Satan's enmity against Christ has been manifested against His followers.The same hatred of the principles of God's law,the same policy of deception,by which error is made to appear as truth,by which human laws are substituted for the law of God,and men are led to worship the creature rather than the Creator,may be traced in all history of the past.Satan's efforts to misrepresent the character of God,to cause men to cherish a false conception of the Creator,and thus to regard Him with fear and hate rather than with love;his endeavours to set aside the divine law,leading the people to think themselves free from its requirements;and his persecutions of those who dare to resist his deceptions,have been steadily pursued in all the ages.
They may be traced in the history of the patriachs,prophets,and apostles,of matyrs and reformers.In the grat conflict satan will employ the samepolicy,manifest the same spirit,and work for the same endas in allpreceeding ages.That which has been will be,except that the coming struggle will be marked with such aterrible intensity suc as the world has never witnessed.Satan's deceptions will be more subtle,his assaults more determined.If it were possible he wou;d lead atsray the elect(Mark 13:22)
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