As the time drew near for the Son of God to make his first advent, Satan became more vigilant in preparing the hearts of the Jewish people to be steeled against the evidences he should bring of his Messiahship. The Jews had become proud and boastful. The purity of the priesthood had not been preserved, but was fearfully corrupted. They retained the forms and ceremonies of their system of worship, while their hearts were not in the work. They did not sustain personal piety and virtuous characters. And the more they were wanting in the qualifications necessary to the sacred work, as priests of the most high God, the more tenacious were they of outward show of piety, zeal, and devotion. {2SP 12.1}


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Kristi første komme

Da tiden drog nær for Guds søn til at gøre sit første komme, Satan var Satan mere på vagt for at forberede det jødiske folks hjerter til at forhærdes imod de beviser han skulle bringe for sit messiasskab. Jøderne var blevet stolte og pralende. Præsteskabets renhed var ikke bevaret, men var frygteligt fordærvet. De bibeholdt deres tilbedelsessystems former og ceremonier, skønt deres hjerter ikke virkede. De understøttede ikke personlig renhed og dydig karakter. Og jo mere de manglede de nødvendige kvalifikationer til det hellige arbejde, som den allerhøjestes Guds præster, des mere hårdnakkede var de for at vise nidkærhed, iver og helligelse.

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