an

hel+ meet or him. (mong all the creatures that od had made on the earth, there

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will ma(e him an hel! meet or him. od declared that e&en in the +erection

and glorious bliss o Eden, man could not be com+letel satisfed, being alone.

8ut was (dam alone in the normal sense we thin* o as being alone? did he

ha&e no creature to tal* to but the beasts o the earth, who could not res+ond in his

manner o communication;

OoM (dam held communion with -esus and with angels rom hea&enM

>he hol +air P(dam and E&eQ were not onl children under the atherl

care o od, but students recei&ing instruction rom the allGwise Creator.

The) were $isited %) angels" and were granted communion with

their 7a(er, with no obscuring &eil between. !Christian Education +age

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(dam had ellowshi+ with angels and od Himsel. >he could tal* to each

other and reel communicate, et od said 6t is not good that the man should

%e alone81 What is the +rinci+le od is reerring to here; (nd as we understand

this, we shall begin to understand more o the infnite sacrifce made b the Father

in gi&ing us -esus, or (dam in his +erection had the mind o od.

A social %eing desires one o 0the same nature1 to e,!erience satis)ing

com!anionshi!

Consider this re&elation rom the S+irit o @ro+hec:

4an was not made to dwell in solitude? he was to be a social being.

Without com+anionshi+ the beautiul scenes and delightul em+loments oEden would ha&e ailed to ield +erect ha++iness. 'ven communion with

angels could not have satised his desire for sym!athy and

com!anionshi!. There was none of the same nature to loveand to %e lo$ed. !@atriarchs and @ro+hets +age $9.0%

Here it is re&ealed that od understood that onl when holding communion

with one o the same nature is a social being satisfed in his desire or

sm+ath and com+anionshi+.

.esus %ecame our#om!anion

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im+ortantl though,.esus ga$e Himsel to %e our Com!anionand Eam+le in

all things.

>his is our wor*? it is to *ee+ the ee fed u+on the glor o od, and be

constantl see*ing to o*e u+ with Christ as our companionand riend.

!e&iew and Herald, -ul 0), 0665 +ar. )%

(nd et this is the wa we treat -esus. We orget that He is our

com!anion. !>he Sign o the >imes, -an. /, 06/" +ar. 6%

od ga&e us a Com+anion in the uns+ea*able git o -esus Christ? Lne Who

shares our nature and Who can sm+athiNe with us and understand all o our

eelings.

For &eril he too* not on him the nature o angels? but he too* on him the

seed o (braham. Whereore in all things it beho&ed him to be made li*e

unto his brethren, that he might be a merciul and aithul high +riest in

things +ertaining to od, to ma*e reconciliation or the sins o the +eo+le.

Hebrews ):09,05

In gi&ing -esus to us to share our nature, od consented that Christ should

em+t Himsel o His frst estate G the orm o od2 -esus laid aside the nature or

orm He +ossessed which was the same as the Father

God the Father/ 0the only true God1+ He is GOD ALONE

eril, &eril -esus will be eternall ca+able o com+letel satising od theFathers desire or sm+ath and com+anionshi+. Jet, can we consider the Fathers

sacrifce in gi&ing -esus to us2in that now it remaineth none com!letelyli*e

Himsel; We can ne&er trul understand the eternal sacrifce in&ol&ed in this

demonstration o lo&e. >his would not be the sacrifce which it is i it had not been

that rom eternit Christ had been one with the Father, +ossessing the same nature

the orm o od in a wonderull incom+rehensible communion o Bo&e.

In s+ea*ing o His +reGeistence, Christ carries the mind bac* through

dateless ages. He assures us that there ne&er was a time when He was not in

close fellowshi!with the eternal od. !S>, (ugust )/, 0/11 +ar. 0#%

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>his sublime re&elation rom the +en o ins+iration hel+s us to begin to

understand something o the relationshi+ between the Father and -esus2 and the

great sacrifce it must ha&e been or the Father to gi&e -esus to us2:


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>his is a lo&e the de+th o which no sounding can e&er

athom. (s the disci+les com+rehended it, as their +erce+tion

too* hold o odDs di&ine com+assion, the realiNed that there is a

sense in which the suKerings o the Son were the suKerings o the

Father. From eternit there was a com+lete unit between theFather and the Son. >he were two,yet little short of being

identical? two in indi$idualit)" )et onein s+irit, and heart, and

character. !JI, 'ecember 09, 06/5 +ar. #%

We can ne&er fullya++reciate the sacrifce o the Father in gi&ing us -esus,

but we can lo&e and a++reciate Him more as we see more and more o His selRess

lo&e or us. od has gi&en us the institution o marriage and the human relation o

bearing children so that we can begin to understand the unit which eisted and et

eists between od the Father and Christ. How must od eel, that because o sin,and to ha&e His uni&erse secure rom uture a+ostas, He suKered -esus, Whom od

called the !an that is !y Fellow 3ech0":57, Who was od essentiall and in the

highest sense and o His same nature 3being in the orm o od7 to ma*e an

infnite sacrifce so that now od re&eals Him as (yrighteous Servant53Isa.

#":007 8ecause o sin, od the Father rom henceorth, must be God )lone.

Said our Bord -esus,

(nd this is lie eternal, that the might *now >hee the only true

God, and -esus Christ, whom >hou hast sent. -ohn 05:"

The eternal sacrifces o the Father and the Son demonstrate the Di$ine

attri%utes o .ustice and 7erc)

>he eternal sacrifces o the Father and the Son are called orth b the

character o the Bi&ing od. >he great 7erc)shown to us in the git o Christ and

the sacrifce endured b the @ersons o the odhead demonstrates beore all the

uni&erse that od is Bo&e. Jet, 4erc could not ha&e been eercised in our behal

unless the ull claims o.usticehad been satisfed. od is Bo&e, but His character o

Bo&e is re&ealed no less in the maAest o His -ustice than in His great 4erc He is

honoring the +rece+ts o His Hol Baw demonstrating His +erect character, whichis a +er+etual saeguard to the inhabitants o His e&erlasting Tingdom which shall

ha&e no end. In the sacrifces o -esus Christ, od the Father and the Hol host we

see re&ealed, 7erc) and truth are met together+ righteousness and !eace

ha$e (issed each other.

>his is the combined !ower of (ercy and *ustice !H, 'ec. 0", 06/) +ar. 5%:


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+n His incarnationHe had reached the!rescribed limitas a

sacrice, but not as a edeemer. !0)4 $1/.0%

Christ, at an infnite cost" by a !ainful !rocess, msterious to angels

as well as to men, assumed humanit. !58C /0#."%

>he +lan o sal&ation had been laid beore the creation o the earth? or

Christ is the Bamb slain rom the oundation o the world 3e&elation 0":67?

et it was a struggle" e$en with the 9ing o the uni$erse" to )ield u!

His Sonto die or the guilt) race. 8ut od so lo&ed the world, that He

ga&e His onlGbegotten Son, that whosoe&er belie&eth in Him should not

+erish, but ha&e e&erlasting lie. -ohn ":09. Lh, the mster o redem+tionM

the lo&e o od or a world that did not lo&e HimM Who can *now the de+ths

o that lo&e which +asseth *nowledge; Through endless ages immortal

minds, seeking to com!rehend the mystery of that incom!rehensible

love, will wonder and adore. !@atriarchs and @ro+hets +age 9"."%

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