The Present Truth : August 13, 1896 We have Israel in Egypt, and we know something of what that signifies. The bondage, as well as the deliverance, had been foretold to Abraham when the covenant was made with him; and that covenant had been confirmed by an oath of...
The Present Truth : August 6, 1896 It will be remembered that when God made the covenant with Abraham, He told him that he himself should die without having received the inheritance, and that his descendants should be oppressed and afflicted in a strange land, and...
By: Dr. Ellet Waggoner | The Seventh Day Resting with the LORD "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made....
By: Dr. Ellet Waggoner | The Sixth Day What is Man? "When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast ordained; what is man, that Thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that Thou visitest him?" (Psalm 8:3, 4). Thus...
By: Dr. Ellet Waggoner | The Fifth Day Birds, Fishes, and Beasts "And God said, let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. . . . And God said, let the earth...
By: Dr. Ellet Waggoner | The Fourth Day The Firmament Showeth His Handiwork In no part of the creation of God do we find more wonderful gospel lessons than in the heavens. We have already seen that the heavenly bodies preach the gospel, although they have no...
By: Dr. Ellet Waggoner | The Third Day The Fullness of the Sea "And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land earth; and the gathering together of the...
By: Dr. Ellet Waggoner | The Second Day Clouds are the Dust of His Feet "And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the...
By: Dr. Ellet Waggoner | The First Day Creation and Redemption "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" (Genesis 1:1). In this brief sentence we have the whole of the truth of the gospel summed up. He who reads aright may derive a world of comfort...