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The Spirit of Prophecy
Volume Four
Ellen G. White
1884
Copyright © 2017
Ellen G. White Estate, Inc.
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Jesus and pointed to the Scriptures as the basis of one’s faith.
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Preface
It is with much pleasure that we send forth this book, Vol. IV.
of the series on “The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan.”
Vol. I., begi
history. Vol. II. contains the life of Christ; Vol. III., the lives of the
apostles; and this volume, giving first a sketch of our Lord’s great
prophecy (which, in brief, covers the whole dispensation), contains
a history of the church in her warfare to her final redemption, and
vividly describes the triumph of the people of God, the destruction
of Satan and all his followers, and the renewing of the earth, which
ends the awful controversy between the son of God and the powers
of darkness.
Apart from the Bible, this series presents the most wonderful
and intensely interesting history of the world, from the entering
of sin to the complete restitution of all things, that has ever been
published. And as the closing events of the dispensation are the
most momentous,—the destruction of Satan and all that pertains to
his work, and the revealing of the coming glory, being unparalleled
by all events that precede them,—so the contents of this book are, in
many respects, more deeply interesting than those of the volumes
which preceded it. The closing chapters are most thrilling. They
will be best appreciated, however, by those who read all the four
volumes in co
We would say to those who have felt disappointed because this
volume was not issued sooner, that we believe the delay was provi-
dential, as the book contains matter of great interest and importance
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which it would not have contained had it been published sooner. And
still this volume does not give all that the writer has to present on
the closing scenes of this dispensation. Some matters which could
not possibly be inserted in this work (space being limited), will be
published separately. As it is, this book is larger than was intended.
We have faith that the merciful Father is in kindness bestow-
ing upon His waiting people the light and instruction which they
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specially need in the perils of the last days. God is willing to give
His Spirit to those who ask Him, to those who call upon Him in
truth. We believe that the writer has received the illumination of
the Holy Spirit in preparing these pages,—in laying before us the
nature of the great controversy between Christ and Satan, that we
may be warned against the snares of the enemy, and prepared for an
inheritance with the saints in light.
While many subjects here presented are of wondrous depth,—
relating to “the deep things of God,”—they are presented in language
easy to be understood. And we are happy in knowing that the reading
of these works leads to greater love for the Holy Scriptures, and
to reverence for the God of grace, in whom are all the treasures of
wisdom and knowledge.
That this volume may prove a blessing to all who read it, and
redound to the glory of the most high, is the earnest prayer of the
Publishers.
Contents
Information about this Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Chapter 1—Destruction of Jerusalem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 2—Persecution in the First Centuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 3—The Roman Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Chapter 4—The Waldenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Chapter 5—Early Reformers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Chapter 6—Luther’s Separation from Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Chapter 7—Luther Before the Diet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Chapter 8—Progress of the Reformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Chapter 9—Protest of the Princes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Chapter 10—Later Reformers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Chapter 11—The Two Witnesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Chapter 12—God Honors the Humble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Chapter 13—William Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Chapter 14—The First Angel’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Chapter 15—The Second Angel’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Chapter 16—The Tarrying Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Chapter 17—The Midnight Cry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Chapter 18—The Sanctuary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Chapter 19—An Open and a Shut Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Chapter 20—The Third Angel’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Chapter 21—The Third Message Rejected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Chapter 22—Modern Revivals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Chapter 23—The Investigative Judgment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Chapter 24—Origin of Evil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Chapter 25—Enmity Between Man and Satan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216