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E. G. White Preface
The Great Controversy 1888
Through the illumination of the Holy Spirit, the scenes of the long-continued conflict between good and evil have been opened to the writer of these pages.
The object of this book according to its author is to:
- trace the history of the controversy in past ages
- unfold of the great testing truths that at different periods have been given to the world
- shed a light on the fast-approaching struggle of the future which will be marked with a terrible intensity such as the world has never witnessed
- bring out facts and principles which have a bearing upon coming events
- unfold the scenes of the great controversy between truth and error
- reveal the wiles of Satan and the means by which he may be successfully resisted
- shed such a light upon the origin and the final disposition of sin as to fully make manifest the justice and benevolence of God in all His dealings with His creatures.
