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The Great Controversy by Ellen White (Unabridged Version)

For millennia, the powers of good and evil have clashed on the battlefield for the loyalties of men. In the great controversy, at stake are not only individual freedoms, liberty of conscience and freedom of worship, but also fulfillment of Bible prophecy and truth. From eternity past to significant historical moments such as the reformation, the enlightenment and the great awakening, several champions bravely take their stand for a cause greater than themselves. Chequered in religious oppression, infernal deception and crucial victories, this books seeks to connect the dots between Bible prophecy, spiritual mysteries and divine revelations, and traces the progress of world events from cataclysmic trauma to a wonderful culmination.

For millennia, the powers of good and evil have clashed on the battlefield for the loyalties of men. In the great controversy, at stake are not only individual freedoms, liberty of conscience and freedom of worship, but also fulfillment of Bible prophecy and truth. From eternity past to significant historical moments such as the reformation, the enlightenment and the great awakening, several champions bravely take their stand for a cause greater than themselves. Chequered in religious oppression, infernal deception and crucial victories, this books seeks to connect the dots between Bible prophecy, spiritual mysteries and divine revelations, and traces the progress of world events from cataclysmic trauma to a wonderful culmination.

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the seventy weeks was seen to have been fulfilled. "From the going forth of the commandment<br />

to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and<br />

threescore and two weeks"--namely, sixty-nine weeks, or 483 years. <strong>The</strong> decree of Artaxerxes<br />

went into effect in the autumn of 457 B.C. From this date, 483 years extend to the autumn of<br />

A.D. 27. (See Appendix.) At that time this prophecy was fulfilled. <strong>The</strong> word "Messiah"<br />

signifies "the Anointed One." In the autumn of A.D. 27 Christ was baptized <strong>by</strong> John and<br />

received the anointing of the Spirit. <strong>The</strong> apostle Peter testifies that "God anointed Jesus of<br />

Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power." Acts 10:38. And the Saviour Himself declared:<br />

"<strong>The</strong> Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach the gospel to the<br />

poor." Luke 4:18. After His baptism He went into Galilee, "preaching the gospel of the<br />

kingdom of God, and saying, <strong>The</strong> time is fulfilled." Mark 1:14, 15.<br />

THE PROPHECY OF 2,300 DAYS<br />

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