10: Upon Whom the Ends Have Come – Teaching Plan
Key Thought : The Christian account is the first account of history. It also reveals the end time events. God is over all and has promised to return and end the conflict.
June 7, 2025
1. Have a volunteer read Genesis 6:1-8, Matthew 24:37-39.
- Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
- What were the moral conditions that led to the flood? What parallels do we see between the two time periods.
- Personal Application: How can we learn not to be discouraged if our efforts don’t seem to be bearing much fruit for the moment? Share your thoughts.
- Case Study: One of your relatives states, “I think we are in the last days. Billy Graham said years ago that if the Lord didn’t come soon, He’d have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah. People are so corrupt and full of bizarre behavior that is against nature itself.” How would you respond to your relative?
2. Have a volunteer read Genesis 18:17-32.
- Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
- What does this reveal about the character of God and the way He palns to deal with evil on our planet?
- Personal Application: How do we balance our responsibility to win people and to keep ourselves unspotted from the world? Share your thoughts.
- Case Study: One of your friends states, “Why do the saved spend a thousand years in heaven to see why the lost are lost?” How would you respond to your friend?
3. Have a volunteer read Daniel 7:9,10,13,14,22,26,27.
- Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
- What is the primary focus in the judgment? What is the verdict rendered at the end of the process? What does this tell us about the plan of salvation?
- Personal Application: How would you feel if you found out in the 1000 years that one of your relatives or friends could have been saved if you had put forth more of an effort to reach them?” Share your thoughts.
- Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “Why does God allow he lost to be raised under the devil’s control for a short while? What reason would this be necessary before God set everything right?” How would you respond to your neighbor?
4. Have a volunteer read Matthew 24:36-44.
- Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
- What lessons does Jesus tell us we should be drawing from the story of Noah?
- Personal Application: How do we deal with the delay or tarrying time that seems to be so long before the second coming? Share your thoughts.
- 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).
