Christ came to call the attention of all men to his Father, teaching them repentance toward God. His work was to reconcile man to God. Although Christ did not come as he was expected, yet he came just as prophecy had marked out that he would come. Those who wished to believe, had sufficient grounds for their faith by referring to prophecy which predicted the coming of the Just One, and described the manner of his coming. {2SP 40.1}

Kristus kom for at henlede alle menneskers opmærksomhed på sin Fader, lære dem at angre over for Gud. Hans arbejde var at forsone mennesker med Gud. Selvom Kristus ikke kom som forventet, blev han præcis sådan som profetien havde vist at han skule komme. Dem som ønskede at tro, at han havde god nok grund til deres tro ved at henvise sig til den foreskrevne profeti om den Retfærdiges komme, og beskrev den måde han kom på.