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Tag: The Gospel 1844 and Judgment

The Meaning of the Judgment Today

  • Lesson 14 for the week of September 23 to September 30
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One of the interesting results of the 1844 experience has been a persistent and developing interest in questions of “theodicy” in Adventism. Classically, “theodicy” has focused on the question of the vindication or justification of...

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Alden Thompson

The Gospel and Judgment

  • Lesson 13 for the week of September 16 to September 23
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Potentially, this lesson week’s lesson is the most crucial one for God’s people today, for it highlights the two great questions confronting deeply religious people: How can we be good? And how can we be...

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Alden Thompson

Pre-Advent Judgment

  • Lesson 12 for the week of September 9 to September 16
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Since many aspects of this lesson have already been considered in Lesson #2 (Judgment Must Begin) and Lesson #4 (Daniel 7), it might be helpful here to explore some of the reasons why the question...

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Alden Thompson

The Sanctuary and the Little Horn

  • Lesson 11 for the week of September 2 to September 9
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In the two chapters where the little horn appears, Daniel 8 and 9, it is helpful to see how Daniel himself relates to the evil beasts and to the evil little horn power. If we...

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Alden Thompson

Rome and Antiochus

  • Lesson 10 for the week of August 26 to September 2
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Through the centuries, God’s people have faced many enemies, some of them symbolized by a person, some by a nation. The most notable enemy superpowers included Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, and Rome. Some of Israel’s...

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Alden Thompson

Day-Year Principle

  • Lesson 9 for the week of August 19 to August 26
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The day-year principle as a means of interpreting prophecy is unique to historicism. The challenge for Adventism is to know how to work in a world where they alone defend the historicist method. From the...

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1844 Made Simple

  • Lesson 8 for the week of August 12 to August 19
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For those living in 1844, calculation of the date was both simple and believable. Now, only those who are sympathetic with the Disappointment experience would interpret Daniel and Revelation in the way Adventists have interpreted...

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Alden Thompson

70 Weeks

  • Lesson 7 for the week of August 5 to August 12
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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“Principalities and Powers”

  • Lesson 1 for the week of June 24 to July 1
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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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