[Seeing GOD, The Judge of the World, in Peace] [“The Son of man shall come in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him.” Matthew 25:31, —KJV] One of the most solemn and yet most glorious truths revealed in the Bible is that of Christ’s second coming to complete the great work of redemption. To God’sContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Heralds of the Morning—Chapter 17, Part 1”
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The Great Controversy: The Pilgrim Fathers—Chapter 16, Part 3
[The Progression Backward] The Bible was held as the foundation of faith, the source of wisdom, and the charter of liberty. Its principles were diligently taught in the home, in the school, and in the church, and its fruits were manifest in thrift, intelligence, purity, and temperance. One might be for years a dweller inContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The Pilgrim Fathers—Chapter 16, Part 3”
The Great Controversy: The Pilgrim Fathers—Chapter 16, Part 2
[Matthew 9:31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.—KJV] It was the desire for liberty of conscience that inspired the Pilgrims to brave the perils of the long journey across the sea, to endure the hardships and dangers of the wilderness, and with God’s blessing to lay, onContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The Pilgrim Fathers—Chapter 16, Part 2”
The Great Controversy: The Pilgrim Fathers—Chapter 16, Part 1
[Psalms 32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.—KJV] The English Reformers, while renouncing the doctrines of Romanism, had retained many of its forms. Thus though the authority and the creed of Rome were rejected, not a few of her customsContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The Pilgrim Fathers—Chapter 16, Part 1”
The Great Controversy: The Bible and the French Revolution—Chapter 15, Part 5
[“The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever” Isaiah 40:8, KJV.] When France publicly rejected God and set aside the Bible, wicked men and spirits of darkness exulted in their attainment of the object so long desired—a kingdom free from the restraints of the law of God.Continue reading “The Great Controversy: The Bible and the French Revolution—Chapter 15, Part 5”
The Great Controversy: The Bible and the French Revolution—Chapter 15, Part 3
“The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.” Psalm 14:1. And the Lord declares concerning the perverters of the truth: “Their folly shall be manifest unto all.” 2 Timothy 3:9. After France had renounced the worship of the living God, “the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity,” it was only a little timeContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The Bible and the French Revolution—Chapter 15, Part 3”
The Great Controversy: The Bible and the French Revolution—Chapter 15, Part 1
[Choosing Opinions Over God’s Word] In the sixteenth century the Reformation, presenting an open Bible to the people, had sought admission to all the countries of Europe. Some nations welcomed it with gladness, as a messenger of Heaven. In other lands the papacy succeeded to a great extent in preventing its entrance; and the lightContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The Bible and the French Revolution—Chapter 15, Part 1”