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18481 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 17.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God, the Promised One of Israel, whose power had conquered death, and called its captives from the grave, was in tears, not of ordinary grief, but of intense …

18482 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 18.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… before God. There daily the blood of slain lambs had been offered, pointing forward to the Lamb of God. There, Jehovah had revealed his presence in the cloud …

18483 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 19.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets,” [ 2 Chronicles 36:15, 16 .] he had still manifested himself to them, as “the Lord God, merciful and gracious …

18484 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 20.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God himself was sent to plead with the impenitent city. It was Christ that had brought Israel as a goodly vine out of Egypt. [ Psalm 80:8 .] His own hand had cast …

18485 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 21.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God’s long-deferred wrath was almost full. The cloud that had been gathering through ages of apostasy and rebellion, now black with woe, was about to burst …

18486 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 22.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God. The woes of a fallen race, pressing upon his soul, forced from his lips that exceeding bitter cry. He saw the record of sin traced in human misery, tears …

18487 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 22.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… infinite God troubled in spirit, bowed down with anguish! The scene filled all Heaven with wonder. That scene reveals to us the exceeding sinfulness of sin …

18488 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 23.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… magnified God’s favor to Israel in making her holy house his dwelling-place: “In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling-place in Zion.” [ Psalm 76:2 .] He “chose …

18489 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 24.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God given by Haggai, had been fulfilled; yet pride and unbelief blinded their minds to the true meaning of the prophet’s words. The second temple was not …

18490 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 27.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God’s law, they were transgressing all its principles. They hated Christ because his purity and holiness revealed their iniquity; and they accused him …

18491 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 27.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… as God’s favored people, and expected the Lord to deliver them from their enemies. “Therefore,” continued the prophet, “shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a …

18492 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 28.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God toward the rejecters of his gospel and the murderers of his Son. The parable of the unfruitful tree represented God’s dealings with the Jewish nation …

18493 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 28.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God toward Jerusalem only confirmed the Jews in their stubborn impenitence. In their hatred and cruelty toward the disciples of Jesus, they rejected …

18494 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 29.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… was God’s own city. To establish their power more firmly, they bribed false prophets to proclaim, even while Roman legions were besieging the temple, that …

18495 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 30.4 (Ellen Gould White)

… . But God’s merciful providence was directing events for the good of his own people. The promised sign had been given to the waiting Christians, and now an opportunity …

18496 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 33.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God, and now expostulation and entreaty only made them more determined to resist to the last. In vain were the efforts of Titus to save the temple; One greater …

18497 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 35.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… that God had given them into his hands; for no engines, however powerful, could have prevailed against those stupendous battlements. Both the city and the …

18498 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 36.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God. It is thus that the great deceiver seeks to conceal his own work. By stubborn rejection of divine love and mercy, the Jews had caused the protection of …

18499 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 36.2 (Ellen Gould White)

God that prevents mankind from passing fully under the control of Satan. The disobedient and unthankful have great reason for gratitude for God’s mercy …

18500 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 37.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… rejected God’s mercy and trampled upon his law. Dark are the records of human misery that earth has witnessed during its long centuries of crime. The heart …