Practica Prophetica

Some of the thoughts contained in this book were presented by E. J. Waggoner at the famous 1888 General Conference sessions, and were shortly afterward incorporated into the Sabbath School Lessons for 1889-1890, and into the 1889 edition of Bible Readings for the Home.

The Sabbath School Lessons met with immediate opposition from some of the leaders, although Ellen White affirmed that the “evidences in regard to the covenants were clear and convincing.” This did not solve it for the disaffected brethren.

Later, around 1895, the light grew, and Waggoner wrote a larger work on this theme, but it was turned down by the Book Committee of the Adventist Church in America, mainly due to the prejudices of some men there against the light.

So he published the chapters as articles in the Present Truth periodical magazine in England, of which he was the editor. Then later, in 1900, the book was finally published, not in America, but in England, by the International Tract Society, an printing business owned by Adventists. It was never published in America.

This book represents a milestone in Adventist thought, and takes its place quite well alongside such classic Adventist works as The Great Controversy (by Ellen White). It’s poor distribution shows the opposition that many had towards the precious Gospel message brought by Elder Waggoner.

The book itself, traces the Gospel through the Old Testament, dwelling on the covenant made with Abraham, and its development among his descendants, especially in the time of the settlement into Canaan. It shows that God’s plan has ever been the same; that there is one unifying “everlasting gospel” in the Old and New Testaments, and it is only the unbelief of His people that has robbed the world of the revelation of the glory of the character of God through Christ, throughout the ages. 595p

Contents

1. The Gospel Message
2. The Promise to Abraham
3. Building an Altar
4. Making a Covenant
5. The Flesh Against the Spirit
6. The Covenant Sealed
7. The Test of Faith
8. The Promise and the Oath
9. The Promise of Victory
10. Strangers and Pilgrims
11. Israel: A Prince of God
12. Israel in Egypt
13. The Time of the Promise
14. The Reproach of Christ
15. Giving the Commission
16. Preaching the Gospel in Egypt
17. Saved by the Life
18. The Final Deliverance
19. The Song of Deliverance
20. Bread from Heaven
21. Eating the Flesh of Christ
22. Water from the Rock: Living Water
23. The Real Presence
24. The Entering of the Law
25. The Law Not Against the Promise
26. Calvary Revealed at Sinai
27. Mount Sinai and Mount Zion
28. The Covenants of Promise
29. The Veil and the Shadow
30. Two Laws
31. The Sanctuary of God
32. Entering the Promised Land
33. Vain Glory and Defeat
34. Israel a Missionary People
35. The Promised Rest
36. Another Day
37. Again in Captivity
38. Bondage Preferred to Freedom
39. The Time of the Promise at Hand
40. The Lost Tribes of Israel
41. One Fold and One Shepherd
42. The Everlasting Covenant Complete
43. Appendix A: Original Advertisement
44. Appendix B: Original Graphic Advertisement
45. Appendix C: History of “The Everlasting Covenant”
46. Appendix D: Obituary and Family Biography

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