"Abraham learned of God the greatest lesson ever given to mortal. His prayer that he might see Christ before he should die was answered. He saw Christ; he saw all that mortal can see, and live. By making an entire surrender, he was able to understand the vision of Christ, which had been given him. He was shown that in giving His only-begotten Son to save sinners from eternal ruin, God was making a greater and more wonderful sacrifice than ever man could make. DA 469.1"
"Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad."
The EGW passage directly refers to John 8:56 and elaborates on the idea that Abraham saw Christ's day. It's a clear and direct allusion.
"Abraham's experience answered the question: “Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?” Micah 6:6, 7 . In the words of Abraham, “My son, God will provide Himself a lamb for a burnt offering,” ( Genesis 22:8 ), and in God's provision of a sacrifice instead of Isaac, it was declared that no man could make expiation for himself. The pagan system of sacrifice was wholly unacceptable to God. No father was to offer up his son or his daughter for a sin offering. The Son of God alone can bear the guilt of the world. DA 469.2"
"And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together."
Ellen White directly references Genesis 22:8 in this passage.
"Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?"
The EGW passage is a direct quote from John 8:57, making it an explicit allusion.
"With solemn dignity Jesus answered, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I AM.” DA 469.4"
"Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am."
EGW directly quotes John 8:58, a pivotal verse in understanding Christ's self-identification.
"And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you."
EGW directly connects Jesus' statement 'Before Abraham was, I AM' to the divine name revealed to Moses in Exodus 3:14. This is more than a thematic parallel; it's a direct claim of divine identity.
"Silence fell upon the vast assembly. The name of God, given to Moses to express the idea of the eternal presence, had been claimed as His own by this Galilean Rabbi. He had announced Himself to be the self- existent One, He who had been promised to Israel, “whose goings forth have been from of old, from the days of eternity.” Micah 5:2 , margin. DA 469.5"
"But thou, Beth–lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting."
Ellen White directly references Micah 5:2 in this passage.