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SATAN’S INCREASING
ACTIVITY
“Spirits
of devils working miracles” deceive and unite the nations.
Rev.
16:13, 14
Satan’s
counterfeit Latter Rain begins BEFORE the genuine Latter Rain. GC
464; EW 261, 56;
GC
588, 592
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THE COUNTERFEIT REVIVAL
SATAN
WILL PERSONATE CHRIST IN DIFFERENT PLACE IN THE WORLD AND AT
DIFFERENT TIMES BEFORE THE CLOSE OF PROBATION.
[See
Note 15]
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Spiritism
Satan’s counterfeit revival precedes the
true revival [the final
loud cry] for the purpose of deceiving nominal Christians into
believing that God is with them and blessing them. Thus, they
will be lulled to sleep in a false security. EW
56, 45, 261;
5T 451; GC
464, 588, 589,
615.
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Miracles take place
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The sick are healed.
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Signs and wonders follow.
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A great
religious excitement is raised up by which many are deceive.
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Thus, nearly the whole world is
prejudiced against Seventh-day Adventist and the Sabbath and
take their stand against the true Sabbath and in favor of
Satan’s counterfeit sabbath.
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Thus the whole world is brought to a
definite decision, either for the true God an His Sabbath
memorial, sign, and seal, or for Satan and his counterfeit
sign – Sunday – the mark of the beast – the mark of
apostasy. Mt.
24:4, 24; 2
Cor. 11:13, 15; 1
John 4:1; 1
Peter 5:8; Ephesians
6:11, 12; 1
Timothy 4:1; 2
Thessalonians 2:9; Rev.
16:13, 14; Isaiah
8:19, 20.
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Spiritism – Seventh-day Adventists
will have to meet Satan face to face in the form of
spiritism. EW
87, 88, 101,
102, 263-266;
GC
492-562, 588; PK 210,
211; MM
105-117; 5T
191-199; 2SM
349-353; Ed
226-228; 9T
16; GC
604; 5T
573. Satan’s master piece of
deception.” GC
561.
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Through spiritism Satan personates the
dead perfectly.
GC 562,
560, 561.
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Satan’s ministers perform many
miraculous healings. Rev.
13:13, 14; GC
588, 589
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This is his “crowning act.” GC
624. This is “his masterpiece of
deception.” GC
561. This is the strong, almost overmastering
delusion.” GC
624.
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Satan claims to be Christ himself. He
performs many mighty miracles. He heals the sick.
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A great religious excitement is raised.
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Then in a soft, melodious voice, he
blesses the widow and orphans.
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He then warns Sunday-keepers that they
are suffering under the curse of God because they are not
keeping Sunday better.
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He declares, “Yes, I DID change the
Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday.” GC
624
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Then follows more severe Sunday laws,
penalties and persecutions. GC
607; TM
62
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“And he will continue these wonders
until the close of probation, that
he may point to them as evidence that he is an angles
of light and not a darkness.” 7BC
911; 2SM
51.
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“… A Sunday law, Protestantism will
in this act join hands with popery” [the papacy], 5T
712.
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“This is the image to the beast.” Rev.
13:14-16; GC
445; FCD 4; [See
Note 14]
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“This is the complete fall of Babylon
in the U. S.” Rev.
14:8; 18:1-4
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This is “the three-fold union.” Of
[1] “The Dragon” [ paganism and spiritism], [2] “The
beast”, [the papacy], and [3] “The false prophet,”
[apostate Protestantism]. Rev.
16:13, 14; 19:20;
5T 451; GC 588,
589; [See
Notes 16 & 17]
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Same
understand from GC
561 and 624
that Satan will personate Christ AFTER the close of Probation.
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PROTESTANTISM
IS DECLINING BOTH DOCTRINALLY AND SPIRITUALLY
CATHOLICISM
SILENTLY GROWING INTO POWOER
SPIRITISM
INCERASING AND SPREADING
THE IMAGE TO THE
BEAST IS NOW COMPLETE
THE THREEFOLD UNION
IS NOW COMPLETE
THE FALL OF BABYLON IS NOW COMPLETE
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“Satan has entire control
of the finally impenitent.” GC
614; EW
280. Satan leads
in a great counterfeit religious revival. GC
615.
“Satan
will then plunge the inhabitants of earth into one great final
trouble.” GC
614; 7BC 781; 6T
408; 5T 451.
“The same destructive
power exercised by holy angels when God command, will be
exercised by evil angles when He permits. There are forces now
ready and only waiting the divine permission to spread
desolation everywhere.” GC
614. [See also GC
623].
Satan
causes [1] intemperance, [2] war, [3] disease, [4] disaster –
populous cities are reduced to ruin and desolation, [5]
accidents, [6] tornadoes, [7] terrific hail storms, [8] tempest,
[9] floods, [10] cyclones, [11] tidal waves, [12] earthquakes,
[13] he sweeps away the ripening harvest, [14] famine, [15]
distress, [16] pestilence. GC
589-591; 614, 277.
Under the sixth plague, Satan
gathers the nations to the battle of Armageddon. Rev.
16:12-16.
“GREAT
BABYLON” Rev.
17:18
The
fall of Babylon is progressive. GC
389, 390
Babylon falls more and more
as nation after nation enacts a national
Sunday law.
Ultimately Babylon is
completely fallen all over the world.
“That gigantic system of
false religion is a masterpiece of Satan’s power – a
monument of his efforts to seat himself upon the throne to rule
the earth according to his will.” GC
50. [See Notes 15
16 17].
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