The Golden Chain - Robert J. Wieland

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