"Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy
ways, thou King of saints. Revelation 15:3.
Every question of truth and error in the long-standing controversy has now been
made plain. The results of rebellion, the fruits of setting aside the divine statutes,
have been laid open to the view of all created intelligences. The working out of
Satan’s rule in contrast with the government of God has been presented to the whole
universe. Satan’s own works have condemned him. God’s wisdom, His justice, and
His goodness stand fully vindicated. It is seen that all His dealings in the great
controversy have been conducted with respect to the eternal good of His people and
the good of all the worlds that He has created.... The history of sin will stand to all
eternity as a witness that with the existence of God’s law is bound up the happiness
of all the beings He has created. With all the facts of the great controversy in view,
the whole universe, both loyal and rebellious, with one accord declare: “Just and
true are thy ways, thou King of saints.”
Before the universe has been clearly presented the great sacrifice made by the
Father and the Son in man’s behalf. The hour has come when Christ occupies His
rightful position and is glorified above principalities and powers and every name
that is named. It was for the joy that was set before Him—that He might bring
many sons unto glory—that He endured the cross and despised the shame. And
inconceivably great as was the sorrow and the shame, yet greater is the joy and the
glory. He looks upon the redeemed, renewed in His own image, every heart bearing
the perfect impress of the divine, every face reflecting the likeness of their King.
He beholds in them the result of the travail of His soul, and He is satisfied. Then,
in a voice that reaches the assembled multitudes of the righteous and the wicked,
He declares: “Behold the purchase of My blood! For these I suffered, for these I
died, that they might dwell in My presence throughout eternal ages.” And the song
of praise ascends from the white-robed ones about the throne: “Worthy is the Lamb
that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour,
and glory, and blessing.” Revelation 5:12.
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