A dispute between the woman and the powers of darkness

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The powers of darkness broke in upon me for three or four days in the house where I was then staying. I was ordered to leave that house on the second day of August, and go to a place prepared for me, where I would be alone by myself. Some people argued with me, saying they could not believe it was a command from the Lord that I should record the words of the devil after I had been writing by the Spirit of the Lord. This appeared to them to be contrary to reason, but I was answered by the Spirit of the Lord that if I refused to obey, then everything I had already done would be for nothing. The Lord himself argued with Satan about Job, and our Savior allowed himself to be tempted for forty days by the devil and argued with him. Should the creature be more holy than his Creator? Shall man be more holy than his God? If the Lord has been contending with Satan for the sake of man for nearly six thousand years, should I be too holy to contend with the devil, on behalf of my Maker, for seven days? If that were the case, we must all perish. For we must fight and overcome so that we may have a part in the Tree of Life the symbol of eternal life in the Garden of Eden and the New Jerusalem. Because the dispute began with the devil and the woman referring to the temptation of Eve in Genesis, it must end with the devil and the woman. The command was given to me that whichever side stood firm to the end should be the winner. If my words remained last, and I held my ground with arguments and steadfast faith against the devil for seven days, then the woman should be free and Satan should fall. But if I gave up to the devil, and Satan won during the seven days, then Satan's kingdom must stand and the woman must fall. So seven days were meant to end the dispute between the woman and Satan, and men were then to judge what a powerful adversary the woman had to fight against. But I was promised that the Lord would be with me by day and by night, that he would not leave me or forsake me, that his right hand should support me, and that the powers of darkness would not be allowed to appear visibly to me while I was alone.