The divine Son of God was the only sacrifice of sufficient value to fully satisfy the claims of God’s perfect law. The angels were sinless, but of less value than the law of God. They were amenable to law. They were messengers to do the will of Christ, and before him to bow. They were created beings, and probationers. Upon Christ no requirements were laid. He had power to lay down his life, and to take it again. No obligation was laid upon him to undertake the work of atonement. It was a voluntary sacrifice that he made. His life was of sufficient value to rescue man from his fallen condition. {2SP 10.1}

(10) Guds guddommelige søn var det eneste offer der var af stor nok værdi til at helt opfylde kravene i Guds fuldkomne lov. Engle var syndfrie, men af mindre værdi end Guds lov. De var lydhøre over for loven. De var budbringere for at gøre Kristi vilje, og bøjede sig for ham. De var skabte væsener, og på prøve. Der var ikke langt nogen krav på Kristus. Han havde magt til at lægge sit liv ned, og tage det igen. Der var ikke lagt nogen forpligtelser på ham, at påtage sig forsoningsarbejdet. Det var et frivilligt offer han gjorde. Hans liv var af stor nok værdi til at redde menneskene fra dets faldne tilstand.