Daily Lesson for Monday 18th of December 2023 Eventually, after the fall of Babylon and the rise of Medo-Persia, many of the Jews returned to their ancestral lands. But not all returned. Some remained where they had been living for a generation or more. With this background in mind, we have a bit of the … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sunday 17th of December 2023 It is never easy to be expatriated to a foreign culture. It may be difficult for us today to comprehend what the Jews faced, first under the Babylonians and then the Persians. None of us, for instance, lives in an Adventist country where the principles of our … Continue reading –>
Inside Story for Friday 15th of December 2023 By Andrew McChesney Sixteen-year-old Joseph Delamou was anxious. He worried that he wasn’t attending the right church in Conakry, capital of the West African country of Guinea. “Show me the way,” he prayed. “I’ll go wherever You lead.” That night, he had a vivid dream. He dreamed … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 16th of December 2023 Read for This Week’s Study Daniel 1:1-12; Daniel 6:1-9; Esther 2:1-10,20; Esther 3:1-15; Esther 4:1-14; Esther 9:1-12. Memory Text: “ ‘I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth’ ” (Isaiah 49:6, NRSV). One of … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 15th of December 2023 “Among those whom the Jews styled heathen were men who had a better understanding of the Scripture prophecies concerning the Messiah than had the teachers in Israel. There were some who hoped for His coming as a deliverer from sin. Philosophers endeavored to study into the mystery … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Thursday 14th of December 2023 In Luke 18:8, Jesus asks this question at the end of one of His parables: “ ‘When the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?’ ” (NKJV). As Christ’s disciples today, we need to see what Jesus is looking for. In this … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 13th of December 2023 In the unreached neighborhood of the cities, there are many who long for hope. During Christ’s time, what prevented God’s people from bringing hope of the Messiah to such foreign cities as Tyre and Sidon? Nationalism, pride, and prejudice blinded God’s people to the opportunities to see … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 12th of December 2023 Bible scholars believe that the Gospel of Matthew had been written specifically for a Jewish audience, and that Mark was written with primarily a Gentile audience in mind. It is helpful to keep this distinction before us as we study the Gospels. Read Matthew 15:1-39:22-28 and Mark … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 11th of December 2023 Despite challenges, external and internal, Jesus graciously extends the call to us for His mission to the cities. Read Matthew 9:35-38. What does this teach us about mission to the multitudes, wherever we find them? Jesus was moved with compassion for the multitudes, such as are … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sunday 10th of December 2023 We read that Jesus took His disciples from Gennesaret (Matthew 14:34) “and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon” (Matthew 15:21, NKJV). Why did He take them from Galilee to these pagan places? He leads His disciples on this field trip into the borders of these … Continue reading –>
