Daily Lesson for Thursday 21st of December 2023 Commentators for millennia have noticed that God’s name does not appear in the book of Esther. This is the only biblical book where such a phenomenon occurs. However, the Jews were able to recognize God’s actions in the great deliverance made for them, and this book was … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 20th of December 2023 Read Esther 4:1-14. Why was it considered at this moment appropriate for Esther to identify herself as a Jew? When Mordecai contacted Esther for her help, she had been married to Ahasuerus for several years, but there was a law in Persia that no one could … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 19th of December 2023 Living as they were in a foreign land, sooner or later Mordecai and Esther, if they were to remain faithful to God, might have run into trouble. This, certainly, became the case for Mordecai. Read Esther 3:1-15:1-15. What happened here, and why? In Esther 3:1-15, we … Continue reading –>
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 –>
