The Great Controversy!!!
Satan (which means adversary / enemy) and his evil angels (demons) were cast out of Heaven:
Revelation 12:9 says: "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." As a result satan is very upset with God's people, God's True Church for the last days - the Remnant Church...the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
The Bible says in Revelation 12:17 "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 Christ."
Whether we like it or not / believe it or not - EVERY SINGLE HUMAN BEING is INVOLVED in this CONTROVERSY! However, satan is especially vexed with God's church - the church that is obedient to God.
One author says it as follows: "...like it or not, every single one of us is involved. The battleground for this intense spiritual struggle is not some piece of earthly real estate; it is the human heart. Both Jesus and the devil are supremely interested in winning possession of our minds and hearts. For this reason, Christians are called to be more than peaceful spectators or mediators in this cataclysmic conflict. We must be committed front-line commandos." The Armor of God, by Doug Batchelor
Satan is especially vexed with God's Church because she seeks to obey God's commandments. But the true church, the woman, is just doing what is right and natural if there is any love between her and Jesus, because Jesus said:
"If ye love me, keep my commandments." John 14:15
Satan tries to blame God for everything - including the sin, death and suffering that he himself caused on the human race.
Despite what satan says, God is a loving, just and merciful God.
One inspired writer wrote: "In the atonement the character of God is revealed. The mighty argument of the cross demonstrates to the whole universe that the course of sin which Lucifer had chosen was in no wise chargeable upon the government of God." {The Great Controversy, by Ellen G. White, p. 500.4}
Satan is nothing but a disgusting liar! In fact, according to the Bible, he is the father of lies:
John 8:44 says: "Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it."
So, despite what satan wants you to think, satan is the liar and God is love. (1 John 4:8 & 16)
God is love and His love for us is very special. In fact, His love is an everlasting love.
Dear friend Jeremiah 31:3 says:
"The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, [saying], Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee."
PRAISE THE LORD!
Quotes from the book "The Great Controversy" by Ellen Gould White:
Satan's Persecutions:
Through the illumination of the Holy Spirit, the scenes of the long-continued conflict between good and evil have been opened to the writer of these pages. From time to time I have been permitted to behold the working, in different ages, of the great controversy between Christ, the Prince of life, the Author of our salvation, and Satan, the prince of evil, the author of sin, the first transgressor of God's holy law. Satan's enmity against Christ has been manifested against His followers. The same hatred of the principles of God's law, the same policy of deception, by which error is made to appear as truth, by which human laws are substituted for the law of God, and men are led to worship the creature rather than the Creator, may be traced in all the history of the past. Satan's efforts to misrepresent the character of God, to cause men to cherish a false conception of the Creator, and thus to regard Him with fear and hate rather than with love; his endeavors to set aside the divine law, leading the people to think themselves free from its requirements; and his persecution of those who dare to resist his deceptions, have been steadfastly pursued in all ages. They may be traced - xi - in the history of patriarchs, prophets, and apostles, of martyrs and reformers. {GC x.1}
In vain were Satan's efforts to destroy the
church of Christ by violence. The great controversy in which the disciples of
Jesus yielded up their lives did not cease when these faithful standard-bearers
fell at their post. By defeat they conquered. God's workmen were slain, but His
work went steadily forward. The gospel continued to spread and the number of its
adherents to increase. It penetrated into regions that were inaccessible even to
the eagles of Rome. Said a Christian, expostulating with the heathen rulers who
were urging forward the persecution: You may "kill us, torture us, condemn us. .
. . Your injustice is the proof that we are innocent
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. . . . Nor does your cruelty . . . avail you." It was but a stronger invitation
to bring others to their persuasion. "The oftener we are mown down by you, the
more in number we grow; the blood of Christians is seed."--Tertullian, Apology,
paragraph 50. {GC 41.3}
Thousands were imprisoned and slain, but others sprang up to fill their places.
And those who were martyred for their faith were secured to Christ and accounted
of Him as conquerors. They had fought the good fight, and they were to receive
the crown of glory when Christ should come. The sufferings which they endured
brought Christians nearer to one another and to their Redeemer. Their living
example and dying testimony were a constant witness for the truth; and where
least expected, the subjects of Satan were leaving his service and enlisting
under the banner of Christ. {GC 42.1}
Satan's Attacks
The power and malice of Satan and his host might justly alarm us were it not that we may find shelter and deliverance in the superior power of our Redeemer. We carefully secure our houses with bolts and locks to protect our property and our lives from evil men; but we seldom think of the evil angels who are constantly seeking access to us, and against whose attacks we have, in our own strength, no method of defense. If permitted, they can distract our minds, disorder and torment our bodies, destroy our possessions and our lives. Their only delight is in misery and destruction. Fearful is the condition of those who resist the divine claims and yield to Satan's temptations, until God gives them up to the control of evil spirits. But those who follow Christ are ever safe under His watchcare. Angels that excel in strength are sent from heaven to protect them. The wicked one cannot break through the guard which God has stationed about His people. {GC 517.2}
Satan well knows that all whom he can lead
to neglect prayer and the searching of the Scriptures, will be overcome by his
attacks. Therefore he invents every possible device to engross the mind. There
has ever been a class professing godliness, who, instead of following on to know
the truth, make it their religion to seek some fault of character or error of
faith in those with whom they do not agree. Such are Satan's right-hand helpers.
Accusers of the brethren are not few, and they are always active when God is at
work and His servants are rendering Him true homage. They will put a false
coloring upon the words and acts of those who love and obey the truth. They will
represent the most earnest, zealous, self-denying servants of Christ as deceived
or deceivers. It is their work to misrepresent the motives of every true and
noble deed, to circulate insinuations, and arouse suspicion in the minds of the
inexperienced. In every conceivable manner they will seek to cause that which is
pure and righteous to be regarded as foul and deceptive. {GC 519.2}
But none need be deceived concerning them. It may be readily seen whose children
they are, whose example they follow, and whose work they do. "Ye shall know them
by 520 their fruits." Matthew 7:16. Their course resembles that of Satan, the
envenomed slanderer, "the accuser of our brethren." Revelation 12:10. {GC 519.3}
Satan Defeated
Memory recalls the home of his innocence
and purity, the peace and content that were his until he indulged in murmuring
against God, and envy of Christ. His accusations, his rebellion, his deceptions
to gain the sympathy and support of the angels, his stubborn persistence in
making no effort for self-recovery when God would have granted him forgiveness
--all come vividly before him. He reviews his work among men and its
results--the enmity of man toward his fellow man, the terrible destruction of
life, the rise and fall of kingdoms, the overturning of thrones, the long
succession of tumults, conflicts, and revolutions. He recalls his constant
efforts to oppose the work of Christ and to sink man lower and lower. He sees
that his hellish plots have been powerless to destroy those who have put their
trust in Jesus. As Satan looks upon his kingdom, the fruit of his toil, he sees
only failure and ruin. He has led the multitudes to believe that the City of God
would be an easy prey; but he knows that this is false. Again and again, in the
progress of the great controversy, he has been defeated and compelled to yield.
He knows too well the power and majesty of the Eternal. 670 {GC 669.2}
Satan's Destruction
When the voice of God turns the captivity of His
people, there is a terrible awakening of those who have lost all in the great
conflict of life. While probation continued they were blinded by Satan's
deceptions, and they justified their course of sin. The rich prided themselves
upon their superiority to those who were less favored; but they had obtained
their riches by violation of the law of God. They had neglected to feed the
hungry, to clothe the naked, to deal justly, and to love mercy. They had sought
to exalt themselves and to obtain the homage of their fellow creatures. Now they
are stripped of all that made them great and are left destitute and defenseless.
They look with terror upon the destruction of the idols which they preferred
before their Maker. They have sold their souls for earthly riches and
enjoyments, and have not sought to become rich toward God. The result is, their
lives are a failure; their pleasures are now turned to gall, their treasures to
corruption. The gain of a lifetime is swept away in a moment. The rich bemoan
the destruction of their grand houses, the scattering of their gold and silver.
But their lamentations are silenced by the fear that they themselves are to
perish with their idols. {GC 654.1}
The wicked are filled with regret, not because of their sinful neglect of God
and their fellow men, but because God has conquered. They lament that the result
is what it is; but they do not repent of their wickedness. They would leave no
means untried to conquer if they could. {GC 654.2} The world see the very class
whom they have mocked and derided, and desired to exterminate, pass unharmed
through pestilence, tempest, and earthquake. He who is to the transgressors of
His law a devouring fire, is to His people a safe pavilion. {GC 654.3}
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