p. 333 | Salvation Open to All

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Aug 26, 1875

Salvation Open to All

WITHOUT THE CAMP.—Calvary was in no enclosure. City walls, national lines, local surroundings, were here unknown. With man that signified, Rejected by all; with God it meant, Belongs to all. On the cross of Christ they wrote in three forms of speech, representing the divisions and the aggregation of our race, "This is the King of the Jews." It was done in derision, but in truth declared the promise fulfilled, that in Abraham's seed all the nations of the earth are blessed. He was slain as a victim of hate, but his death was an offering of love, breaking the seals of despair, opening the book of life to all.

Without the camp! No sentinel then can forbid the stranger as he comes; no gates can be closed to sinners, aliens or enemies who penitently seek to plunge in the purple flood; no hindering rules can force the leprous, the casta-ways, the chief of sinners, the most wretched of the miserable, from touching the sacred cross, and drawing virtue to heal their souls. It gives us unspeakable joy to read that he is the Saviour of all men, tasted death for all, loves all, seeks all, is able to save all, invites all, offers life to all, rejects none. The rejecting is all done by man. Jesus receives all sinners who will receive him.