Great Controversy theme

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The Great Controversy theme is a central Seventh-day Adventist theological framework that portrays human history as part of a cosmic conflict between Christ and Satan over God’s character, law, and government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Seventh-day Adventist doctrine
cosmic conflict motif
theological theme
associatedWith Ellen G. White
category Adventist metanarrative
Christian theological framework
centralTo Seventh-day Adventist 28 Fundamental Beliefs
surface form: Seventh-day Adventist theology

Seventh-day Adventist worldview
closelyLinkedTo the book "The Great Controversy"
concerns God’s government
God’s law
cosmic conflict between Christ and Satan
vindication of God’s character
contrasts Christ’s self-sacrificing love with Satan’s self-exaltation
emphasizes cosmic dimensions of salvation
moral freedom
the justice of God
the love of God
the reality of evil
theodicy
frames the final eradication of evil
the origin of sin
the problem of suffering
goal final restoration of harmony in creation
vindication of God before the universe
hasInfluenceOn Adventist education
Adventist mission strategy
Adventist preaching
hasKeyOpponents Jesus Christ
surface form: Christ

the Devil
surface form: Satan
influencedBy Ellen G. White
surface form: Ellen G. White’s writings
interprets biblical history as part of a cosmic war
the end-time events
the fall of humanity
the final judgment
the life and death of Jesus Christ
religiousTradition Seventh-day Adventist Church
surface form: Seventh-day Adventism
scope human history
universal history
supports Adventist understanding of the Second Coming
Sabbath emphasis in Adventism
investigative judgment doctrine in Adventism
teaches that God’s law is central to the conflict
that Satan accuses God’s character
that human beings participate in the cosmic conflict
that the universe is watching the resolution of the conflict
usedIn Seventh-day Adventist eschatology
Seventh-day Adventist evangelism
Seventh-day Adventist systematic theology

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Seventh-day Adventist Church coreBelief Great Controversy theme