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5821 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 250.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Melzar, though fearful, consented. At the end of ten days, the result was the opposite of the prince’s fears. “Their countenances appeared fairer and fatter …
5822 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 252.5 (Ellen Gould White)
As God called Daniel He calls us to be His witnesses in the world today. He desires us to reveal the principles of His kingdom. Many are waiting for some great …
5823 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 255.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Nebuchadnezzar, now thoroughly angered by the apparent perfidy of those whom he had trusted, declared, “Ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak …
5824 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 256.5 (Ellen Gould White)
“Blessed be the name of God forever and ever,” Daniel exclaimed. “He revealeth the deep and secret things .... I thank Thee, and praise Thee, O Thou God of my fathers, who …
5825 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 258.5 (Ellen Gould White)
“In the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall …
5826 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 260.1 (Ellen Gould White)
The power exercised by every ruler on earth is Heaven-imparted, and upon his use of this power his success depends. To each the word is “I girded thee, though thou hast not known Me.” Isaiah 45:5 .
5827 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 263.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The king’s wrath knew no bounds. “Full of fury,” “the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,” representatives of a despised, captive …
5828 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 264.5 (Ellen Gould White)
His greatness and dignity forgotten, Nebuchadnezzar cried out, “Ye servants of the most high God, come forth.” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came forth …
5829 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 265.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Important are the lessons to be learned from the experience on the plain of Dura. In our day many of God’s servants will suffer humiliation and abuse at the …
5830 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 268.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The prophet realized that God had laid on him the solemn duty of revealing to Nebuchadnezzar the judgment about to fall upon him because of his pride and …
5831 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 269.5 (Ellen Gould White)
A year after the warning, Nebuchadnezzar, walking in his palace and thinking with pride of his power as a ruler and of his success as a builder, exclaimed, “Is …
5832 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 270.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The once proud monarch had become a humble child of God, a wise and compassionate king. He now acknowledged the power of the Most High and earnestly sought …
5833 From Splendor to Shadow
This chapter is based on Daniel 5 .
5834 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 273.5 (Ellen Gould White)
In vain the king tried to read the burning letters. Turning to the wise men for help his wild cry rang out in the assembly: “Whosoever shall read this writing …
5835 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 275.5 (Ellen Gould White)
More than a century before, Inspiration had foretold that “the night of ... pleasure” ( Isaiah 21:4 ), during which king and counselors would blaspheme God, would suddenly …
5836 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 278.5 (Ellen Gould White)
“Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.” Jeremiah 30:7 .
5837 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 280.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Appealing to Darius’s vanity, they persuaded him that carrying out this edict would add greatly to his authority. Ignorant of the subtle purpose of the princes, the king signed it.
5838 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 282.5 (Ellen Gould White)
“Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.”
5839 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 287.5 (Ellen Gould White)
“O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for Thine own sake, O my God.” Verses 4-6, 16, 19 .
5840 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 288.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… 45:5, 6, 4, 13. He would let the Judean captives go free!