Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-06-13

IGOR. I0:4. In the 9th verse:
Neither let rs tempt Christ.
as some of them also tempted.
and were destroyed of serpents-
Then who was it by whose hand
the Lord delivered the children
OF Israell 1t was our Lord Jesus
Christ. Then il was Jesus Christ
in his divinity who appeared to
Moses in the burning bush The
fire was simply a manifestation
OF his glory: And the sight of
the glory Of the Lord was ike
deyouring fire on the top of the
mount in the eyes of children of
Israel. "-Ex. 24:17. 1t was
through Christ as the agent that
God created all things. ''All
things were made by him; and
without him was not anything
made that was made. john / 3
That Is. Jesus Christ was the
agent through whom the power
of God was manifested in Great
ing the world. by the word of
the Lord were the heavens made;
and all the hart of them by the
breath of his mouth. "For he
spoke, and it was done; he com
manded, and it stood fast. '-Ps.
1863. 1t was God speaking
through his Son Jesus Christ,
and it was the voice of Christ
which was heard. In the first
chapter of Genesis, And God
said 4" And God said" it is
clear that the speaking was
( through Jesus Christ.
So, when God said Let there
be light" it was Christ who
is himself 1.-THE light of the
world" who spoke that word. Ii
was through Christ that God has
spoken in every place in the
Scripture where we have the rec
ord God said" or Jehovah
said" or "the Lord spake and
said" 1t was Christ who indict-
ed all the writings of the Script
ures. For we read in ! Petel
Ill, speaking of the prophets
Searching what, or what man
ner of time the Spirit of Chris
which was in them did signify
when it testified before the suff
erings of Christ and the glory
that should follow" 1t was the
Spirit of Christ speaking through
the prophets So all the wa,
through the prophetic record
which gave to the world wha
was to come. 1t was his Spiri
that inspired the prophets. 81
IL is Christ. 1t is Christ all tn,
way through, Christ the agent il
creation, Christ the spokesman
for God, Christ whose Spirit in
spired the prophets. The work
of the Lord are great, sought GU
of all them that have pleasur
therein. His work is honorable
and glorious, and his righteous
ness endureth forever. He hat
made his wonderful works to b
remembered. "-Ps. ll1:2-4. Ii
the Jewish translation the las
clause reads in this way: n
hath made memorial of his won
derful works. What then is th
, memorials Remember the Sab
bath day to keep it holy. 81
days shalt thou labor and do al
| thy work, but the seventh day i
, the Sabbath of the Lord thy God
; in it thou shalt not do any work
, thou. nor thy son, nor thy daugt
, ter, thy manservant. nor tb
maidservant. nor thy cattle, nc
, thy stranger that is within th
, gates; for in six days the Lor
! made heaven and earth, and th
; sea. and all that in them is. an
| rested on the seventh day
| Wherefore lfor this reason) tn
{ Lord blessed the Sabbath da
/: and hallowed it. "-Ex. 20:S /
3 What is the reason given for th
> institution of the Sabbath BE
cause in six days the Lord mad
D heaven and earth. and rested Q
the seventh day. Therefore ii
| Sabbath is designed to call o,
attention to the Creator. 1t
his memorial. But we have a
a ready learned that it was jest
Christ through whom God crest
, ed the heaven and the cart
: therefore il was Jesus Christ VII
q rested on the seventh day. 1t vi
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