The Ransom

"And now the Lord of glory was dying, a ransom for the race.  In yielding up His precious life, Christ was not upheld by triumphant joy.  All was oppressive gloom.  It was not the dread of death that weighed upon Him.  It was not the pain and ignominy of the cross that caused His inexpressible agony.  Christ was the prince of sufferers; but His suffering was from a sense of the malignity of sin, a knowledge that through familiarity with evil, man had become blinded to its enormity.  Christ saw how deep is the hold of sin upon the human heart, how few would be willing to break from its power.  He knew that without help from God, humanity must perish, and He saw multitudes perishing within reach of abundant help."  (The Desire of Ages, by E. G. White; p 753)

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