Part 85

Ireland, Christianity in, 62.

Isaiah, an example of true sanctification, 471.

Israelites, long-suffering of God toward, 19, 28. compared to a goodly vine, 20. apostasy of, 21. great sin of, rejection of Christ, 22. in bondage, lost knowledge of God’s law, 453. advent believers in 1844 compared to, 457-460. cause of forty years’ wandering of, 458. enticed into sin by association with heathen, 508, 529, 530. see also Jews.

Italy, missionaries sent to, 62. persecution in, 97. Luther’s writings in, 139.

Jacob, Sabbath kept by, 453. experience of, at brook Jabbok (Jacob’s trouble), 616-622.

Jeremiah, distress of, over Jerusalem, 21. denounced as a traitor, 458. fearlessly opposed wrong, 520.

Jerome, 99-119. character of, 103. imprisonment of, in Constance, 110, 111. sufferings of, 111. recantation and repentance of, 111-114. defense of Huss by, 113. martyrdom of, 115.

Jerusalem, destruction of, 17-38. sorrow of Christ over, 18-22. privileges bestowed upon, 19. symbol of rebellious world, 22. strategic location of, 26. prophecies against, 27. self-righteousness of, 27. condition of society in, after rejection of Christ, 28. besieged by Cestius, 30, 31; by Titus, 31. sufferings of people in, during siege, 31-33. not one Christian perished in, 30. destruction of, foreshadows destruction of world, 36-38. see also New Jerusalem.

Jesus, see Christ; Messiah.

Jesuits, organization, aims, and work of, 234, 235. in France, 279.

Jewish church, alliance of, with heathen, 382. leaders, failure of, to understand prophecies of first advent, 312, 313, 378.

Jews, woe upon, 30. sufferings of, during siege of Jerusalem, 31-33, 35. Sabbath laws of, 52. sinful ignorance of, regarding first advent, 313. fate of, sealed by rejection of gospel, 328. seventy weeks allotted to, in prophecy, 328, 345. proclamation of second advent to, by Joseph Wolff, 359-362. spiritual darkness of, 377, 378. worldliness of, in time of Christ, 378. formalism of, 378. rejection of prophetic truths by, 378. refusal of, to receive light, 430. rejection of, by God, 431. satisfied with religion of their fathers, 454. spirit of, revealed in rejection of Christ, 506. ceremonies of, 568. God’s presence withdrawn from, 615. guilt of, 628. see also Israelites; Jerusalem.

Job, affliction of, 589. an example of true sanctification, 471.

John the Baptist, Wycliffe compared to, 93.

John, duke and elector of Saxony, 199. signs Confession at Augsburg, 207. Luther’s letter to, 209, 210.

John XXIII., pope, summoned to council of Constance, 104. character of, 104, 106. Huss imprisoned by order of, 106. committed to same prison, 106.

Jonah, 406.

Joseph, 626.

Judas, failure of, to learn lessons of Christ, 43, 44.

Judgment, warning of, 353. message, extent of, 361. preparation for, 436. law of God the standard in, 482. time of, 548. the investigative: 352, 353, 422-429, 436, 479-491; opening of, announced by message of first angel, 355, 356, 486; Daniel’s vision of, 479; only cases of professing Christians considered in, 480; righteous dead not raised till after, 482; work of Christ in, 483-485; work of Satan in, 484; work of, finished before second advent, 485; close scrutiny of, 428, 486-488; should be clearly understood by people of God, 488, 489; progress of, 489-491. See also First angel’s message. the executive: 425, 426, 503; scenes of, 665-673. of wicked, going on in heaven during thousand years, 480, 660, 661.

Judgments of God, 543, 627, 628.

Justice, courts of, corruption in, 586.

Justice of God, shown in punishment of wicked, 541-544. acknowledged by the lost, 668; by Satan, 669, 670.

Justification by faith, revealed to Luther, 125. held by Huss, 140. learned by Wesley, 253-256. see also Faith.

Justification by works, 55, 56, 73, 83, 123, 253, 255, 256.

Kingdom, when the saints will inherit, 322. reception of, by Christ, 427, 479, 480. of God, when set up, 323. of glory, 347. of grace, 347, 348.

Knox, John, work of, in Scotland, 250, 251. conflict of, with Queen Mary, 250, 251. belief of, in second coming of Christ, 303.

Laborers, to be qualified by Holy Spirit, in latter rain, 606.