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Adventistische Schriften über: "How and why did God communicate with us through the prophets and through Jesus?"
Answer
The provided documents explain that after the fall of man, God restored communication with humanity to reveal His will, truth, and salvation. The primary method was prophecy, through which God spoke to chosen servants via visions, dreams, and the Holy Spirit, who then conveyed His messages to the people. Jesus came to reveal God directly as "Immanuel"—God with us—and to proclaim God’s perfect love and will.
\n\nThe Role of Prophets as God’s Communication Channel
\n\n\n»Holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit." During the first twenty-five hundred years of human history, there was no written revelation. Those who had been taught of God communicated their knowledge to others, and it was handed down from father to son, through successive generations. The preparation of the written word began in the time of Moses. Inspired revelations were then embodied in an inspired book. This work continued during the long period of sixteen hundred years—from Moses, the historian of creation and the law, to John, the recorder of the most sublime truths of the gospel.«
Variety of Divine Communication Methods
\n\n\n»By dreams, by Urim, or by prophets.... These were God’s own appointed mediums of communication. Of these several means of communication employed by the Lord, the most common and widely used was that of the prophet. To Israel, God Himself declared His intention in simple language: "If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make Myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.«
Prophecy as Direct Communion with God
\n\n\n»The essence of prophetism is "immediate intercourse with God." The prophet is consequently one who is lifted up by the Spirit of God into communion with Him, so that he is enabled to interpret the divine will and to act as a medium between God and man. He is a channel of communication, and not the source thereof. He is a speaker, or spokesman, for God. His message is not his own, but comes from a higher source. He is a seer, seeing things outside the domain of natural sight; a hearer, who hears things beyond the range of the natural human ear. He is a chosen messenger, who communicates the revelation he has received from God. God’s declaration is specific: "I the Lord will make Myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.«
The Message Comes from God, Not the Prophet
\n\n\n»God has been pleased to communicate His truth to the world by human agencies, and He Himself, by His Holy Spirit, qualified men and enabled them to do this work. He guided the mind in the selection of what to speak and what to write. The treasure was intrusted to earthen vessels, yet it is, none the less, from Heaven. The testimony is conveyed through the imperfect expression of human language, yet it is the testimony of God; and the obedient, believing child of God beholds in it the glory of a divine power, full of grace and truth.«
The Promise of Prophetic Revelation
\n»Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make Myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream." By this means supernatural knowledge was communicated to Balaam. Thus He says: "Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: he hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the Most High, which saw the vision of the almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open.«
Original Sources (English)
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