At the close of the thousand years, Christ again returns to the earth. He is accompanied by the host of the redeemed and attended by a retinue of angels. As He descends in terrific majesty He bids the wicked dead arise to receive their doom. They come forth, a mighty host, numberless as the sandsContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The Controversy Ended—Chapter 42, Part 1”
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The Great Controversy: Desolation of the Earth—Chapter 41, Part 3
For six thousand years, Satan’s work of rebellion has “made the earth to tremble.” He has “made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof.” And he “opened not the house of his prisoners.” For six thousand years his prison house has received God’s people, and he would have held them captive forever;Continue reading “The Great Controversy: Desolation of the Earth—Chapter 41, Part 3”
The Great Controversy: Desolation of the Earth—Chapter 41, Part 2
“A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, He will plead with all flesh; He will give them that are wicked to the sword.” Jeremiah 25:31. For six thousand years the great controversy has been in progress; the Son of God and His heavenlyContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Desolation of the Earth—Chapter 41, Part 2”
The Great Controversy: Desolation of the Earth—Chapter 41, Part 1
“Her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities…. In the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shallContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Desolation of the Earth—Chapter 41, Part 1”
The Great Controversy: God’s People Delivered—Chapter 40, Part 5
In all ages the Saviour’s chosen have been educated and disciplined in the school of trial. They walked in narrow paths on earth; they were purified in the furnace of affliction. For Jesus’ sake they endured opposition, hatred, calumny. They followed Him through conflicts sore; they endured self-denial and experienced bitter disappointments. By their own painfulContinue reading “The Great Controversy: God’s People Delivered—Chapter 40, Part 5”
The Great Controversy: God’s People Delivered—Chapter 40, Part 4
Now is fulfilled the Saviour’s prayer for His disciples: “I will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am.” “Faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy” (Jude 24), Christ presents to the Father the purchase of His blood, declaring: “Here am I, and the children whomContinue reading “The Great Controversy: God’s People Delivered—Chapter 40, Part 4”
The Great Controversy: God’s People Delivered—Chapter 40, Part 3
Those who derided His claim to be the Son of God are speechless now. There is the haughty Herod who jeered at His royal title and bade the mocking soldiers crown Him king. There are the very men who with impious hands placed upon His form the purple robe, upon His sacred brow the thornyContinue reading “The Great Controversy: God’s People Delivered—Chapter 40, Part 3”