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One of the amazing attributes of God that He claims as His alone is knowing the end from the beginning.
Isa 46:9 remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me,
Isa 46:10 declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, 'My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose
Yet several times when describing the putting into place the plan of salvation Ellen White writes that Jesus was "risking" eternal loss, and staking His own "eternal existence."
Never can the cost of our redemption be realized until the redeemed shall stand with the Redeemer before the throne of God. Then as the glories of the eternal home burst upon our enraptured senses we shall remember that Jesus left all this for us, that He not only became an exile from the heavenly courts, but for us took the risk of failure and eternal loss. {DA 131.2}
Remember that Christ risked all; tempted like as we are, he staked even his own eternal existence upon the issue of the conflict. Heaven itself was imperiled for our redemption. At the foot of the cross, remembering that for one sinner Jesus would have yielded up his life, we may estimate the value of a soul. {GCB December 1, 1895, Art. B, par. 23}
Yet into the world where Satan claimed dominion God permitted His Son to come, a helpless babe, subject to the weakness of humanity. He permitted Him to meet life’s peril in common with every human soul, to fight the battle as every child of humanity must fight it, at the risk of failure and eternal loss. {DA 49.1}
Christ did indeed leave His heavenly home. Christ did indeed take on the likeness of man, and had to be born a baby, and grow in stature with God and man.
Christ was indeed tempted as the Scriptures state. Christ did indeed have to endure terrible pain and terrible treatment, none of which He deserved, and is rightly praised for this.
But was there a RISK of FAILURE in the plan?
Risk of failure is something we face as humans because we do not know the future. It could go either way. This was not at all the case with God and with the plan of salvation.
Christ was the Lamb of God slain from the foundation of the world. There was a one hundred percent chance of Jesus dying for us. There was a zero percent chance of Christ failing and losing His own eternal existence.
Ellen White states
He not only became an exile from the heavenly courts, but for us took the risk of failure and eternal loss.
So here she has the pre-incarnate Christ taking on the notion of risk, as though the plan of salvation might just not work.
Did God know or didn't He?
Isa 46:9 remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me,
Isa 46:10 declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, 'My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose"
Isa 46:9 remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me,
Isa 46:10 declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, 'My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose
Yet several times when describing the putting into place the plan of salvation Ellen White writes that Jesus was "risking" eternal loss, and staking His own "eternal existence."
Never can the cost of our redemption be realized until the redeemed shall stand with the Redeemer before the throne of God. Then as the glories of the eternal home burst upon our enraptured senses we shall remember that Jesus left all this for us, that He not only became an exile from the heavenly courts, but for us took the risk of failure and eternal loss. {DA 131.2}
Remember that Christ risked all; tempted like as we are, he staked even his own eternal existence upon the issue of the conflict. Heaven itself was imperiled for our redemption. At the foot of the cross, remembering that for one sinner Jesus would have yielded up his life, we may estimate the value of a soul. {GCB December 1, 1895, Art. B, par. 23}
Yet into the world where Satan claimed dominion God permitted His Son to come, a helpless babe, subject to the weakness of humanity. He permitted Him to meet life’s peril in common with every human soul, to fight the battle as every child of humanity must fight it, at the risk of failure and eternal loss. {DA 49.1}
Christ did indeed leave His heavenly home. Christ did indeed take on the likeness of man, and had to be born a baby, and grow in stature with God and man.
Christ was indeed tempted as the Scriptures state. Christ did indeed have to endure terrible pain and terrible treatment, none of which He deserved, and is rightly praised for this.
But was there a RISK of FAILURE in the plan?
Risk of failure is something we face as humans because we do not know the future. It could go either way. This was not at all the case with God and with the plan of salvation.
Christ was the Lamb of God slain from the foundation of the world. There was a one hundred percent chance of Jesus dying for us. There was a zero percent chance of Christ failing and losing His own eternal existence.
Ellen White states
He not only became an exile from the heavenly courts, but for us took the risk of failure and eternal loss.
So here she has the pre-incarnate Christ taking on the notion of risk, as though the plan of salvation might just not work.
Did God know or didn't He?
Isa 46:9 remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me,
Isa 46:10 declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, 'My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose"
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