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51401 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 26.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… our spiritual forefathers. Here this rough sketch will be filled in, and the picture completed. We shall view the past that we may better understand the present …
51402 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 29.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… and spiritual guidance—the aspect that receives the major emphasis among theologians today. Samuel, Ahijah, Elijah, Elisha, Amos, and Jeremiah functioned …
51403 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 30.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… and spiritual background of the church, reacted to exert strong influence on the thinking and development of the church through the ages.
51404 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 33.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… denominated spiritual “adultery” or “whoredom,” after the similar Old Testament reference to the lapses of Israel and Judah into idolatry and national sins …
51405 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 33.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
These opprobrious terms refer to spiritual adultery, or an unholy mingling of the sacred and the secular, churchly apostasy and illicit union with the world. They therefore refer not to personal impurity but rather to departure from God.
51406 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 68.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the spiritual welfare of the people by making a hedge about the law. The high priesthood grew in dignity and power, and became the rallying point of the nation …
51407 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 72.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… of spiritual religion against the formalism of the scribes and Pharisees and the secularism of the Sadducees. They kept alive the blessed prophetic hope …
51408 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 72.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… been spiritually dead. That, of course, was not the case. Therefore, we find during this period a rich and widely divergent literature—historical and legendary …
51409 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 87.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… lofty spiritual style of the fourth Gospel. See page 324. Ramsay, op. cit, p. 89.
51410 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 93.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… a spiritual compromise with paganism but also the literal question of Christians’ attending actual feasts, such as the trade—guild banquets with their …
51411 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 107.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the “spiritual gift” of the holy apostle. And the noted JEROME (d. 420), taking cognizance of the contrary view, nevertheless accepts the Revelation, “following …
51412 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 112.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the spiritual seed” to come, even Christ.’ ( Galatians 3:16, 29 .) So Abraham is plainly the father of spiritual Israel-those who individually choose to be governed …
51413 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 113.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… this spiritual-nation concept, Moses sought to correct their self-complacency and perverseness. ( Deuteronomy 7:7-9; 4:32-40; 8:3 .) However, this attempt was also …
51414 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 113.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… in spiritual things. ( Hosea 12:13; Judges 10:l0-l4 .) Note three crises in the years of the divided kingdoms that illustrate this principle. And mark the large group …
51415 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 117.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… and spiritual concepts. They presented Jehovah as the righteous Judge of all the world; and the future kingdom came to be conceived of as a regenerated nation …
51416 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 119.6 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… warfare, spiritual food for personal devotions, and themes for uplifting religious music—as witness some of the best-loved gems from Handel’s Messiah.
51417 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 120.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… refer spiritually to the Christian church, or from those which point to the last days, or to the new heavens and the new earth and therefore the future age, or …
51418 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 120.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… His spiritual kingdom of the righteous of all nations—although they could have read it in Isaiah ( Isaiah 26:2; 14:1; 49:1-12; 56; 60; 66:18-23 )—in place of their expected …
51419 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 121.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… a spiritual, not a racial, Israel, and places it after the fiery judgment on the whole earth.
51420 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 122.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
The spiritual lesson of the relation of God to the individual heart (in the new covenant, Jeremiah 31:27-34 ) emphasizes each soul’s final responsibility, which …