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Christ in All the Bible

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 15, 1907

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 33.

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Christ in All the Bible

By Editor

Editorial

Christ in All the Bible

THE theme of the whole Bible is Christ and his salvation. He who does not find this theme in every book of the Bible needs to anoint his eyes with eye-salve that he may see. When Jesus walked with the two disciples to Emmaus and “expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself,” they then saw Christ in all the Scriptures. When afterward he met the other disciples and opened their understanding “that they might understand the Scriptures,” they saw that all the things which were written “in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms,” were intended to constitute a revelation of Christ crucified. If looked at from the right standpoint, every page of the Bible will show the face of the crucified One. Those who read the Bible in this way will find it the bread of life, the living Word of God.

The Faith That Triumphs

FAITH in Christ is not a mere aimless sentiment. Christ is a living Saviour who is doing a definite work for us, and to believe on him is to accept him in the work he is doing for us. To believe on him in this generation is to accept him in the work he is now doing for us as our High Priest in the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary. To preach Christ is to present him in the work he is doing for us, in order that faith may be exercised in him in that work. Hence the need of saying with a loud voice to all the world, “Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come.” Christ is now doing his last work in behalf of sinners in cleansing the sanctuary, in this hour of judgment, and it is necessary that all who will receive the benefit of his mediation should enter in with him by faith into the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary. Those who hear the message for this time and believe on the Christ of this message, will be looking for his soon coming, and will stand complete in him when he “shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him.” It is such a faith in such a Christ which means salvation to the people of this generation.