Closer To Heaven
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Comments of the Week April 14-20 “Time for leadership that knows how to build shalom by leading and living lovingly with differences.” –Kaye Judge on the quote by William G. Johnsson Comments on Should the Adventists Embrace the Nicene Creed, Pascal’s Wager, When a Door Closes and a Window Doesn’t Open, When Silence Becomes Complicity, […] Source: https://atoday.org/comments-of-the-week-apr14-20/
Desde el 15 al 20 de abril se celebró en República Dominicana el Camporee Nacional de Conquistadores, titulado: “Nehemías: tiempo de reforma”. Asistieron 9,250 Acampantes adolescentes de todas las Asociaciones y campos locales de ese país caribeño. El orador principal fue el pastor Arnaldo Cruz, con mensajes motivadores y desafiantes a los jóvenes adventistas, en […] Source: https://atoday.org/camporee-de-conquistadores-en-republica-dominicana-reflejan-el-progreso-del-adventismo/
🌿 You don’t have to have it all figured out.
Jesus is already ahead of you—preparing, providing, guiding. Let go of the pressure to strive.
Let go of the fear of not doing enough.
Take a breath, and take His hand. He’s not asking you to run ahead—just to walk with Him in quiet trust. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wFVmKsp3g8
20 April 2025 | Adventist theologian and Greek scholar Sakae Kubo passed to his rest on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at the age of 98, in Bakersfield, California. He was a pastor, and later taught biblical languages and New Testament. Kubo was born to Japanese parents on On May 8, 1926. He grew up on […] Source: https://atoday.org/adventist-theologian-sakae-kubo-passes-to-his-rest/
Daily Lesson for Monday 21st of April 2025
In the tenth chapter of Genesis, we see the birth of various nations. The word usually translated “nations” is goyim, which also can refer to Gentiles. Genesis 10:1-32 tells us that the human race divided up into lands, languages, families, and “nations” (Genesis 10:5; see also Revelation 14:6).
Almost immediately after the introduction of this concept, God calls Abraham out of one of those nations to be different from them and from what they represent.
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God intended to use Abraham to establish a nation that would stand in contrast to human kingdoms. They were not to have a king other than God Himself. The people were to show what would happen if the human race returned to their Creator. Israel was established to be a blessing to “ ‘all the families of the earth’ ” (Genesis 12:3, NKJV). God had poured out upon the Israelites light and privileges that had not been seen in the world since, perhaps, before the Flood.
This was not a single individual bearing witness in a single community; this was an entire nation that, by working together and in cooperation with God, could exhibit the glory of His character. Notice, too, in the words spoken to them that it wasn’t just “statutes and judgments” that God had given them that made them so special, but their adherence to them that would cause the other nations to say, “ ‘ “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people” ’ ” (Deuteronomy 4:6, NKJV). However wonderful the truths given to the people, their failure to live up to them, to obey them, would bring curses instead of blessing and death instead of life.
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How does the same principle, that of not just knowing these truths but obeying them, apply to us as Adventists today? |
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