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In Seventh-day Adventist theology, the Great Controversy theme refers to the cosmic battle between Jesus Christ and Satan, also played out on earth. Ellen G. White, a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, who wrote several books explaining, but allegedly never disagreeing with the Bible, delineates the theme in her book The Great Controversy, first published in 1858.
The Great Controversy is a book by Ellen G. White, ... an expansion of the 1858 Great Controversy theme into four volumes, designed especially for Seventh-day ...
This apocalyptic understanding of theology would become known as the Great Controversy theme. Bates initially was skeptical of the young Ellen G. White and her prophetic gift, but became convinced of its truthfulness when he was in the presence of Ellen White when she had a vision of several planets. [ 5 ]
–Great Controversy p. 445. Jon Paulien maintains that the central issue of the "final crisis of earth’s history has to do with the Sabbath", based on the strong allusion of Revelation 14:7 to Exodus 20:11 (the Sabbath commandment of the Ten Commandments), and also other verses and themes in Revelation. [165]
The Great Controversy Theme provides the background for the development of evil – the story of Lucifer's (Satan's) rebellion against the government of God. The thrust of Satan's argument is that God cannot be trusted, that His law is severe and unfair, and thus the Lawgiver is unfair, severe, and arbitrary.
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The theme and participants, Rihanna included, were criticized amid dialogue about whether outfits were offensive. Cardinal Timothy Dolan, head of the New York Catholic Archdiocese, attended the ...
Her religious cosmology was dominated by a Great Controversy theme, as outlined in her book The Great Controversy, first published in 1858. It describes a cosmic battle between good and evil, between Jesus Christ and Satan, covering the fall of Satan and his angels , the fall of man , and the salvation of sinful man through the crucifixion of ...