Category: Lessons

Prepare to Meet Your God

• Lesson 4 for the week of October 20 to October 27

Background and Literary Considerations We have already in Amos encountered seriously judgmental speeches from the prophet. This week’s passage is no exception – at least Amos is consistent! As part of the second “Judgment Speech”...

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“Hear This Word!”

• Lesson 3 for the week of October 13 to October 20

Background and Literary Considerations We are now introduced to “Judgment Speeches,” of which there are three major ones in the book of Amos. They all three begin with: “Hear this word ….” As used among...

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Sins of the Neighbors

• Lesson 2 for the week of October 6 to October 13

Background and Literary Considerations Amos 1:2-2:16 introduce us to three major speech forms in Amos: a sermon, speeches or oracles against foreign nations (OAN) and the “numerical” proverb. Delivered evidently at the sanctuary at Bethel,...

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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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