Prophets Kings - Silverton Adventist Church

576 Pages·2004·1.41 MB·English

Prophets
and
Kings

by
E.G. White
The complete book
plus 43 Brief Bible studies,
6 chronology charts, list of 55
family Bible stories, and a 1,000-
year time line
Harvestime Books
HB–112
Prophets and Kings
by E.G. White
Published by Harvestime Books
Altamont, TN 37301 USA
Printed in the United States of America
Cover and Text Copyright © 2001
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Book Two - Prophets and Kings: Time lines from Judges
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to the end of the Old Testament. Two indexes.
Book Three - Desire of Ages: New Testament maps,
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Principles of Healthful Living, The Crucifixion: historical, medi-
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Book Four - Acts of the Apostles: Chronological events
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the book of Acts and Epistles. Bible stories from the death of
Christ to the end of the New Testament. Two indexes.
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tions; many charts and historical quotations. Four indexes.
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Contents 3
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SPECIAL HELPS
Chronology of the Book of Judges 12
Chronology of the United Kingdom 14
Chronology of the Divided Kingdom 14
Chronology under Foreign Rule 16
Chronology of the Book of Jeremiah 17
Bible Stories for the Family 19
The Vineyard of the Lord 21
Isaiah 5:1-7
Bible Study: Hungering for God 26
– SECTION ONE –
FROM STRENGTH TO WEAKNESS
1 Solomon 27
1 Kings 1 - 10; 2 Chronicles 1 - 2, 9
Bible Study: Separation from Evil 34
2 The Temple and Its Dedication 35
1 Kings 5:17; 2 Chronicles 3 - 8
Bible Study: The Touch of Faith 46
3 Pride of Prosperity 47
1 Kings 9:16 - 11
Bible Study: The Promise of Plenty 54
4 Results of Transgression 55
1 Kings 10; 2 Chronicles 2:7-14; 8:18; 9:26-28
Bible Study: Clothed in White Raiment 65
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5 Solomon’s Repentance 66
The Book of Ecclesiastes
6 The Rending of the Kingdom 75
1 Kings 11:43 - 1 Kings 12; 2 Chronicles 10
Bible Study: Spiritual Abundance 83
7 Jeroboam 84
1 Kings 12:25 - 1 Kings 14
8 National Apostasy 90
1 Kings 15 - 16
Bible Study: Divine Protection 96
– SECTION TWO –
PROPHETS OF THE NORTHERN KINGDOM
9 Elijah the Tishbite 97
1 Kings 17:1-7
Bible Study: Angels Which Guard Us 103
10 The Voice of Stern Rebuke 104
1 Kings 17:8-24; 18:1-19
Bible Study: The Weapons of Our Warfare 115
11 Carmel 116
1 Kings 18:19-40
Bible Study: Spiritual Vision 123
12 From Jezreel to Horeb 124
1 Kings 18:41-46; 19:1-8
Bible Study: Gifts from God 132
13 “What Doest Thou Here?” 133
1 Kings 19:9-18
Bible Study: Come Apart and Rest 140
14 “In the Spirit and Power of Elias” 141
Revelation 14:6-12
Bible Study: The Spiritual Conflict 150
15 Jehoshaphat 151
1 Kings 22:41-50; 2 Chronicles 17-20
Bible Study: The Blood of Christ - 1 160
Contents 5
16 The Fall of the House of Ahab 161
1 Kings 21; 2 Kings 1
Bible Study: The Blood of Christ - 2 170
17 The Call of Elisha 171
1 Kings 19:16-21; 2 Kings 2:1-15
18 The Healing of the Waters 180
1 Kings 16:34; 2 Kings 2:19-22
Bible Study: Diligence and Industry 184
19 A Prophet of Peace 185
2 Kings 4
Bible Study: The Book of Life 191
20 Naaman 192
2 Kings 5
21 Elisha’s Closing Ministry 198
2 Kings 3 - 2 Kings 8:15; 13:14-19
22 “Nineveh, that Great City” 206
The Book of Jonah
Bible Study: Holy Boldness 216
23 The Assyrian Captivity 217
Hosea; Amos; 2 Kings 15:19-20; 17:7-18:12
Bible Study: Christ, the Creator 226
24 Destroyed for Lack of Knowledge 227
The Book of Hosea
– SECTION THREE –
PREACHER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
25 The Call of Isaiah 233
2 Chronicles 26; Isaiah 6
Bible Study: Comforting Words 239
26 “Behold Your God!” 240
Part of Isaiah
27 Ahaz 247
2 Kings 16; 2 Chronicles 28; Isaiah
Bible Study: Promises to Overcomers 253
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28 Hezekiah 254
2 Kings 18 - 19; 2 Chronicles 29 - 31
Bible Study: Confessing Christ 260
29 The Ambassadors from Babylon 261
2 Kings 20
30 Deliverance from Assyria 268
2 Chronicles 32
Bible Study: A Good Conscience 281
31 Hope for the Heathen 282
Part of Isaiah
– SECTION FOUR –
NATIONAL RETRIBUTION
32 Manasseh and Josiah 291
2 Kings 21:1-18; 2 Chronicles 33
Bible Study: Be of Good Courage 299
33 The Book of the Law 300
2 Kings 22:1 - 23:30; 2 Chronicles 34 - 35
Bible Study: Wise Choices 309
34 Jeremiah 310
Part of Jeremiah
35 Approaching Doom 321
2 Kings 23:31 - 24:17; 2 Chronicles 36:5-10
Bible Study: Fearless in Spite of a Crisis 333
36 The Last King of Judah 334
2 Kings 24:18-20; 2 Chronicles 36:11-16; Jeremiah
37 Carried Captive into Babylon 343
2 Kings 25:1-21; 2 Chronicles 36:17-20
Bible Study: The King of Kings 351
38 Light through Darkness 352
Part of Jeremiah
Bible Study: Spiritual Cleansing 360
Contents 7
– SECTION FIVE –
IN THE LANDS OF THE HEATHEN
39 In the Court of Babylon 361
Daniel 1
40 Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream 370
Daniel 2
Chart: The Prophecy of Daniel Two 374-375
Bible Study: Standing True to God 379
41 The Fiery Furnace 380
Daniel 3
Bible Study: Pleading for Purification 387
42 True Greatness 388
Daniel 4
Bible Study: Divine Deliverance 394
43 The Unseen Watcher 395
Daniel 5
Bible Study: Spiritual Progress 407
44 In the Lions’ Den 408
Daniel 6
Bible Study: Be of Good Cheer and Fear Not 415
– SECTION SIX–
AFTER THE EXILE
45 The Return of the Exiles 416
Isaiah 45; Ezra 1:1-4; 6:3-5
46 The Prophets of God Helping Them 427
Ezra 4-6; Haggai; Zachariah
Bible Study: Daily Duties 438
47 Joshua and the Angel 439
Zachariah 1 - 3
48 “Not by Might, Nor by Power” 447
Zechariah 4; Ezra 6:14-15; Haggai 2:7, 9
Bible Study: Fruit Bearing 450
49 In the Days of Queen Esther 451
8 Prophets and Kings
The Book of Esther
50 Ezra, the Priest and Scribe 456
Ezra 7
Bible Study: Take Hold 463
51 A Spiritual Revival 464
Ezra 8-9
Bible Study: Set a Good Example 471
52 A Man of Opportunity 472
Nehemiah 1-2
Bible Study: Zeal for the Lord 476
53 The Builders on the Wall 477
Nehemiah 2-4
Bible Study: Reaching for the Highest 484
54 A Rebuke against Extortion 485
Nehemiah 5
Bible Study: Arriving at the Highest 490
55 Heathen Plots 491
Nehemiah 6
Bible Study: Spiritual Kingship 496
56 Instructed in the Law of God 497
Nehemiah 8-10
Bible Study: Spiritual Fullness 501
57 Reformation 502
Nehemiah 13
Bible Study: Earnestly Do It 509
– SECTION SEVEN –
LIGHT AT EVENTIDE
58 The Coming of a Deliverer 510
Isaiah; Psalms; Daniel 9:25-27
59 “The House of Israel” 527
The Book of Malachi
Bible Study: Follow in the Steps of Christ 540
60 Visions of Future Glory 541
Part of Isaiah
Bible Study: The Importance of Faith 550
Contents 9
Appendix
Historical Time Line
from the Creation
to Solomon to Pompey
(965 - 63 B.C.) 551
Scripture Index 559
Topical Index 569
“And the dragon was wroth with the woman,
and went to make war with the remnant of her
seed, which keep the commandments of God, and
have the testimony of Jesus.”
—Revelation 12:17
“Here is the patience of the saints: Here are they
that keep the commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.”
—Revelation 14:12
“And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with
fire: and them that had gotten the victory over
the beast, and over his image, and over his mark,
and over the number of his name, stand on the
sea of glass, having the harps of God.
“And they sing the song of Moses the servant of
God, and the song of the Lamb.”
—Revelation 15:2-3
10 Prophets and Kings
SAMPLES OF WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN THIS BOOK
WHEN A PERSON BECOMES TRULY GREAT IN GOD’S
SIGHT—“Solomon was never so rich or so wise or so truly
great as when he confessed, ‘I am but a little child: I know
not how to go out or come in’ . . It is by honoring God and
obeying His commands that a man is made truly great.”—
Page 31.
A FAITH LIKE THAT OF ELIJAH’S—“It was because
Elijah was a man of large faith that God could use him in
this grave crisis in the history of Israel. As he prayed, his
faith reached out and grasped the promises of Heaven,
and he persevered in prayer until his petitions were an-
swered. He did not wait for the full evidence that God had
heard him, but was willing to venture all on the slightest
token of divine favor. And yet what he was enabled to do
under God, all may do in their sphere of activity in God’s
service; for of the prophet from the mountains of Gilead it
is written: ‘Elias was a man subject to like passions as we
are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it
rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six
months.’ James 5:17.
“Faith such as this is needed in the world today—faith
that will lay hold on the promises of God’s Word and refuse
to let go until Heaven hears. Faith such as this connects us
closely with Heaven, and brings us strength for coping with
the powers of darkness. Through faith God’s children have
‘subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained prom-
ises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of
fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were
made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the
armies of the aliens.’ Hebrews 11:33, 34. And through faith
we today are to reach the heights of God’s purpose for us.
‘If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that
believeth.’ Mark 9:23.
“Faith is an essential element of prevailing prayer. ‘He
that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is
a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.’ ‘If we ask