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Confrontation - Ellen G. White

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at the head of the armies of Israel, their invisible<br />

Leader. If they could have always realized this they<br />

would not have rebelled and provoked God in the<br />

wilderness by their unreasonable murmurings. God<br />

said to Moses, “Behold, I send an Angel before<br />

thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into<br />

the place which I have prepared. Beware of him,<br />

and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will<br />

not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in<br />

him.”<br />

When Christ, as the guiding, guarding angel,<br />

condescended to lead the armies of Israel through<br />

the wilderness to Canaan, Satan was provoked, for<br />

he felt that his power could not so well control<br />

them. But as he saw that the armies of Israel were<br />

easily influenced and incited to rebellion by his<br />

suggestions, he hoped to lead them to murmuring<br />

and sin which would bring upon them the wrath of<br />

God. And as he saw that his power was submitted<br />

to by men, he became bold in his temptations,<br />

inciting them to crime and violence. Through<br />

Satan’s devices, each generation was becoming<br />

more feeble in physical, mental, and moral power.<br />

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