Sabbath Afternoon Read for This Week’s Study: Isaiah 40.1-2; Isaiah 40.3-8; Isaiah 40.9-11; Isa: 40:12-31. Memory Text: “Get up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, you who bring good tidings, lift up your voice with strength, lift it up, be not afraid; say to the cities of Judah, ‘Behold your God!’ ” (Isaiah 40:9). World War II … Continue reading –>
Unexplainable Voice By Andrew Mcchesney, Adventist Mission Pavlodar, a city of 300,000 people in northern Kazakhstan, isn’t particularly large. But Valentina Shlee couldn’t seem to find the time to make the trip across town to deliver a gift from Germany. Valentina spent a lot of time caring for her three children. She also helped her … Continue reading –>
Further Study: “Only by the direct interposition of God could the shadow on the sundial be made to turn back ten degrees; and this was to be the sign to Hezekiah that the Lord had heard his prayer. Accordingly, ‘the prophet cried unto the Lord: and He brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which … Continue reading –>
Isaiah 38:1-39:8 The events of Isaiah 38 and 39 (2 Kings 20) took place very close to the time God delivered Hezekiah from Sennacherib, even though the deliverance, as depicted in Isaiah 37 (see also 2 Kings 19) had not yet occurred. Indeed, Isaiah 38:5-6 and 2 Kings 20:6 show that they still faced the Assyrian threat. “Satan was determined to bring about … Continue reading –>
And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth. Acts 17:11 NLT In Revelation 22:8-9 John the Revelator wanted to worship an angel. What is interesting about this … Continue reading –>
Isa: 37:21-38. According to Sennacherib, as reported in his annals, he took forty-six fortified towns, besieged Jerusalem, and made Hezekiah the Jew “a prisoner in Jerusalem, his royal residence, like a bird in a cage.” — James B. Pritchard, editor, Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament (Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1969), p. … Continue reading –>
This video is produced by the South Pacific Division Discipleship team. Week 7_ Defeat of The Assyrians_ study this lesson for Feb 13 from SPD Discipleship on Vimeo. (6)
Continue reading -->You can view an in-depth discussion of “Defeat of the Assyrians” in the Hope Sabbath School class led by Pastor Derek Morris. Click on the image to view: With thanks to Hope Channel – Television that will change your life. (4)
Continue reading -->Isa: 36:21-37:20 How did the clever oratory of the rabshakeh affect Hezekiah and his officials? 2 Kings 18:37-19:4, Isa: 36:21-37:4. Shaken to the core and mourning in distress, Hezekiah turned to God, humbly seeking the intercession of Isaiah, the very prophet whose counsel his father had ignored. How did God encourage Hezekiah? Isa: 37:5-7. The message was brief, but it was enough. … Continue reading –>
As the Israelites forgot about God and followed so many other gods and nations, God remained faithful to them, with Isaiah and many other prophets working so hard for God to turn His people around, hence I will choose Hymn 100 – Great Is Thy Faithfulness as a theme hymn for this quarter. Secondary to this … Continue reading –>
