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The Present Mediatorial Work of Christ

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in
heaven and earth. Matt. 28:18.

At the meeting on a mountain in Galilee, all the believers who could be
called together were assembled. Of this meeting Christ Himself, before His
death, had designed the time and place. . . .

At the time appointed, about five hundred believers were collected in little
knots on the mountainside, eager to learn all that could be learned from
those who had seen Christ since His resurrection. From group to group the
disciples passed, telling all they had seen and heard of Jesus, and
reasoning from the Scriptures as He had done with them. Thomas recounted the
story of his unbelief, and told how his doubts had been swept away. Suddenly
Jesus stood among them. No one could tell whence or how He came. Many who
were present had never before seen Him; but in His hands and feet they
beheld the marks of the crucifixion; His countenance was as the face of God,
and when they saw Him, they worshiped Him.

But some doubted. So it will always be. There are those who find it hard to
exercise faith, and they place themselves on the doubting side. These lose
much because of their unbelief.

This was the only interview that Jesus had with many of the believers after
His resurrection. He came and spoke to them saying, "All power is given unto
me in heaven and in earth." The disciples had worshiped Him before He spoke,
but His words, falling from lips that had been closed in death, thrilled
them with peculiar power. He was now the risen Saviour. Many of them had
seen Him exercise His power in healing the sick and controlling satanic
agencies. They believed that He possessed power to set up His kingdom at
Jerusalem, power to quell all opposition, power over the elements of nature.
He had stilled the angry waters; He had walked upon the white-crested
billows; He had raised the dead to life. Now He declared that "all power"
was given to Him. His words carried the minds of His hearers above earthly
and temporal things to the heavenly and eternal. They were lifted to the
highest conception of His dignity and glory.

Christ's words on the mountainside were the announcement that His sacrifice
in behalf of man was full and complete. The conditions of the atonement had
been fulfilled; the work for which He came to this world had been
accomplished. He was on His way to the throne of God, to be honored by
angels, principalities, and powers. He had entered upon His mediatorial
work. Clothed with boundless authority, He gave His commission to the
disciples: "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations" (The Desire of Ages, pp.
818, 819).

>From Lift Him Up - Page 322

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