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31021 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 31.4 (General Conference of SDA)
… 18:38; 19:9 ); or (4) for grandson, as frequently in the Scriptures.—“ Studies in the Book of Daniel ,” Robert D. Wilson, pp. 117, 118. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1917.
31022 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 35.2 (General Conference of SDA)
… , 1828-38; the Codex Alexandrinus, fifth century, known since the seventeenth century and representing essentially the text of our Authorized Version; and …
31023 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 38 (General Conference of SDA)
Ezra, Nehemiah
31024 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 38.1 (General Conference of SDA)
Key-word, “ Restoration; ” Key-verse, Ezra 1:5; Nehemiah 2:5 .-These two are companion books, regarded by the Hebrews as one. Both treat of the return from Babylon and …
31026 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 38.2 (General Conference of SDA)
Key-word, “ Providence; ” Key-verse, 4:14 .-This book is the romance of providence. Esther, a Jewish captive, became bride of the Persian king, Ahasuerus; and came to the …
31027 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 38 (General Conference of SDA)
The Poetic Books
31028 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 38.3 (General Conference of SDA)
The Old Testament was popularly divided into the Law, Prophets, and Psalms. Luke 24:44. The Psalms include five poetical books, from Job to Solomon’s Song inclusive.
31029 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 38.4 (General Conference of SDA)
The genius of Hebrew poetry is peculiar. It does not depend on rhyme or rhythm, meter or melody, but on parallelism, or the arrangement of thought in corresponding …
31031 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 38.5 (General Conference of SDA)
Key-word, “ Trial; ” Key-verse, 1:9 .-This book solves a problem. Satan asks: “Doth Job serve God for naught?” This Oriental tale is the answer: Uprightness may survive the …
31033 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 38.6 (General Conference of SDA)
Key-word, “ Worship; ” Key-verse, 29:2 .-The Psalter is a book of devotion for the ages. Here every heart chord is touched and tuned to holy melody. God is here in his natural …
31035 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 38.7 (General Conference of SDA)
Key-word, “ Wisdom; ” Key-verse, 9:10 .-Here is exhibited wisdom in practical life, shaping character and conduct, regulating alike man’s relations to man and to God …
31036 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 38 (General Conference of SDA)
Ecclesiastes
31037 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 38.8 (General Conference of SDA)
Key-word, “ Vanity; ” Key-verse, 2:11 .-These “words of the Preacher,” in a sort of monologue, record results of experience and observation as to the life of man. Looked …
31038 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 42.5 (General Conference of SDA)
… 10:38 ). Written for the Roman, whose watchword was “Power,” it exhibits omnipotence in the mighty Miracle-Worker, and then the omnipotence of love in the crowning …
31039 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 64.2 (General Conference of SDA)
… 12:38; the fourth in Matthew 14:25; and the four are all distinctly mentioned in Mark 13:35. “Watch, therefore, for ye know not when the master of the house cometh …
31040 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 65.1 (General Conference of SDA)
… 6:38. But concerning the origin of these appellations critics are by no means agreed: on their return from the Babylonish captivity, they introduced the names …