Description
Author: Robert Roberts, hard back, 315 pages. First published by The Christadelphian (CMPA) in 1884, this is the fifth edition printed in 1990.
This book is companion to the authors previous work The Ways of Providence. It is a supplement to that work, showing the basis of all our knowledge of the operations of God in providential channels, lies in the evidence of His existence, and the revelation of his will in "miracles, wonders and signs" in his dealings with the nation of Israel. There are 30 chapters and a subject index.
The 30 chapters are:
- The place of nature, and need of miracle
- The beginning of things necessarily miraculous
- The miracle of revelation
- The reign of death
- Enoch and the flood
- The miracle of language and its diversification
- Miracle necessary as the foundation of faith (Abram, Isaac and Jacob)
- Miracle, sublime, striking and awful - Sodom and Gormorrah
- The work of Moses
- Nature and object of the Mosaic miracles
- Negotiations at the court of Pharaoh
- The Egyptian plagues necessarily miracles
- The last three plagues and Israel's departure
- The Egyptian pursuit and the Red Sea catastrophe
- Supplies in the Wilderness
- At Mount Sinai
- The Law of Moses, The Tabernacle and the Mutiny of the congregation
- Striking dead of Aaron's sons - rebellion of Korah, Dathan and Abiram
- Manna in the Desert - murmuring and Balaam
- Moses' parting gift - Yahweh's prophetic song of witness
- Israel's invasion of Canaan under Joshua
- Israel under the Judges
- Saul and David
- David and the reign of Solomon
- Revolt of the ten tribes - mission of Elijah
- The work of Elijah
- Elijah on Carmel
- Elijah's removal from the Earth
- Elijah's mantle on Elisha
- Elisha, Hezekiah, Daniel