Daily Lesson for Tuesday 10th of September 2024 Read Mark 14:32-42. What did Jesus pray in Gethsemane, and how was the prayer answered? Leaving the walled city of Jerusalem where they ate the Passover meal, Jesus and His disciples go across the Kidron Valley to a garden on the slopes of the Mount of Olives. … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 9th of September 2024 Read Mark 14:22-31 and Exodus 24:8. What great significance to the Christian faith is found in this account? Mark 14:12 notes that this is the first day of unleavened bread, when the Passover lamb was sacrificed. The meal was on Thursday evening. At the Last Supper, Jesus … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sunday 8th of September 2024 Read Mark 14:1-11. What two stories are intertwined here, and how do they play off of one another? Mark 14:1 indicates that the Passover was two days away. This meeting probably occurred on either Tuesday night or Wednesday of that week. The religious leaders have a plan … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sabbath Afternoon 7th of September 2024 Read for This Week’s Study: Mark 14:1-72, John 12:4-6, Romans 8:28, Exodus 24:8, Jeremiah 31:31-34, Zechariah 13:7. Memory Text: “And He said, ‘Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup from Me; nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will’ ” (Mark 14:36, … Continue reading –>
Inside Story for Friday 6th of September 2024 By Andrew McChesney Anush worked as a project manager for the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) before Father prohibited her and Mother from worshiping at the Seventh-day Adventist church in their town in Armenia. After he lifted the ban, Anush resumed working at ADRA. Through her … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 6th of September 2024 Read Ellen G. White, “On the Mount of Olives,” Pages 627–636, in The Desire of Ages. Many things are happening in the world that are very disturbing. People truly are frightened about what is unfolding. How can we, as Seventh-day Adventists, with a kind of “inside … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Thursday 5th of September 2024 Read Mark 13:24-32. What great event is described here? The great event described in Mark 13:24-32 is none other than the return of Jesus Christ in glory, preceded by signs in the sun, moon, and stars. The New Testament is full of prophecies pointing toward this wonderful … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 4th of September 2024 Read Mark 13:19. What does this verse refer to? Mark 13:14, regarding the abomination of desolation, is the fulcrum around which the chapter pivots (see Tuesday’s study). Mark 13:19 marks a transition point, as well. It refers to a great tribulation that does not have an equal … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 3rd of September 2024 Read Mark 13:14-18. What clue does Jesus give in figuring out what the “abomination of desolation” refers to? Jesus comes to the central point about the fall of Jerusalem in Mark 13:14. He refers to “_the abomination of desolation._” The Lord says that the reader should understand. … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 2nd of September 2024 Read Mark 13:1-13. How did the disciples respond to Jesus’ statement about the temple, and what is the significance of Jesus’ answer to them? As we have noted, the temple complex was a truly amazing structure. Josephus notes that the Royal Portico on the south side of … Continue reading –>
