sacrifice and His priesthood. This ritual law, with its sacrifices and ordinances, was to be performed by the Hebrews until type met antitype in the death of Christ, the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world. Then all the sacrificial offerings were to cease. It is this law that Christ “took ... out of the way, nailing it to His cross.” Colossians 2:14 . But concerning the law of Ten Commandments the psalmist declares, “Forever, O Lord, Thy word is settled in heaven.” Psalm 119:89 . And Christ Himself says, “Think not that I am come to destroy the law.... Verily I say unto you”—making the assertion as emphatic as possible—“Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.” Matthew 5:17, 18 . Here He teaches, not merely what the claims of God's law had been, and were then, but that these claims should hold as long as the heavens and the earth remain. The law of God is as immutable as His throne. It will maintain its c…
"Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;"
Ellen White directly references Colossians 2:14 in this passage.
"For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven."
Ellen White directly references Psalms 119:89 in this passage.
"Concerning the law proclaimed from Sinai, Nehemiah says, “Thou camest down also upon Mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments .” Nehemiah 9:13 . And Paul, “the apostle to the Gentiles,” declares, “The law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.” Romans 7:12 . This can be no other than the Decalogue; for it is the law that says, “Thou shalt not covet.” Verse 7 . PP 365.2"
"Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:"
EGW directly quotes Nehemiah 9:13 and uses it to support her argument about the law given at Sinai, making it an explicit allusion.
"Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good."
EGW directly quotes Romans 7:12 and uses it to support her argument about the nature of the law, making it an explicit allusion.
"While the Saviour's death brought to an end the law of types and shadows, it did not in the least detract from the obligation of the moral law. On the contrary, the very fact that it was necessary for Christ to die in order to atone for the transgression of that law, proves it to be immutable. PP 365.3"
"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil."
EGW directly echoes the sentiment of Matthew 5:17, emphasizing that Christ's coming did not abolish the law but fulfilled it. The passage in PP further explains how Christ's death underscores the law's immutability, which is a direct principle derived from the idea of fulfillment.
"And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance."
The EGW passage directly relates Christ's death to atonement for transgressions, which is a central theme in Hebrews 9:15. Both passages connect Christ's sacrifice with redemption from sin.
"Those who claim that Christ came to abrogate the law of God and to do away with the Old Testament, speak of the Jewish age as one of darkness, and represent the religion of the Hebrews as consisting of mere forms and ceremonies. But this is an error. All through the pages of sacred history, where the dealings of God with His chosen people are recorded, there are burning traces of the great I AM. Never has He given to the sons of men more open manifestations of His power and glory than when He alone was acknowledged as Israel's ruler, and gave the law to His people. Here was a scepter swayed by no human hand; and the stately goings forth of Israel's invisible King were unspeakably grand and awful. PP 365.4"
"And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly."
Both passages describe God's powerful manifestations to Israel. Exodus 19:18 depicts the dramatic scene at Mount Sinai, while the EGW passage refers to the overall history of God's dealings with Israel, highlighting His power and glory. The EGW passage amplifies the idea of God's power revealed during the giving of the law.