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verity83Book 64: The Great Controversy, Ellen White. 678pp
What can I really say about this book that I haven't already said (albeit mostly in my old LJ)? It is, seriously, one of the most profoundly moving pieces of Christian writing I've ever come across, and I'm very glad that I made a conscious effort to stick to it after having set it aside for months during a dull place fairly early on.
When I sit and contemplate the battle that is going on for our souls, the simplicity of what God has ever required of His people, and the glorious promise of victory to those who endure to the end, I'm overwhelmed.
Yet there's a definite solemnity about all this, too. In very vivid language, mincing no words, does the author expound on what we can expect if we are of the final generation to live on this earth (which I'm inclined to believe we are). It's not going to be a picnic. In fact, I tremble at the very thought of what awaits us and pray the more earnestly that I personally through the grace and strength of Christ can make it through that time.
More than anything else I want to be with Jesus, and I am so thankful that through prophecy we are told what will happen so we need not guess what's what. We can know if we really care to know.
What can I really say about this book that I haven't already said (albeit mostly in my old LJ)? It is, seriously, one of the most profoundly moving pieces of Christian writing I've ever come across, and I'm very glad that I made a conscious effort to stick to it after having set it aside for months during a dull place fairly early on.
When I sit and contemplate the battle that is going on for our souls, the simplicity of what God has ever required of His people, and the glorious promise of victory to those who endure to the end, I'm overwhelmed.
Yet there's a definite solemnity about all this, too. In very vivid language, mincing no words, does the author expound on what we can expect if we are of the final generation to live on this earth (which I'm inclined to believe we are). It's not going to be a picnic. In fact, I tremble at the very thought of what awaits us and pray the more earnestly that I personally through the grace and strength of Christ can make it through that time.
More than anything else I want to be with Jesus, and I am so thankful that through prophecy we are told what will happen so we need not guess what's what. We can know if we really care to know.
