The Golden Chain - Robert J. Wieland
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Chapter 2<br />
Is Ellen White Clear On the<br />
Nature of Christ?<br />
1. Did Ellen White oppose or contradict the<br />
teaching of the 1888 message on this subject?<br />
With few exceptions, the bulk of her statements<br />
on the humanity of Christ were made after the 1888<br />
Conference, and it is these that some think are<br />
contradictory. If we use Bible or Ellen White<br />
statements out of their context, we are certain to<br />
end up in confusion. And her true context is the<br />
message of Jones and Waggoner as presented at the<br />
1888 Session and in Signs editorials afterwards, in<br />
Waggoner's Christ and His Righteousness (1890),<br />
and in Jones's sermons in the 1893 and 1895<br />
General Conference Bulletins. <strong>The</strong>ir message, its<br />
impact on the church, and the influence of some<br />
leaders' rejection of it, must be borne in mind. <strong>The</strong><br />
facts indicate that she never opposed or<br />
contradicted their views on the nature of Christ,<br />
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