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70 Weeks

Lesson 7 for the week of August 5 to August 12

The seventy weeks prophecy of Daniel 9 not only played a key role in the birth of the 1844 movement, it has also been seen as an important prophecy of the first coming of Jesus....

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Daniel 9

Lesson 6 for the week of July 29 to August 5

Since Lesson 6 focuses on Daniel 9 as a whole and Lesson 7 on the 70 weeks prophecy which is part of Daniel 9, the potential for overlap is considerable. It might be advisable for...

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Daniel 8

Lesson 5 for the week of July 22 to July 29

Read: Daniel 8 Again, a good procedure for understanding and applying the prophecy of Daniel 8 is to take off the names of the kingdoms and ask “What?” instead of “Who?”. The chapter is central...

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Daniel 7

Lesson 4 for the week of July 15 to July 22

Read: Daniel 7 As with Daniel 2, it can be productive to approach the chapter as if reading it for the first time, perhaps in another culture and without any knowledge of history. Questions for...

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Daniel 2

Lesson 3 for the week of July 8 to July 15

Read: Daniel 2 Nebuchadnezzar’s vision of the great image lays the foundation for what has become known at the “historicist” interpretation of apocalyptic prophecy. And the foundation for this view in Daniel 2 is evident...

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Judgment Must Begin

Lesson 2 for the week of July 1 to July 8

Read: Ps. 96; Eccl 12:13-14; Matt. 25; John 3:17-18; Rev 14:6-7 The Bible is clear that each of us must face judgment at the end of time. Some may feel confident about their prospects in...

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Appendix A

Addendum A for the week of June 24 to July 1

Interpreting Apocalyptic Prophecies Note: This appendix is a reprint of the first lesson of the PROBE Study Guide, 2002.2 Key biblical passages: Isa 65-66; Ezek 40-48; Dan 2, 7-12; Zech 14; Matt 24-25; Rev 1-22...

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Appendix B

Addendum B for the week of June 24 to July 1

“The Great Disappointment[s]” by Alden Thompson Adventist Review, 24 September 1992, 1016-18 Spring is supposed to be such a happy time. But this spring was different. The year was A.D. 31, the place was Jerusalem,...

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Appendix C

Addendum D for the week of June 24 to July 1

Response to Dale Ratzlaff By Alden Thompson Ministry, February 2004, 30-32, 38 Since shortly after the middle of the twentieth century, Seventh-day Adventists have been in sporadic and sometimes painful dialogue with the Evangelical community....

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Appendix D

Lesson 19 for the week of June 24 to July 1

Fireworks: Goldstein Responds to Ratzlaff by Alden Thompson for Spectrum, 5 December 2004 [Cf. “Fireworks in the Holy of Holies,” Spectrum 33:1 (Winter 2005), 67-72] A review of Clifford Goldstein, Graffiti in the Holy of...

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“Principalities and Powers”

Lesson 1 for the week of June 24 to July 1

Read: Eph 6:12; Job 1-2; Rev 12:7-17 Introduction to the Quarter’s Lessons. The lessons this quarter take us into potentially contentious territory. We could easily fall to arguing, quarreling, or worse. But we could also...

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The Christian Armor

Lesson 13 for the week of December 17 to December 24

Read: Eph 6:18-24 Before the concluding recommendation of Tychicus and the concluding wish of peace and grace, Paul exhorts his addressees to prayer in Eph 6:18-20. The exhortation goes from the general to the more…

The Christian Warfare

Lesson 12 for the week of December 10 to December 17

Read: Eph 6:10-12; Luke 22:31; Rom 7:15-20; Rev 12:7-12; 1 John 5:18-20 Comments on Eph 6:10-12: At the conclusion of Ephesians Paul focuses his exhortation on the Christian war against spiritual powers of darkness. The…

Christian Relationships

Lesson 11 for the week of December 3 to December 10

Read: Eph 6:1-9 Comments on Eph 6:1-9: Most English translations have difficulty expressing 5:21 as is stands in the Greek which is a participial clause that connects with what precedes it grammatically but with what…

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