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specific orders by sending the twelve spies into the land of Canaan, their resolve will be strengthened. They will know they must not make that mistake. •As they remember Joshua’s reversions, they will realize that they, too, are in danger of miserable defeat following a great victory. •They will see again how close Elijah came to final victory in Israel, and read in his situation a type of their own. His sto ry and its sad outworking will guide them to take the cor rect stand. •The glorious example of their Saviour, who steadfastly maintained a correct relationship to His heavenly Father no matter how far away God seemed to be, nor how great the pressure Satan was able to bring to bear upon Him, will be the surest guide in that trying hour. They will remember how Christ trod the same pathway before them, and how He obtained the victory by unbroken submission to His Fa ther’s will. They will know that there is not a single in stance when Christ undertook the role of Plan Maker for Himself. They will know that what He did, they too must do, for the one hundred and forty-four thousand “follow the Lamb wherever he goes.” Revelation 14:4. •The Jewish tragedy will convince them of what happens to a person or a nation which persists in requiring God to add His power to their plans. •Paul’s concession to the leaders in Jerusalem and the evil consequences which followed, will strengthen their resolve to accept only their heavenly Father’s solutions to any problem. In order to be successful in their purpose, those who are ded icated to the vindication of God’s holy character and the triumph of the divine cause, must have a very clear, accurate, thorough, and ever-increasing knowledge of the way in which Christ re lates to His Father. As they grasp the divine principles, they must accept and assimilate them into the established practice of their lives. As surely as this course is followed, their souls will be safeguarded from the ruin which has befallen so many indi viduals and movements in the past, and be guaranteed instead, the success which will bring the desired termination of the long standing struggle between Christ and Satan.