Summary:

This book describes the 'Great Controversy theme' between Jesus and Satan, as played out over the millennia from its start in heaven, to its final end when the world is destroyed and recreated. The original book was written largely for an Adventist audience with a focus on showing how God had led them, and preparing them for the end times by describing the events that will occur in the Christian churches and in the world before Jesus returns. Much of the first half of the book is devoted to the historical conflict between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. The second half of the book is prophetic, looking to a resurgence in Papal supremacy.