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Eternal Peace: The Controversy Ended
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By their lives they have declared: “We will not have this man [Jesus]
to reign over us.”
Satan Defeated
As if entranced, the wicked look upon the coronation of the Son
of God. They see in His hands the tables of the divine law they have
despised. They witness the outburst of adoration from the saved;
and as the wave of melody sweeps over the multitudes without the
city, all exclaim, “Just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.”
Falling prostrate, they worship the Prince of life.
Revelation 15:3
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Satan seems paralyzed. Once a covering cherub, he remembers
whence he has fallen. From the council where once he was honored
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he is forever excluded. He sees another now standing near to the
Father, an angel of majestic presence. He knows that the exalted
position of this angel might have been his.
Memory recalls the home of his innocence, the peace and content
that were his until his rebellion. He reviews his work among men and
its results—the enmity of man toward his fellow men, the terrible
destruction of life, the overturning of thrones, the tumults, conflicts,
and revolutions. He recalls his constant efforts to oppose the work
of Christ. As he looks upon the fruit of his toil he sees only failure.
Again and again in the progress of the great controversy he has been
defeated and compelled to yield.
The aim of the great rebel has ever been to prove the divine
government responsible for the rebellion. He has led vast multitudes
to accept his version. For thousands of years this chief of conspiracy
has palmed off falsehood for truth. But the time has now come when
the history and character of Satan are to be disclosed. In his last
effort to dethrone Christ, destroy His people, and take possession of
the City of God, the archdeceiver has been fully unmasked. Those
united with him see the total failure of his cause.
Satan sees that his voluntary rebellion has unfitted him for
heaven. He has trained his powers to war against God; the pu-
rity and harmony of heaven would be to him supreme torture. He
bows down and confesses the justice of his sentence.
Every question of truth and error in the long-standing controversy
has now been made plain. The results of setting aside the divine