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5721 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 36.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… .” Ecclesiastes 5:8. Even to this day the temple of which Solomon declared, “This house which I have built is called by Thy name” ( 2 Chronicles 6:33 ) is spoken of as “Solomon’s …
5722 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 36.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Jesus, the divine Master, taught His disciples to pray, “Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name.” Matthew 6:9, RSV, emphasis supplied. And they were to acknowledge …
5723 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 40 (Ellen Gould White)
Chapter 5—Solomon’s Deep Repentance
5724 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 41.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Solomon acknowledged that “the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart.” “Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be …
5725 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 43.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… ; 15:5 .
5726 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 48.5 (Ellen Gould White)
At Jerusalem “he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against …
5727 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 54.5 (Ellen Gould White)
God permitted the prophet to suffer the penalty of transgression. While he and the one who had invited him were sitting together at the table, the false prophet …
5728 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 57.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The faith of Asa was put to a severe test when “Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots” invaded his kingdom. Verse …
5729 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 58.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Greatly encouraged, Asa soon led out in a second reformation. He “put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin.” “And they entered into …
5730 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 59.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Taking to wife Jezebel, “the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians” and high priest of Baal, Ahab “served Baal, and worshiped him. And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.” Verses 31, 32 .
5731 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 60.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Never before had the chosen people of God fallen so low in apostasy. Of the “prophets of Baal” there were four hundred and fifty, besides four hundred “prophets …
5732 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 64.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Unyielding in her determination to defy the God of heaven, Jezebel with nearly the whole of Israel united in denouncing Elijah as the cause of their misery …
5733 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 68.5 (Ellen Gould White)
“And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth. And the …
5734 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 69.5 (Ellen Gould White)
About a century had passed since, under King David, Israel had united in hymns of praise to the Most High in recognition of their entire dependence on Him for daily mercies. Then they sang:
5735 From Splendor to Shadow
… 65:5, 8, 9, 11
5736 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 71.5 (Ellen Gould White)
About this time Ahab proposed to Obadiah, the governor of his household, that they search for springs and brooks in the hope of finding pasture for their starving …
5737 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 72.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The king and the prophet stood face to face. In the presence of Elijah, Ahab seemed unmanned, powerless. In his first faltering words, “Art thou he that troubleth …
5738 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 73.5 (Ellen Gould White)
So men who should be guardians of God’s law have argued, till policy has taken the place of faithfulness and sin is allowed to go unreproved. When will the voice of faithful rebuke be heard once more in the church?
5739 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 75.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Early on the morning of the day appointed, the hosts of Israel gathered near the top of the mountain. Jezebel’s prophets marched in imposing array. In regal …
5740 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 78.5 (Ellen Gould White)
All day long the people had witnessed the baffled priests’ wild leaping around the altar, as if they would grasp the burning rays of the sun to serve their purpose …