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The Story of Redemption.Pdf The Story of Redemption Ellen G. White 1947 Information about this Book Overview This ePub publication is provided as a service of the Ellen G. White Estate. It is part of a larger collection. Please visit the Ellen G. White Estate website for a complete list of available publications. About the Author Ellen G. White (1827-1915) is considered the most widely translated American author, her works having been published in more than 160 languages. She wrote more than 100,000 pages on a wide variety of spiritual and practical topics. Guided by the Holy Spirit, she exalted Jesus and pointed to the Scriptures as the basis of one’s faith. Further Links A Brief Biography of Ellen G. White About the Ellen G. White Estate End User License Agreement The viewing, printing or downloading of this book grants you only a limited, nonexclusive and nontransferable license for use solely by you for your own personal use. This license does not permit republication, distribution, assignment, sublicense, sale, preparation of derivative works, or other use. Any unauthorized use of this book terminates the license granted hereby. © Copyright 2010 by the Ellen G. White Estate, Inc. For more information about the author, publishers, or how you can support this service, please contact the Ellen G. White Estate: (email address). We are thankful for your interest and feedback and wish you God’s blessing as you read. Contents Information about this Book . .1 Overview . .1 About the Author . .1 Further Links . .1 End User License Agreement . .1 God’s Love Triumphant at Last . .9 1: The Fall of Lucifer . 13 War in Heaven . 17 2: The Creation . 20 Adam and Eve in Eden . 22 3: Consequences of Rebellion . 24 Satan Seeks Reinstatement . 26 The Plot Against the Human Family . 27 Adam and Eve Warned . 29 4: Temptation and Fall . 32 Eve Becomes a Tempter . 35 Man’s Freedom of Choice . 37 The Curse . 39 5: The Plan of Salvation . 42 The One Possible Way of Salvation . 43 God’s Unchangeable Law . 46 A View of the Future . 48 The Sacrificial Offering . 50 6: Cain and Abel and Their Offerings . 52 The Beginnings of Death . 54 7: Seth and Enoch . 57 Enoch Translated . 59 8: The Flood . 62 Building the Ark . 63 The Animals Enter the Ark . 65 The Storm Breaks . 66 Noah’s Sacrifice and God’s Promise . 69 9: The Tower of Babel . 72 10: Abraham and the Promised Seed . 75 Wavering at God’s Promises . 76 Hagar’s Haughtiness . 77 The Promised Son . 79 The Supreme Test of Faith . 80 The Angel’s Message . 82 11: The Marriage of Isaac . 84 An Example of Filial Obedience . 86 12: Jacob and Esau . 87 Jacob’s Years of Exile . 89 The Return to Canaan . 91 13: Jacob and the Angel . 94 Prevailing Faith . 95 An Object Lesson . 97 14: The Children of Israel . 100 Joseph in Egypt . 101 Days of Prosperity . 103 The Oppression . 105 Moses . 106 Special Preparation for Leadership . 108 15: God’s Power Revealed . 112 Israel Influenced by their Environment . 113 The Plagues . 116 16: Israel’s Escape From Bondage . 119 The Pillar of Fire . 121 Deliverance at the Red Sea . 122 17: Israel’s Journeyings . 126 A Lesson for Our Day . 128 The Manna . 129 Water From the Rock . 131 Delivered From Amalek . 133 Jethro’s Visit . 134 18: The Law of God . 137 Preparation to Approach God . 138 God’s Manifestation in Awful Grandeur . 139 God’s Law Proclaimed . 140 The Peril of Idolatry . 142 God’s Eternal Law . 145 Written in Tables of Stone . 148 The Judgments and Statutes . 149 19: The Sanctuary . 151 Recorded for Later Generations . 152 According to the Pattern . 153 Two Apartments . 154 The Guiding Cloud . 156 20: The Spies and Their Report . 158 Israel Murmurs Again . 159 Moses’ Prevailing Plea . 161 Back to the Wilderness . 162 21: The Sin of Moses . 164 Moses Yields to Impatience . 165 The Heavy Penalty . 167 22: The Death of Moses . 170 Final Instruction to Israel . 171 The Decease and Resurrection of Moses . 172 23: Entering the Promised Land . 175 Crossing Jordan . 176 The Captain of the Lord’s Host . 178 The Taking of Jericho . 179 Joshua a Wise, Consecrated Leader . 181 24: The Ark of God and the Fortunes of Israel . 183 Result of Eli’s Neglect . 184 The Ark Taken . 186 In the Land of the Philistines . 187 Returned to Israel . 189 Presumption Punished . 190 In Solomon’s Temple . 193 The Captivity of Israel . 195 25: The First Advent of Christ . 196 The Baptism of Jesus . 196 Ministry of John . 197 The Temptation . 198 The Tempter Rebuked . 201 26: The Ministry of Christ . 202 Relieving the Suffering . 203 Ineffective Opposition . 204 The Transfiguration . 205 27: The Betrayal of Christ . 208 In the Garden . 210 Judas Betrays Jesus . 211 28: The Trial of Christ . 213 Peter’s Denial . 213 In the Judgment Hall . 214 Judas’ Confession . 216 Jesus Before Pilate . 217 Sent to Herod . 218 29: The Crucifixion of Christ . 220 Nailed to the Cross . 221 A Lesson in Filial Love . 224 It Is Finished . 226 The Burial . 227 30: The Resurrection of Christ . 230 “Thy Father Calls Thee” . 231 The Report of the Roman Guard . 232 The First Fruits of Redemption . 233 The Women at the Sepulcher . 234 “Touch Me Not” . 235 Doubting Thomas . 236 The Discomfiture of Christ’s Slayer . 237 Forty Days With the Disciples . 237 31: The Ascension of Christ . 239 The Promise of Return . 240 The Wrath of Satan . 240 32: Pentecost . 241 The Descent of the Holy.
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