May 2007

December 11, 1879 Christ’s Followers the Light of the World.

By Mrs. E. G. White.
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So far as human sympathy was concerned, Christ was as though alone in our world. His nearest friends and relatives did not understand him. They could not understand the nature of the kingdom of which he spoke, nor comprehend the vastness of that love which embraced humanity.
His knowledge extended, not only […]

December 4, 1879 The Great Controversy Between Christ and His Angels and Satan and his Angels.

Chapter XIV.
Jacob’s Second Visit to Bethel.
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By Mrs. E. G. White.
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Jacob made his home in Shechem, and having purchased a piece of land he erected his tent, and close beside it his altar, and dedicated them to God. The sons of Jacob were not all governed by religious principle. Their inhuman treatment of the Shechemites was […]

November 27, 1879 The Great Controversy Between Christ and His Angels and Satan and His Angels

Chapter XIII. - Continued.
Jacob and the Angel.
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By Mrs. E. G. White.
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Jacob and Esau represent two classes. Jacob, the righteous; and Esau, the wicked. Jacob’s night of wrestling and anguish represents the time of trouble through which the people of God must pass just prior to the second coming of Christ. Jeremiah refers to this time: […]

November 20, 1879 The Great Controversy Between Christ and His Angels and Satan and His Angels.

Chapter XIII.
Jacob and the angel.
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By Mrs. E. G. White.
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The sinful course which Jacob had pursued in deceiving his father was ever before him. He knew that his long exile was the result of his own deviation from strict integrity, the law of right. He pondered over these things day and night, his conscience accusing him, […]