- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1—Why was Sin Permitted?
- Chapter 2—The Creation
- Chapter 3—The Temptation and Fall
- Chapter 4—The Plan of Redemption
- Chapter 5—Cain and Abel Tested
- Chapter 6—Seth and Enoch
- Chapter 7—The Flood
- Chapter 8—After the Flood
- Chapter 9—The Literal Week
- Chapter 10—The Tower of Babel
- Chapter 11—The Call of Abraham
- Chapter 12—Abraham in Canaan
- Chapter 13—The Test of Faith
- Chapter 14—Destruction of Sodom
- Chapter 15—The Marriage of Isaac
- Chapter 16—Jacob and Esau
- Chapter 17—Jacob's Flight and Exile
- Chapter 18—The Night of Wrestling
- Chapter 19—The Return to Canaan
- Chapter 20—Joseph in Egypt
- Chapter 21—Joseph and His Brothers
- Chapter 22—Moses
- Chapter 23—The Plagues of Egypt
- Chapter 24—The Passover
- Chapter 25—The Exodus
- Chapter 26—From the Red Sea to Sinai
- Chapter 27—The Law Given to Israel
- Chapter 28—Idolatry at Sinai
- Chapter 29—Satan's Enmity Against the Law
- Chapter 30—The Tabernacle and Its Services
- Chapter 31—The Sin of Nadab and Abihu
- Chapter 32—The Law and the Covenants
- Chapter 33—From Sinai to Kadesh
- Chapter 34—The Twelve Spies
- Chapter 35—The Rebellion of Korah
- Chapter 36—In the Wilderness
- Chapter 37—The Smitten Rock
- Chapter 38—The Journey Around Edom
- Chapter 39—The Conquest of Bashan
- Chapter 40—Balaam
- Chapter 41—Apostasy at the Jordan
- Chapter 42—The Law Repeated
- Chapter 43—The Death of Moses
- Chapter 44—Crossing the Jordan
- Chapter 45—The Fall of Jericho
- Chapter 46—The Blessings and the Curses
- Chapter 47—League With the Gibeonites
- Chapter 48—The Division of Canaan
- Chapter 49—The Last Words of Joshua
- Chapter 50—Tithes and Offerings
- Chapter 51—God's Care for the Poor
- Chapter 52—The Annual Feasts
- Chapter 53—The Earlier Judges
- Chapter 54—Samson
- Chapter 55—The Child Samuel
- Chapter 56—Eli and His Sons
- Chapter 57—The Ark Taken by the Philistines
- Chapter 58—The Schools of the Prophets
- Chapter 59—The First King of Israel
- Chapter 60—The Presumption of Saul
- Chapter 61—Saul Rejected
- Chapter 62—The Anointing of David
- Chapter 63—David and Goliath
- Chapter 64—David a Fugitive
- Chapter 65—The Magnanimity of David
- Chapter 66—The Death of Saul
- Chapter 67—Ancient and Modern Sorcery
- Chapter 68—David at Ziklag
- Chapter 69—David Called to the Throne
- Chapter 70—The Reign of David
- Chapter 71—David's Sin and Repentance
- Chapter 72—The Rebellion of Absalom
- Chapter 73—The Last Years of David
- Appendix
Preface
The publishers send out this work from a conviction that it throws light upon a subject of paramount importance and universal interest, and one on which light is to be greatly desired; that it presents truths too little known or too widely ignored. The great controversy between truth and error, between light and darkness, between the power of God and the attempted usurpations of the enemy of all righteousness, is the one great spectacle which it is reasonable to suppose must engage the attention of all worlds. That such a controversy exists as the result of sin, that it is to pass through various stages of progress, and end at last in a manner to redound to the glory of God and the higher exaltation of His loyal servants, is as certain as that the Bible is a revelation from God to men. That word reveals the great features of this controversy, a conflict which embraces the redemption of a world; and there are special epochs when these questions assume unwonted interest, and it becomes a matter of the first importance to understand our relation thereto.PP 17.1
Such a time is the present, for all things indicate that we may now confidently cherish the hope that this long controversy is drawing near its close. Yet many now seem disposed to relegate to the realm of fable that portion of the record opening to our view the steps by which our world became involved in this great issue; and others, though avoiding this extreme view, seem nevertheless inclined to regard it as obsolete and unimportant, and are thus led to treat it with neglect.PP 17.2
But who would not wish to look into the secret causes of so strange a defection; to discern its spirit, to mark its consequences, and to learn how to avoid its results? With such themes this volume deals. It tends to foster a living interest in those portions of God's word most often neglected. It clothes with new meaning the promises and prophecies of the sacred record, vindicates the ways of God in dealing with rebellion, and shows forth the wonderful grace of God in devising a way of salvation for sinful man. Thus we are taken down in the history of this work to a time when the plans and purposes of God had been clearly unfolded to the chosen people.PP 17.3
Though dealing with themes so exalted, themes that stir the heart to its depths and awaken the liveliest emotions of the mind, the style of the book is lucid, and the language plain and direct. We commend this volume to all who take pleasure in studying the divine plan of human redemption and who feel any interest in the relation of their own souls to Christ's atoning work; and to all others we commend it, that it may awaken in them an interest in these things.PP 18.1
That its perusal may be blessed to the good of those who read, and result in turning the feet of many into the way of life, is the earnest prayer of the—PP 18.2
Patriarchs and Prophets Study Guide. A complete chapter by chapter guide with questions to aid in your reading and understanding of the book.PP 18.3