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Before returning to what Scripture says (oh, bummer, do we have to?)
… let us look for a moment at what Ellen G. White says.
I have really enjoyed reading her book on the history of the church,
titled “The Great Controversy”. Now, towards the end of another
of her books, “The Story of Redemption”, we read …
“But I saw that the Word of God, as a whole, is a perfect chain,
one portion linking into and explaining another. True seekers
for truth need not err, for not only is the Word of God plain and
simple in declaring the way of life, but the Holy Spirit is given
as a guide in understanding the way to life therein revealed.
I saw that the angels of God are never to control the will.
God sets before man life and death. He can have his choice.
Many desire life, but still continue to walk in the broad road.
They choose to rebel against God’s government, notwithstanding
His great mercy and compassion in giving His Son to die for them.
Those who do not choose to accept of the salvation so dearly
purchased, must be punished. But I saw that God would not shut
them up in hell to endure endless misery, neither will He take them
to heaven; for to bring them into the company of the pure and holy
would make them exceedingly miserable. But He will destroy them
utterly and cause them to be as if they had not been; then His justice
will be satisfied. He formed man out of the dust of the earth, and the
disobedient and unholy will be consumed by fire and return to dust again.
I saw that the benevolence and compassion of God in this matter should
lead all to admire His character and to adore His holy name. After the wicked
are destroyed from off the earth, all the heavenly host will say, “Amen!”.”
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