(1708)Daily Lessons
(1708)(1708)Tuesday: Pesach
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 29th of July 2025 Read Exodus 12:17-23. What role does blood play in the celebration of this new festival? The blood of the sacrificed animal is a key element in this celebration. Those who participated in this feast had put the blood of the slain lamb on the doorframes of their … Continue reading –>
Monday: Healing the Body
Daily Lesson for Monday 28th of July 2025 Read Exodus 12:1-20. What specific instructions does God give to Moses and Aaron before Israel leaves Egypt? One would expect God to instruct Moses and Aaron about how to organize the departure from Egypt: that is, how to make provisions for the escape, especially for the elderly, … Continue reading –>
Sunday: One More Plague
Daily Lesson for Sunday 27th of July 2025 The prophet Amos declares that “ ‘the Lord God does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets’ ” (Amos 3:7, ESV), and through the prophet Moses, He revealed to Pharaoh what was coming next. The most solemn warning was given to Pharaoh. This will … Continue reading –>
Sabbath: Passover
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 26th of July 2025 Read for This Week’s Study: Exodus 11:1-10, Micah 6:8, Exodus 12:1-30, 1 Corinthians 5:7, Exodus 13:14-16, Hebrews 11:28. Memory Text: “ ‘And it shall be, when your children say to you, “What do you mean by this service?” that you shall say, “It is the Passover sacrifice of … Continue reading –>
Inside Story: Strange and Silent World
Inside Story for Friday 25th of July 2025 By Andrew McChesney No one in town had ever converted to Christianity, and townspeople burned with anger when Kokila’s father and four other families decided to keep the seventh-day Sabbath. Kokila was nine, and her life changed forever. Kokila’s mother had died when she was a baby, … Continue reading –>
Friday: Further Thought – The Plagues
Daily Lesson for Friday 25th of July 2025 Read Ellen G. White, “The Plagues of Egypt,” Pages 265–272, in Patriarchs and Prophets. “His [God’s] people were permitted to experience the grinding cruelty of the Egyptians, that they might not be deceived concerning the debasing influence of idolatry. In His dealing with Pharaoh, the Lord manifested … Continue reading –>
Thursday: Hail, Locusts, and Darkness
Daily Lesson for Thursday 24th of July 2025 Read Exodus 9:13-35; Exodus 10:1-29. How successful are these plagues in getting Pharaoh to change his mind? Nut was the Egyptian goddess of the sky and heavens and was often depicted as controlling what happened under the sky and on the earth. Osiris was the god of … Continue reading –>
Wednesday: Flies, Livestock, and Boils
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 23rd of July 2025 Read Exodus 8:20-32; Exodus 9:1-12. What does this account teach about however great may be the manifestations of God’s power and glory, humanity still has freedom to reject Him? The Egyptian god Uatchit was the fly god and of swamps and marshes. The god Khepri (of the … Continue reading –>
Tuesday: The First Three Plagues
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 22nd of July 2025 The ten plagues in Egypt were aimed not at the Egyptian people but at their gods. Each plague hit at least one of them. Read Exodus 7:14-25; Exodus 8:1-19. What happened in these plagues? God instructed Moses that the dialogue with Pharaoh would be difficult and almost … Continue reading –>
Monday: Who Hardened Pharaoh’s Heart?
Daily Lesson for Monday 21st of July 2025 Read Exodus 7:3,13-14,22. How do we understand these texts? Nine times in Exodus the hardening of Pharaoh’s heart is ascribed to God (Exodus 4:21; Exodus 7:3; Exodus 9:12; Exodus 10:1,20,27; Exodus 11:10; Exodus 14:4,8; see also Romans 9:17-18). Another nine times Pharaoh is said to have hardened … Continue reading –>