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Prophets You Can Trust

• Lesson 7 for the week of August 10 to August 17

THIS WEEK’S STUDY: 1 Kings 22; 2 Kings 1; 2 Chron. 17-21 MEMORY TEXT: “Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper” (2 Chron. 20:20)....

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Two Men, Two Mountains, and a Great God

• Lesson 6 for the week of August 3 to August 10

THIS WEEK’S STUDY: 1 Kings 16:8-21:29 MEMORY TEXT: “I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy...

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The Lord’s Rebellion: Jeroboam and Rehoboam

• Lesson 5 for the week of July 27 to August 3

THIS WEEK’S STUDY: 1 Kings 12:1-16:7; 2 Chronicles 10-16 MEMORY TEXT: “Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel” (Jeremiah 18:6). WOUNDING IN ORDER...

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A Wise and Foolish King

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

THIS WEEK’S STUDY: 1 Kings 3:1-11:43; 2 Chr. 1:1-9:31 MEMORY TEXT: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding” (Proverbs 9:10). WISDOM, FOOLISHNESS, AND SIN....

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The Changing of the Guard

• Lesson 3 for the week of July 13 to July 20

THIS WEEK’S STUDY: 1 Kings 1:1-2:46, 1 Chronicles 22:2-29:30 MEMORY TEXT: “Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the...

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Struggling Back Toward God’s Ideal

• Lesson 2 for the week of July 6 to July 13

THIS WEEK’S STUDY: 1 Chronicles 18:1-22:1 MEMORY TEXT: “I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall...

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The House of the Great King

• Lesson 1 for the week of June 29 to July 6

THIS WEEK’S STUDY: 1 Chronicles 1:1 – 17:27 MEMORY TEXT: “Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. O worship the Lord in the beauty...

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Introduction

• Introduction

Introduction to the History of Israel’s Monarchy KINGS AND CHRONICLES Our lessons this quarter take us into the lively history of Israel’s kings. Scripture tells the story twice, once in Samuel-Kings and once in Chronicles....

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Preparing for the Apocalyptic Consummation

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

Relevant Biblical Passages: Genesis-Revelation Preparation for a hard driving people. Given our free-will orientation, Adventists tend to be an active, energetic lot. Indeed, we sometimes give the impression that finishing God’s work is entirely up...

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The Climax of Apocalyptic Expectation: The Blessed Hope

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

Relevant Biblical Passages: Isa 35; Jn 14:1-3; Acts 1:10-11; 1 Cor 15:51-57; Rev 21:1-7 The End and the New Beginning. The whole point of apocalyptic is the promise of a new beginning. And that means...

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The Three Angels’ Messages: Revelation 14:1-12

• Lesson 11 for the week of June 8 to June 15

Relevant Biblical Passages: Revelation 14:1-12 The Historical Context. The three angels’ messages of Revelation 14 are of special interest to Seventh-day Adventists because of the role these messages played in our formative years. Even after...

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Instruments of the Dragon Against the Remnant II: The Beast from the Earth – Revelation 13:11-18

• Lesson 10 for the week of June 1 to June 8

Relevant Biblical Passages: Revelation 13:11-18 Another Beast. In Adventist interpretation, the second beast in Revelation 13 has traditionally been identified as the United States; the “mark of the beast,” described at the end of Revelation...

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Instruments of the Dragon Against the Remnant I: The Beast from the Sea – Revelation 13:1-10

• Lesson 9 for the week of May 25 to June 1

Relevant Biblical Passages: Revelation 13:1-10 Beasts on the Prowl. Following in the Reformation tradition, Adventists have identified the Beast of Revelation 13-14 as Roman Catholism, the counterpart of the little horn power in Daniel 7....

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The Child, the Church, and the Dragon: Revelation 12

• Lesson 8 for the week of May 18 to May 25

Relevant Biblical Passages: Revelation 12 Key Actors in the Struggle Between Good and Evil. Quite aside from the Adventist perspective, Revelation 12 is important for Christian theology, for it is the first chapter in the...

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