Sabbath School Today, Volume 9 - Paul E. Penno

Why does He do this? The book of Revelation tells us that its purpose is
to "reveal" Jesus Christ (Rev. 1:1). He uses human beings to reveal Jesus, but
how does He do this?
"In the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound,
then the mystery of God is finished, as He preached to His servants the
prophets" (Rev. 10:7).
What is this mystery and how is it accomplished?
"That is, the mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and
generations; but has now been manifested to His saints, to whom God willed
to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the
Gentiles, which is Christ in you the hope of glory" (Col. 1:26, 27).
So, the mystery of God is finished in the days of the sounding of the
seventh angel. Who is this angel?
"And the seventh angel sounded; and there arose loud voices in heaven,
saying, 'The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and
of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever'" (Rev. 11:15).
We can therefore conclude that God will prepare a people at the very
end of time who have accepted His purification process so completely that
they reflect Christ perfectly.
Ellen White tells us that "Satan finds in human hearts some point where
he can gain a foothold; ... But Christ declared of Himself: 'The prince of this
world cometh, and hath nothing in Me.' John 14:30. Satan could find nothing
in the Son of God that would enable him to gain the victory. He had kept His
Father's commandments, and there was no sin in Him that Satan could use to
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