The Golden Chain - Robert J. Wieland
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unity in understanding and proclaiming this<br />
"message of Christ's righteousness," great power<br />
will be manifest in the closing proclamation of "the<br />
third angel's message in verity." If this is true, it<br />
would follow that the questions discussed here are<br />
of tremendous importance.<br />
<strong>The</strong> full and eternal divinity of Christ is<br />
assumed to be understood. Our only problem to<br />
discuss here is what kind of humanity Christ "took"<br />
or "assumed" in His incarnation. That He retained<br />
His divinity in His incarnation is not questioned.<br />
Again, His perfect sinlessness is assumed.<br />
I believe that the fine-honed accuracy of Ellen<br />
White's many statements on this subject is itself a<br />
powerful evidence that her mind was controlled by<br />
the Holy Spirit. <strong>The</strong> paradoxes demonstrate that<br />
she took her own advice seriously to be "careful,<br />
exceedingly careful as to how you dwell upon the<br />
human nature of Christ." She did not avoid the<br />
subject, and neither should we, for she says it "is<br />
everything to us." She picked her way unerringly<br />
through this dangerous minefield where careless<br />
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