Genesi 26:24 – Il SIGNORE gli apparve quella stessa notte e gli disse: «Io sono il Dio di Abraamo tuo padre; non temere, perché io sono con te e ti benedirò e moltiplicherò la tua discendenza per amore del mio servo Abraamo». Meditazione giornaliera Apri la porta del tuo cuore, autori vari, presentazione di Abbie Miguel Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edFpkCbAGUQ
ADRA Ignites National Campaign in Indonesia to Protect Elderly During the Pandemic
The new project, Elderly First, is designed to help those of advanced years to get communities access to the vaccine in four provinces, namely: East Java (Ngawi, Tuban, Bojonegoro districts), West Jav…… Source: https://adventist.news/en/news/adra-ignites-national-campaign-in-indonesia-to-protect-elderly-during-the-pandemic
At Local Church in California, 14-Year-Old Spearheads Outreach through Social Media
What do I say to my anti-Christmas relatives?
13 December 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I’ve got my Christmas decorations up, I’ve got presents under the tree, the house decorated, and right in the tall corner of my living room a gorgeous tree that I spent a whole day decorating. I love it! Now I learn that an elderly uncle and aunt want […] Source: https://atoday.org/what-do-i-say-to-my-anti-christmas-relatives/
Dealing with Unplanned Pregnancy – ProGrace: Equipping Christians with a Third Option
ProGrace is a training and equipping organization whose vision is for Christians to embrace a grace-centered response to dealing with unplanned pregnancies; thus, creating communities where both the woman and the child can thrive. There are two foundational beliefs at the heart of the ProGrace mission: #1 God’s design for pregnancy was to intertwine a woman and a child. He has made it impossible for us to try to help one while bypassing the other, but instead calls us to work for the dignity and welfare of both. #2 God’s path for transformation for any of us is always grace, not judgment. So, we will extend the same grace we've received to any woman facing an unintended pregnancy. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw9iybJlWhc
Record Breaking Round the World Helicopter Adventure – The EPIC Dream – Part 2
Ruben Dias and Mischa Gelb shared an epic dream, a passion for flying helicopters, and they united their interests, launching the EPIC (Empowering People & Inspiring Change) Global Heli Tour, which would carry them over sixty thousand kilometers, with one hundred and seven stops, traversing at least forty-five countries on five different continents. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m4clSyIt5k
Record Breaking Round the World Helicopter Adventure – The EPIC Dream – Part 1
Ruben Dias and Mischa Gelb shared an epic dream, a passion for flying helicopters, and they united their interests, launching the EPIC (Empowering People & Inspiring Change) Global Heli Tour, which would carry them over sixty thousand kilometers, with one hundred and seven stops, traversing at least forty-five countries on five different continents. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOSGuKXE2_o
NAD Holiday Greetings from G. Alexander and Desiree Bryant
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On behalf of the North American Division, the NAD president and first lady share a holiday greeting and a message for the new year to the North American Division…Source: https://vimeo.com/656738484
U.S. National Public Radio Features Work of Adventist Camp in Canada
Wednesday: A Prophet Like Unto Thee
Over and over, the Lord had warned Israel not to follow after the practices of the nations around them. On the contrary, they were to be witnesses to those nations (Deuteronomy 4:6-8). In Deuteronomy 18:9-14, Moses again warns them about their specific practices, which were an “abomination to the LORD” ( Deuteronomy 18.12-13).
Read Deuteronomy 18:15-19. What is Moses telling them there? Then compare this with Acts 3:22 and Acts 7:37. How do Peter and Stephen apply Deuteronomy 18:18?
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In reference to the covenant at Sinai, Moses talks about how the children of Israel, at the revelation of God’s law (Exodus 20:18-21), wanted Moses to act as a mediator, an intercessor between them and God. It is then that Moses promises them, twice (Deuteronomy 18:15, Deuteronomy 18:18), that the Lord will raise up a prophet like Moses, the idea being, given the context, that this prophet, like Moses, will among other things be also an intercessor between the people and the Lord.
Many centuries later, both Peter and Stephen quote the text in reference to Jesus. For Peter, Jesus was the fulfillment of what had been spoken of by “all His holy prophets” (Acts 3:21), and that the leaders need to obey Him and what He says. That is, Peter uses this text, which the Jews knew about, and applied it directly to Jesus, with the idea that they needed to repent for what they had done to Him (Acts 3:19).
Next, in Acts 7:37, when Stephen, though in a different context than Peter’s, was proclaiming Jesus, he, too, referred back to that famous promise, and he, too, claimed that it pointed to Jesus. He was saying that Moses, in His role in history and leading the Jews, had prefigured Jesus. That is, as Peter had done, Stephen was seeking to show the people that Jesus was the fulfillment of prophecy and that they needed to listen to Him. Contrary to the charge against him, that Stephen had been speaking “blasphemous words against Moses and God” (Acts 6:11), Stephen proclaimed Jesus as the Messiah, a direct fulfillment of what God had promised through Moses.
| How do these verses show us just how central Jesus was to the entire Bible, and why all our understanding of it must be Christ-centered? |
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