A Saviour From Eternity

[Thompson, Darryl]

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for March 6
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A Saviour From Eternity

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed
us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: according
as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we
should be holy and without blame before him in love. Eph. 1:3, 4

Since the Fall the Lord has wrought out His will in the plan of
redemption, a plan by which He is seeking to restore man to his original
perfection. Christ's death on the cross has made it possible for God to
receive and pardon every repentant soul.

As the divine Sufferer hung upon the cross, angels gathered about Him,
and as they looked upon Him, and heard His cry, they asked, with intense
emotion, "Will not the Lord Jehovah save Him?" . . . Then were the words
spoken: "The Lord hath sworn, and He will not repent. Father and Son are
pledged to fulfill the terms of the everlasting covenant. God so loved
the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth
in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Christ was not
alone in making His great sacrifice. It was the fulfillment of the
covenant made between Him and His Father before the foundation of the
world was laid. With clasped hands they had entered into the solemn
pledge that Christ would become the surety for the human race if they
were overcome by Satan's sophistry.

The salvation of the human race has ever been the object of the councils
of heaven. The covenant of mercy was made before the foundation of the
world. It has existed from all eternity, and is called the everlasting
covenant. So surely as there never was a time when God was not, so
surely there never was a moment when it was not the delight of the
eternal mind to manifest His grace to humanity.

The more we consider this subject, the greater depths we find, and yet
there are depths that we do not reach as we study the Redeemer's glory.
It is the glory of the Prince of life, and the mightiest powers of man
cannot reach it. The angels themselves desire to look into this
mysterious and wonderful theme, the redemption of the human race. 

>From Devotional: Our Father Cares, pp. 67, 68.