Robert Roberts

The Visible Hand of God

The miracles of the Bible, from creation to Elijah and Elisha, shown as the visible hand of God in the history of Israel.

Robert Roberts · about 115,000 words

Transcribed from the scans at antipas.org and proofread against the page images. The text keeps the original spelling, the printer’s misprints and the Bible references as they were printed. These are historical texts in the language of their day; the teaching of this site is set out in its own beliefs and Bible studies.

Preface to the First Editionpp. iii–iv
Chapter I. The Place, Nature, and Need of Miraclepp. 1–13
Chapter II. The Beginning of Things Necessarily Miraculouspp. 14–26
Chapter III. The Miracle of Revelationpp. 27–42
Chapter IV. The Reign of Deathpp. 43–55
Chapter V. Enoch and the Floodpp. 56–70
Chapter VI. The Miracle of Language and Its Diversificationpp. 71–80
Chapter VII. Miracle Necessary as the Foundation of Faith (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob)pp. 81–90
Chapter VIII. Miracle, Sublime, Striking and Awful—Sodom and Gomorrahpp. 91–104
Chapter IX. The Work of Moses Historical—Not Legendary; Divine—Not Human; Miraculous—Otherwise Impossiblepp. 105–117
Chapter X. Nature and Object of the Mosaic Miraclespp. 118–131
Chapter XI. Negotiations at the Court of Pharaoh.—A Stupendous Issue—Commencement of the Strugglepp. 132–145
Chapter XII. The Egyptian Plagues—Necessarily Miraculous.—And What They Were Intended to Effectpp. 146–162
Chapter XIII. The Last Three Plagues, and Israel’s Departurepp. 163–176
Chapter XIV. The Egyptian Pursuit and the Red Sea Catastrophepp. 177–191
Chapter XV. Supplies in the Wildernesspp. 192–203
Chapter XVI. At Mount Sinaipp. 204–219
Chapter XVII. The Law of Moses, the Tabernacle, and the Mutiny of the Congregationpp. 220–236
Chapter XVIII. Striking Dead of Aaron’s Sons—Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abirampp. 237–250
Chapter XIX. Manna in the Desert: Murmuring; and Balaampp. 251–266
Chapter XX. Moses’ Parting Gift—Yahweh’s Prophetic Song of Witnesspp. 267–278
Chapter XXI. Israel’s Invasion of Canaan Under Joshuapp. 279–291
Chapter XXII. Israel Under the Judgespp. 292–306
Chapter XXII. Saul and Davidpp. 307–323
Chapter XXIV. David and the Reign of Solomonpp. 324–337
Chapter XXV. Revolt of the Ten Tribes—Mission of Elijahpp. 338–352
Chapter XXVI. The Work of Elijahpp. 353–367
Chapter XXVII. Elijah on Carmel and Afterwardspp. 368–379
Chapter XXVIII. Elijah’s Removal from the Earthpp. 380–389
Chapter XXIX. Elijah’s Mantle on Elishapp. 390–402
Chapter XXX. Elisha, Hezekiah, Daniel—Conclusionpp. 403–413