The Desire of Ages Devotional Worksheet Series pg. # 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 # 6 Chapter 6: We Have Seen His Star Name:__________________________ Chapter 6: We Have Seen His Star Q. Does God's light shine amid the darkness of heathenism? A. DA 59.3 Date:_________________

Q. Before turning to the Hebrew Scriptures, how did the magi initially behold the glory of the Creator? A. DA 59.3

Q. What was the star that the magi saw? A. DA 60.1

Q. Through what means were the magi instructed to search for the newborn Jesus? A. DA 60.1

Q. DA pg. 60.2 says that the Holy Spirit was in the magi. What two things did the Holy Spirit do for them as they were following the star? A.

Q. Who had a higher, holier religion in the sight of God? Was it the teachers of Israel or the magi? A. DA 61.1

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Q. Herod, an Edomite, found his way to the throne to be ruler over the Jews. Through what means did he secure this position? A. DA 61.2

Q. When did the priests and rabbis rejection of Jesus begin? A. DA 62.4

Q. Pride prevented the priests and rabbis to be taught by the people they perceived as heathen. It also prevented the priests and rabbis from going to Bethlehem. What did this pride eventually become? A. DA. 62.4

Q. Why did the confidence of the magi diminish after they left Jerusalem? What do you think this reveals concerning the power of influence? A. DA 63.1

Q. Fill in the Blank. Jesus was cradled in a manger. His parents, ________________ __________________, were His only guardians. Answers: DA 63.1

Q. In DA 64.1, God let the magi know that they should not go to Jerusalem. In DA 64.2, God let Joseph know that he should go to Egypt because Herod would try to kill Jesus. Through what means did God communicate both of these messages? A.

Q. Through whom did God call the attention of the Jewish nations to the birth of His Son? A. DA 64.3

Q. What kind of offering does God delight to honor? A. DA 65.2

The Desire of Ages Devotional Worksheet Series pg. # 3 Q. What shall we also bring to Jesus if we have given our hearts to Him? A. DA 65.2 Q. Fill in the Blank: Our gold and silver, our most precious earthly ________________, our highest ______________ and _________________ endowments, will be freely devoted to Him who loved us, and gave Himself for us. Answers: DA 65.2 Q. When Herod realized that the magi did not return, he sought to destroy the child Jesus by force by sending soldiers to kill all children who were two years old and under. According to DA 65.5, who was it that brought this calamity upon the Jews? A.

Fill in the Blank: If they(the Jews) had been walking in ________________ and _______________ before God, He would in a signal manner have made the wrath of the king harmless to them. But they had separated themselves from God by their sins, and had rejected the Holy Spirit, which was their only _____________. Answers: A 65.5

Q. Without what did the Jews study the Scriptures? A. DA 65.5

Q. For what kind of prophecies did the Jews search? A. DA 65.5

Q. About how many years did Jesus dwell in Jerusalem? A. DA 66.3

Fill in the Blank: God could not trust His beloved Son with _______, even while carrying forward His work for their salvation. He commissioned ___________ to attend Jesus and protect Him till He should accomplish His mission on earth, and die by the hands of those whom He came to save. Answer: DA 67.1