Os Resgatados: O Grande Conflito na Linguagem de Hoje

Série Conflito #5

by Ellen Gould White

Tempestades, terremostos, tsunamis e incêndios devastam grandes áreas, cobrando um alto preço. Guerras e conflitos nos cercam. Crises econômicas ameaçam a segurança das pessoas e nações ao redor do planeta.

Os Resgatados faz um esboço da grande sucessão de acontecimentos que nos trouxe a este ponto e nos leva a olhar para os eventos finais deste mundo. Ao longo da história da Terra, Satanás tem deturpado o caráter de Deus. Ele tem provado o amor com fogo. Hoje, muito mais do que em qualquer momento anterior da história, estamos envolvidos nesta batalha entre o bem e o mal.

Este livro, como nenhum outro, oferece um vislumbre dos bastidores desse conflito contínuo e inescapável. Em uma apresentação empolgante do passado, presente e futuro, começa com a rejeição do homem do Calvário por parte de Jerusalém. Continuando ao longo das eras, revela a perseguição dos filhos de Deus e a apostasia da igreja durante a Idade Média; a iluminação trazida pela Reforma; a exaltação das Escrituras e se poder para dissipar toda ilusão das trevas; o despertamento religioso dos últimos dias e, por fim, aponta para um futuro glorioso, muito maior do que somos capazes de imaginar.

350 pages, Paperback

First published February 11, 2014

About the author

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.

Reviews

[Ille · Rating 5 out of 5]

'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.