[“Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.“For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.“And except those days should be shortened, thereContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Persecution in the First Centuries—Chapter 2, Part 1”
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The Great Controversy: The Destruction of Jerusalem—Chapter 1, Pt. 4
After the destruction of the temple, the whole city soon fell into the hands of the Romans. The leaders of the Jews forsook their impregnable towers, and Titus found them solitary. He gazed upon them with amazement, and declared that God had given them into his hands; for no engines, however powerful, could have prevailedContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The Destruction of Jerusalem—Chapter 1, Pt. 4”
The Great Controversy: The Destruction of Jerusalem—Chapter 1, Pt. 3
Signs and wonders appeared, foreboding disaster and doom. In the midst of the night an unnatural light shone over the temple and the altar. Upon the clouds at sunset were pictured chariots and men of war gathering for battle. The priests ministering by night in the sanctuary were terrified by mysterious sounds; the earth trembled,Continue reading “The Great Controversy: The Destruction of Jerusalem—Chapter 1, Pt. 3”
The Great Controversy: The Destruction of Jerusalem—Chapter 1, Pt. 2
[Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.—Proverbs 16:18, KJV] Two days before the Passover, when Christ had for the last time departed from the temple, after denouncing the hypocrisy of the Jewish rulers, He again went out with His disciples to the Mount of Olives and seated Himself with them uponContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The Destruction of Jerusalem—Chapter 1, Pt. 2”
The Great Controversy: The Destruction of Jerusalem—Chapter 1, Pt. 1
“If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, andContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The Destruction of Jerusalem—Chapter 1, Pt. 1”
The Great Controversy: The Introduction, Pt. 2
Work of the Holy Spirit for These Times Jesus promised His disciples, “The Comforter which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” “When He, the Spirit of truth, is come, HeContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The Introduction, Pt. 2”
The Great Controversy: The Introduction, Pt. 1
Inspiration and Revelation Before the entrance of sin, Adam enjoyed open communion with his Maker; but since man separated himself from God by transgression, the human race has been cut off from this high privilege. By the plan of redemption, however, a way has been opened whereby the inhabitants of the earth may still haveContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The Introduction, Pt. 1”