What is Happening to our world?Storms, earthquakes, tsunamis, and fires devastate large areas, with huge tolls of death, injury, loss of property, and ongoing suffering. War and conflicts surround us. Economic crises threaten the security of people and nations around the globe.Love Under Fire outlines the grand sweep of events that have brought us to this point and will usher in this world's final events. Throughout the history of this earth, Satan has misrepresented God's character of love. He has put "love under fire." Today, more than ever before in earth's history, we are engaged in this battle between good and evil.This book, like no other, offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse of this ongoing inescapable conflict. A thrilling presentation of the past, the present, and the future, it begins with Jerusalem's rejection of the Man of Calvary. Continuing down through the ages, it reveals the persecution of God's children and the apostasy of the church in the Dark Ages, the enlightenment of the Reformation, the exaltation of the Scriptures and their power to dispel every delusion of darkness; the religious awakening of the last days; and finally, Love Under Fire points us to a glorious future, grander than we can imagine.This is the fifth and final volume of a five-volume series, adapted by the White Estate, that will bring the clear messages of the Conflict of the Ages set to a new generation of readers. Biblical texts, unless otherwise noted, are taken from the New King James Version. Share the great truths of the original volumes in a more accessible format for twenty-first century readers.
In brief, Ellen Gould Harmon White was a woman of remarkable spiritual gifts who lived most of her life during the nineteenth century (1827-1915), yet through her writings she is still making a revolutionary impact on millions of people around the world. During her lifetime she wrote more than 5,000 periodical articles and 40 books; but today, including compilations from her 50,000 pages of manuscript, more than 100 titles are available in English. She is the most translated woman writer in the entire history of literature, and the most translated American author of either gender. Her writings cover a broad range of subjects, including religion, education, social relationships, evangelism, prophecy, publishing, nutrition, and management. Her life-changing masterpiece on successful Christian living, Steps to Christ, has been published in more than 140 languages. Seventh-day Adventists believe that Mrs. White was more than a gifted writer; they believe she was appointed by God as a special messenger to draw the world's attention to the Holy Scriptures and help prepare people for Christ's second advent. From the time she was 17 years old until she died 70 years later, God gave her approximately 2,000 visions and dreams. The visions varied in length from less than a minute to nearly four hours. The knowledge and counsel received through these revelations she wrote out to be shared with others. Thus her special writings are accepted by Seventh-day Adventists as inspired, and their exceptional quality is recognized even by casual readers. As stated in Seventh-day Adventists Believe ... , “The writings of Ellen White are not a substitute for Scripture. They cannot be placed on the same level. The Holy Scriptures stand alone, the unique standard by which her and all other writings must be judged and to which they must be subject” (Seventh-day Adventists Believe ... , Ministerial Association, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Washington D.C., 1988, p. 227). Yet, as Ellen White herself noted, “The fact that God has revealed His will to men through His Word, has not rendered needless the continued presence and guiding of the Holy Spirit. On the contrary, the Spirit was promised by our Saviour to open the Word to His servants, to illuminate and apply its teachings” (The Great Controversy, p. vii). The following is a more detailed account of the life and work of this remarkable woman who, meeting all the tests of a true prophet as set forth in the Holy Scriptures, helped found the Seventh-day Adventist church.
'Love Under Fire' by Ellen Gould White is a very good book in the 'Conflict of The Ages' series. 'Love Under Fire' is a version of The Great Controversy ( which is about the battle between good and evil) that has been written in modern language, so that today's readers can understand it.
I really enjoyed this book, and would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about Christian history.