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Including a biographical annotation on the life and achievements of Ellen Gould White. *** mpires rise. Empires fall. And in the space between glory and ruin, a handful of men and women dared to believe that God had not forgotten His people. Prophets and Kings takes up the story of Israel at the height of its splendor - the magnificent reign of Solomon, the gleaming Temple in Jerusalem, a nation at the pinnacle of its power - and traces with unflinching honesty the long, painful arc of what follows: division, idolatry, corruption, and the seemingly unstoppable tide of apostasy that would eventually carry God's people into exile in Babylon. Into every dark moment steps a prophet - Elijah confronting the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel, Isaiah speaking words of breathtaking beauty into the shadow of Assyrian conquest, Jeremiah weeping over a city that would not listen, Daniel standing with quiet, unshakeable dignity in the courts of pagan kings. Through Ellen G. White's luminous retelling, these figures cease to be icons and become human beings - tested, doubting, sometimes broken, yet again and again reaching toward a faithfulness that the world around them had abandoned. First published in 1917 as part of her landmark Conflict of the Ages series, Prophets and Kings speaks with urgent relevance to any age in which truth is unfashionable, faith is costly, and the faithful few must decide whether to stand or to bow. The kingdoms of this world are temporary. The voice that called Elijah out of the wilderness is still speaking. *** Echoes of the Eternal is a monumental series that brings together the defining texts of the world's spiritual, religious, and mythic heritage. From the sacred scriptures of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, and other global faiths, to the mystical writings of saints and sages, the myths of ancient civilizations, and the arcane literature of secret societies and occult traditions-this collection explores the full spectrum
