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R4999 : page 109Neither is Satan one of the enemies whom Jesus willthen destroy. He was an enemy before man sinned, andhis rebellion was not brought about by man's sin. He wassubject to Divine authority before man was created, andwill be a subject of Divine authority after man shall havebeen redeemed and restored. It will not be for the Mediatorto deal with him, but for Divine Justice to determinehis deserts. Besides, it is said that he will be destroyed inthe Second Death, in the death from which there will beno redemption, no resurrection, no recovery.====================R4999 : page 109MOSES AS A MEDIATORTHE LAW COVENANT instituted at MountSinai was not made with Moses, but withthe people of Israel, as Moses declared:"And Moses called all Israel, and said untothem, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgmentswhich I speak in your ears this day,that ye may learn them, and keep and dothem. The Lord our God made a Covenantwith us in Horeb. The Lord made not thisCovenant with our fathers, but with us,even us, who are all of us here alive this day."--Deut. 5:1-3.Moses was merely the mouthpiece of that Covenant.The word Mediator signifies, go-between; as Moses said,"I stood between God and you." (Deut. 5:5.) The termsR5000 : page 109of the Covenant and the arrangements of the Mediatorplace the responsibility upon the Mediator as the representativeof the people, and as the representative of Godto the people.Correspondingly Christ is the Mediator of the NewCovenant. He is not yet completed. The Head has finishedHis work, ascended to glory, and has become theAdvocate of those who desire to become members of HisBody, and for eighteen centuries God has been receivingthe members of the Body of Christ, the Mediator, intorelationship with Himself. Soon the last member of theforeknown and foreordained number of the elect will havebeen called, accepted and found faithful; and then thisAge will end, because the great Prophet, Priest, King,Judge and Mediator will be complete. And more thanthis: He will have finished His sacrifice--the sacrificeof the flesh, the merit of which is to go to Israel and theworld, under the terms of the New Covenant: "They shallobtain mercy through your mercy."--Romans 11:31.