[Isaiah 8:20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.Matthew 5:18 For verily I sayContinue reading “The Great Controversy: An Era of Spiritual Darkness—Chapter 3, Part 2”
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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”
Prophecy Fulfilled Turns Unrestrained Grief to Joy, Pt. 1
And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.“And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?” (Luke 24:31, 32, KJV) Late in the afternoon of the dayContinue reading “Prophecy Fulfilled Turns Unrestrained Grief to Joy, Pt. 1”
The Flow of Love Over Lies
“Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,“Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.“Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come byContinue reading “The Flow of Love Over Lies”