The Desire of Ages Devotional Worksheet Series. # 1 Instructions: Carefully read each sentence of this chapter.

DO NOT skim the reading. Reverently reflect upon the words and allow your imagination to picture what is going on. DO NOT limit your readings to the paragraphs in which the answers to the questions are found. Read the WHOLE chapter. If you do not have the book The Desire of Ages, you can find it at the following website: http://www.whiteestate.org/books/da/da.asp The Desire of Ages By Ellen White. Worksheet # 2 Chapter 2: The Chosen People Name:__________________________ Chapter 2: The Chosen People Q. How long did the Jewish people await their Saviour's coming? A. DA 27.1 Q. Who was it that chose Israel? For what purpose where they chosen? A. DA 27.2 Q. What specific Bible verse applied to Israel in spite of them being wasted by captivity and war? A. DA 27.3 Q. Though Israel's brightest hopes were in the event of the first coming of Christ, on what else did they fix their hope? A. DA 28.1 Q. From when did the Israelites depart from the commandments of God and follow heathen ways? A. DA 28.1 Fill in the blank. Had Israel been true to God, He could have accomplished His purpose through their __________ and ______________. A. DA 28.2 Q. There are three Bible promises in Deuteronomy that would have been fulfilled to Israel had they walked in the ways of obedience. Name them. A. DA 28.2 Date:_________________

The Desire of Ages Devotional Worksheet Series. # 2 Fill in the blank. But because of their _________________, God's purpose could be wrought out only through continued adversity and humiliation. Answer: DA 28.2 Fill in the blank. The heathen systems of sacrifice were a __________________ of the system that God had appointed; and many a sincere observer of heathen rites learned from the Hebrews the meaning of the service divinely ordained, and in faith grasped the promise of a Redeemer. Answer: DA 28.3 Q. Why did many exiles lose their lives while they were in captivity? A. DA 28.4 Q. How were the Israelites cured of their worship of graven images? A. DA 28.5 Q. How long did the Israelites suffer oppression from heathen foes? A. DA 28.5 Fill in the blank: But with too many of the people ______________ was not prompted by ________. The motive was __________. Answer: DA 28.5 Thought Question: According to DA 22.1, love can only be awakened by love. Since many of the Hebrew people rendered obedience without love, what then did many of the Hebrews fail to focus on? A. DA 28.5 Q. What was used by the Jews to build up a wall of separation between them and the heathen? A. DA 28.5 Q. What was it that the Jews lost sight of? A. DA 29.2 Q. By whom was it instituted? [Referring to the previous question] A. DA 29.2 Fill in the blank. But the Jews lost the spiritual life from their ceremonies, and clung to the dead forms. They trusted to the ______________ and _______________ themselves, instead of resting upon _____ to whom they pointed. Answer: DA 29.2

The Desire of Ages Devotional Worksheet Series. # 3 Q. After the Jews removed Jesus out of their worship, how did they try to supply the void? A. DA 29.2

Q. What happened as these man-made ceremonies became more rigid? A. DA 29.2 Fill in the blank. They measured their _______________ by the multitude of their _______________, while their hearts were filled with pride and hypocrisy. Answer: DA 29.2 Q. By working through the rabbinical precepts, Satan desired to keep the Israelite's conscience troubled, to lower their conception of God, and to bring Israel's faith into contempt. What was his purpose in doing this? A. DA 29.3 Fill in the blank. While the Jews desired the advent of the Messiah, they had no true conception of His mission. They did not seek ________________ from sin, but __________________ from the Romans. Answer: DA 29.4 Q. Without what did the Israelite's study the prophecies? A. DA 30.2 Fill in the blank. __________ obscured their vision. They interpreted prophecy in accordance with their selfish desires. Answer: DA 30.2