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"Through faithful messengers the Lord sent repeated warnings to the apostate king and the people, but in vain were these words of reproof. In vain did the inspired messengers assert Jehovah's right to be the only God in Israel; in vain did they exalt the laws that He had entrusted to them. Captivated by the gorgeous display and the fascinating rites of idol worship, the people followed the example of the king and his court, and gave themselves up to the intoxicating, degrading pleasures of a sensual worship. In their blind folly they chose to reject God and His worship. The light so graciously given them had become darkness. The fine gold had become dim. PK 116.1"
Related principle 85% Jeremiah 7:25
"Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:"
Both passages describe God sending messengers (prophets) to warn the people, but the people reject the message. The Jeremiah passage is a general statement of God's repeated warnings, while the EGW passage applies it to Ahab's time.
"Alas, how had the glory of Israel departed! Never before had the chosen people of God fallen so low in apostasy. Of “the prophets of Baal” there were “four hundred and fifty,” besides four hundred “prophets of the groves.” 1 Kings 18:19 . Nothing short of the miracle-working power of God could preserve the nation from utter destruction. Israel had voluntarily separated herself from Jehovah, yet the Lord in compassion still yearned after those who had been led into sin, and He was about to send to them one of the mightiest of His prophets, through whom many were to be led back to allegiance to the God of their fathers. PK 116.2"
Direct citation 97% 1 Kings 18:19
"Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table."
Ellen White directly references 1 Kings 18:19 in this passage.
Related principle 80% 1 Samuel 4:21
"And she named the child I–chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband."
Both passages lament the loss of Israel's glory due to apostasy. The EGW passage uses the phrase 'glory of Israel departed' and the 1 Samuel passage introduces the name 'Ichabod' which means 'the glory has departed'.

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