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The Great Controversy: Chapter 39 – The Time of Trouble
Chapter 39—The Time of Trouble “At that time shall Michael stand up, the great Prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, everyone…
Read MoreThe Great Controversy: Chapter 42 – The Controversy Ended
Chapter 42—The Controversy Ended 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,…
Read MoreThe Great Controversy: Chapter 41 – Desolation of the Earth
Chapter 41—Desolation of the Earth “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…
Read MoreThe Great Controversy: Chapter 40 – God’s People Delivered
Chapter 40—God’s People Delivered When the protection of human laws shall be withdrawn from those who honor the law of God, there will be, in different lands, a simultaneous movement for their destruction. As the time appointed in the decree draws near, the people will conspire to root out the hated sect. It will be…
Read MoreThe Great Controversy: Chapter 38 – The Final Warning
Chapter 38—The Final Warning “I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a…
Read MoreThe Great Controversy: Chapter 37 – The Scriptures a Safeguard
Chapter 37—The Scriptures a Safeguard “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” Isaiah 8:20. The people of God are directed to the Scriptures as their safeguard against the influence of false teachers and the delusive power of spirits…
Read MoreThe Great Controversy: Chapter 36 – The Impending Conflict
Chapter 36—The Impending Conflict From the very beginning of the great controversy in heaven it has been Satan’s purpose to overthrow the law of God. It was to accomplish this that he entered upon his rebellion against the Creator, and though he was cast out of heaven he has continued the same warfare upon the…
Read MoreThe Great Controversy: Chapter 35 – Liberty of Conscience Threatened
Chapter 35—Liberty of Conscience Threatened Romanism is now regarded by Protestants with far greater favor than in former years. In those countries where Catholicism is not in the ascendancy, and the papists are taking a conciliatory course in order to gain influence, there is an increasing indifference concerning the doctrines that separate the reformed churches…
Read MoreThe Great Controversy: Chapter 34 – Can Our Dead Speak to Us?
Chapter 34—Can Our Dead Speak to Us? The ministration of holy angels, as presented in the Scriptures, is a truth most comforting and precious to every follower of Christ. But the Bible teaching upon this point has been obscured and perverted by the errors of popular theology. The doctrine of natural immortality, first borrowed from…
Read MoreThe Great Controversy: Chapter 33 – The First Great Deception
Chapter 33—The First Great Deception With the earliest history of man, Satan began his efforts to deceive our race. He who had incited rebellion in heaven desired to bring the inhabitants of the earth to unite with him in his warfare against the government of God. Adam and Eve had been perfectly happy in obedience…
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