The angels, as God’s intelligent messengers, were under the yoke of obligation; no personal sacrifice of theirs could atone for fallen man. Christ alone was free from the claims of the law to undertake the redemption of the sinful race. He had power to lay down His life and to take it up again. “Being in the form of God,” He “thought it not robbery to be equal with God” (The Southern Work, September 4, 1906).{7BC 904.9}

Som Guds forstandsmæssige budbringere, var englene under pligtens åg; ingen af deres personlige ofre kunne forsone faldne mennesker. Kristus alene var fri fra lovens krav til at påtage genløsningen af den syndfulde slægt. Han havde magt til at lægge Sit liv ned og tage det op igen. "I Guds skikkelse," "Tænkte han det ikke for at være røvet bytte at være lige med Gud". (SW Sept. 4, 1906).