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〉 The Truth About Angels
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   To the Reader ( 4 )
   Chapter 1—Angels and You—a Brief Overview ( 9 )
     The Number and Power of Angels ( 9 )
     Angels Help God’s Children ( 10 )
     Satan and Evil Angels ( 11 )
     Christ’s Followers Are Safe ( 12 )
   Chapter 2—Angel Ministry Today ( 14 )
     Angels Guard Us ( 14 )
     Angels Involved in Family Life ( 16 )
     Angels Enlighten Our Minds ( 17 )
     Angels Help Us Do Right ( 18 )
     Angels Aid Efforts for the Lost ( 20 )
     Angels Strengthen Our Faith ( 22 )
   Chapter 3—Angels in Heaven, Before the Rebellion ( 23 )
     Christ as Creator-God ( 23 )
     Before Sin Arose, God Had a Plan ( 24 )
     Creation of the Angels ( 25 )
     Creation of Lucifer ( 26 )
     Lucifer’s High Position ( 27 )
     Before Evil Originated ( 28 )
   Chapter 4—The Origin of Evil ( 30 )
     The Origin of Evil a Mystery ( 30 )
     The First Inklings of Evil ( 31 )
     God Sets Forth Christ’s True Position ( 32 )
     Lucifer Begins His Campaign Against Christ ( 34 )
     Lucifer Is Given Time to Develop His Principles ( 37 )
     The Angels Debate the Issues ( 38 )
     God Meets Satan’s Challenge ( 41 )
     Lucifer Becomes Satan ( 42 )
     The Angels Appear Before the Father ( 43 )
   Chapter 5—The Rebellious Angels Are Cast Out, and Adam and Eve Fall ( 45 )
     War in Heaven ( 45 )
     The Effects of Rebellion ( 46 )
     The Creation of Earth and Humankind ( 47 )
     Adam and Eve in Eden ( 49 )
     Satan Plans to Cause Man’s Fall ( 50 )
     Satan Speaks to Eve Through a Serpent ( 52 )
     Eve Eats the Fruit and Tempts Adam ( 56 )
     The Council of Peace ( 59 )
     Adam and Eve Expelled From Eden ( 61 )
   Chapter 6—Angels Before and After Noah’s Flood ( 63 )
     The Plan of Salvation Explained Further ( 63 )
     Worship at the Cherubim-guarded Gate ( 63 )
     Adam and Angels Instructed Antediluvians ( 65 )
     Enoch ( 66 )
     Noah ( 69 )
     The Flood Comes ( 70 )
     After the Flood ( 71 )
     The Builders of Babel ( 72 )
   Chapter 7—Angels in the Patriarchal Age ( 73 )
     Abraham ( 73 )
     The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ( 75 )
     Two Angels Visit Lot ( 75 )
     Abraham Tested ( 77 )
     The Marriage of Isaac ( 80 )
     Jacob and Esau ( 82 )
   Chapter 8—Angels at the Time of the Exodus ( 88 )
     The Birth of Moses ( 88 )
     Moses in Midian ( 90 )
     The Plagues of Egypt ( 91 )
     Christ, Israel’s Invisible Leader ( 95 )
   Chapter 9—Angels From Sinai to the Taking of Jericho ( 98 )
     Angels in Israel’s Wilderness Wanderings ( 98 )
     Israel at Sinai ( 98 )
     “Let Them Make Me a Sanctuary” ( 99 )
     The Death and Resurrection of Moses ( 103 )
     Balaam, a Prophet Gone Wrong ( 105 )
     Joshua Leads Israel Into Canaan ( 109 )
     The Taking of Jericho ( 111 )
   Chapter 10—Angels From the Time of the Judges to the Early Kingdom ( 112 )
     Christ as the “Angel of the Lord” ( 112 )
     Gideon ( 113 )
     Samson ( 114 )
     Samuel and Eli ( 117 )
     Saul and Jonathan ( 119 )
     David’s Early Years ( 119 )
     Saul Encounters an Angel ( 121 )
     Saul’s Séance at Endor and His Death ( 121 )
   Chapter 11—Angels From David’s Time to the Babylonian Captivity ( 126 )
     David’s Reign ( 126 )
     Solomon ( 129 )
     Elijah ( 130 )
     Elisha ( 134 )
     Isaiah ( 135 )
     Ezekiel ( 137 )
   Chapter 12—Angels From the Captivity to John the Baptist ( 139 )
     Daniel and His Three Companions ( 139 )
     Nebuchadnezzar’s Fiery Furnace ( 139 )
     Belshazzar’s Feast ( 140 )
     Daniel in the Lions’ Den ( 141 )
     Gabriel Sent to Explain the Vision of Daniel 8 ( 142 )
     The Struggle for Influence Over the Kings of Persia ( 144 )
     The Second Temple ( 145 )
     Ezra ( 145 )
     Nehemiah ( 146 )
     The Visions of Zechariah ( 146 )
     The Vision of Joshua and the Angel ( 146 )
     The Vision of the Seven Lamps and the Two Olive Trees ( 150 )
     Angels in the Time of Esther ( 151 )
     The Father of John the Baptist ( 151 )
   Chapter 13—The Incarnation and Early Life of Christ ( 154 )
     The Incarnation a Profound Mystery ( 154 )
     The Universe Was Watching ( 154 )
     Why Christ Took Human Nature ( 155 )
     Christ’s Human Nature ( 156 )
     The Annunciation ( 157 )
     Before Christ’s Birth ( 158 )
     The Magi ( 161 )
     The Silent Years ( 166 )
   Chapter 14—Angels at Christ’s Baptism and in the Wilderness ( 168 )
     Christ’s Baptism ( 168 )
     Christ’s Threefold Temptation in the Wilderness ( 170 )
     The First Temptation ( 172 )
     The Second Temptation ( 173 )
     The Third Temptation ( 175 )
     Heavenly Angels Watched Christ Being Tempted ( 177 )
     After the Third Temptation ( 178 )
   Chapter 15—Good and Evil Angels During Christ’s Ministry ( 180 )
     Devil Possession in Jesus’ Day ( 180 )
     Rejection at Nazareth ( 181 )
     The Demoniac in the Synagogue at Capernaum ( 184 )
     The Healing of the Centurion’s Servant ( 185 )
     The Demoniacs of Gadara ( 186 )
     The Healing of the Demoniac Son ( 187 )
     Jesus Is Accused of Being Demon Possessed ( 188 )
     Evil Angels in Human Form Were Among Christ’s Hearers ( 190 )
     The Resurrection of Lazarus ( 190 )
     Jesus Hunted From City to City During His Ministry ( 190 )
   Chapter 16—Angels From Christ’s Passion Until His Death ( 192 )
     Jesus and His Disciples Go to Gethsemane ( 192 )
     Angels in Gethsemane ( 193 )
     Before the Court of Annas and Caiaphas ( 197 )
     Before Pilate ( 199 )
     Christ’s Crucifixion ( 201 )
   Chapter 17—Angels From Christ’s Resurrection Until His Ascension ( 207 )
     The Morning of Christ’s Resurrection ( 207 )
     Immediately After Christ’s Resurrection ( 211 )
     The Women Come to the Sepulcher ( 213 )
     Christ’s Ascension to His Father ( 214 )
     Other Post-resurrection Appearances ( 216 )
     Christ’s Final Appearance at His Ascension ( 220 )
     Christ Is Escorted Into the Father’s Presence ( 222 )
   Chapter 18—Angels From Pentecost to the Last Days ( 224 )
     Angels Protect Vital Truths ( 224 )
     Peter and John Delivered From Prison ( 225 )
     Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch ( 227 )
     Paul’s Conversion ( 228 )
     Paul Leaves Damascus ( 229 )
     Cornelius and Peter ( 230 )
     Peter Delivered From Prison ( 231 )
     The Stoning of Stephen ( 234 )
     Angels During Paul’s Ministry ( 234 )
     The Siege of Jerusalem ( 240 )
     John the Revelator ( 241 )
     Angels in the Middle Ages ( 243 )
     The Protestant Reformation ( 244 )
     Luther ( 244 )
     Melancthon ( 246 )
     The Pilgrim Fathers ( 246 )
     The Three Angels of Revelation 14 ( 247 )
     William Miller ( 247 )
   Chapter 19—Angels in Ellen White’s Experience ( 249 )
     Ellen White’s Call to Be a Prophet ( 249 )
     The Ark of the Covenant in Heaven ( 250 )
     Satan Before He Fell, and As He Is Now ( 251 )
     Angels Ellen White Saw in Visions and Dreams ( 252 )
     The Battle of Manassas ( 254 )
     The Sanitarium Manager ( 255 )
     The Brown Family ( 256 )
     N. D. Faulkhead and the Secret Sign ( 257 )
     Angelic Presences While Ellen White Was Awake ( 258 )
   Chapter 20—Angels in the Final Crisis ( 261 )
     Good and Evil Angels Will Appear ( 261 )
     The Work of Evil Angels Through Spiritualism ( 262 )
     Miracles in the End Time ( 264 )
     Evil Spirits Active Among the Remnant ( 265 )
     Angels Will Do the Work Men Neglected ( 267 )
     Angels Will Supply the Needs of God’s People ( 268 )
     Satan’s Personations ( 268 )
     Evil Angels Incite Persecution ( 270 )
     Satan’s Personation After the Close of Probation ( 273 )
     Angels and the Universal Death Decree ( 275 )
     God Interposes as the Wicked Try to Kill God’s People ( 276 )
     The Second Coming of Christ ( 277 )
     Satan and His Evil Angels Confined to This Earth ( 280 )
   Chapter 21—Angels in the Great Hereafter ( 283 )
     When We Get to Heaven ( 283 )
     The Millennial Judgment ( 287 )
     The Third Coming of Christ ( 288 )
     The Last Judgment ( 291 )
     The Earth Made New ( 297 )
     The New Earth and Our Eternal Inheritance ( 297 )
   Epilogue ( 300 )