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Adventistische Schriften über: "How should the statement that God’s Israel has a leader on the way to heavenly Canaan who needed no human instruction be understood in relation to the end time?"
Answer
The statement identifies Christ as the divine leader of God’s people on their way to heavenly Canaan: He needed no human training for His mission as their leader, yet was perfected through suffering and is able to help those who are tempted. In the end-time context, God’s people are understood as “modern Israel”; God leads them on their journey to heavenly Canaan. The delay of this journey is attributed not to any failure of God’s promises, but, among other things, to the unbelief and lack of devotion of His people.
Christ as Leader to Heavenly Canaan
»The Israel of God, journeying to the heavenly Canaan, has a Captain who needed no human instruction to prepare Him for His mission as the divine Leader; yet He was made perfect through suffering. And because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are tempted.«
The Delay in the Entry of Modern Israel
»For forty years, unbelief, murmuring, and rebellion kept ancient Israel out of the land of Canaan. These same sins have delayed the entry of modern Israel into the heavenly Canaan. In neither case were God’s promises at fault.«
God’s Leading of the Advent Movement
»Just as surely as the Lord led that ancient movement out of Egypt to Canaan, the same living God has led the Advent movement from the days of 1844 toward the heavenly Canaan. It is a movement led by the living God.«
Original Sources (English)
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