In the case of Ellen
White and the pioneers, it was often after they had done their homework that
God confirmed what they had studied out. The Lord often works with me in the
same manner. Regarding this vision, I refer to my refutation of David Clayton
and Cindy Haynes’ teachings on the Godhead, and more specifically their
teaching that Christ was a lesser God because He received an inheritance from
the Father.
At 2:30 this a.m.,
April 4, 2014, I was taken in vision and it was confirmed by my angel of the
Lord that it is the humanity of Christ that inherits all things in Hebrews
chapter 1. I had sensed that in my document refuting the teaching of David
Clayton and Cindy Haynes on the Godhead, but I now have it confirmed by the
Lord Jesus Christ. I had stated the following:
“I have thoroughly covered how and why Christ was
“appointed” heir to all things. Christ had to meet the test of overcoming all
of man’s sins while all of them were laid upon Him. It was because of His
overcoming in His human capacity that He aspired to being “appointed” heir to
all things. Any inheritance obtained by Christ was due to His overcoming Satan.
It was the humanity of Christ that must inherit something, because the Divinity
of Christ was EQUAL TO THE FATHER, and not derived or inherited:
“In
Christ is life, original, unborrowed, underived." He that hath the Son
hath life." 1 John 5:12. The divinity of Christ is the believer's
assurance of eternal life.” The Desire of
Ages, p. 530.
“If
Christ made all things, He existed before all things. The words spoken in
regard to this are so decisive that no one need be left in doubt. Christ was
God essentially, and in the highest sense. He was with God from all eternity, God over all, blessed
forevermore. The Lord Jesus Christ, the divine Son of God, existed
from eternity, a distinct person, yet one with the Father. He was the
surpassing glory of heaven. He was the commander of the heavenly intelligences,
and the adoring homage of the angels was received by Him as His right.” Selected Messages, Bk. 1, p. 247.
Christ’s
divinity could not be God in the highest sense and at the same time inherit
ANYTHING from the Father or have His Divinity conferred upon Him! It was the
overcoming humanity of Christ that inherited the kingdom of God, because He
overcame all temptation to sin.
In my vision, I was
shown Matthew 21:38 and Hebrews chapter 1 in bold relief; that the context of
this chapter proves that it was the humanity of Christ that has been adopted
into the Kingdom of God and made heir to all things. It was represented to me
that every self-deprecatory statement of Christ and every self-deprecatory
statement in the Bible about the Son, refers to His “emptied” state of humanity
which was dependent upon the Father’s Spirit on a moment by moment basis. It is
the emptied state of the Son of God that inherits all things.
Mat
21:38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and
let us seize on his inheritance.
Note: It was the
humanity of the Son of God that the Jews killed, for divinity cannot die says
Ellen White. Matthew 21:38 proves that it was the humanity of Christ that
received an inheritance by adoption. It was the DIVINE NATURE of Christ that
took the death that was ours that we might have the eternal life that was His.
The Testator was DIVINE ONLY, but He had to “die” to something ETERNALLY
because the Bible says that the Testator must die, for while He liveth there is
no strength in His Testament. Heb. 9. So Christ “died”
to His former life of being DIVINE ONLY and took upon Himself humanity forever.
He will live eternally from His Incarnation as a human priest. This is a huge
sacrificial concession for one who was DIVINE ONLY GOD IN THE HIGHEST SENSE!
And some are doing away with this “HIGHEST GOOD, CROWNING GIFT which heaven can
bestow,” by teaching that the humanity of the MAN PRIEST CHRIST is not part of
the Godhead!
Heb 9:16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be
the death of the testator.
Heb 9:17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it
is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
"He (Christ) suffered the death which was ours, that we might receive the life
which WAS His." Desire of Ages, p. 25 1 Cor. 11:24-265, cf. John 6:53,
54, Titus 3:5, 6.
What life was His prior to His Incarnation? It was
His eternal life that He gives to us. The Son of God, at His Incarnation, died
to being DIVINE ONLY and lives FOREVERMORE as a human. It is that eternal life
that He possessed as a DIVINE ONLY being, that we receive if we are faithful.
I was shown that it is antichrist to make any
attempt to turn the emptied, sacrificial state of the Testator of the
Everlasting Covenant, into the state of the pre-Incarnated Son of God—to make
Christ come in the flesh, of the same status as the Son before He came in the
flesh. That is, to attempt to make Christ a lesser God because He voluntarily chose
to empty Himself and become a servant to all and to be an example of overcoming
sin.
"7. Made himself of no reputation. Literally,
'emptied Himself.' This emptying was voluntary (see on John 10:17,
18). It was not possible for Christ to retain all the tokens of divinity
and still accomplish the Incarnation.
The outworking of this emptying is detailed in the remainder of Phil.
2:7 and in v. 8. See Vol. 5, p.
918." SDA Bible Commentary, Vol. 7, p. 155, col. 1.
Phl 2:7 But
made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was
made in the likeness of men:
Phl 2:8 And
being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto
death, even the death of the cross.
“5. The
Subordination of Christ. Voluntarily
assuming the limitations of human nature at the incarnation, the Lord Jesus
Christ thereby subordinated Himself to the Father for the duration of His
earthly ministry (see ps. 40:8; Matt. 26:39; John 3:16 4:34; 5:19, 30; 12:49;
14:10; 17:4, 8; 2 Cor. 8:9; Phil. 2:7, 8; Heb. 2:9; see on Luke 1:35; 2:49;
John 3:16; 4:34; Phil 2:7, 8).
‘Laying aside His royal robe and kingly crown’ (DA
22, 23). “He voluntarily assumed human nature.
It was His own act, and by His own consent.” (EGW ST Jan 20, 1890; cf 5T
702). “He humbled Himself, and took
mortality upon Him.” (EGW RH Sept. 4, 1900).
“The Son of God was surrendered to the Father’s
will, and dependent upon His power. So utterly was Christ emptied of
self that He made no plans for Himself. He accepted God’s plans for Him,
and day by day the Father unfolded His plans” (DA 208; cf. 664. ‘While
bearing human nature, He was dependent upon the Omnipotent for His life. In His humanity, He laid hold of the divinity
of God’” {EGW, ST, June 17, 1897 par. 8}
Heb 1:1 ¶ God, who at
sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the
prophets,
Heb 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he
hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
Note: It is the
humanity of Christ that has been adopted by the Father and appointed heir to
all things. I was shown that it is thus gravely errant in an antichrist sense
to use the “emptied” post Incarnation state of the Son of God, His humanity, as
a demonstration that the pre-Incarnated Son of God was in any way inferior to
His Father, when they BOTH were of the same essence, substance, Spirit—ONE
ETERNAL SPIRIT, that constitutes them BOTH as ONE GOD.
Heb 1:3 Who being the brightness
of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by
the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on
the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Note: It was after the Incarnation that the Son of God purged our sins
and sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.
Heb 1:4 Being made so much
better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent
name than they.
Note: It was the
humanity of Christ that was much better than the angels, and has by inheritance
obtained a more excellent name than they, for which of the angels purged our
sins and sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high? Ellen White said
that the pre-Incarnated Son of God was eternal and that He had the same essence
and substance as the Father—the ONE ETERNAL SPIRIT. That Spirit could not
inherit ANYTHING because she also said that He was God in the highest sense.
Heb 1:5 ¶ For unto
which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to
him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
Heb 1:6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten
into the world, he saith, And let all
the angels of God worship him.
Note: When the Son of
God was Incarnated and brought into the world as the firstfruits, the
firstbegotten, firstborn of the dead, that all the angels were commanded of God
to worship Him. This was the second time the angels were commanded to worship
the Son of God, for in heaven just before the creation of the world, they were
also commanded to worship the Son, because Satan had misrepresented the Son of
God to the angels. But His stature as God in the highest sense, and His eternal
existence had always remained the same. Patriarchs
and Prophets, p. 38, 39.
The timeframe context
of Hebrews chapter 1 is after the Son was begotten into the world as the
firstbegotten, the firstfruits of all creatures. Heb. 1:5 and 1:6 above, make
it clear that it is the humanity of Christ that inherits all things because of
His highest good, crowning gift that heaven can bestow—the gift of His Holy
Spirit to regenerate man back into the image of God by curing the sin problem.
1Co 15:20 But now is
Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits
of them that slept.
1Co 15:23 But every
man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
Jas 1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his
creatures.
Rev 14:4 These are
they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they
which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among
men, being the firstfruits unto God and to
the Lamb.
Heb 1:7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his
angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
Heb 1:8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God,
is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
Heb 1:9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity;
therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above
thy fellows.
Note: It is because
Christ as the Son of God hated and overcame iniquity that He was anointed as
heir of all things. Notice in Heb. 1:8 that the Father says TO THE SON, “Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever: a sceptre of
righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.”
Heb 1:10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid
the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
Heb 1:11 They shall perish; but thou remainest; and
they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
Heb 1:12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up,
and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not
fail.
Heb 1:13 But to which of the
angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies
thy footstool?
Heb 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of
salvation?
Note: The humanity of
Christ Himself is an heir of salvation as well, because He overcame all sin.
Ellen White said He could have failed. It is because He did not fail that His
humanity was adopted into the Kingdom by the Father, and He remains a MAN
PRIEST that endures FOREVER. Thus, He became an heir to salvation.
"But this
man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood."
Hebrews 7:24.
“Christ has carried His humanity into eternity. He
stands before God as the representative of our race. When we are clothed with
the wedding garment of His righteousness, we become one with Him, and He says
of us, “They shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.” His saints will
behold Him in His glory, with no dimming veil between.”—The Youth’s Instructor, October 28, 1897 quoted in The S.D.A. Bible Commentary 7:925. {Hvn
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God has Adopted the Human Nature of Christ Into Heaven
“He is our sacrifice, our
Advocate, our Brother, bearing our human form before the Father's throne, and through eternal ages one with the race He has
redeemed--the Son of Man.” Heaven, p.
73.
“God
has adopted human nature in the person of His Son, and has carried the same
into the highest heaven. Heaven,” p.
72.
"By His life and His death, Christ has achieved
even more than recovery from the ruin wrought through sin. It was Satan's
purpose to bring about an eternal separation between God and man but in Christ
we become more closely united to God than if we had never fallen. In taking our nature, the Saviour has bound
himself to humanity by a tie that is never to be broken. Through the
eternal ages He is linked with us. 'God so loved the world, that He gave His
only begotten Son.' [John 3:16]. He gave Him not only to bear our sins, and to die as our sacrifice He
gave Him to the fallen race. To assure us of His immutable counsel of peace, God gave His only Begotten Son to become one of the human family
forever to retain His human nature. This is the pledge that God will fulfill His word.
'Unto us a child
is born unto us a son is given and the government shall be upon His shoulder.' God has
adopted human nature in the person of His Son, and has carried the same into
the highest heaven. It is the 'Son of man' who shares the throne of the universe. It is the 'Son
of man' whose name shall be called, 'Wonderful, Counselor, the mighty God, the
everlasting Father, the prince of Peace.' [Isa. 9:6]. The I Am is the Daysman
between God and humanity, laying His hand upon both. He
who is 'holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners,' is not ashamed to call us
brethren. [Heb. 7:26 2:11.] In Christ the family of earth and the family of
heaven are bound together. Christ glorified is our brother. Heaven is enshrined
in humanity, and humanity is enfolded in the bosom of Infinite love." The Desire of Ages,
25.
Exo 15:17 Thou shalt
bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee
to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
Exo 34:9 And he said,
If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go
among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine
inheritance.
Psa 94:14 For the LORD will not cast off
his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
The above statement is also
proof that the inheritance of Christ relates to His humanity, because that is
the inheritance we have hope of sharing in. He is the head and we are supposed
to be the body. That is the highest inheritance we may share with Christ—as His
144,000 saints.
“It is because men and
women lack the spirit of self-denial and self-sacrifice that they cannot
comprehend the sacrifice made by Heaven in giving Christ to the world. Their
religious experience is mingled with selfishness and self-exaltation. How can such professors have anything but a meager
hope of sharing the inheritance of
Christ? “Verily I say unto you,” He said to His
disciples, “Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not
enter into the kingdom of heaven.”{BLJ 219.3}
“Our Saviour declares
that He brought from heaven—as a donation— eternal life. He was to be lifted up upon the cross of Calvary to
draw all men unto Him. How then shall we treat the purchased inheritance of
Christ? Tenderness, appreciation, kindness,
sympathy, and love should be shown to them. Then we may work to help and bless
one another. In this work we have more than human brotherhood. We have the
exalted companionship of heavenly angels. They cooperate with us in the work of
enlightening high and low....” {AG 55.6}
We as Children of God are the Inheritance
of Christ
“Christ determined in
council with His Father to spare nothing, however costly, to withhold nothing
however highly it might be estimated, that would rescue the poor sinner. He
would give all heaven to this work of salvation, of restoring the moral image
of God in man.... To be a child of God is to be one with
Christ in God, and to put forth our
hands in earnest, self-sacrificing love to strengthen and bless the souls that
are perishing in their sins.”{AG 55.7}
“Christ’s interests
are the first and the highest of all interests. He has a property in this world
that he wishes secured, saved for his everlasting kingdom. It is for his
Father’s glory and for his own glory that his messengers shall go forth in his
name; for they and he are one. They are to reveal him to the world. His
interests are their interests. If they will be
co-laborers with him, they will be made heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ to an immortal inheritance.”{CEv 34.1} The Colporteur Evangelist, p. 34.2 (EGW)
Ellen G. White.{CEv 34.2}
It is abhorrent and
antichrist that men have turned the “emptying” (emptied, Incarnated state) of
Christ on its head in an attempt to make Him of a lesser God than the Father.
—In the Name of the God of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob,
Ronald William
Beaulieu https://omega77.tripod.com/claytonhaynes.htm