Category: Lessons

The Non-prophet Prophet

• Lesson 1 for the week of September 29 to October 6

Background and Literary Considerations Amos, the person – What can we know from the book itself and from the world of the eighth century B.C. which might help us understand this person better? With the...

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Behold, He Comes!

• Lesson 13 for the week of September 22 to September 29

Key Passages: Isaiah 11, 65-66; John 14:1-4; 1 Corinthians 15; 1 Thessalonians 4 He Will Come. In our modern world, the Christian has to fight on two fronts. On the one hand, an increasing number...

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The Days of the End

• Lesson 12 for the week of September 15 to September 22

Relevant Passages: Matthew 24-25; Acts 1:6-8; Thessalonians 5:1-3 Essential Knowledge in the Days of the End. When Jesus was on earth, the disciples were very curious about the end of time. As he sat on...

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The Remnant

• Lesson 11 for the week of September 8 to September 15

Relevant Passages: Revelation 12:17 The Last of the Last. Scripture can depict God’s people as a mighty throng, then turn right around and call them a threatened remnant. A great crowd left Egypt in the...

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The Hour of God’s Judgment

• Lesson 10 for the week of September 1 to September 8

Relevant Passages: Daniel 7-8; Revelation 14:6-12 Judgment: The Good News and the Bad. In contrast with our modern era when the thought of judge and judgment is rarely a sign of joy, judgment in the...

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The Heavenly Sanctuary

• Lesson 9 for the week of August 25 to September 1

Relevant Passages: Daniel 7-9; Leviticus 16; Matthew 24:15; Revelations 11:19 From Earth to Heaven. While many of the services in the earthly sanctuary illustrated the death of Christ as a sacrifice for sin (e.g. Passover;...

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Light and Shadows: The Earthly Sanctuary

• Lesson 8 for the week of August 18 to August 25

Relevant Passages: Exodus 25:9, 40; Hebrew 8:5; 1 Peter 1:19; 1 Corinthians 5:7 God’s Picture Book. One of the important methods the early Christians used to attempt to understand the ministry of Christ was the...

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God’s Gift of Immortality

• Lesson 7 for the week of August 11 to August 18

Relevant Passages: 1 Corinthians 15:22; John 3:16; 1 Timothy 6:16; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 A Soul That Sleeps. An important part of Adventist history is the willingness of the pioneers to adopt the doctrine of soul...

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Crisis of Loyalty

• Lesson 6 for the week of August 4 to August 11

Relevant Passages: Revelation 14:8-12 The Bad News Angels. The first angel’s message can be seen in a positive light (whether or not it has been so presented is another question). The second and third angels,...

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The First Angel’s Message

• Lesson 5 for the week of July 28 to August 4

Relevant Passages: Revelation 14:6-7 The Angel With a Message. From its inception, Adventists have felt the call to preach the three angels’ message. The first of the angel’s brings the most positive message and the...

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Keeping the Sabbath Holy

• Lesson 4 for the week of July 21 to July 28

Relevant Passages: Exodus 20; Deuteronomy 5; Isaiah 58; Mark 2 Sacred Time. In Exodus 20, the KJV translates the Sabbath command as “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy”; in Deuteronomy 5, the KJV...

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The Sabbath – The Sign of Our Relationship

• Lesson 3 for the week of July 14 to July 21

Relevant Passages: Genesis 2; Exodus 20; Deuteronomy 5; Ezekial 20; Psalms 92; Mark 2; Hebrew 4 Sabbath As a Bond Between Creator and Creatures. Throughout the Old Testament, the Sabbath was portrayed as a special...

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The Sabbath

• Lesson 2 for the week of July 7 to July 14

Relevant Passages: Genesis 2; Exodus 16; Nehemiah 13; Matthew 12; John 5; Isaiah 66 Sabbath: From Creation to Restoration. From a biblical perspective, the Sabbath is a feature of human existence from Creation to Restoration....

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The Lord Our Righteousness

• Lesson 1 for the week of June 30 to July 7

Relevant Passages: Jeremiah 23:6; Romans 3-5; Ephesians 2:8-9 Jesus, the foundation of our faith. Jesus is the focal point of the Christian faith. The crucial question is: How does the divine initiative in salvation relate...

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