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primary examples of:
♦ Noah's building of the ark and deliverance of his family:
♦ Abraham's test of faith:
♦ mission of Abraham's servant:
♦ Joseph in Egypt:
♦ Moses' leadership of Israel out of Egypt and through the wilderness:
♦ Israel's conquest of the promised land under Joshua:
♦ David's rulership of Israel and subjugation of surrounding nations:
♦ Solomon's building of the temple:
♦ Israel under Jeroboam defeated by Judah under Abijah:
♦ rebuilding of the temple by the Jewish returnees:
♦ mission of Nehemiah to Jerusalem:
♦ rebuilding of the wall at Jerusalem under Nehemiah:
♦ Esther's instrumentality in the deliverance of the Jews:
• Esther 1:1-9:32
♦ Job's prosperity and even greater recovery:
♦ God's purpose to defeat Babylon through Cyrus:
• Isaiah 48:15 (cf. 44:28; 45:1)
♦ accomplishment of God's purpose through His word:
♦ Daniel as a governmental officer:
♦ life and work of John the Baptist:
♦ accomplishment of Christ's work on the cross:
♦ Christian ministry of Paul:
♦ general:
conditions for:
♦ obedience to God's word:
♦ reliance upon the Lord's help:
♦ trust in the Lord:
♦ trust in the Lord's prophets (i.e., their prophetic message):
♦ consultation with many counselors:
♦ possession and use of wisdom:
♦ action in accordance with God's will:
lack of (i.e., failure):
♦ through disobedience to the Lord's word:
♦ through opposition to God:
♦ through following false prophecy:
♦ through God's frustration of the plots of the shrewd:
• Job 5:12
♦ through a plot devised against the righteous:
♦ through breaking a covenant:
♦ through evil intent and lying:
♦ through not losing one's life for Christ's sake:
♦ through unbelief toward the Lord:
various other uses:
♦ success in sowing:
♦ success through deceit by one's influence:
This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.