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The Truth About Angels
can be overcome. They lay their plans to take possession of the riches
and glory of the New Jerusalem. All immediately begin to prepare
for battle. Skillful artisans construct implements of war. Military
leaders, famed for their success, marshal the throngs of warlike men
into companies and divisions.
At last the order to advance is given, and the countless host moves
on.... Satan, the mightiest of warriors, leads the van, and his angels
unite their forces for this final struggle.—
The Great Controversy, 663,
664
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Now Christ again appears to the view of His enemies. Far above
the city, upon a foundation of burnished gold, is a throne, high and
lifted up. Upon this throne sits the Son of God, and around Him are
the subjects of His kingdom.—
The Great Controversy, 665
.
In the presence of the assembled inhabitants of earth and heaven
the final coronation of the Son of God takes place....
He [Satan] has seen the crown placed upon the head of Christ by
an angel of lofty stature and majestic presence, and he knows that
the exalted position of this angel might have been his.—
The Great
Controversy, 666, 669
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The Last Judgment
Now, invested with supreme majesty and power, the King of kings
pronounces sentence upon the rebels against His government, and exe-
cutes justice upon those who have transgressed His law and oppressed
His people....
As soon as the books of record are opened, and the eye of Jesus
looks upon the wicked, they are conscious of every sin which they
have ever committed. They see just where their feet diverged from
the path of purity and holiness, just how far pride and rebellion have
carried them in the violation of the law of God....
Above the throne is revealed the cross; and like a panoramic view
appear the scenes of Adam’s temptation and fall, and the successive
steps in the great plan of redemption. The Saviour’s lowly birth; His
early life of simplicity and obedience; His baptism in Jordan; ... His
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public ministry; ... His betrayal ...; the Son of God exultingly displayed
before Annas, arraigned in the high priest’s palace, in the judgment