The book was written when author Marian Edwards was 88, and is her recollection of the homestead days. Edwards, born in a homestead shack in Mellette County in 1915, was then the oldest living South Dakota author to have witnessed the homestead era as a child.
The time lines of the book of Daniel, extending to the very eve of The Second Coming of Jesus (do not give the day and hour of His coming), but throw a flood of light on events then to transpire. Daniel gives the basic prophecy and Revelation gives a fuller explanation of that prophecy with added detail. The authors intend to assist the reader by supplying illustrative pictures, maps, structure charts revealing alignment and continuity, Webster's Dictionary definitions of English words, and Strong's Analytical Concordance definitions of original Hebrew. This method, making the Bible its own expositor, does not deny past applications, but permits the emphasis to focus on current events and align with the last ten chapters of The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan. The literary structure charts reveal the future sealing of the 144,000, and ending at the Second Coming of Jesus. Laying aside the numerous speculative and conflicting Commentaries, the authors desire to use only the Inspired words of the prophets. The result is a beautiful, orderly picture of the past, present and future events, so different from the conclusions of numerous theologians who declared the Revelation is 'so fragmented a puzzle' that no one could crack the code and therefore sealed up and to be left alone. This book, Daniel and Revelation Bound Together, will make the study fresh and easy. Let this book bring hope and joy to your life and shine as a light to your path.
Let us read and study the 12th chapter of Daniel. It is a warning we shall all need to understand before the time of the end." EG White, Ltr 161, July 30, 1903
It seems like yesterday that things that were happening in my life over seventy years ago, demands that I trust in the loving purpose of a Sovereign God. I have learned to trust that He is in control – especially when life seems out of control. I am prospering and am always hopeful because as a blessed African American woman, I accept my responsibility to give back to the people in this country as much as it has given to me. I will always acknowledge my roots, as they are more important than ever. I am an empty vessel but am versed with a spiritual being to complete a mission for God. And I have an angel or angels who have guided me all my days. They are sent from my Sovereign Creator.
There is no subject in the world more stereotypical than slavery of African Americans. This book is about four families: my mother and father’s families and my husband’s mother and father’s families, dating back to the era before slaves were brought out of Africa. Historically, our families evolved on a continuous basis and have proven to have been strong, resilient people, whose hopes and dreams were not easily squelched. We have researched the backgrounds of these relatives who were a part of the Atlantic slave trade because I want my children and grandchildren as well as the world to know who their ancestors were. I want them to know under what circumstances they came to America and finally became citizens with voting rights, educational and financial privileges, marital rights, and freedom. I want to clear up the misrepresentation and confusion of facts about slavery and the black man’s worth. Slaves over the last two thousand years have become a misnomer to our young people’s minds, and there is little knowledge of this period. Many civilizations and nations have been involved in slavery during the course of history. Contemporary records and archival documents were sought in an effort to reach greater heights of authenticity, enhance ancestral reality, and relate the facts to younger generations.
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