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Tag: 2nd Quarter 2002

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Preparing for the Apocalyptic Consummation

  • Lesson 13 for the week of June 22 to June 29
Relevant Biblical Passages: Genesis-Revelation Preparation for a hard driving people. Given our free-will orientation, Adventists tend to be an active, energetic lot. Indeed, we sometimes give the impression that finishing God’s work is entirely up...

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Alden Thompson

The Climax of Apocalyptic Expectation: The Blessed Hope

  • Lesson 12 for the week of June 15 to June 22
Relevant Biblical Passages: Isa 35; Jn 14:1-3; Acts 1:10-11; 1 Cor 15:51-57; Rev 21:1-7 The End and the New Beginning. The whole point of apocalyptic is the promise of a new beginning. And that means...

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Alden Thompson

The Three Angels’ Messages: Revelation 14:1-12

  • Lesson 11 for the week of June 8 to June 15
Relevant Biblical Passages: Revelation 14:1-12 The Historical Context. The three angels’ messages of Revelation 14 are of special interest to Seventh-day Adventists because of the role these messages played in our formative years. Even after...

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Alden Thompson

Instruments of the Dragon Against the Remnant II: The Beast from the Earth – Revelation 13:11-18

  • Lesson 10 for the week of June 1 to June 8
Relevant Biblical Passages: Revelation 13:11-18 Another Beast. In Adventist interpretation, the second beast in Revelation 13 has traditionally been identified as the United States; the “mark of the beast,” described at the end of Revelation...

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Alden Thompson

Instruments of the Dragon Against the Remnant I: The Beast from the Sea – Revelation 13:1-10

  • Lesson 9 for the week of May 25 to June 1
Relevant Biblical Passages: Revelation 13:1-10 Beasts on the Prowl. Following in the Reformation tradition, Adventists have identified the Beast of Revelation 13-14 as Roman Catholism, the counterpart of the little horn power in Daniel 7....

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Alden Thompson

The Child, the Church, and the Dragon: Revelation 12

  • Lesson 8 for the week of May 18 to May 25
Relevant Biblical Passages: Revelation 12 Key Actors in the Struggle Between Good and Evil. Quite aside from the Adventist perspective, Revelation 12 is important for Christian theology, for it is the first chapter in the...

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Alden Thompson

Matthew 24: Jesus’ Sermon on Apocalyptic Prophecy

  • Lesson 7 for the week of May 11 to May 18
Relevant Biblical Passages: Matthew 24 Signs and Surprises. Typically Adventists have interpreted Matthew 24 as the chapter which gives us the clearest picture of the “signs” of the end. When it is read in conjunction...

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Alden Thompson

Daniel 9: The Coming of the Messiah

  • Lesson 5 for the week of April 27 to May 4
Relevant Biblical Passages: Daniel 9 The Promise (and the Pain) of Prophetic Interpretation. For those without interest or expertise in the detailed interpretation of Daniel 9, the following two points are well worth exploring: Daniel’s...

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Alden Thompson

Daniel 8: The Prince of the Heavenly Host

  • Lesson 4 for the week of April 20 to April 27
Relevant Biblical Passages: Daniel 8 Prince, Polluter, and the Sanctuary. Currently in Adventism, no verse in the Bible is likely to be so hotly debated – and so cheerfully ignored – as Daniel 8:14. In...

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Alden Thompson

The Son of Man and the Final Judgment

  • Lesson 3 for the week of April 13 to April 20
Relevant Biblical Passages: Daniel 7 Focusing on Judgment in Daniel 7. A majestic judgment scene is planted right in the heart of Daniel 7. The setting in 7:9-10, with the Ancient One presiding and the...

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Alden Thompson

Daniel 2 & 7: The ABC’s of Apocalyptic Prophecies

  • Lesson 2 for the week of April 6 to April 13
Relevant Biblical Passages: Daniel 2 and 7 Daniel’s Visions on the Succession of the Kingdoms. The basic pattern for the historicist perspective on apocalyptic is set by the visions of Daniel, especially those of the...

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Alden Thompson

Daniel 2 & 7: The ABC’s of Apocalyptic Prophecies

  • Lesson 2 for the week of April 6 to April 13
Relevant Biblical Passages: Daniel 2 and 7 Daniel’s Visions on the Succession of the Kingdoms. The basic pattern for the historicist perspective on apocalyptic is set by the visions of Daniel, especially those of the...

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Alden Thompson

Interpreting Apocalyptic Prophecies

  • Lesson 1 for the week of March 30 to April 6
Relevant Biblical Passages: Isa. 65-66; Ezek. 40-48; Dan. 2, 7-12; Zech 14; Matt 24-25; Rev 1-22 Table of Contents for Lesson #1: A (lengthy!) note from the Author of the Study Guide. Questions to address...

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Alden Thompson
 
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