What does Ellen White write about...
Adventistische Schriften über: "The incarnation of Christ is a humiliation of the glorious divinity."
Answer
The incarnation of Jesus Christ represents the deepest and most astonishing humiliation of the glorious deity, in which the ruler of heaven voluntarily laid down His throne, His crown, and His visible glory. He veiled His infinite divinity with human nature in order to walk step by step the path of humility and to be close to fallen humanity. Through this incomprehensible self‑sacrifice and His humiliation to death on the cross, Christ made possible the redemption of mankind and brought it new life.
The Veiling of Divine Glory in Human Form
»Christ, however, “since He was in divine form, He did not consider it a robbery to be like God, but He emptied Himself and took on a servant’s form, becoming like man.” This was a voluntary sacrifice. Jesus could have remained at the Father’s side. He could have retained the glory of heaven and the worship of the angels. But He decided to lay the scepter back into the Father’s hands and descend from the throne of the universe, so that He could bring light to the blinded and life to the lost... His divinity was veiled with humanity—the invisible glory in visible human form... His glory was veiled, His greatness and majesty were hidden, so that He could draw near to the sorrowful, tempted people.«
The Mystery of Godliness and the Stages of Humiliation
»Christ, at infinite cost, through a painful process that was mysterious to both angels and humans, took on humanity. By hiding His divinity and laying down His glory, He was born as a child in Bethlehem... This is the mystery of godliness: that the One who is equal to the Father should clothe His divinity with humanity and, by laying aside all the glory of His office as Commander in heaven, descend step by step the path of humiliation, enduring ever greater abasement.«
The Greatest Possible Humiliation of the Son of God
»How can we do this, knowing that He, who was the Commander of the whole heavens, laid aside His royal garments and His royal crown, and, having recognized the helplessness of the fallen race, came to this earth in human nature to make it possible for us to unite our humanity with His divinity? ... To save us, He descended from one humiliation to the next, until He, the divine‑human suffering Christ, was exalted on the cross to draw all people to Himself. The Son of God could not have shown a greater humiliation; He could not have bent lower. This is the mystery of godliness...«
The Humiliation to a Life of Self‑Sacrifice
»The born‑again Son of God humbled Himself, leading a life of humiliation, self‑denial, and self‑sacrifice, and emptied Himself of His own majesty and glory as Commander of the heavenly courts, so that He could bring life and immortality to the human race. He clothed His divinity with humanity and came into a world marked and corrupted by the curse, to give the human family an example of what humanity can become through Jesus Christ when it remains in Him.«
Reflecting on the Amazing Divine Humiliation
»It will be profitable to contemplate the divine humiliation, the sacrifice, the self‑denial, the humility and the resistance that the Son of God faced as He performed His work for fallen humanity. From reflecting on His sufferings we can exclaim: Amazing humility! The angels marvel, observing with keen interest as the Son of God descends step by step the path of humiliation. It is the mystery of godliness.«
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