[8]. Abr. 3:24.
[9]. Job 38:7.
[10]. Moses 4:1-4.
[11]. D. and C. 76:25, 26.
[12]. Ib. 29:36.
"Satan (it is possible) being opposed to the will of his Father, wished to avoid the responsibilities of this position. . . . . He probably intended to make men atone for their own acts by an act of coercion and the shedding of their own blood as an atonement for their sins."—"The Mediation and Atonement," by President John Taylor, pp. 96, 97.
[13]. Rom. 8:29.
[14]. Abr. 3:23; Jer. 1:5, Hist. Ch. Vol. 6, p. 364.
[15]. James 1:25.
[16]. "Times and Seasons," Aug. 15, 1844; "Improvement Era," Jan., 1909.