The connection of the visible with the invisible world, the ministration of angels of God, and the agency of evil spirits, are plainly revealed in the Scriptures, and inseparably interwoven with human history. There is a growing tendency to disbelief in the existence of evil spirits, while the holy angels that “minister for them whoContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Agency of Evil Spirits—Chapter 31, Part 1”
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The Great Controversy: The Origin of Evil—Chapter 29, Part 3
In the banishment of Satan from heaven, God declared His justice and maintained the honor of His throne. But when man had sinned through yielding to the deceptions of this apostate spirit, God gave an evidence of His love by yielding up His only-begotten Son to die for the fallen race. In the atonement the characterContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The Origin of Evil—Chapter 29, Part 3”
The Great Controversy: The Origin of Evil—Chapter 29, Part 2
God in His great mercy bore long with Lucifer. He was not immediately degraded from his exalted station when he first indulged the spirit of discontent, nor even when he began to present his false claims before the loyal angels. Long was he retained in heaven. Again and again he was offered pardon on condition ofContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The Origin of Evil—Chapter 29, Part 2”