Tag: Paul Dybdahl

The Pre-Advent Judgment

• Lesson 9 for the week of November 23 to November 30

Scripture: Lev 16; Dan 7-9; Rev 14:6-12 Leading Question: Why don’t other Christians understand the heavenly sanctuary in the same way that Adventists do? In this quarter’s lessons on the Sanctuary, lessons 9 through 11 bring the more...

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Christ, Our Priest

• Lesson 8 for the week of November 16 to November 23

Scripture: Ps 110; Matt 22:41-45; Heb 7; John 16:25-27 Leading Question: How can a Messiah from the line of Judah also be a priest, for according to Scripture, the priests were to be from the line of Levi? The...

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Christ, Our Sacrifice

• Lesson 7 for the week of November 9 to November 16

Scripture: Isa 53; Luke 22:36-37; Acts 8:32-33; 1 Pet 2:21-25 Leading Question: Before his death on the cross, neither the disciples nor the people in general accepted Jesus’ teaching that he must suffer and die. How did the resurrection turn...

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The Day of Atonement

• Lesson 6 for the week of November 2 to November 9

Scripture: Lev 16; 23:26-32 Leading Question: In the narrative portions of the Old Testament, why is the Day of Atonement never mentioned? The popular Christian view of Old Testament history envisions three annual pilgrim festivals as the...

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Atonement: Purification Offering

• Lesson 5 for the week of October 26 to November 2

Scripture: Lev 12:5-8; Num 15:22-31; Mic 7:18-20; Heb 9:22; 1 Pet 1:18-19 Leading Question: Why does Scripture give us so many stories of restored sinners who seem to have no relationship to the earthly sanctuary service? Basic Rule: We should always treat...

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Lessons from the Sanctuary

• Lesson 4 for the week of October 19 to October 26

Scripture: Exod 25:8; Num 6:22-27; Deut 5:22-33; Ps 73:1-17; 1 John 1:1-4 Leading Question: How does a holy God bring sinners into His presence? The whole organization of the sanctuary structure illustrated the gulf between a holy God and ordinary people....

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Sacrifice

• Lesson 3 for the week of October 12 to October 19

Scripture: Gen 4; 22; Isa 1:11-17; Hos 6:6; Amos 5:21-24; Mic 6:6-8; Heb 8-10 Leading Question: Why does the practice of bloody sacrifice stir up such strong passions today? The first life-taking sacrifice in Scripture isn’t even mentioned as a sacrifice,...

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“Heaven” on Earth

• Lesson 2 for the week of October 5 to October 12

Scripture: Exod. 25:8-9; Heb. 8:5; 1 Cor. 3:16-17; 12 Leading Question: Do heavenly things tell us about things on earth? Or is it the other way around: things on earth tell us about things in heaven? The official study guide...

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The Heavenly Sanctuary

• Lesson 1 for the week of September 28 to October 5

Scripture: 1 Kings 8:27-30; Rev. 4-5; 21:22; Ps. 11:4-7; Heb. 8:1-2 Leading Question: How can the sanctuary idea and the picture of a sanctuary be helpful in our search for God? 1. Mental Pictures. In both Testaments, the concept of “sanctuary” is...

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Lord of all Nations (Amos)

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

Leading Question: What happens when God’s people hear that they are no better in God’s eyes than the more obvious “sinners” in the world? Discussion Issues: 1. Startling Comparisons: Israel and her neighbors. The book of Amos...

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Introduction to the Study of the Minor Prophets

• Introduction

Introduction to the Study of the Minor Prophets The twelve small books at the end of our English Bibles are known as the “minor” prophets simply because they are so much smaller than the “major”…

When All Things Become New

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

Major Texts: 1 Thess. 4:16-18; Rev. 20; 1 Cor. 4:5; Rom. 8:20-22; Rev. 21:11-22:5; Rev. 21:3. This lesson concludes the quarter-long series on Growing in Christ. It invites us to look toward the very end of things...

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Last Things: Jesus and the Saved

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

Major Texts: Heb. 8:1-5; Isa. 53:6; Rom. 3:24, 25; 1 Tim. 2:5; Heb. 9:23; Acts 3:19-21. We begin with the passage from Acts 3:19-21 – “19 Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be...

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The Christian Life

• Lesson 11 for the week of December 7 to December 15

Major Texts: Deut. 8:11-17; Phil. 2:3,4; 1 Cor. 15:51, 52; Rev. 22:1-5; Matt. 22:39; Gen. 2:21-25 We begin the lesson this week with a thought-provoking text – “What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if...

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