The Great Controversy: Prophecies Fulfilled—Chapter 22, Part 5

[Exodus 14:13 … Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you …Exodus 14:14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.—KJV] The world had been looking on, expecting that if the time passed and Christ did not appear, the whole systemContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Prophecies Fulfilled—Chapter 22, Part 5”

The Great Controversy: Prophecies Fulfilled—Chapter 22, Part 4

[Isaiah 59:11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.—KJV] Of all the great religious movements since the days of the apostles, none have been more free from human imperfection and the wiles of Satan thanContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Prophecies Fulfilled—Chapter 22, Part 4”

The Great Controversy: Prophecies Fulfilled—Chapter 22, Part 3

“While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.” Matthew 25:5-7. In the summer of 1844, midway between the time when it had been first thought that the 2300Continue reading “The Great Controversy: Prophecies Fulfilled—Chapter 22, Part 3”

The Great Controversy: Prophecies Fulfilled—Chapter 22, Part 2

“While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.” By the tarrying of the bridegroom is represented the passing of the time when the Lord was expected, the disappointment, and the seeming delay. In this time of uncertainty, the interest of the superficial and halfhearted soon began to waver, and their efforts to relax; butContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Prophecies Fulfilled—Chapter 22, Part 2”

The Great Controversy: A Great Religious Awakening—Chapter 20, Part 3

[James 5:7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.James 5:8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.—KJV] In GermanyContinue reading “The Great Controversy: A Great Religious Awakening—Chapter 20, Part 3”

The Great Controversy: Heralds of the Morning—Chapter 17, Part 5

[Hosea 6:1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.Hosea 6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto usContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Heralds of the Morning—Chapter 17, Part 5”

The Great Controversy: Heralds of the Morning—Chapter 17, Part 3

[“The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.” Joel 2:31. —KJV] Twenty-five years later appeared the next sign mentioned in the prophecy—the darkening of the sun and moon. What rendered this more striking was the fact that the time of its fulfillment hadContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Heralds of the Morning—Chapter 17, Part 3”