He that ruleth in the heavens is the one who sees the end from the beginning—the one before whom the mysteries of the past and the future are alike outspread, and who, beyond the woe and darkness and ruin that sin has wrought, beholds the accomplishment of His own purposes of love and blessing. Though “clouds and darkness are round about Him: righteousness and judgment are the foundation of His throne.” Psalm 97:2 , R.V. And this the inhabitants of the universe, both loyal and disloyal, will one day understand. “His work is perfect: for all His ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is He.” Deuteronomy 32:4 . PP 43.1 Chapter 2—The Creation This chapter is based on Genesis 1 and 2 . “By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.” “For He spake, and it was;” “He commanded, and it stood fast.” Psalm 33:6, 9 . He “laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed forever.” Psalm 104:5 . PP …
"Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne."
Ellen White directly references Psalms 97:2 in this passage.
"He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he."
Ellen White directly references Deuteronomy 32:4 in this passage.
"Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever."
Ellen White directly references Psalms 104:5 in this passage.
After the earth with its teeming animal and vegetable life had been called into existence, man, the crowning work of the Creator, and the one for whom the beautiful earth had been fitted up, was brought upon the stage of action. To him was given dominion over all that his eye could behold; for “God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness: and let them have dominion over ...all the earth.... So God created man in His own image; ...male and female created He them.” Here is clearly set forth the origin of the human race; and the divine record is so plainly stated that there is no occasion for erroneous conclusions. God created man in His own image. Here is no mystery. There is no ground for the supposition that man was evolved by slow degrees of development from the lower forms of animal or vegetable life. Such teaching lowers the great work of the Creator to the level of man's narrow, earthly conceptions. Men are so intent upon excluding God from the sovereignty of the uni…
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."
The EGW passage directly quotes Genesis 1:26 regarding God creating man in His image and giving him dominion over the earth. It's a clear and direct reference used to support her argument about the origin of humanity.
"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."
The EGW passage directly quotes Genesis 1:27 regarding God creating man in His own image, both male and female. It's a clear and direct reference used to support her argument about the origin of humanity.