(1614)Daily Lessons
(1614)(1614)Monday: The Blood of Bulls and Goats
Daily Lesson for Monday 5th of May 2025 Some have criticized the entire concept of sacrifice, claiming that it is cruel, harsh, and, in a sense, unfair. Yet, that’s precisely the point. Christ’s death was cruel, harsh, and unfair—the innocent dying for the guilty. That’s what it took to solve the sin problem. And Christ’s … Continue reading –>
Sunday: Futile Sacrifices?
Daily Lesson for Sunday 4th of May 2025 Sometimes contrasting two ideas can be very instructive. Much can be learned about the nature of sacrifice in the biblical perspective from when God actually rejected the sacrifices of His people. Compare Isaiah 1:2-15 with Isaiah 56:6-7 and Psalms 51:17. What important lessons about sacrifice are taught … Continue reading –>
Sabbath: Understanding Sacrifice
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 3rd of May 2025 Read for This Week’s Study: Isaiah 1:2-15, Hebrews 10:3-10, Exodus 12:1-11, 1 Corinthians 5:7, Haggai 2:7-9, Isaiah 6:1-5, Revelation 4:7-11. Memory Text: “And they sang a new song, saying: ‘You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals; for You were slain, and have redeemed … Continue reading –>
Inside Story: Part 1: A Girl’s Religion
Inside Story for Friday 2nd of May 2025 By Andrew McChesney When she was 12, Diana began drinking alcohol, smoking marijuana, and listening to hard rock music. Amid the partying, her thoughts turned to God. God hadn’t been much of a part of Diana’s early childhood. Her father spent a lot of time overseas as … Continue reading –>
Friday: Further Thought – ‘The Nations: Part 2’
Daily Lesson for Friday 2nd of May 2025 Further Thought: Read Ellen G. White, “The Tower of Babel,” Pages 117–124, in Patriarchs and Prophets. “ ‘I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away.’ Revelation 21:1. The fire that consumes the wicked purifies … Continue reading –>
Thursday: Prophesy Again
Daily Lesson for Thursday 1st of May 2025 The remnant church was born in the New World, precisely where those seeking religious liberty had fled during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Given the long-standing religious and political obstacles that existed elsewhere, it is doubtful that the launch of this movement would have been as swift … Continue reading –>
Wednesday: Between Land and Sea
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 30th of April 2025 The land and sea imagery in the Bible, especially for prophecy, can be very instructive. Consider the case of the symbols of land and sea in Bible prophecy, which are contrasted sharply. “Symbolically, when earth and sea are juxtaposed, earth often represents the ordered world, or even … Continue reading –>
Tuesday: Daniel 7
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 29th of April 2025 The dream of Daniel 2:1-49 was first presented to a Babylonian king. The vision of Daniel 7:1-28, in contrast, was presented to a Hebrew prophet, a member of God’s covenant people. Daniel is shown the same subject as was Nebuchadnezzar but from a different perspective. Instead of … Continue reading –>
Monday: Daniel 2
Daily Lesson for Monday 28th of April 2025 It was during the Babylonian captivity, through the prophet Daniel, that God presented the most compelling descriptions we have of the relationship between His people and the kingdoms of this world. His people were no longer autonomous; they would now be reaping the consequences of their choices. … Continue reading –>
Sunday: The Very First Commandment
Daily Lesson for Sunday 27th of April 2025 The Garden of Eden was a classroom for God’s first people, a place where their interaction with the creation would endlessly teach them and their offspring more about the Creator. “The holy pair were not only children under the fatherly care of God,” Ellen G. White pointed … Continue reading –>