Desire of Ages Preface
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This is the story of Jesus. It was written by Ellen G. White in 1898. You can click on the Index below to start reading. |
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In this online version I have color-coded sections that are of special interest to me: |
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A grey box indicates a paragraph that contains information that is troubling. As a Christian, real life is not always full of health, wealth and prosperity. Because there is a very real satan and demonic forces and sinful humans that hate the things of God, we live in a world of suffering, conflict, setbacks, disappointments, conflicts, and turmoil. The life of Jesus exemplifies this truth that if I want to be a Christian, I need to learn to accept the hard fact that there will also be suffering and trouble. |
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A pink box indicates positive things. Because Jesus came to bring us the GOOD NEWS of the Gospel, the Desire of Ages is full of positive things that Jesus has done for suffering humanity. |
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A peach colored box indicates a paragraph that I found contained interesting information that was worth extra consideration. |
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A bright blue box indicates astonishing things, truths that were startling and to me of great interest. |
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Text that is brown is a Bible verse. Please note Desire of Ages was written in the 1800s when the King James version of the Bible was considered THE sacred translation of Scriptures. However here in 2008 the King James language of Thees and Thous has become a hindrance to understanding for the contemporary reader, so I have taken the liberty to substitute some of the King James verses into more readable translations. |
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Purple text indicates a sentence that I felt was important to highlight. Usually such a sentence contained information that was new to me. |
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Red text indicates word combinations that I liked, historical facts I hadn't known before, or commentary that was startling to read. |
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If you want to read more books by Ellen White, they are online for FREE at: www.whiteestate.org |
Color Legend
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= Troubling Things |
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= Wonderful Things |
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= Interesting Things |
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= Astonishing Things |
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