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前言{FOREWORD}
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FOREWORD
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本书是五部杰出的涵盖整个《圣经》历史的系列著作的第二本。然而,它是此系列中最后写成的一本,这也是作者灵感之笔丰富的著述中最后的一部作品。通过在美国及在国外七十年的演说与写作生涯,作者向公众显明了历史事件的更深刻的意义,揭示出在人类一切事务中都能觉察正义与邪恶无形的影响,即上帝之手与大仇敌之作为的影响。[1]
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THE STORY Of PROPHETS AND KINGS IS THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF FIVE OUTSTANDING VOLUMES SPANNING SACRED HISTORY. IT WAS, HOWEVER, THE LAST BOOK OF THE SERIES TO BE WRITTEN, AND THE LAST OF MANY RICH WORKS TO COME FROM THE GIFTED PEN OF ELLEN G. WHITE. THROUGH HER SEVENTY YEARS OF SPEAKING AND WRITING IN AMERICA AND ABROAD, MRS. WHITE EVER KEPT BEFORE THE PUBLIC THE LARGER SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EVENTS OF HISTORY, REVEALING THAT IN THE AFFAIRS OF MEN ARE TO BE DETECTED THE UNSEEN INFLUENCES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND EVIL--THE HAND OF GOD AND THE WORK OF THE GREAT ADVERSARY.[1]
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在其灵感之著作中,作者以她深刻的洞察力,揭开历史的帷幕,显明一种历史的哲学,并且以此看来,以往的事件都具有永远的意义。她这样表述这一哲学:[2]
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THE AUTHOR WITH DEEP INSIGHT IN PROVIDENTIAL WORKINGS DRAWS THE CURTAIN ASIDE AND REVEALS A PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY BY WHICH THE EVENTS OF THE PAST TAKE ON ETERNAL SIGNIFICANCE. SHE EXPRESSED THIS PHILOSOPHY IN THIS WAY:[2]
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“国家及个人的力量,并非在那似乎造成他们不能被征服的种种的机会与便利上,也不在他们所夸张的伟大上。唯有上帝的力量与旨意才能使他们伟大或强盛。他们自身对于上帝旨意的态度,决定他们自己的命运。人类的历史记录人的成就,他在战争中的胜利,攀登成为世上伟人的成功。而上帝在《圣经》中所展开的历史却以属天的观点来描述人类。”[3]
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THE STRENGTH OF NATIONS AND OF INDIVIDUALS IS NOT FOUND IN THE OPPORTUNITIES AND FACILITIES THAT APPEAR TO MAKE THEM INVINCIBLE;IT IS NOT FOUND IN THEIR BOASTED GREATNESS. THAT WHICH ALONE CAN MAKE THEM GREAT OR STRONG IS THE POWER AND PURPOSE OF GOD. THEY THEMSELVES BY THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARD HIS PURPOSE, DECIDE THEIR OWN DESTINY.HUMAN HISTORIES RELATE MAN'S ACHIEVEMENTS, HIS VICTORIES IN BATTLE, HIS SUCCESS IN CLIMBING TO WORLDLY GREATNESS. GOD'S HISTORY DESCRIBES MAN AS HEAVEN VIEWS HIM."[3]
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本书从记述所罗门的辉煌统治开始,那时以色列仍为一完整的国家,且拥有耶和华的圣殿——真崇拜的中心。书中追溯了一个蒙爱与被拣选民族的变迁与兴衰,他们在对上帝的忠诚与侍奉周围外邦神之间挣扎着。本书通过对世界历史关键时期的叙述,使我们真切地看到基督与撒但为争夺人心与人类的忠诚而激烈冲突之生动证据。[4]
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THIS VOLUME, PROPHETS AND KINGS, OPENS WITH THE ACCOUNT OF SOLOMON'S GLORIOUS REIGN OVER ISRAEL, A UNITED KINGDOM, WITH THE TEMPLE OF JEHOVAH--THE CENTER OF TRUE WORSHIP. HERE ARE TRACED THE VICISSITUDES OF A FAVORED AND CHOSEN PEOPLE, TORN BETWEEN ALLEGIANCE TO GOD AND SERVING THE GODS OF THE NATIONS ABOUT THEM. AND HERE ARE SEEN VIVIDLY, THROUGH A CRUCIAL PERIOD OF THIS WORLD'S HISTORY, THE DRAMATIC EVIDENCES OF THE RAGING CONFLICT BETWEEN CHRIST AND SATAN FOR THE HEARTS AND ALLEGIANCE OF MEN.[4]
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本书充满了对许多大人物的研究,——聪颖过人的所罗门,但其智慧也未能保守其心志免于犯罪;玩弄权术的耶罗波安,以及接踵而来的恶果;大能无畏的以利亚;和平与医治的先知以利沙;惶恐而邪恶的亚哈;忠诚而善良的希西家;大蒙上帝眷爱的但以理;忧伤的先知耶利米;以及重建时期的先知哈该、撒迦利亚、与玛拉基等。在这些人之外,更兴起了那位带有属天荣耀的未来的大君、上帝的羔羊、独生的爱子,一切牺牲的预表在他里面都得到了实现。[5]
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THE BOOK ABOUNDS IN FASCINATING CHARACTER STUDIES--THE WISE SOLOMON, WHOSE WISDOM DID NOT KEEP HIM FROM TRANSGRESSION; JEROBOAM, THE SELF-SERVING MAN OF POLICY, AND THE EVIL RESULTS WHICH FOLLOWED HIS REIGN; THE MIGHTY AND FEARLESS ELIJAH; ELISHA, THE PROPHET OF PEACE AND HEALING; AHAZ, THE FEARFUL AND WICKED; HEZEKIAH, THE LOYAL AND GOOD-HEARTED; DANIEL, THE BELOVED OF GOD; JEREMIAH, THE PROPHET OF SORROW; HAGGAI, ZECHARIAH, AND MALACHI, PROPHETS OF THE RESTORATION. BEYOND THEM ALL RISES IN GLORY THE COMING KING, THE LAMB OF GOD, THE ONLY-BEGOTTEN SON, IN WHOM THE TYPICAL SACRIFICES FIND FULFILLMENT.[5]
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系列丛书的第一部《先祖与先知》,记述了从创造到大卫统治结束时的世界历史。第三部《历代愿望》,记录了基督的生活与侍奉。《先知与君王》这部书处于两者之间。第四部书《使徒行述》,描述了早期基督教会的历史。系列丛书的最后一本《善恶之争》,记述了持续至今的大争战的故事,以及按照《圣经》预言的脉络随后的事件,直到大地被更新。[6]
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PATRIARCHS AND PROPHETS, THE FIRST BOOK OF THE SERIES, SPANS WORLD HISTORY FROM CREATION TO THE CLOSE OF DAVID'S REIGN; THE DESIRE OF AGES, THE THIRD BOOK, TREATS OF THE LIFE AND MINISTRY OF CHRIST; THIS VOLUME, PROPHETS AND KINGS FITS BETWEEN THESE TWO. THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, THE FOURTH, PORTRAYS THE HISTORY OF THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, AND THE GREAT CONTROVERSY, THE LAST IN THE SERIES, TRACES THE CONFLICT STORY TO OUR DAY AND THEN ON IN A PROPHETIC VEIN TO THE EARTH MADE NEW.[6]
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本书从面世起,发行量巨大,且多次重印,现在以更有吸引力的方式呈现给广大读者。[7]
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THE STORY OF PROPHETS AND KINGS, HAVING ENJOYED A CIRCULATION WHICH HAS DEMANDED MANY PRINTINGS SINCE ITS FIRST APPEARANCE, IS NOW PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC IN ATTRACTIVE FORM WITH TYPE RESET, BUT WITH NO CHANGE OF TEXT OR PAGINATION. THIS NEW EDITION IS EMBELLISHED WITH ATTRACTIVE ILLUSTRATIONS, MANY OF THEM ORIGINAL PAINTINGS DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR THIS WORK.[7]
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本书包含着丰富的教训,提拔我们对上帝及其儿子、世界的救赎主的信心。但愿旧约时期中被上帝所拣选的伟大男女的生活故事,可以深化所有读者的宗教经验,并照亮他们的心灵![8]
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THAT THIS VOLUME WITH ITS RICH LESSONS OF FAITH IN GOD AND HIS SON, THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD, AND THE STORIES OF HIS PROVIDENCE IN THE LIVES OF GREAT MEN AND WOMEN OF OLD TESTAMENT TIMES MAY DEEPEN THE RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE AND ENLIGHTEN THE MINDS OF ALL WHO READ ITS PAGES IS THE SINCERE WISH OF THE PUBLISHERS AND-----THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE ELLEN G. WHITE PUBLICATIONS.[8]
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