The Great Controversy - Righteousness is Love

517an easy prey; but he knows that this is false. Again and again, in theprogress of the great controversy, he has been defeated and compelled toyield. He knows too well the power and majesty of the Eternal.The aim of the great rebel has ever been to justify himself and to prove thedivine government responsible for the rebellion. To this end he has bent allthe power of his giant intellect. He has worked deliberately andsystematically, and with marvelous success, leading vast multitudes toaccept his version of the great controversy which has been so long inprogress. For thousands of years this chief of conspiracy has palmed offfalsehood for truth. But the time has now come when the rebellion is to befinally defeated and the history and character of Satan disclosed. In his lastgreat effort to dethrone Christ, destroy His people, and take possession ofthe City of God, the archdeceiver has been fully unmasked. Those who haveunited with him see the total failure of his cause. Christ's followers and theloyal angels behold the full extent of his machinations against thegovernment of God. He is the object of universal abhorrence.Satan sees that his voluntary rebellion has unfitted him for heaven. He hastrained his powers to war against God; the purity, peace, and harmony ofheaven would be to him supreme torture. His accusations against the mercyand justice of God are now silenced. The reproach which he has endeavoredto cast upon Jehovah rests wholly upon himself. And now Satan bows downand confesses the justice of his sentence."Who shall not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? for Thou only artholy: for all nations shall come and worship before Thee; for Thyjudgments are made manifest." Verse 4. Every question of truth and error inthe long-standing controversy has now been made plain. The results ofrebellion, the fruits of setting aside the divine statutes, have been laid opento the view of all created intelligences. The working out of Satan's rule incontrast with the government of God has been presented to the wholeuniverse. Satan's own works have condemned him. God's wisdom, Hisjustice, and His goodness stand fully vindicated. It is seen that all Hisdealings in the great controversy have been conducted with respect to theeternal good of His people and the good of all the worlds that He hascreated. "All Thy works shall praise Thee, O Lord; and Thy saints shallbless Thee." Psalm 145:10. The history of sin will stand to all eternity as awitness that with the existence of God's law is bound up the happiness of allthe beings He has created. With all the facts of the great controversy in