The Desire of Ages, by Ellen G. White. Chapter 3: \"The Fullness of the Time\" (ellenwhite.info) The fullness of the time had come. Humanity, becoming more degraded through ages of transgression, called for the coming of the Redeemer. Satan had been working to make the gulf deep and impassable between earth and heaven. By his falsehoods he had emboldened [35] men in sin. It was his purpose to wear out the forbearance of God, and to extinguish His love for man, so that He would abandon the world to satanic jurisdiction. Satan was seeking to shut out from men a knowledge of God, to turn their attention from the temple of God, and to establish his own kingdom. His strife for supremacy had seemed to be almost wholly successful. It is true that in every generation God had His agencies. Even among the heathen there were men through whom Christ was working to uplift the people from their sin and degradation. But these men were despised and hated. Many of them suffered a violent death. The dark shadow that Satan had cast over the world grew deeper and deeper. Through heathenism, Satan had for ages turned men away from God; but he won his great triumph in perverting the faith of Israel. By contemplating and worshiping their own conceptions, the heathen had lost a knowledge of God, and had become more and more corrupt. So it was with Israel. The principle that man can save himself by his own works lay at the foundation of every heathen religion; it had now [36] become the principle of the Jewish religion. Satan had implanted this principle. Wherever it is held, men have no barrier against sin. CREDITS: 1) Text: www.ellenwhite.info/books/ellen-g-white-book-desire-of-ages-da-03.htm 2) Hand over door handle: pexels-george-becker-792032 3) MUSIC "COLD BLUE" by Astron, from YouTube's Audio Library. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgCN5D_SEXE

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