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that the great apostate, who had been expelled from heaven, was the
central power in the earth. Looking for Satan’s throne, He found it set
up where God’s should have been. He saw all men worshiping the
apostate, who inspired them with rebellion. The inhabitants of this
world had prostrated themselves at Satan’s feet. Christ declared, Where
stands Satan’s throne, there shall stand My cross, the instrument of
humiliation and suffering.—
Manuscript 165, 1899
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Christ was crucified, but in wondrous power and glory He rose
from the tomb. He took in His grasp the world over which Satan
claimed to preside, and restored the human race to favor with God.
And at this glorious completion of His work, songs of triumph echoed
and re-echoed through the unfallen worlds. Angel and archangel,
cherubim and seraphim, joined in the chorus of victory.—
The Youth’s
Instructor, April 16, 1903
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