Chapter 1—“God With Us” “His name shall be called Immanuel, ... God with us.” “The light of the knowledge of the glory of God” is seen “in the face of Jesus Christ.” From the days of eternity the Lord Jesus Christ was one with the Father; He was “the image of God,” the image of His greatness and majesty, “the outshining of His glory.” It was to manifest this glory that He came to our world. To this sin-darkened earth He came to reveal the light of God's love,—to be “God with us.” Therefore it was prophesied of Him, “His name shall be called Immanuel.” DA 19.1 By coming to dwell with us, Jesus was to reveal God both to men and to angels. He was the Word of God, —God's thought made audible. In His prayer for His disciples He says, “I have declared unto them Thy name,” —“merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,”—“that the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may be in them, and I in them.” But not alone for His earthborn children was this revelation given. O…
"Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us."
EGW directly quotes Matthew 1:23. The connection is clear and intentional.
"For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ."
EGW directly quotes 2 Corinthians 4:6. The connection is clear and intentional.
"Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;"
The EGW passage directly quotes and expands upon the concept of Jesus as Immanuel, 'God with us,' and connects it to the glory of God revealed in Christ, echoing the sentiment in Hebrews 1:3 about Jesus being the brightness of God's glory.