TTTTTHHHHHEEEEE Great Controversy BBBBBEEEEETTTTTWWWWWEEEEEEEEEENNNNN CCCCCHHHHHRRRRRIIIIISSSSSTTTTT AAAAANNNNNDDDDD SSSSSAAAAATTTTTAAAAANNNNN The Lives and Struggles of Christians through the Ages – And the Impending Crisis by E.G. White The complete book plus 58 Bible, historical, and promise sections, and 4 indexes Plus — The Basic Steps to Christ Harvestime Books 8 8 HB-103 GGGGGrrrrreeeeeaaaaattttt CCCCCooooonnnnntttttrrrrrooooovvvvveeeeerrrrrsssssyyyyy by E.G. White Plus supplementary material HHHHHaaaaarrrrrvvvvveeeeessssstttttiiiiimmmmmeeeee BBBBBooooooooookkkkksssss Altamont, TN 37301 Printed in the United States of America Cover and text copyright © 1998 This book is a reissue of the 1888 edition of that remarkable classic, Great Controversy. TTTTThhhhhiiiiisssss bbbbbooooooooookkkkk::::: This 1888 edition includes the complete original book of 42 chapters, and the author’s introduction. Nothing the au- thor wrote has been omitted or changed. 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When you write, ask for a copy of our “Mis- sionary Book Order Sheet,” containing low-cost boxful prices of this and other books, such as Desire of Ages, Ministry of Healing, Christ’s Object Lessons, Bible Readings, etc. CCCCCooooonnnnnttttteeeeennnnntttttsssss THE BASIC STEPS TO CHRIST Part One — How to Come to Christ 10 Part Two — How to Remain True to Christ 15 THE GREAT CONTROVERSY Author’s Introduction 23 1 Like a Blazing Volcano — The Destruction of Jerusalem 31 Charts: Jerusalem Taken by Titus 48 / Rebellion and Capture 49 2 Whiter than Snow — Persecution in the First Centuries 54 Chart: Revelation 12: Predicting the Persecution 64 3 All the Steps Down — The Apostasy 65 Charts: The Apostasy Predicted 77 / 48 Steps Down 78-79 4 Faithful unto Death — The Waldenses 80 Chart: Pagan Origins 97 44444 TTTTThhhhheeeee GGGGGrrrrreeeeeaaaaattttt CCCCCooooonnnnntttttrrrrrooooovvvvveeeeerrrrrsssssyyyyy 5 A Voice in the Wilderness — John Wycliffe 99 Chart: Daniel Predicts the Apostasy 115 6 Nearing the Daybreak — Huss and Jerome 116 Chart: Why Do God’s People Suffer? 138 7 Out of Darkness — Luther’s Separation from Rome 139 Charts: God’s Love for Man 162 / Declared to be Divine and Infallible 163 8 Here I Stand — Luther before the Diet 164 Chart: Trusting in the Lord 188 9 Unshakable as the Mountains — The Swiss Reformer 189 Chart: The Only Authority 202 10 Luther Disappears — Progress of Reform in Germany 203 Chart: The Roman Channel of Grace 214-215 1 1 The Turning Point — The Protest of the Princes 216 Chart: An Official Decision 230 12 They Were Willing to Die — The French Reformation 231 Chart: Centuries of Persecution 256-257 13 Like Fire in the Stubble — Netherlands and Scandinavia 258 Chart: The Importance of Prayer 266 TTTTTaaaaabbbbbllllleeeee ooooofffff CCCCCooooonnnnnttttteeeeennnnntttttsssss 55555 14 A Great Cloud of Witnesses — Later English Reformers 267 Chart: Supplying Our Needs 286 Chart: God’s Empowering Grace 287 15 A Deadly Harvest — Bible and the French Revolution 288 Charts: The 1260 Year Prophecy 292 / The Amazing 1260 Year Prophecy 293 / God, Our Refuge 313 16 Brave New World — The Pilgrim Fathers 314 1 7 Nearing the Advent — Heralds of the Morning 324 Chart: Awaiting His Coming 340 18 Opening the Prophecies — An American Reformer 341 19 Night of Sorrow — Light through Darkness 365 Chart: Searching the Word of God 376 20 From Land to Land — A Great Religious Awakening 377 Chart: Obedience by Faith 395 21 Time of Tarrying — A Warning Rejected 396 Chart: The Plan of Redemption 411 22 The Midnight Cry — Prophecies Fulfilled 412 Chart: The New Covenant 428 66666 TTTTThhhhheeeee GGGGGrrrrreeeeeaaaaattttt CCCCCooooonnnnntttttrrrrrooooovvvvveeeeerrrrrsssssyyyyy 23 The Tabernacle of Prophecy — What Is the Sanctuary? 429 Charts: The 2300 Year Prophecy 432-433 / The Earthly Tabernacle 434-435 / Christ, Our Mediator 446-447 24 Into the Presence of God — Within the Holy of Holies 448 25 The Mark of the Beast — God’s Law Immutable 457 Charts: The Prophecy of Revelation 13 464 / The Law of God 472 / The Law of God as Changed by Man 473 / The Law of God in the New Testament 474 / The Seal and the Mark 475 / The Three Angels’ Message 478 26 Restoring the Foundations — A Work of Reform 479 Charts: The Weekly Cycle 488-489 / Catholicism Speaks 490-491 / Protestantism Speaks 492-493 27 When the Fire Goes Out — Modern Revivals 494 Chart: Healthful Living 511 28 Judgment before the End — The Investigative Judgment 512 Chart: The Day of Judgment 524 29 Fall from Paradise — The Origin of Evil 525 Chart: The Gospel and God’s Standard 537 30 The First Prophecy — Enmity between Man and Satan 538 Chart: False Christs 543 TTTTTaaaaabbbbbllllleeeee ooooofffff CCCCCooooonnnnnttttteeeeennnnntttttsssss 77777 31 Victory in Christ — Agency of Evil Spirits 544 Chart: Biography of Satan 550 32 The Devil’s Toolbox — Snares of Satan 551 Chart: Resisting the Snares 563 33 The First Lie — The First Great Deception 564 Chart: Eternal Life Only in Christ 582 34 Satan’s Masterpiece — Spiritualism 583 35 Collision Course — Aims of the Papacy 594 Charts: The Number and the Mark 611-613 / How the Sabbath Was Changed to Sunday 614-618 36 Satan’s Master Plan — The Impending Conflict 619 Chart: Faith to Overcome 629 37 Build on the Rock — The Scriptures, a Safeguard 630 Chart: The Importance of the Bible 639 38 To All the World — The Final Warning 640 Charts: Bible Truth 649 / Keeping the Truth 649 / The Test of Loyalty 650 39 When Probation Closes — The Time of Trouble 651 Chart: Christ, Our Shelter 672 88888 TTTTThhhhheeeee GGGGGrrrrreeeeeaaaaattttt CCCCCooooonnnnntttttrrrrrooooovvvvveeeeerrrrrsssssyyyyy 40 The Coming of the King — God’s People Delivered 673 Chart: The Second Coming of Christ 689 41 Time to Think — Desolation of the Earth 690 Charts: The Millennium 696 / The Biblical Millennium 697 / Delight and Joy in God 700 42 An Eternity with Christ — The Controversy Ended 701 Chart: Living Forever with Christ 717 Appendix and Indexes — The Secret Instructions 718 From the 1884 edition of this book Chart: Historical Timeline 721 Source Index 722 Chart Index 726 Scripture Index 727 General Index 733 Additional Information 736 “And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. And they sang the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb.” —Revelation 15:2-3 99999 “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.” —Revelation 12:17 “And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. And they sang the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb.” —Revelation 15:2-3 99999 TTTTTHHHHHEEEEE BBBBBAAAAASSSSSIIIIICCCCC SSSSSTTTTTEEEEEPPPPPSSSSS TTTTTOOOOO CCCCCHHHHHRRRRRIIIIISSSSSTTTTT ————— The Basic Steps to Christ includes, in condensed format, every basic portion of that multimillion-copy best seller, Steps to Christ. It is written by the same author who wrote Great Controversy (the remainder of the book you now have in hand), and is a precious treasure to anyone seeking the pathway to heaven. This abridged edition consists entirely, and only, of complete sentences from Steps to Christ. These sentences cover the key aspects taught in that book. To help the reader locate the portions included, the opening sentence in each of the 13 chapters in the book is always included in the abridged edition, and always placed at the beginning of a paragraph. Someone might say that the complete volume would be better. Of course it would be more complete, but the complete book cannot be included with- out making this edition of Great Controversy too large. It is far better to explain the key points in how to come to Christ, than not to do so at all. We have been told that it is our first work to lead souls to Christ, and this present book does just that. Dear reader, this is a very special book, and all the pages which follow are just as important as the part you have just read. May our kind heavenly Father bless you—as you pray and search for a better, happier way of life. TTTTTHHHHHEEEEE GGGGGRRRRREEEEEAAAAATTTTT CCCCCOOOOONNNNNTTTTTRRRRROOOOOVVVVVEEEEERRRRRSSSSSYYYYY BBBBBEEEEETTTTTWWWWWEEEEEEEEEENNNNN CCCCCHHHHHRRRRRIIIIISSSSSTTTTT AAAAANNNNNDDDDD SSSSSAAAAATTTTTAAAAANNNNN ————— The remainder of this book consists of that decade-old best-seller, Great Controversy, plus historical and Biblical notes. What happened when the Bible ended? What happened to the people of God? And to the Bible? What were the forces at work that tried to destroy both? In the book, Great Controversy, this story is told. Four thousand years of history are given us in the Bible. —But a powerful story began when the Bible ended. A story that would affect the people of God to the end of time. Violent forces were gathering that would soon seek to sweep away Chris- tianity altogether. What happened then is of deepest importance to us to- day—as we face the future. Here is the information you have waited for.