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  III. Took Sinless Human Nature Christ came to the earth, taking humanity, and standing as man’s representative , to show in the controversy with Satan that man, as God created him , connected with the Father and the Son, could obey every divine requirement.— The Signs of the Times, June 9, 1898 .   Christ is called the second Adam. In purity and holiness, connected with God and beloved by God, He began where the first Adam began . Willingly He passed over the ground where Adam fell , and redeemed Adam’s failure.— The Youth’s Instructor, June 2, 1898 .   In the fullness of time He was to be revealed in human form. He was to take His position at the head of humanity by taking the nature but not the sinfulness of man . In heaven was heard the voice, “The Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord.”— The Signs of the Times, May 29, 1901 .   When Christ bowed His head and died, He bore the pillars of Satan’s kingdom ...

According to KJV, & EGW confirms that there is a distinction between being sealed by the Holy Spirit as an "earnest" or pledge of inheritance upon believing, and the final "seal of the living God" placed upon the foreheads of the faithful just before the close of probation, which renders their character pure and spotless for eternity: ### **Bible Foundation** ● "[Ephesians 1:13] In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, [Ephesians 1:14] Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory." [1] ● "[Ephesians 4:30] And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption." [2] ● "[Revelation 7:2] And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voic...

  Admonition and Warnings ● "In heavenly council the angels pleaded with Lucifer. The Son of God presented before him the greatness, the goodness, and the justice of the Creator, and the sacred, unchanging nature of His law. God Himself had established the order of heaven; and in departing from it, Lucifer would dishonor his Maker and bring ruin upon himself." {PP 35.3} https://m.egwwritings.org/search?lang=en&query=PP+35.3 ● "The heavenly councils admonished Lucifer to change his course. The Son of God warned and entreated him not to venture thus to dishonor his Maker, and bring ruin upon himself." {4SP 317.2} https://m.egwwritings.org/search?lang=en&query=4SP+317.2 ● "Loyal angels warned him, and assured him what must be the consequences if he persisted; that He who could create the angels could by His power overturn all their authority and in some signal manner punish their audacity and terrible rebellion. . . . They warned the rebellious to close...

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 a way to reconcile 'children propensities' vs 'Jesus child no propensities'? general vs specific. e.g. "all have sinned" (rom 3:23), doesn't include Jesus, because there is specific description of Jesus has having no sin (hb 4:5, 2 cor 5:21, 1pt 2:22, 1jn 3:5). e.g. "all flesh died" (gen 7:22) in the flood, but doesn't include noah immediate family, because there is specific mention (gen 7:23) that they did not die.

"six thousand years" (90 hits) "hasten his coming" (9 hits) https://m.egwwritings.org/search?lang=en&query=%226000+years%22& https://m.egwwritings.org/search?lang=en&query=%22hasten+his+coming%22& For every "hasten his coming" there are 10 "six thousand years" of earth great controversy.  Can we hasten 6000 years? ● "Each event in His work had its appointed hour. He must wait patiently." {DA 451.3},, https://m.egwwritings.org/search?lang=en&query=DA+451.3 ● "But like the stars in the vast circuit of their appointed path, God's purposes know no haste and no delay." {DA 32.1} https://m.egwwritings.org/search?lang=en&query=DA+32.1 If half of sda hasten his coming and some delay his coming, I'm sure there's plenty of both sides, when will he come, delayed or hastened?  D idea was that for busy people, time is short / hastened; but for idle ones, it is delayed. -- human perspective of time.  (...

agreement first both groups believe that probation will close before the second coming of christ both groups agree that after probation closes this world will experience a time of trouble such as has never been seen in the history of the world  both groups believe that God will have a faithful remnant known in the book of revelation as the 144,000 that will retain their allegiance to God during this very trying period  they also agree that during this time God's faithful people will live on this earth with their sinful human natures but they will overcome and finally both groups believe that god will remove the sinful nature of the final generation when Jesus comes from heaven and transforms this lowly body into the likeness of his glorious body  differences first of all the question is will Jesus mediate or intercede for the sins of the faithful remnant after probation closes one group says yes the other group says no the second question is will the faithful remnant live...