On 31 October 1517, Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg church. Hence, 31 October has become known as Reformation Day. Regarding the Reformation, this is one of my favorite passages in Revelation, After these things, I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Thursday 30th of October 2025 How do the following texts describe the future that God had envisioned for His people? Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 11:1-5, Isaiah 60:17, Hosea 2:18, Micah 4:3. Although the main focus of this week’s lesson has constituted the divinely commanded and assisted wars of the Old Testament, we need … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 29th of October 2025 Read Deuteronomy 20:10,15-18; Deuteronomy 13:12-18; and Joshua 10:40. How does the law of warfare and the procedure against an idolatrous town in Israel, expressed in Deuteronomy, help us understand the limitations of total destruction in the war that the Israelites were engaged in? The Hebrew text uses … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 28th of October 2025 Compare Exodus 23:28-30; Exodus 33:2; Exodus 34:11; Numbers 33:52; and Deuteronomy 7:20 with Exodus 34:13; Deuteronomy 7:5; Deuteronomy 9:3; Deuteronomy 12:2-3; and Deuteronomy 31:3-4. What do these texts reveal about the purpose of the conquest and the extent of the destruction? God’s original purpose for the Canaanites … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 27th of October 2025 Read Genesis 18:25; Psalms 7:11; Psalms 50:6; Psalms 82:1; Psalms 96:10; and 2 Timothy 4:1,8. What are these verses saying about God’s moral character? How does the role of God as the Judge of the universe help us understand the question of divine war? The holiness of … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sunday 26th of October 2025 Read Genesis 15:16, Leviticus 18:24-30, Deuteronomy 18:9-14, and Ezra 9:11. What are these texts telling us about God’s larger plan in offering the land of Canaan to the Israelites? We need to look beyond the book of Joshua to completely understand what was meant by the iniquity … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 25th of October 2025 Read for This Week’s Study: Genesis 15:16; Leviticus 18:24-30; 2 Timothy 4:1,8; Exodus 23:28-30; Deuteronomy 20:10,15-18; Isaiah 9:6. Memory Text: “And Joshua captured all these kings and their land at one time, because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel” (Joshua 10:42, ESV). The book of Joshua … Continue reading –>
Inside Story for Friday 24th of October 2025 By Laurie Denski-Snyman A missionary and his local partner were selling Christian books in a non-Christian neighborhood in a large city in southern Asia. They could see residents’ religious devotion by their clothing. Women wore scarves; men had long beards. Some people even had dark spots on … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 24th of October 2025 Read Ellen G. White, “The Fall of Jericho,” Pages 487–493, in Patriarchs and Prophets. When rebellion against God’s authority arose in the universe, either God was going to cease to be what He essentially, immutably, and eternally is and give away the leadership of the whole universe … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Thursday 23rd of October 2025 Read Exodus 17:7-13 and Joshua 6:15-20. What similarities do you find between these two war narratives? How do they differ? The first time Israel fought after the Exodus is recorded in Exodus 17:1-16, where the Israelites defended themselves against the Amalekites. Israel had witnessed God’s almighty power … Continue reading –>
