Protestant reformers like Martin Luther used a system of prophetic interpretation based on fulfilled prophecies of the past. They found the keys to prophecies for the future in fulfilled prophecies of the past. They saw, for instance, how prophecies had been given in days and fulfilled in years. They saw names and animals that had … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Thursday 3rd of April 2025 One of the key issues students of prophecy need to deal with is how to determine whether the language of the Bible is to be taken literally or figuratively. How does one determine if the author was using symbolic language, and how does one know what the … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 2nd of April 2025 Seventh-day Adventists owe much to William Miller for their understanding of Bible prophecy. While his understanding of key passages (such as Daniel 8:14) was not perfect, Miller’s methodology was, nonetheless, important, because it paved the way for the birth of our last-day remnant movement. Read Matthew 5:18, … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 1st of April 2025 Read Daniel 12:4. What was the Lord telling Daniel here? (Contrast this with Revelation 22:10.) It is not uncommon to hear preachers use Daniel 12:4 to predict the rise of technological and scientific knowledge just prior to the advent of Christ. Many also use it to describe … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 31st of March 2025 Nothing is quite as frustrating as urgently needing to communicate, perhaps at a clinic or pharmacy, while in a foreign country where you barely speak the language. You know what you need to say, but you do not have an adequate vocabulary to say it. With God, … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sunday 30th of March 2025 Walk into any Christian bookstore and scan through the titles on Bible prophecy. You will quickly discover that there is a mind-boggling assortment of views and interpretations, and it can be tempting to believe that no one can truly understand what books such as Revelation are saying. … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 29th of March 2025 Read for This Week’s Study: Jeremiah 9:23-24; Psalms 139:1-6; Daniel 12:4; Revelation 22:10; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; Hebrews 4:12. Memory Text: “ ‘But let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the … Continue reading –>
During the First Gulf War (1991), a well-known Protestant writer and speaker was convinced that the book of Revelation predicted this conflict. His argument was based on the fact that some of the helicopters in the war looked like the locusts depicted in Revelation 9. “And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out … Continue reading –>
Inside Story for Friday 28th of March 2025 By Andrew McChesney Maria is familiar with adoration. As an opera singer, she has sung before admiring audiences in the main opera house of her native country as well as in a dozen other countries. She has received several top prizes. But nothing prepared her for the … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 28th of March 2025 Read Ellen G. White, “The Least of These My Brethren,” Pages 637–641, in The Desire of Ages. “Those who minister to others will be ministered unto by the Chief Shepherd. They themselves will drink of the living water, and will be satisfied. They will not be … Continue reading –>
