The agencies which will unite against truth and righteousness in this contest are now actively at work. God’s holy word, which has been handed down to us at such a cost of suffering and blood, is but little valued. The Bible is within the reach of all, but there are few who really accept it as the guide of life. Infidelity prevails to an alarming extent, not in the world merely, but in the church. Many have come to deny doctrines which are the very pillars of the Christian faith. The great facts of creation as presented by the inspired writers, the fall of man, the atonement, and the perpetuity of the law of God, are practically rejected, either wholly or in part, by a large share of the professedly Christian world. Thousands who pride themselves upon their wisdom and independence regard it as an evidence of weakness to place implicit confidence in the Bible; they think it a proof of superior talent and learning to cavil at the Scriptures and to spiritualize and explain away their most important truths. GC 582.3

The days are fast approaching when there will be great perplexity and confusion. Satan, clothed in angel robes, will deceive, if possible, the very elect. There will be gods many and lords many. Every wind of doctrine will be blowing. Those who have rendered supreme homage to “science falsely so called” will not be the leaders then. Those who have trusted to intellect, genius, or talent will not then stand at the head of rank and file. They did not keep pace with the light. Those who have proved themselves unfaithful will not then be entrusted with the flock. In the last solemn work few great men will be engaged. They are self-sufficient, independent of God, and He cannot use them. The Lord has faithful servants, who in the shaking, testing time will be disclosed to view. There are precious ones now hidden who have not bowed the knee to Baal. They have not had the light which has been shining in a concentrated blaze upon you. But it may be under a rough and uninviting exterior the pure brightness of a genuine Christian character will be revealed. In the day time we look toward heaven but do not see the stars. They are there, fixed in the firmament, but the eye cannot distinguish them. In the night we behold their genuine luster. 5T 80.1

The time is not far distant when the test will come to every soul. The mark of the beast will be urged upon us. Those who have step by step yielded to worldly demands and conformed to worldly customs will not find it a hard matter to yield to the powers that be, rather than subject themselves to derision, insult, threatened imprisonment, and death. The contest is between the commandments of God and the commandments of men. In this time the gold will be separated from the dross in the church. True godliness will be clearly distinguished from the appearance and tinsel of it. Many a star that we have admired for its brilliancy will then go out in darkness. Chaff like a cloud will be borne away on the wind, even from places where we see only floors of rich wheat. All who assume the ornaments of the sanctuary, but are not clothed with Christ’s righteousness, will appear in the shame of their own nakedness. 5T 81.1

BY: MONICA YOUNG JULY 31, 2023  0

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Images capture the birth of stars and planets in multiple results from the James Webb Space Telescope, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the Very Large Telescope.

WEBB IMAGES THE DRAMA OF STARBIRTH

JWST captured a tightly bound pair of actively forming stars powering outward-billowing gas clouds known as Herbig-Haro 46/47. (The system is angled, with the smaller right side slightly closer to Earth.) The stars powering the explosive bubbles of dust and gas are at the center of the red diffraction spikes; they’re not visible themselves, but the dust around them appears as an orange-white splotch.
NASA / ESA / CSA; Image processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI)

Some 1,400 light-years away in the southern constellation of Vela is a dark nebula dense with dust that blocks out background stars. With the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers can see through and into this cloud (seen above in ethereal blue), revealing a pair of still-forming stars known as Herbig Haro 46/47. Discovered in 1977, Herbig-Haro 46/47 has served as one of the prototypes of this unique celestial phenomenon ever since.

The stars themselves are not visible, though the orange diffraction spikes point to their central location. A dense disk of dust and gas hides their fires. The disk isn’t visible either, but its shadow is cast as two dark cones above and below the stars, seen between the spikes. While huge masses of dusty gas feed the still-growing stars, it’s the paltry plasma speeding away from the center that dominates the image. The jets provide an outlet for the angular momentum of the inward-spiraling gas in the disk, so they are key both to maintaining the stars’ growth and, for astronomers, to understanding it.

From the very beginning of the great controversy in heaven it has been Satan’s purpose to overthrow the law of God. It was to accomplish this that he entered upon his rebellion against the Creator, and though he was cast out of heaven he has continued the same warfare upon the earth. To deceive men, and thus lead them to transgress God’s law, is the object which he has steadfastly pursued. Whether this be accomplished by casting aside the law altogether, or by rejecting one of its precepts, the result will be ultimately the same. He that offends “in one point,” manifests contempt for the whole law; his influence and example are on the side of transgression; he becomes “guilty of all.” James 2:10.
In seeking to cast contempt upon the divine statutes, Satan has perverted the doctrines of the Bible, and errors have thus become incorporated into the faith of thousands who profess to believe the Scriptures. The last great conflict between truth and error is but the final struggle of the long-standing controversy concerning the law of God. Upon this battle we are now entering—a battle between the laws of men and the precepts of Jehovah, between the religion of the Bible and the religion of fable and tradition. GC 582.1 – GC 582.2

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Read more about the image from the JWST press release.