Key Thought: The Old Testament hope is grounded on the final resurrection of the dead. If God was able to create life in the first place, why shouldn’t we believe in His capacity to recreate life and restore its original identity?
October 22, 2022

1. Have a volunteer read Job 19:25-27.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. Under what circumstances was Job expecting t see God and when?
3. Personal Application: What kind of faith do we need to trust God when things aren’t going our way?. Share your thoughts..
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “How did Job know about the resurrection and second coming of Jesus, when He hadn’t come and died on the cross yet?” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Psalm 49:11-15..

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. In what ways have you seen the folly of those who trust in their wealth and accomplishments?
3. Personal Application: How do you know that God is going to redeem you from the power of the grave? Share your thoughts
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “Shouldn’t a person try to accomplish a lot in life and doesn’t everyone strive for economic and financial security and make a difference in their community? What is the difference between David and other self-indulgent rulers?” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Isaiah 26:14,19

1. Ask class members to share a short
2. What is the contrast between those who will perish forever and those that receive eternal life?
3. Personal Application: How do you want to be remembered, and by whom? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “Did the ones before the cross believe in their redemption because of their relationship with God through obedience or through faith? If faith, how did they know what to have faith in?” How would you respond to your relative?

4. Have a volunteer read Daniel 12:1,2.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What does Michael standing up have to do with the resurrection of th dead, both of the just and the unjust?
3. Personal Application: Do you want to live to see Jesus coming or sleep in the dust until the resurrection? What factors might be involved? Share your thoughts?
4. Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.

(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared.”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).

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