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hall of Pilate, before the cowardly and cruel Herod ...—all are vividly
portrayed.
And now before the swaying multitude are revealed the final
scenes—the patient Sufferer treading the path to Calvary; the Prince
of heaven hanging upon the cross....
The awful spectacle appears just as it was. Satan, his angels,
and his subjects have no power to turn from the picture of their own
work. Each actor recalls the part which he performed.—
The Great
Controversy, 666, 667
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The time will come when all must stand before angels and before
men, revealed in their true light. As the artist reproduces upon the
polished plate the features of the human countenance, so their charac-
ters are being transferred to the books of heaven.... In the judgment
every man will stand revealed just as he is, either fashioned after the
divine similitude or disfigured by the idolatrous sins of selfishness and
covetousness.—
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In the day when everyone shall be rewarded according as his work
has been, how will transgressors appear in their own sight as for a few
moments they are permitted to see the record of their life as they have
chosen to make it....
In the day of judgment men will see what they might have become
through the power of Christ.... They knew the claims of God, but they
refused to comply with the conditions laid down in His Word. By their
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own choice they were united with demons....
In the day of judgment, all this opens up before the impenitent.
Scene after scene passes before them. As plainly as in the light of
the noonday sun, they all see what they might have been had they
cooperated with God instead of opposing Him. The picture cannot be
changed. Their cases are forever decided....
And the fallen angels, endowed with higher intelligence than man,
will realize what they have done in using their powers to lead human
beings to choose deception and falsehood.—
The Upward Look, 203
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But the time has now come when the rebellion is to be finally
defeated and the history and character of Satan disclosed. In his last
great effort to dethrone Christ, destroy His people, and take possession
of the city of God, the archdeceiver has been fully unmasked. Those
who have united with him see the total failure of his cause. Christ’s
followers and the loyal angels behold the full extent of his machina-