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07: Christ, Our Sacrifice – Thought Starters

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Joyce Griffith

[Thought questions for Christ, Our Sacrifice November 13, 2013]

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1. Substitution. Have you ever been a teacher or held another position where your work was essential that if you couldn’t be there, a substitute had to be found? Does that substitute sometimes prove to be of lesser ability? By contrast, in what ways is Jesus the infinitely superior substitute? What part do humility and obedience play in the substitution of His death for ours? What concept of [...]

07: Christ Our Sacrifice – Teaching Plan

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Michael Fracker

Key Thought : Jesus became an atoning sacrifice for you, took your condemnation upon Himself, and gave you eternal life..

[Teaching plan for Christ, Our Sacrifice November 11,2013]

1. Have a volunteer read Isaiah 53:2-6.

a. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
b. Why did Jesus have to take on humanity in order to die for our sins?
c. Personal Application : What does it mean that Jesus had no form nor [...]

06: Day of Atonement – Thought Starters

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Joyce Griffith

[Thought questions for The Day of Atonement November 6, 2013]

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1. Our High Priest. Who were the only two human participants in the Day of Atonement? Why were the other priests required to leave the immediate area? Can you think of at least one reason why the priest performed every ritual alone? What did the laying aside of his ornamental and symbolic clothing stand for? Is there a spiritual significance to his garment being made of [...]

May You Be Sealed!

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Andrew C Anderson

Some Adventists feel apologetic about the “investigative judgment,” and others have come to deny it altogether. But an investigation of professed believers is clearly taught in the parable of the wedding feast (Matthew 22:1-3). A study of the Hebrew sanctuary services tells us that the Day of Atonement was a time of judgment in which those professing to be Israelites were affirmed as members of the covenant community or excluded because of rebellion. And from these, as well as Revelation [...]

Commentary by Lesson Author Martin Pröbstle

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Inge Anderson

Seminar Schloss Bogenhofen has made Professor Martin Pröbstle’s commentary on this quarter’s lessons available through Vimeo.com. If you have a good internet connections, I’m sure you’ll be blessed by these helpful 15-minute commentaries presented in a warm, personable manner. Below is the commentary for Week 6: “The Day of Atonement.” The videos for Lessons 3-5 are also available. (Just click on the image or the links below.) If you understand German, you can access Lesson 6 at this link. It [...]

06: The Day of Atonement – Teaching Plan

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Michael Fracker

Key Thought : The Day of Atonement services point forward to Christ’s work of investigative judgment in the heavenly sanctuary.

[Lesson plan for The Day of Atonement November 4, 2013]

1. Have a volunteer read Leviticus 16:15,16,30.

a. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
b. What does the word “atonement” mean? Why does the Scripture say the atonement is necessary?
c. Personal Application : Is being judged a positive or negative thing [...]

05: Atonement: Purification Offering – Thought Starters

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Joyce Griffith

[Thought questions for Atonement: Purification Offering October 30, 2013]

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1. What redeems us. We sing “redeemed by the blood of the Lamb.” Do the molecules and other ingredients that make up the blood of a lamb redeem us? What does? Why did God point the people to the ritual of slaying a lamb to represent the elements of forgiveness and redemption? Why didn’t he choose a calf? Or a kitten?

2. Tekoa. How does the place known as [...]

05: Atonement : Purification Offering – Teaching Plan

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Michael Fracker

Key Thought : The sin offering prefigures the sacrifice and ministry of Christ..

[Teaching plan for Atonement: Purification Offering October 28, 2013]

1. Have a volunteer read Leviticus 4:27-31.

a. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
b. What is the significance of laying your hands on the sacrifice and confessing your sins over it?
c. Personal Application : How would you feel if you had to go through that procedure today every [...]

04: Lessons From the Sanctuary – Thought Starters

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Joyce Griffith

[Thought questions for Lessons From the Sanctuary October 23, 2013]

1. “Let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them.” Exodus 25:8 NASB. Just a dozen words, but think of the answers we would have found to the following questions if we’d been in the group: Who are we building this sanctuary for? Why? Who’s going to build it? Why do we need it? Why do we have to build it? Couldn’t God just create a sanctuary? In [...]

04: Lessons From the Sanctuary – Teaching Plan

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Michael Fracker

Key Thought : The sanctuary is one of God’s devices to teach us the meaning of the gospel.

[Teaching plan for Lessons From the Sanctuary October 21, 2013]

1. Have a volunteer read Exodus 40:9,10.

a. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
b. What was the significance of anointing the sanctuary with oil?
c. Personal Application : Think about your habits, tastes, and activities. How much of who you are, and what [...]

03: Sacrifices – Thought Starters

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Joyce Griffith

The Joy of Sacrifice

[Thought questions for Sacrifices October 16, 2013]

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1. We will return. Three days and many steps after God’s command to offer his son, Abraham stood where he could see the mountain. It was here Abraham puts a voice to his own faith as he speaks to the two young men who came with them. God would, indeed, provide. Gen. 22:5 He told them that he AND the lad [...]

03: Sacrifices – Teaching Plan

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Michael Fracker

Key Thought : The sacrificial system was introduced to Adam and Eve, practiced by the patriarchs, and amplified in the law of Moses..

[Teaching plan for Sacrifices October 14, 2013]

1. Have a volunteer read Exodus 12:21-24.

a. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
b. Why were they supposed to dip hyssop in the blood?
c. Personal Application : How can we learn to surrender everything to God and do everything exactly [...]

02: Heaven on earth – Thought Starters

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Joyce Griffith

[Thought questions for Heaven on Earth October 9, 2013]

Prayer, like incense, ascending to God

1. Corporate prayer. Offering incense may have been a once-in -a-lifetime experience for Zechariah. He would spend a week ministering in the temple. It was in the temple that he would burn incense. The smoke would go upward as a reminder that the prayers of the people would go to the dwelling place of God. Zechariah had [...]

02: Heaven on Earth – Teaching Plan

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Michael Fracker

Key Thought : The heavenly temple is the original, the model for the Israelite sanctuary. The relationship between the two is called typology.

[Lesson plan for Heaven on Earth October 7, 2013]

1. Have a volunteer read Hebrews 9:23,24.

a. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
b. Is the earthly tabernacle a carbon copy of the heavenly? Does the earthly sanctuary really look like the heavenly?
c. Personal Application : If Jesus [...]

01: The Heavenly Sanctuary – Thought Starters

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Joyce Griffith

[Thought questions for The Heavenly Sanctuary October 2, 2013]

Part I

Portrait of Love. Two German brothers in the 15th century planned to rise above the poverty that threatened to destroy their dream. With 18 children, parental help was highly unlikely. The plan sent Albert to work in the mines to support Albrecht, who would attend a fine art school. When Albrecht completed his studies, he would return the favor by supporting Albert’s education; however, when [...]

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