ARE THESE ELLEN WHITE COMMENTS CONTRADICTORY?

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John317; Here is an EGW statement where she contradicts herself.

GC p480 and p666 Here she describes the "court" and opening of the books. On page 480 she says that this event is not when Jesus comes in the clouds at the end of the great tribulation, but at the beginning of the judgment. On the same page she says the the event described in Revelation 20:12 is the same event, but on page 666 she says the opening of "another book" will happen at the end of the judgment. How can the same book, that is clearly opened once, be opened twice, once at the beginning of the judgment and once at the end. Clearly the "other book" is the one with the seven seals on it. The sealed book can only be opened when all the seals have been removed and this has not happened yet.

The described events she is addressing are found in Daniel

7:13 and Revelation 20:12.

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I believe the following presentation was from God:

"Thus in the flesh of Jesus Christ--not in Himself, but in His flesh--our flesh which He took in the human nature--there were just the same tendencies to sin that are in you and me. And when He was tempted, it was the "drawing away of these desires that were in the flesh." These tendencies to sin that were in His flesh drew upon Him and sought to entice Him, to consent to the wrong. But by the love of God and by His trust in God, he received the power and the strength and the grace to say, "No," to all of it and put it all under foot. And thus being in the likeness of sinful flesh He condemned sin in the flesh.

All the tendencies to sin that are in me were in Him, and not one of them was ever allowed to appear in Him. All the tendencies to sin that are in you were in Him, and not one of them was ever allowed to appear--every one was put under foot and kept there. All the tendencies to sin that are in the other man were in Him, and not one of them was ever allowed to appear. That is simply saying that all the tendencies to sin that are in human flesh were in His human flesh, and not one of them was ever allowed to appear; He conquered them all. And in Him we all have victory over them all.

Many of these tendencies to sin that are in us have appeared in action, and have become sins committed, have become sins in the open. There is a difference between a tendency to sin and the open appearing of that sin in the actions. There are tendencies to sin in us that have not yet appeared, but multitudes have appeared. Now all the tendencies that have not appeared, He conquered. What of the sins that have actually appeared? "The Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all" (Isa. 53:6) "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree." 1 Peter 2:24. Thus it is plain that all the tendencies to sin that are in us and have not appeared and all the sins which have appeared were laid upon Him. It is terrible. It is true. But, O, joy! In that terrible truth lies the completeness of our salvation." A.T. Jones, 1895 G.C. Bulletin, pp.266,267.