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Covenant Sign

• Lesson 9 for the week of February 22 to March 1

Relevant Biblical Passages: Exod. 31:12-16 Covenant Sign. In Exodus 31:12-16, the Sabbath is explicitly identified as a “sign” that God makes his people holy. It is significant that this sign is embedded in the decalogue....

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Covenant Law

• Lesson 8 for the week of February 15 to February 22

Relevant Biblical Passages: Deut 7:9; Matt. 7:12; 22:35-40; Rom. 13:8-10 Covenant Law. In some Christian traditions, especially those which place a heavy emphasis on Pauline theology, law and grace are sometimes seen as being antagonists:...

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Covenant at Sinai

• Lesson 7 for the week of February 8 to February 15

Relevant Biblical Passages: Exodus 19-20, 24; 32-34 Covenant at Sinai. In popular Protestant thinking, the covenant at Sinai is often contrasted with the New Covenant which is realized in Jesus. Because of the strong emphasis...

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Abraham’s Seed

• Lesson 6 for the week of February 1 to February 8

Relevant Biblical Passages: Gen 35:12, Deut. 28-29; Ezek. 16; Gal. 3 Abraham’s Seed. One of the most divisive issues in Christianity today is whether or not the church is to be seen as a “spiritual”...

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Children of the Promise

• Lesson 5 for the week of January 25 to February 1

Relevant Biblical Passages: Genesis 12:2, Galatians 3:28-29 Children of the Promise: Israel, the Nations, the Messiah. Christians see themselves as the true inheritors of the promise to the Abraham. From the New Testament evidence, one...

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An Everlasting Covenant

• Lesson 4 for the week of January 18 to January 25

Relevant Biblical Passages: Genesis 12:1-2; 15:7-18; 17; 18:19 An Everlasting Covenant: God’s Covenant with Abraham. In traditional Christian interpretation, especially those systems which contrast the Sinai covenant with the new covenant, it has often been...

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“All Future Generations”

• Lesson 3 for the week of January 11 to January 18

Relevant Biblical Passages: Genesis 6:18; 9:8-17 “All Future Generations” – God’s Covenant with Noah. The idea of “covenant” is one which is especially important to those who are gripped by the idea of divine sovereignty:...

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Covenant Primer

• Lesson 2 for the week of January 4 to January 11

Relevant Biblical Passages: Genesis 6:18, 17:2; Exodus 19:5; Jeremiah 31:31-34 Covenant Primer: Noah, Abraham, Sinai, David, New Covenant. At several specific points in human history, God has established a “covenant” with His people: With Noah...

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What Happened?

• Lesson 1 for the week of December 29 to January 4

Relevant Biblical Passages: Genesis 1-3 What Happened? Our lessons for this quarter center on the idea of God’s everlasting covenant. Interestingly enough, the official Sabbath School study guide begins this new series of lessons on...

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Ultimate Things

• Lesson 13 for the week of December 21 to December 28

Relevant Biblical Passages: 1 Thess. 4:13-18 Ultimate Things. When it comes to describing the second coming, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 is evidence enough that we are clearly in a world which knows no parallel in human...

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Called to One Hope

• Lesson 12 for the week of December 14 to December 21

Relevant Biblical Passages: Ephesians 4:1-6, 11-13 Called to One Hope. Unity in Christ is clearly a dominant theme in the New Testament. But how does one arrive at such unity without any form of coercion?...

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Too Rich to Hope?

• Lesson 11 for the week of December 7 to December 14

Relevant Biblical Passages: Revelation 3:14-22 Too Rich to Hope. In their early experience, Adventists believed that they were the pure Philadelphian church while the other “nominal” Christians were the lukewarm Laodiceans. It came as a...

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Hope and “The Delay”: Part 2

• Lesson 10 for the week of November 30 to December 7

Relevant Biblical Passages: 2 Peter 3:3-15 Hope and “The Delay”: Part 2. In Romans 5:5 Paul declares that “hope does not disappoint us.” Yet Christians have been living with disappointed hope for centuries, indeed for...

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Hope and “The Delay”: Part 1

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

Relevant Biblical Passages: Matthew 25:1-13 Hope and “The Delay”: Part 1. If you are using the printed study guide you will notice that “The Delay” appears in quotation marks. That suggests that there is no...

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