Scripture: Heb 10:19-25 Leading Question: What would happen to our understanding of God and our responsibilities before him if the book of Hebrews were simply to disappear from our Bibles? 1. The Special Content of the...

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Scripture: Rev 12:7-12 Leading Question: How can a good and all-powerful God produce a world like this one? “Theodicy” is a word that describes the issue posed in our leading question. Given the fact that the world...

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Scripture: Rev 10; 14:6-12 Leading Question: What is the most effective way today to direct attention to the work of Jesus in the heavenly sanctuary? Several issues present themselves in connection with the study of the three...

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Scripture: Daniel 8-9 Leading Question: How can Jesus help us address the issues in Daniel 8? In addressing the multiple issues connected with Daniel 8, let’s start with the answers instead of the questions, and here Jesus...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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