The Oath of the Angel

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 27, 1869

The Oath of the Angel.

THE mighty angel of Rev. x, 6, swears “by Him that liveth forever and ever.” “The man clothed in linen,” of Dan. xii, 7, swears “by Him that liveth forever.” This form of oath is certainly worthy of special notice. It implies that there is but one such being who of himself is capable of thus living to all eternity. He is represented in Rev. x, 6, as the one who created all things. Now we see by the use of this term that God alone has this self-existent, immortal nature. He is the one who liveth forever and ever. If others live thus, it must be by his gift. And this gift is dependent on the fitness of those who receive it, to honor him by their thus living forever. Surely immortality is the gift of God.