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6741 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 230.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Jeremiah had followed a consistent course in counseling submission to the Babylonians. Ambassadors from Edom, Moab, Tyre, and other nations visited Zedekiah …
6742 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 237.5 (Ellen Gould White)
At this Zedekiah commanded that they commit “Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city were spent.” Verse 21 .
6743 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 238.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Once more the king sent privately for Jeremiah and bade him relate the purpose of God toward Jerusalem. Jeremiah inquired, “If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou …
6744 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 240.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… :2, 5, 7 .
6745 From Splendor to Shadow
Restore us to Thyself, O Lord, that we may be restored! Renew our days as of old! Lamentations 1:1-5; 2:1, 4; 5:1-8, 21, RSV
6746 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 244.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Perplexed in spirit, the prophet appealed to God for further enlightenment concerning the divine purpose. Nebuchadnezzar’s armies were about to take …
6747 From Splendor to Shadow, p. 249.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Daniel might have found a plausible excuse for departing from strictly temperate habits. He might have argued that should he adhere to the divine teaching …
6748 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 …
6749 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 …
6750 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 …
6751 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 …
6752 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 …
6753 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 .
6754 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 …
6755 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 …
6756 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 …
6757 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 …
6758 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 …
6759 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 …
6760 From Splendor to Shadow
This chapter is based on Daniel 5 .