Great Controversy

738 Pages·2004·1.91 MB·English

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Great
Controversy

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The Lives and Struggles
of Christians
through the Ages
– And the Impending Crisis
by
E.G. White
The complete book
plus 58 Bible, historical,
and promise sections,
and 4 indexes
Plus —
The Basic Steps
to Christ
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by
E.G. White
Plus supplementary material
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Altamont, TN 37301
Printed in the United States of America
Cover and text copyright © 1998
This book is a reissue of the 1888 edition of
that remarkable classic, Great Controversy.
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book of 42 chapters, and the author’s introduction. Nothing the au-
thor wrote has been omitted or changed. In addition, you will find an
introduction to each chapter; fifty-eight Bible and historical charts;
four indexes; as well as, within brackets, paging notations to the
standard edition of this book. Also included is the important “Snares
of Satan” instructions which were in the 1884 edition.
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refer to comparable, standardized paging in the original 1888 and
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THE BASIC STEPS TO CHRIST
Part One —
How to Come to Christ 10
Part Two —
How to Remain True to Christ 15
THE GREAT CONTROVERSY
Author’s Introduction 23
1 Like a Blazing Volcano —
The Destruction of Jerusalem 31
Charts: Jerusalem Taken by Titus 48 / Rebellion and
Capture 49
2 Whiter than Snow —
Persecution in the First Centuries 54
Chart: Revelation 12: Predicting the Persecution 64
3 All the Steps Down —
The Apostasy 65
Charts: The Apostasy Predicted 77 / 48 Steps Down 78-79
4 Faithful unto Death —
The Waldenses 80
Chart: Pagan Origins 97
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5 A Voice in the Wilderness —
John Wycliffe 99
Chart: Daniel Predicts the Apostasy 115
6 Nearing the Daybreak —
Huss and Jerome 116
Chart: Why Do God’s People Suffer? 138
7 Out of Darkness —
Luther’s Separation from Rome 139
Charts: God’s Love for Man 162 / Declared to be Divine
and Infallible 163
8 Here I Stand —
Luther before the Diet 164
Chart: Trusting in the Lord 188
9 Unshakable as the Mountains —
The Swiss Reformer 189
Chart: The Only Authority 202
10 Luther Disappears —
Progress of Reform in Germany 203
Chart: The Roman Channel of Grace 214-215
1 1 The Turning Point —
The Protest of the Princes 216
Chart: An Official Decision 230
12 They Were Willing to Die —
The French Reformation 231
Chart: Centuries of Persecution 256-257
13 Like Fire in the Stubble —
Netherlands and Scandinavia 258
Chart: The Importance of Prayer 266
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14 A Great Cloud of Witnesses —
Later English Reformers 267
Chart: Supplying Our Needs 286
Chart: God’s Empowering Grace 287
15 A Deadly Harvest —
Bible and the French Revolution 288
Charts: The 1260 Year Prophecy 292 / The Amazing
1260 Year Prophecy 293 / God, Our Refuge 313
16 Brave New World —
The Pilgrim Fathers 314
1 7 Nearing the Advent —
Heralds of the Morning 324
Chart: Awaiting His Coming 340
18 Opening the Prophecies —
An American Reformer 341
19 Night of Sorrow —
Light through Darkness 365
Chart: Searching the Word of God 376
20 From Land to Land —
A Great Religious Awakening 377
Chart: Obedience by Faith 395
21 Time of Tarrying —
A Warning Rejected 396
Chart: The Plan of Redemption 411
22 The Midnight Cry —
Prophecies Fulfilled 412
Chart: The New Covenant 428
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23 The Tabernacle of Prophecy —
What Is the Sanctuary? 429
Charts: The 2300 Year Prophecy 432-433 / The Earthly
Tabernacle 434-435 / Christ, Our Mediator 446-447
24 Into the Presence of God —
Within the Holy of Holies 448
25 The Mark of the Beast —
God’s Law Immutable 457
Charts: The Prophecy of Revelation 13 464 / The Law of
God 472 / The Law of God as Changed by Man 473 /
The Law of God in the New Testament 474 / The Seal and
the Mark 475 / The Three Angels’ Message 478
26 Restoring the Foundations —
A Work of Reform 479
Charts: The Weekly Cycle 488-489 / Catholicism Speaks
490-491 / Protestantism Speaks 492-493
27 When the Fire Goes Out —
Modern Revivals 494
Chart: Healthful Living 511
28 Judgment before the End —
The Investigative Judgment 512
Chart: The Day of Judgment 524
29 Fall from Paradise —
The Origin of Evil 525
Chart: The Gospel and God’s Standard 537
30 The First Prophecy —
Enmity between Man and Satan 538
Chart: False Christs 543
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31 Victory in Christ —
Agency of Evil Spirits 544
Chart: Biography of Satan 550
32 The Devil’s Toolbox —
Snares of Satan 551
Chart: Resisting the Snares 563
33 The First Lie —
The First Great Deception 564
Chart: Eternal Life Only in Christ 582
34 Satan’s Masterpiece —
Spiritualism 583
35 Collision Course —
Aims of the Papacy 594
Charts: The Number and the Mark 611-613 / How the
Sabbath Was Changed to Sunday 614-618
36 Satan’s Master Plan —
The Impending Conflict 619
Chart: Faith to Overcome 629
37 Build on the Rock —
The Scriptures, a Safeguard 630
Chart: The Importance of the Bible 639
38 To All the World —
The Final Warning 640
Charts: Bible Truth 649 / Keeping the Truth 649 / The Test
of Loyalty 650
39 When Probation Closes —
The Time of Trouble 651
Chart: Christ, Our Shelter 672
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40 The Coming of the King —
God’s People Delivered 673
Chart: The Second Coming of Christ 689
41 Time to Think —
Desolation of the Earth 690
Charts: The Millennium 696 / The Biblical Millennium
697 / Delight and Joy in God 700
42 An Eternity with Christ —
The Controversy Ended 701
Chart: Living Forever with Christ 717
Appendix and Indexes —
The Secret Instructions 718
From the 1884 edition of this book
Chart: Historical Timeline 721
Source Index 722
Chart Index 726
Scripture Index 727
General Index 733
Additional Information 736
“And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled
with fire: and them that had gotten the victory
over the beast, and over his image, and over
his mark, and over the number of his name,
stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of
God. And they sang the song of Moses the
servant of God, and the song of the Lamb.”
—Revelation 15:2-3
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“And the dragon was wroth with the woman,
and went to make war with the remnant of
her seed, which keep the commandments of
God, and have the testimony of Jesus.”
—Revelation 12:17
“And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled
with fire: and them that had gotten the victory
over the beast, and over his image, and over
his mark, and over the number of his name,
stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of
God. And they sang the song of Moses the
servant of God, and the song of the Lamb.”
—Revelation 15:2-3
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The Basic Steps to Christ includes, in condensed format, every basic
portion of that multimillion-copy best seller, Steps to Christ. It is written by
the same author who wrote Great Controversy (the remainder of the book
you now have in hand), and is a precious treasure to anyone seeking the
pathway to heaven.
This abridged edition consists entirely, and only, of complete sentences
from Steps to Christ. These sentences cover the key aspects taught in that
book. To help the reader locate the portions included, the opening sentence
in each of the 13 chapters in the book is always included in the abridged
edition, and always placed at the beginning of a paragraph.
Someone might say that the complete volume would be better. Of course
it would be more complete, but the complete book cannot be included with-
out making this edition of Great Controversy too large. It is far better to
explain the key points in how to come to Christ, than not to do so at all.
We have been told that it is our first work to lead souls to Christ, and this
present book does just that. Dear reader, this is a very special book, and all
the pages which follow are just as important as the part you have just read.
May our kind heavenly Father bless you—as you pray and search for a
better, happier way of life.
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The remainder of this book consists of that decade-old best-seller, Great
Controversy, plus historical and Biblical notes.
What happened when the Bible ended? What happened to the people of
God? And to the Bible? What were the forces at work that tried to destroy
both? In the book, Great Controversy, this story is told. Four thousand years
of history are given us in the Bible. —But a powerful story began when the
Bible ended. A story that would affect the people of God to the end of time.
Violent forces were gathering that would soon seek to sweep away Chris-
tianity altogether. What happened then is of deepest importance to us to-
day—as we face the future.
Here is the information you have waited for.