“It
is
the
purpose
of
redemption,
not
only
to
blot
out
sin,
but
to
give
back
to
man
those
spiritual
gifts
lost
because
of
sin's
dwarfing
power
“
COL
p.
266.
“
Jesus
became
a
man
that
He
might
mediate
between
man
and
God.
He
clothed
His
divinity
with
humanity,
He
associated
with
the
human
race,
that
with
His
long
human
arm
He
might
encircle
humani-
ty,
and
with
His
divine
arm
grasp
the
throne
of
Divinity.
And
this,
that
He
might
restore
to
man
the
original
mind
which
he
lost
in
Eden
through
Satan's
alluring
temptation
“
7BC
p.
926.
Those
who
experience
the
blotting
out
of
sins
and
the
re-
ception
of
the
latter
rain
will
be
the
unique
group
of
saints
in
these
last
days
called
the
144,000.
They
are
pictured
in
Zechari-
ah
3:1-8.
They
come
to
the
day
of
atonement
still
clothed
in
the
filthy
garments
of
past
sins.
But
when
Christ
gives
the
com-
mand
to
take
away
their
filthy
garments
and
to
clothe
them
with
a
robe
of
everlasting
righteousness,
they
are
designated
as
“
men
wondered
at.“
“
Now
they
are
eternally
secure
from
the
tempters
de-
vices
“
and
are
sealed
in
that
perfection
with
the
seal
of
the
living
God.
5T
p.
475.
Joel
2:2
describes
then
as
“
a
great
people
and
a
strong;
there
hath
not
been
ever
the
like,
neither
shall
be
any
more
after
it,
even
to
the
years
of
many
generations.
”
DIVINE
POWER
COMBINED
WITH
HUMAN
EFFORT
Having
received
the
outpouring
of
the
latter
rain,
the
144,000
go
forth
in
mighty
power
to
proclaim
the
loud
cry.
“
Servants
of
God,
endowed
with
power
from
on
high
with
their
faces
lighted
up,
and
shining
with
holy
consecration,
went
forth
to
proclaim
the
message
from
heaven.
Souls
that
were
scattered
all
through
the
reli-
gious
bodies
answered
to
the
call,
and
the
precious
were
hurried
out
of
the
doomed
churches,
as
Lot
was
hurried
out
of
Sodom
before
her
de-
struction.
God's
people
were
strengthened
by
the
excellent
glory
which
rested
upon
them
in
rich
abundance
and
prepared
them
to
20
never
have
rebelled
“
GC
p.
499.
In
other
words,
they
claimed
if
they
had
not
been
enlightened
regarding
the
sinfulness
of
their
course,
they
would
not
have
become
rebellious.
Today,
Satan's
deceptions
are
evident
in
many
govern-
ment
policies
dealing
with
the
drug
problem.
Instead
of
trying
to
correct
the
evil,
they
think
they
can
solve
the
drug
problem
by
legalizing
it
and
doing
away
with
the
laws
against
drugs.
Back
in
the
prohibition
days,
those
who
loved
their
alcohol
argued
that
the
prohibition
laws
were
the
cause
of
alcoholism
in
society.
The
solution,
they
claimed,
was
to
do
away
with
the
prohibition
laws.
But
it
has
become
obvious
that
doing
away
with
the
laws
against
drinking
has
not
done
away
with
alcoholism;
it
has
only
increased
it
tenfold.
Thus
we
can
see
that
the
great
enmity
against
the
law
of
God
is
manifested
in
many
aspects
of
society.
It
will
be
the
great
central
issue
in
the
end
time.
The
contest
will
be
between
Lucifer’s
principles
of
freedom
from
law
and
God's
principles
of
freedom
through
conformity
to
the
law.
DID
GOD
MAKE
A
LAW
THAT
CAN'T
BE
KEPT?
Lucifer’s
argument
is
that
the
law
of
God
makes
people
sinners
because
it
cannot
be
perfectly
obeyed.
He
maintains
that
one
third
of
the
angels
couldn't
keep
it,
and
none
of
the
inhabit-
ants
of
earth
have
been
able
keep
it.
All
have
sinned
and
come
short
of
the
glory
of
God.
None
have
been
able
to
keep
it
per-
fectly.
But
Christ
promised
that
through
His
redeeming
grace,
even
the
weakest
generation
of
earth
will
be
enabled
to
perfectly
obey
His
law.
He
will
point
to
them
before
the
whole
universe
and
say
“
Here
are
they
that
keep
the
commandments
of
God
and
the
faith
of
Jesus.
.
.
And
in
their
mouth
was
found
no
guile;
for
they
are
without
fault
before
the
throne
of
God
“
Revelation
14:12
&
5.
However,
up
to
this
point
in
time,
none
of
Christ's
follow-
ers
have
been
able
to
keep
God's
law
perfectly.
They
have
all
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