Satan came as an angel of light in the wilderness of temptation to deceive Christ; he doesn't come to man in a hideous form, as he is sometimes represented, but as an angel of light... —Satan has come down in these last days to work with all deceivableness...His satanic majesty works miracles in the sight of false prophets, in the sight of men, claiming that he is indeed Christ Himself. Satan gives his power to those who are aiding him in his deceptions; therefore those who claim to have the great power of God can only be discerned by the great detector, the law of Jehovah. God tells us if it were possible they would deceive the very elect. The sheep's clothing seems so real, so genuine, that the wolf can be discerned only as we go to God's great moral standard & there find that they are transgressors of the law of Jehovah... Preparing for the Final Act—This world is a theater. The actors, the inhabitants of the world, are preparing to act their part in the last great drama. God is lost sight of. There is no unity of purpose, except as parties of men confederate to gain their ends. God is looking on...The world has not been given into the hands of men, though God is permitting the elements of confusion & disorder to bear sway for a season. A power from beneath is working to bring about the last great scenes in the drama—Satan coming as Christ & working with all deceivableness... Constant Vigilance Demanded— Every one who has enlisted under the bloodstained banner of Christ has entered on a warfare that demands constant vigilance. Satan is determined to keep up the warfare to the end. Coming as an angel of light, claiming to be the Christ, he will deceive the world. But his triumph will be short. No storm or tempest can move those whose feet are planted on the principles of eternal truth. They will be able to stand in this time of almost universal apostasy. 6BC 1106. E.G. White Sda Bible Commentary volume 6