Further Thought: Read Ellen G. White, “Calvary,” pp. 741–757;
“ ‘It Is Finished,’ ” pp. 758–764, in The Desire of Ages.
Professor Jiří Moskala has explained the nature of this pre-Advent
judgment. God “is not there in order to display my sins like in a shop
window. He will, on the contrary, point first of all to His amazing trans-
forming powerful grace, and in front of the whole universe He, as the
true Witness of my entire life, will explain my attitude toward God, my
inner motives, my thinking, my deeds, my orientation and direction of
life. He will demonstrate it all. Jesus will testify that I made many mis-
takes, that I transgressed His holy law, but also that I repented, asked
for forgiveness, and was changed by His grace. He will proclaim: ‘My
blood is sufficient for the sinner Moskala, his orientation of life is on
Me, his attitude toward Me and other people is warm and unselfish,
he is trustworthy, he is My good and faithful servant.’ ”—“Toward a
Biblical Theology of God’s Judgment: A Celebration of the Cross in
Seven Phases of Divine Universal Judgment,” Journal of the Adventist
Theological Society 15 (Spring 2004): p. 155.
“Both the redeemed and the unfallen beings will find in the cross of
Christ their science and their song. It will be seen that the glory shining
in the face of Jesus is the glory of self-sacrificing love. In the light from
Calvary it will be seen that the law of self-renouncing love is the law of
life for earth and heaven; that the love which ‘seeketh not her own’ has
its source in the heart of God; and that in the meek and lowly One is
manifested the character of Him who dwelleth in the light which no man
can approach unto.”—Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, pp. 19, 20.
Discussion Questions:
 Human beings have always had the tendency to offer different
kinds of sacrifices to God as an exchange for forgiveness or salva­
tion. Some offer God heroic acts of penance (long journeys, etc.),
others offer a life of service, or acts of self-deprivation, et cetera.
How should these acts be considered in the light of Jesus’ sacrifice
and the assertion of Scripture that the cross has put an end to all
the sacrifices (Dan. 9:27, Heb. 10:18)?
 At the same time, what is the role of sacrifice in the life of the
believer? What did Jesus mean when He said that we need to take
our cross and follow Him (Matt. 16:24), or the apostle Paul when
he said that we should offer our bodies as “a living sacrifice, holy
and acceptable to God” (Rom. 12:1, ESV)? What is the relationship
between the instructions of Jesus (Matt. 16:24) and Paul (Rom.
12:1) and Hebrews 13:15, 16?